Western painting

of the artwork.In this essay,I would like to focus on the paintings form of art. How do the paintings reflect the attitude of the artists? How do the paintings reflect the philosophy and value of the world? No matter you are eastern or western people,paintings are just not about the skills, but they also convey the feelings of the artists. Needless to say, there is still a great divergence of traditional Chinese painting and Western painting. Generally speaking, Chinese painters love to use realistic

variety of visual attitude. Even only in European art, artists’ imaginative beholdings could be so distinct, when we compare a Western painting with a Chinese painting, the contrast would be even more obvious. However, this two natures have their common kind of expression too. The following remarks will be analysing one Western paint and one Chinese painting. The Western one would be Caspar David Friedrich’s A Wanderer above the Sea of Fog and the Chinese one would be Guo Xi’s Early Spring. Although

Grant Wood’s American Gothic is one of the most famous paintings in the history of American art. The painting brought Wood almost instant fame after being exhibited for the first time at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1930. It is probably the most reproduced and parodied works of art, and has become a staple within American pop-culture. The portrait of what appears to be a couple, standing solemnly in front of their mid-western home seems to be a simplistic representation of rural America. As simple

Painting in Spain during the 1500’s was being magnificently produced for patrons, churches, royalty, and private commissioners, which created an intrigue for artists in neighbouring countries. A Greek artists by the name of El Greco (Greek name: Domenikos Theotokopoulos) has been known to be titled as “the greatest Spanish painter of the era”, although he was not from Spanish heritage. He was born in Crete, Greece in 1567 and spent approximately half of his life traveling and apprenticing in Italy

acquired throughout his life as a painter. Many visual characteristics of the painting, such as the color, line, and light are unrealistic in nature, but serve to emphasize the tropical surroundings in which Gauguin loved to paint. Although the organization of the characters in this lush jungle clearing seem random, Gauguin intended this work

all of his paintings.     Fauvists was created in the early twentieth century, by modern artist whom emphasized painterly qualities. By having strong, vibrant colors that represent realistic values. This style of art was inspired by the impressionists’ era, they (the founding leaders of fauvists) wanted to capture the impact of lighting and the atmosphere within. The word Fauve translates into “wild beast”

“Primitivism” was a cultural attitude that arose in Europe during the late 19th and 20th century in opposition to the increasingly decadent and materialistic European culture. Rather than an artistic movement, “primitivism” is a European conception of foreign civilizations and lands as “simple”, less developed, and naive. This is an important distinction to make, because “primitivism” was defined in the eyes of the Europeans who saw foreign civilizations as unsophisticated, indicating that the concept

artist whose work mainly went unappreciated until after his death in 1903. It wasn’t until 1940 that his work began to see worldwide success and gain appreciation by larger audiences. Today, Gauguin is one of the most well-known artists and his paintings rank among some of the most expensive in the world. Some of Gauguin’s most notable works include Tahitian Women on the Beach (1891) and Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? (1897). Gauguin is now recognized for his innovative and

dropped out of school at the age of 15 How did her/his Cultural and religious heritage affect him/her? He used his art Inspiration from his culture to affect his artwork in a few ways. For example i noticed that he used the Cree style of X Ray paintings/drawings in many of his works like in his woodland indian styled art of fox, Like other woodland artists he uses lines of movement, divided circle, and many other aspects of woodland artists in his work.

Genre #1, Art Conquers Pain, Letter to a Friend This letter depicts Frida writing to a friend about her experience in the hospital after she suffered through a bus accident. Since it is known that Frida wrote letters, especially during her time at the hospital, I knew this would be a compelling genre. Through her time of isolation and pain, Kahlo reached out to many close friends in an attempt to rid herself of the loneliness she felt. By using a letter to express Kahlo’s newfound pleasure in art