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Vermeer’s life is mostly a mystery for historians. Most of what is known about his life is what can be pieced together using his paintings. Art historians use the paintings and the very little written records available to try and piece together Vermeer’s life. However, the task is difficult because of the lack of information and the guesswork involved with using paintings. Vermeer: A View of Delft is Anthony Baily’s attempt at reconstructing Vermeer’s life, using his art, the written records, and the

Art has been a part of my life since my tiny chubby fingers could first hold onto a crayon and doodle their way across a scrap piece of paper. One of the best ways to wind down after a stress filled day is to curl up with a multitude of Sharpie markers and color away the cares of the world. When it became time to think about what my future held, I knew that art would be integral to the choice I made. My search for potential careers started while attending a college fair with my sister when I was

We must also deduce whether the balance is symmetrical or asymmetrical. If one splits the painting in half, one can see it is not completely balanced. You have more “weight” on the right-hand side than you do on the left. However, regarding art, it is balanced. Even though there are more objects on the right, the values of the bright white shirt

belief and incorporates it into the architectural space seen in his paintings. His interest in Nietzsche made a huge impact on the scenery in his art. When he moved to Paris in July 1911, he passed through the place where Nietzsche began to show his first signs of madness: the city of Turin. The architecture of the piazzas and archways in Turin made such an immense impact on Chirico that they constantly make an appearance in his paintings. While enlisted in the army for the Italian War during 1915, Chirico’s

was quite shocking to me, when I saw it on a 1995 painting. Evidence suggest that dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) has been banned in 1972 by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Who would have thought 20 years later, Hollis Sigler still included this irrelevant information in her painting? No doubt that some parts of the world are currently using DDT as insecticide to control disease like Malaria. But if this painting were to be exhibit in America, what kind of activism

Mark Klett’s “Under the Dark Cloth” is a black and white photo which reveals a hand holding an exposed plate of an antique camera which is surrounded by a black cloth. The image on the camera screen is an upside-down view of Monument Valley, Arizona. Klett chooses to go through the process of developing the film on-site which creates the rough edges around the image margins. The process marks are deliberately included as part of the full negative to really allow the audience to see the full picture

Pablo Picasso’s The Mother, 1901, is an oil painting on cardboard mounted on panel. The painting depicts the scene of a mother carrying a toddler with one hand, and holding her child in the other hand. These three figures are in the foreground, and behind them, we can see slight landscape of houses, a hill, and the sky. Although Picasso depicts the simple subject of the mother and her two children, he represents the mom’s exhausting and rough life through dull composition, faded and blue color, and

color,”explained art history.com. This quote shows that sfumato is a technique that uses no harsh lines and instead it makes a nice blurry painting. “Leonardo da Vinci became the most prominent practitioner sfumato

Vinci’s most famous paintings was “The Mona Lisa.” Kahlo’s famous painting was the “Self-Portrait with Monkey.” Although, the paintings depicted seem similar, both of them come from different cultures and have different meanings. every artist used his own methods to paint his paintings which are very different from the others. Using different methods painting helps them deliver their thoughts to world with sort of creativity and inspiration. One main difference between these paintings is the artists

presented at Fresno art museum were amazing paintings done by many distinct amazing artists. Each of the paintings were well done to pursue people’s attention. Many authors used different techniques which were applied to their paintings, many of them innovating and contemporary; others display a story. Certain maintain at the perma transmit a category of feelings and thoughts as well. It is extremely surprising how thea variety of art creations such as the painting can be done for a single purpose. Each