American scene painting

To begin, I’ll be discussing question number one. Clearly, the artist Richard Caton Woodville had an “ambivalence regarding the war,” as Francis K. Pohl states (Pohl 200). He believed that the newspaper, or the Penny Presses, had a role in forming support for the Mexican War (2). A publication of the time, The Home Journal, excerpted by Pohl: “‘we vanquish in order to elevate….It is a divine rather than a moral trait…to diffuse a blessing’” (Pohl 200). The view of the war as a divine project was

Around the time that the Impressionist movement began, American was becoming larger and more economically powerful, purchasing land from other countries, such as Louisiana from France and Alaska from Russia. France was experience the recent loss of the Franco-Prussian war and Napoleon III’s defeat. The Third Republic, which was originally designed to be a transitional government, became the permanent government of France, replacing Napoleon’s Second French Empire. This is also around the time that

artists. Features of Impressionist artists include vibrant colors, genre subject matter, everyday life scenes, and thick, quick brushstrokes (2). She developed a thriving career as a female artist in the early to mid 1900s, which was uncommon. During this time women were seen as passive, weak, and were not allowed to do things men were allowed to do, according to the class notes. Peterson is an American artist, born in Illinois, and attended art school in New York then later studied in Europe. While

Landscape paintings have always had a feeling of ambiguity and mystery to them. Unlike paintings with historical or classical subject matter, landscapes don’t always have a clear narrative or meaning. Instead of providing the viewer with answers, they will often provoke more questions. A historical painting like ‘Liberty Leading The People’ gives us a clear narrative with each figure in the painting representing something we can understand right away. On the other hand, a romantic landscape painting like

brushstrokes and the colors of the sunlight set the stage for the powerful scene in the water. Between the strong waves in the water and the hands reaching out in desperation, this painting truly captures the horrors of the ships used to transport slaves. One aspect of this painting that I find quite interesting is the sky. The way the sunlight seems to shine through a thin layer of clouds adds to the intensity of the scene by illuminating the sky with the eerie colors of dusk, which set the tone

the exhibition. American artists like Marsden Hartley, Florine Stettheimer and Charles Demuth have pieces displayed as well. One can surely witness the differences and effects of European modern art on American artists and their work when visiting the exhibition. During the early 20th century, American culture began to redefine its ways of perceiving or experiencing the world. This affected artwork allowing it to become much more experimental and explore new topics or styles. American

Great time, detail, and attention went into making this great masterpiece; a piece by Jose Clemente Orozco entitled Epic of American Civilization: Anglo-American (panel 15) consists of a series of 24 frescos panels, whose principle themes are the impact of both indigenous Native Americans and the European colonists on North America, and the impact of war. Also, this painting is located in the basement reading room library in Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire (completed in 1934). Looking

wife, Jo, had given each figure a name while this piece was painting. The couple is Max Scherer and his wife, Sadie, the cashier is Anne Popebogales and the waitress is Olga. By personal observation, this piece contains bright and vibrant colors. It also seems to portray a scene that can be identified in modern, everyday life, as opposed to an art piece based on religious scenes from the Bible or Greek or Roman mythology. This painting is meant to portray the changing roles of women after the First

Artists of the Hudson River School have influenced my motives behind my artwork and the style of my paintings. These artists namely being Frederic Edwin Church and Thomas Cole and their landscape paintings – Thomas Cole’s concept of man vs nature and blurred brushstrokes which create clarity and Frederic Church’s subject matter of landscapes as well as his use of dark hues to add depth in the painting. I looked at “Heart of the Andes” by Frederic Edwin Church and “View on the Catskill, Early Autumn”

the Monet and American Impressionism at the Hunter Art Museum in Chattanooga. This exhibition was interesting to attend because I saw the displays and the art and then learned more about them while taking this class. I absolutely loved this exhibit. There were many paintings of nature scenes, portraits of women, and urban portrayals of cities. A couple of the artists displayed were, of course Claude Monet, Childe Hassam, Mary Cassatt, and Helen Maria Turner. Each of the paintings in the exhibition