hard. With the world in such a horrible state, many artists felt that they could no longer paint the lively themes that had been painting before the war (Culley). They began to paint untraditional and unrealistic works of art. Their painting never really took on any specific shape or form and each work of art was extremely individual. Despite the fact that the paintings often turned out looking like chaos (Arts), “there was always an underlying serious subject” that many people did not seem to grasp
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15th century. Van Eyck is known primarily for his realistic portrait paintings, usually of religious subjects. At this point in time, oil painting was a new invention and not many artists knew just how to work with it. His work with oils is what made him such a talented artist in the 15th century. One work of his in particular that interests me is Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife Giovanna Cenami, painted in 1434. This painting, made with oils on an oak panel, depicts a man and woman holding hands
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The painting on the left, Quince was painted by Zhu Da, also known as Bada Shanren. Painted in 1690 it is done in a quite simple manner and pattern with a concise style. It has with very little detail or depth and a plain background. The soft colors and cool tones in his paintings were usually done in ink monochrome. It is a balanced composition especially since the major part of the Quince is shown in the left lower corner which is balanced by the calligraphy in the right upper corner. Even
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Dupain received his first camera in 1924, and he had opened a studio on Bond Street, Sydney ten years later. He captured the photograph 'the Sunbaker', arguably his most recognized piece, in 1937, which did not become a national symbol untill after 1970. Dupain then travelled and served in both Darwin and Papa New Guinea during World War II with the Royal Australian Air Force part of an international movement of artists deployed to work in camouflage. He used shape and shadows to conceal/expose objects
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M.C. Escher also known as Maurits Cornelis Escher lived from 1898 to 1972. During his lifetime he made over 2000 drawings and sketches and 448 lithographs, woodcuts and engravings. He is most famous for his Transformation Prints, such as Metamorphosis I, Metamorphosis II and Metamorphosis III, Sky & Water I or Reptiles as well as his so-called impossible constructions, such as Ascending and Descending and Relativity,. Escher was also left-handed just like Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci. Escher
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“Dutch Golden Age”, the art world flourished as the Dutch bourgeois, with their wealth and appreciation of art, commissioned paintings of themselves, their families and country. Painters also began exploring new forms and content, with new treatments of architectural volumes, interplay of light and perspective, elegant worlds, traditional portraiture and still life painting. Famous painters from this era include Rembrandt, Franz Hals, Jacob van Ruisdael and the master genre painter, Johannes Vermeer
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Elvis Tapia Com Martha Rosler is an American artist that combines history and montage to create her artwork. She uses everyday life concepts in the point of view of a female and blends it, as well as getting inspired by war themes. Her artwork creates a transportation to the era or time period to the audience that are viewing her artwork. Some of the works that I truly enjoy from her is ''part of the life industry'','' Cleaning the Drapes'' and ''Point and shoot.'' I found all three artworks very
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differentiating affect it has and how the audience views it. His sequence becomes very rich in color patterns which repeated motifs are indescribable, and Warhol has a liking for complementary contrasts that are also seen in other pieces like him Marilyn painting and self
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Although all of his paintings are beautiful, this paper will focus on his painting “The Yellowstone River, Near the Crow Mission,” because of how important his work at Yellowstone National Park was to him and to America. The first thing to note about this painting is its color scheme. While the blue colors stand out vibrantly, when one looks close it is easy to see the painting subtly incorporates many different colors throughout it. Although the
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The media used in this pair is different, however, both works concerns with the theme of architecture in distinctive perspectives. In Sculpture for Calton Hill, Kate Whiteford drew patterns of fish and spirals using white charcoals on Calton Hill, whereas Nathan Coley constructs a land of religious buildings composed of cardboards. In Sculpture for Calton Hill, Kate Whiteford succeeds in showing an interesting dialogue between the existing neoclassical architecture on Calton Hill and the monochrome
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