Claude Steele

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte While visiting the Art Institute of Chicago I viewed “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte” by Georges Seurat. “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte” is Georges Seurat’s best-known and largest painting. Georges Seurat depicted people relaxing in a suburban park on an island in the Seine River called La Grande Jatte. It took Seurat almost two years to paint. He began in 1884 with a layer of small horizontal brushstrokes of complementary colors. He later added small

dues to his great contribution to the art and for building the foundations of the main art. Another hand, there were many others revolutionary artists which after their time that revolutionized the art into what is known today. Impressionists let by Claude Monet formed a group of artists which were rejected from the main academies and started to paint in their own objective which was the reality of what they thought could make art a turned point of their senses considering the effect on the environment

For my cultural review, I went to the Orlando Museum of art. I have been there once before and it is one of my favorite places. A couple of the pieces that really stuck out to me was the Lily Pond painting, the Inner Lhamo Waterfall, and the Inch by Inch. The Lily Pond is a canvas oil painting that was created in 1923 by Frank Weston Benson. This painting is in the Carl and Gini Weyand Gallery, which is the people and places of American art. Frank Benson from Salem, Massachusetts is considered one

Of all the pieces of art that I have seen in Los Angeles County Museum of Art, “La Havre, Bateaux de Peche Sortant du Port by Claude Monet, was the one I liked the most. It is a 2 dimensional oil on canvas painting made in 1874. The thing that drove me to the work was how peaceful and soothing it looked. Knowing that Monet was a very important artist and one of the leaders of impressionism were some other factors that made me interested in the painting. The first thing that I noticed about the painting

Of the impressionist movement, some would say that Oscar-Claude Monet, better known as just Claud Monet, as one of the most distinguished artist of the 19th century. He transformed French painting forever. Many painters during this time usually included landscape scenes and nature in their artwork, but none could grasp the vivid imagination Monet had, which added passion to his wonderful masterpieces. He was literally painting the way into the twentieth century with his unique style of painting,

I did my artist on Jean-François Millet. Millet was born in a farming community called the village of Gruchy, in Gréville-Hague, Normandy. Jean lived a long life; his birthday was October 4, 1814 and died January 20, 1875 (age 60). At the time when Jean was alive, his work was considered a political advertisement. Many thought he was trying to persuade others to one political side through his artwork. People did not approve of his artwork and therefore rejected it. We now know that in reality,

Titian was not a draftsman, although this artwork contains less detail than that of Michelangelo, he made up for this with his use of vibrant Color that has a prismatic quality. This vibrant coloring was achieved through Titian’s use of oil glazes. There is also a contrast in coloring, the browns and earth tones in the right corner of the painting (Bacchic Revelers) compared to the clarity of the blues and reds on the left figures. Titian was a mannerist painter, meaning he rejected the calm balance

Who is Monet? Usually the response I get is, “The flower guy?” Oscar-Claude Monet was the first French impressionist painter. Impressionism is the philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting. According to Jie Chang the term "Impressionism" is derived from the title of his painting Impression, soleil levant (Impression, Sunrise), which was exhibited in 1874 in the first of the independent exhibitions mounted by Monet and his associates

Response Paper #3 – Casablanca As Historical Evidence Looking at the socially or culturally history of the United States, many historians use Hollywood films as a primary source. I also used many films such as Easy Rider (1969) or Dance, Girl, Dance (1941) to support my historical thesis paper and to make the topic more vivid by using the images of the film. Even though, some people think that films are accurate and authentic in its depiction, it is important to mention that films are still fictional

Jean Reno (born Juan Moreno) is a talented acting globetrotter. He enjoys filming in different countries and languages and has a natural theatrical expertise like no other. Here are 15 little known facts about the French actor. Stay tuned for part two, coming soon! Number Fifteen: He Feels More Andalusian than French Reno was born in Casablanca, Morocco, to Spanish parents running away from Franco’s dictatorship. The actor says he doesn’t feel very prototypically French, and it’s his Andalusian