This is a photo of Martin Johnson Heade's Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds, 1871, oil on wood painting. I think it's a very beautiful, eye-catching piece. The first thing that caught my attention are the colors. It's splash of bright colors really balances out its lower value background really drawing your focus to the center of the painting. From there can notice how detailed it is beyond the focal point. There is so many textures to observe and even some movement in one of the hummingbirds who looks like is about to take flight or maybe just landed. I think the artists' use of the elements and principles of art worked very well and brought a very beautiful painting to life.
I selected this picture because as soon as I walked into the Evans wing it jumped right out at me. The painting's huge size and grandeur drew my attention. I like the use of bold colors and strong details. The painting evokes an image of power with the muscled Automedon holding two giant horses.
My favorite thing about this piece is the depiction of the New York skyline during a starry night. This is because I am in love with the city at night time. It makes me feel warm. My least favorite thing is the floral border. At first glance, it looks dumb and out of place. I did not understand the purpose of this border until further research was done on the piece of art. I do not think the artist was successful at achieving her goal. I think this because at first I didn't even notice the young girl flying above the bridge. Once I noticed her, I could not tell she was the same girl laying on the rooftop. This made the wild background not make much sense to me. If I were to do something differently about this piece, I would make the flying girl bigger, or put her into more of the focus. Also, I would do something special to show that they are the same girl. Maybe a unique outfit or something would do the job. During the time this artwork was created, Ringgold played a role in the organization of protests and actions against museums that did not show the work of women and people of color. She usually used “overly political paintings” to present her anger (Spector, Nancy). Within this work, she used a story quilt. Everyone loved it! She turned down her angry theme to show this light hearted example of a “spirited heroine”(Spector, Nancy). Women in this time period’s society loved to see a young colored girl
The color focuses on the light emanating from the right side of the painting which is the way the hunter appears to be facing. The dog and the hunter both appear to be looking towards the light, and they are taking in the natural beauty that is happening around them. The way they are both standing in one spot gives off a sense of deep reflection, or contemplation as they gaze over the glistening body of water inhabited by nature. In the background, you can see an abundance of colorful waterfowl swimming. The light reflecting off the water, it is as if the waterfowl are floating above the water. The hunter sees these ducks, but instead of shooting he is clearly just standing and observing the natural beauty. The old style shotgun the hunter is holding indicates his primary goal of his trip was to shot and kill waterfowl, but hunting appears to not be his main concern at
The texture of the canvas works very well with the subject matter portrayed in the painting. The grassy hill side and the leaves of the trees are especially complimented by the canvas. It makes the leaves feel like they are slightly moving, this combined with the lack of detail itself the leaves. This is contrasted nicely with the very detailed renderings of the trunks and branches of the trees, the conscious decision to put so much effort into the tree itself and then to use obvious brushwork in the leaves makes the trees much more firm and immovable in the landscape. The brushstrokes are very clean and precise on the trees in the background.
A ruby-throated hummingbird (also nicknamed “the hummer”) is one of the smallest birds in this huge world. With such a tiny size, a hummingbird’s survival is an even bigger challenge. With over 300 birds in its family, 51 of the hummingbird species are on the endangered species list.The ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) is a species of hummingbird that Michiganders are most familiar with.
This piece is acrylic, oilstick, and spray paint on wood panel that is 186.1 centimeters in height and 125.1 centimeters in width. This piece features a human-like figure in the center that is mostly half red and half black. This figure has a gray head with one yellow eye and one light gray eye and above its head is a black halo. The background consists of patches of various colors such as light blue, black, dark red, light green, beige, turquoise, pink, and yellow. On the bottle left corner there is a figure drawn that looks like a fish and has a strip of mustard yellow painted through it. Also towards the bottom right of the artwork, there is some drawn on letters that almost look like words but are messily painted over with a desert sand color. This piece is my favorite because I find it aesthetically pleasing. There is a lot going on in this piece that makes looking at it genuinely interesting. The colors that Basquiat choses for the background go very well together and overall compliment the figure in the center. I like how incredibly expressive this piece is and it makes me want to buy a canvas and start painting that I desire. I also like how the human-like figure is drawn. One could see what looks like an outlined ribcage on the figure, which makes me believe that the head is actually a skull. Upon further research I learned that Basquiat was
This is an image that I think of when I consider Japanese culture. They love gardens like this and you see similar images often when considering their culture. It is difficult to tell for sure, but the people in the distance appear to be dressed up. It is as though they have put on their best clothes to step out and enjoy this relaxing setting. I believe that this print is successful at capturing a moment in the mid 1800’s very well. It causes me to sense and experience what the artist was trying to capture. This print seems to conform to the formal theory of art. The print has only images of each object. None of them are particularly detailed or real to life but they do a very good job of organizing and describing the basic elements of the scene. It uses similar colors, shapes, and lines to those one might find in this garden in
This specific work, unframed, is 28 7/8 x 36 7/8 in. It is a horizontal work. This painting looks as if it were a photograph, so the relation to the shapes on the edges appear to be unaffected and seem to go past the edges, therefor, looks uninterrupted. To me, the colors look harmonious, because they all look like they are “cool” colors, meaning shades relating to the color blue. In contrast, they could also be debated as discordant in some areas, for instance, in the upper right corner, where you would guess the artist tried to make the colors resemble some sort of forest-like background, you cannot specifically distinguish exactly what the colors and brush strokes are trying to express. It is unclear whe...
"Mark Grotjahn - Untitled (Lavender Butterfly Jacaranda over Green) - Contemporary Art." Saatchi Gallery. http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/artpages/mark_grotjahn_lavender.htm (accessed March 25, 2011).
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.
The large ground finches have a higher curve while the medium ground finches have a smaller head and a tiny beak. The place in which the finches live is what changes their appearances and also the weather helps decide the appearance of these finches.
11) The painting “Red and Blue Horse” in my opinion is a cultural painting. Horses are a big part of our ancestors and present people today. Horses were a mode of transportation for many centuries, and they are beautiful creatures.
The only non-landscape is the group of sheep being herded, which is the same subject matter as the British counterpart. This painting clearly was done as a new frontier for the Hudson River School and Durand, and proof that the American art being produced was up to the European standards. It shows the ideals that Durand eventually encompassed and spread throughout the school. The piece was well liked by critics who admired “its ambitious scale” and “every-day character” (Glueck 3). In this way, they appreciated the new ideas that Durand brought, and enjoyed the fact that he was painting a normal scene that is regular in day to day life rather than the far fetched landscapes seen before that would never be seen by the every-day man. It is currently sitting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and is hailed nowadays as one of Durand’s best pieces, and most revolutionary. Personally, I also like this painting, as it follows many of the same traits of “Kindred Spirits”. The lighting effects as well as the color are exceptionally done, and this shows the improvement coming from painting “en plein air”. However, this piece pulls the focus much more on the landscape itself, which is different from the emphasis of the first painting, which is more on Cole due to him being the center subject matter. This piece even furthers on Constable’s painting, where the style in “The Beeches” seems much more focused on naturalism and detail, with smaller brush strokes than the latter. Personally, I find this painting less interesting than “Kindred Spirits”, due to the shift in subject matter, and the depiction of a more mundane environment, however, it still is an amazing painting showing the transition in Durand’s
Vincent van Gogh’s development in stylized representations of nature, created by the application of dark colors, bold lines, and thick paint all show an expressionistic view of the natural world as seen through the eyes of the artist. While we will never find a definite answer for whether or not Vincent van Gogh intended for Wheat Fields with Crows to be any indication of his suicide, we continue to draw on conclusions of what this painting really meant. Even though we can say with certainty that this was not Vincent van Gogh’s last painting, the subject matter and formal elements suggest that it probably was - intended or not - some indication of van Gogh’s unhappiness.
Vincent Van Gogh is considered the greatest Dutch painter, and highly influenced the 20th century art. In the era of the impressionism, Van Gogh was a post-impressionist painter whose work, notable for its beauty, emotion and color. One of his most famous paintings that caught my attention was the starring night over the Rhone and the café Terrace on the place du forum, Arles, at night. The reasons why the two paintings from Van Gogh caught my attention was that it has a lot of meaning and representation. For example, The starring night over the Rhone has a big river and on top you can see a lot of beautiful stars, for me that represents the beauty of nature and all the bright colors he uses on his paintings represents his passion towards painting. Furthermore, the painting the café Terrace on the place du forum, when I first saw the painting I didn’t really understand the representation and meaning, but observing it several of times I realize that it has a lot