A painting in Tampa Museum of Art that interests me is Outpost Raid: Champagne Sector by Horace Pippin. This piece was created in 1931, three years after Horace Pippin began to explore paint. It was original located at West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States and is currently located at American Folk Art Museum. Outpost Raid: Champagne Sector was oil on fabric and its dimensions were 18 x 21". During the World War I, Horace Pippin served in an all-black infantry unit called Fifteenth Regiment of the New York National Guard. Ten years after Horace Pippin was sent home, he started to create paintings which presents scenes of his memories of the war and this painting was one of those. Horace Pippin mostly uses subdued palette of gray, brown …show more content…
This painting presents two soldiers are standing in a trench. The soldier who wears a pale blue uniform stands beside a sentry box on the right and the other soldier who wears a different uniform enters from the left. Only the expression on the face of the right soldier’s is presented and it seems to show his scorn to the soldier on the left. As we can see in the painting, some other soldiers who are probably the left soldier’s comrades are hiding behind the sandbags. The painting uses diagonal lines which are neither vertical nor horizontal to make the objects seem to be unstable and in motion. It makes the audience feel that those soldiers are moving or going to take an action. Horace Pippin successfully uses diagonal lines to convey a feeling of movement for this painting. Outpost Raid: Champagne Sector is two-dimensional and composed of shapes which are formed by lines. This artwork uses shapes to depict the soldiers as well as background’s objects. Because the artist tends to use subdued colors such as gray, brown and black, the painting create a sense of calm and composure for the audience. The use of colors make the audience feel peaceful although they are seeing a painting which presents the scenes of war. In addition, the uses of color …show more content…
It is easily recognized that this painting presents a scene of the world. The subject matter of the work is a scene of Horace Pippin’s memories of the World War I. The soldiers in this painting are probably from America and Germany. This painting presents a scene of fight between American soldiers and a German soldier. I was really interested in this painting in the first time I saw it. The visual analysis helped me understand more how this painting was created and also gain more knowledge about the formal elements of art and principles of design of this
Wayne, transforms this painting into a three dimensional abstract piece of art. The focal point of the painting are the figures that look like letters and numbers that are in the front of the piece of art. This is where your eyes expend more time, also sometimes forgiving the background. The way the artist is trying to present this piece is showing happiness, excitement, and dreams. Happiness because he transmits with the bright colours. After probably 15 minutes on front of the painting I can feel that the artist tries to show his happiness, but in serene calm. The excitement that he presents with the letters, numbers and figures is a signal that he feels anxious about what the future is going to bring. Also in the way that the colors in the background are present he is showing that no matter how dark our day can be always will be light to
The visual I have created is meant to display how the author Seven Galloway effectively used descriptive language and imagery in the novel The Cellist of Sarajevo to demonstrate character development in Dragan, one of the protagonists. For instance, in the first image moving forward from the 12’oclock section of the clock, we can see an image of Dragan in Sarajevo with the intent of setting the mood of war, where “everything around him is a peculiar shade of grey”. This imagery is meant to display not only the visual cast set upon Sarajevo in a time of war, but also to show Dragan’s internal demeanor and how he initially perceives the world around him, while the idea of a ‘grey’ world surrounding him outlines his pessimistic worldview. These ideas are also manifest in the following image, where we
This new technological development defines the emergence of universal/total war that changed the field of combat before and during WWI. This piece was obviously painted in 1911 right before WWI, but it presents the historical change from horse-driven combat to the more industrialized methods of canon warfare. By WWI, the rise of tanks and artillery made the French Calvary obsolete, and it gave rise to the modern French infantry. Much like Levinthal’s photographic depiction of tanks and soldiers in WWII, the development of those technologies are defined in Fresnaye’s acute sense of movement in military maneuvers. The use of artillery in WWI would now make it possible to kill hundreds of thousands of soldiers with more advanced industrial development of machine technology. Certainly, Fresnaye is depicting the power and masculinity of the French infantry in terms of the coming devastation that WWI would bring to Europe. The use of artillery was a major change in the field of combat during WWI, which defined the horrors of universal war in the modern psyche. Fresnaye’s cubism illustrates the advancing modernism of early 20th century warfare in the angular and geometric depiction of men and artillery as a new phenomenon in the art world. Certainly, Fresnaye’s painting illustrates the modern psyche of total/universal war in the depiction of modern
Looking at different pieces of art work at the art museum and one-piece in particular impressed me. It’s called “View of Molo”, painted by Giovanni Antonio Canal. Giovanni Canal was born in Venice, Italy in 1697. This particular piece was painted circa 1730-1735. The piece hangs at the El Paso Museum of Art in El Paso, Texas. The painting is part of the permanent collection donated by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation in 1961. The art work was done on canvas using oil. The painting can be found in the Baroque and Rococo Period Gallery.
First, the size of the painting drew me in before all. It measures at 339.1 by 199.5 cm, surrounded by a large golden frame. The size alone is enough to bring in any person passing by. Once getting close, the really wonder happened. The story told by the painting
The Interpretation/Meaning (III) will be written without any guideline points, the aim of this part will be to determine what the painter wanted to express with his piece of work and what it tells us in a symbolic or not instantly clear way. This part will also handle why the artist drew the painting the way he did it and why he chose various techniques or tools.
One of the most prominent features of the painting is the use of repetition. In the forefront of the picture plane we see a three-pronged pitchfork. That sam...
The painting depicts two figures, the one of a woman and of a man. The dominating central figure is the one of the woman. We see her profile as she looks to the left. Her hands are crossed in a graceful manner. She has blonde hair and her figure is lit by what seems to be natur...
images in this painting, all of which have the power to symbolize to us, the viewer, of the painter’s
Their body proportions are realistic, and while not many details can be seen in their faces, one assumes it is proportionally based on the size of the facial hair and outline of the eyes. The naturalism lends the foreground of the painting a quality of "realness" especially when compared with the slightly more cartoonish depiction of the thought bubble hovering over the military men's heads. The figures depicted in the thought bubble are much less realistic to the military men. Some of the thought bubble characters are Native Americans, some are the enemy they fight. Many colors are used in contrast to the solemn blue of the military men. The Native Americans are portrayed with feathers in their hair, brandishing guns or spears while atop a horse. The white enemy wears blue uniforms similar to those of the men in the foreground of the
This painting by Vincent Van Gogh is on display at the Art Institute of Chicago Museum, in the Impressionism exhibit. There are many things going on in this painting that catch the viewer’s eye. The first is the piece’s vibrant colors, light blues and browns, bright greens, and more. The brush strokes that are very visible and can easily be identified as very thick some might even say bold. The furniture, the objects, and the setting are easy to identify and are proportioned to each other. There is so much to see in this piece to attempt to explain in only a few simple sentences.
middle of paper ... ... Grosz is using this art to convey a feeling, and to bring us into World War I, not by showing what it actually looked like, but rather how it felt to be there. Modern art serves to immerse us more thoroughly in a scene by touching on more than just our sight. Artists such as Grosz, and Duchamp try to get us to feel, instead of just see. It seems that this concept has come about largely as a way to regain identity after shedding the concepts of the Enlightenment.
I chose the art piece entitled An American Ship in Distress because it looks pretty amazing. Another reason I chose to analyze this piece as opposed to the others is because it was the piece I liked the most, therefore making me analyze it more closely and discover other aspects of the work would make me appreciate it more. I also chose this because I enjoy being on boats and this really caught my attention. In this art work it shows a ship being tossed around by the stormy ocean waves. The artist who painted this piece is named Thomas Birch. The medium is an oil painting on canvas. This painting was made in 1841 and it’s from the Putnam Foundation. This work does fit into a genre and it’s a waterscape.
The composition of the piece is combined with pictures of President Kennedy, geometrical shapes and superheros such as Captain America, Iron Man and Thor. The piece itself does not really show movement, but the images all relate because of the viewing of media, politics and social awareness that Basquiat wanted to express to the art world. The color variation of this piece embraces a bit of pop art, which indicates the huge influence that Andy Warhol had on Basquiat at the time. A Lot of the clip pictures are bold but their color schemes are different such as the President Kennedy's picture contrast with the superhero clippings contrast within dark red and light red with Kennedy’s picture .The mood of the painting expresses sadness and despair, but eagerness for hope. During the 1960’s, President Kennedy was assassinated. Basquiat viewed him as an idol which shows why his picture takes up most of this art piece.. At the time, Kennedy represented change and hope, something that Basquiat had difficulty coping with with heroin
...s work The 3rd of May, 1808 is a very detailed and dramatic narrative within a collection of war themed works by the artist. I believe that by using the formal elements of color, texture, shape, lines, space, and the value I was able to sufficiently provide evidence that Goya offers a sequential order of direction for the audience to comprehend from their personal viewing. The twisted and grief stricken work creates a massive emotional connection and the artist plans for the viewers’ to grow and understand this message. The subject highlighted is obvious that Goya is passionate on his stance and outlook on war is suggested in the work. It’s obvious that Goya’s formal organization of his color palette, variation of brushes, repeating shapes, and play with lighting all correspond to depict man’s savage and at times monstrous actions are justified during war.