Sabrina Gomez
Art 2
Ledgerwood
31 March 2014
Art Report
The two works of art I am writing about are Henri Matisse’s “The Sorrows of the King” 1952 and “Le Bonheur de vivre” 1905-06. Both of these works are made my Henri Matieese. Matieese used all spectrum of colors in both these artworks. It is obvious to see the people painted in Le Bonheur de vivre, but not as easy to see what object is in the painting The Sorrow of the King. This paper will review Matisse’s decision and choices. Along with my own assumption. Matisse was best known for his interiors and the play of artificial light on everyday objects.
Henri Matisse was a 20th century French artist known for his use of color and his vivid imagery. He is known as one of the masters of modern art. He was the leader of the four yearlong movement “French fauvism.” The Sorrows of the King is a collage which is an example of his late phase of paper cut-out prints. It was made from paper he had colored with gouache paint and is attached on canvas. The Sorrows of the King, is an example of Matisse's final body of works known as the cutouts. It was made in Pompidou Centre, Paris.
Matisse show’s himself in the central black form, as if he himself is sitting in an armchair, surrounded by a great life. He has a number of repeated themes from his life. The yellow petals fluttering away have the move of musical symbolization, while the green symbolizes the position, while the dancer embodies female body and seriousness. His standard was pre-painted sheets of cut paper, which was derived from cubism.
Le Bonheur de vivre translates to "The Joy of Life." In the central background of Matisse’s piece is a group of figures that is similar to the group in his painting “The Dance.” In the pictur...
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... The line quality in Matisse’s drawings were flowing. You can tell in his works his outlines were well thought out along with the contouring, hatching, and cross hatching. The level of detail in Henri Matisse’s work was astonishing. All colors he used worked well together.
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“Renoir’s particular ambition was to paint works in joyful hues from which all trace of narrative is excluded” 1, quotes Jean LeyMarie author of Renoir; And truer words about Renoir’s work can not be spoken. Pierre-Auguste Renoir was a French born painter whose collaborations with other notable artists, among them Manet, Delacroix, and Monet 2, helped to influence and shape the budding Impressionist movement. The renowned painter began his humble upbringing in Limoges, France in 1841; The son of a tailor, his parents found him work with a porcelain decorator, which was the beginning of his lengthy career as an artist, and perhaps were his passion for translucent and luscious colors were established 3. While Renoir is well known for his paintings of women, couples, and various other human subjects, his work on flowers is equally as impressive. The work this essay will discuss is the painting Chrysanthemums, painted in 1881-82. Currently located in the Ryerson Collection in Gallery 201 of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Moliere, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin. Tartuffe. The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces. Ed. Sarah Lawall. 7th ed. Vol. 2. New York: Norton, 1999. 11-68.
As with his every other painting, this one captures a moment, freezing it permanently in time. He depicts moments that could not have lasted for more than few mere seconds and paints them in particular manner that immortalizes them. This particular ballerina is not performing, she seems to be practicing in the dance room; however, he d...
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...wn in the succeeding works of his lifetime. It is thought that this aura of sorrow is capable of moving a person so much that a sadness like this is only found in Rembrandt's last portraits, and no other accomplished artists’. Titian’s work is significant for this effect of inspiring and stirring emotion in even the tamest heart. (“Encyclopedia of World Biography” 242-243)
When first approaching this work, one feels immediately attracted to its sense of wonder and awe. The bright colors used in the sun draws a viewer in, but the astonishment, fascination, and emotion depicted in the expression on the young woman keeps them intrigued in the painting. It reaches out to those who have worked hard in their life and who look forward to a better future. Even a small event such as a song of a lark gives them hope that there will be a better tomorrow, a thought that can be seen though the countenance by this girl. Although just a collection of oils on a canvas, she is someone who reaches out to people and inspires them to appreciate the small things that, even if only for a short moment, can make the road ahead seem brighter.
The painting is organized simply. The background of the painting is painted in an Impressionist style. The blurring of edges, however, starkly contrasts with the sharp and hard contours of the figure in the foreground. The female figure is very sharp and clear compared to the background. The background paint is thick compared to the thin lines used to paint the figures in the foreground. The thick paint adds to the reduction of detail for the background. The colors used to paint the foreground figures are vibrant, as opposed to the whitened colors of the Impressionist background. The painting is mostly comprised of cool colors but there is a range of dark and light colors. The light colors are predominantly in the background and the darker colors are in the foreground. The vivid color of the robe contrasts with the muted colors of the background, resulting in an emphasis of the robe color. This emphasis leads the viewer's gaze to the focal part of the painting: the figures in the foreground. The female and baby in the foreground take up most of the canvas. The background was not painted as the artist saw it, but rather the impression t...
We walked and walked looking at each art piece, which were all well displayed. Then as I looked at the back wall, a large oil canvas painting looked right back at me. I could feel its pain and so then, I decided to do my paper on this piece. The painting was The Ragpicker by Manet. (The Ragpicker. Edouard Manet.1865.Oil on canvas.) The painting was so enormous that it was hard to miss. Such a huge painting for one man, it almost looked life-like. The dimensions of this work is 76.75” x 51.25”. This scene seems to take place of a lower-class man late in his age, probably near his seventies, appears to be looking out of the corner of his eye. The ...
The historical painting I chose for my final, is an illustration of Bret Harte’s novel, Her Letter, His Response, and Her Last Letter, creatively illustrated by Arthur Ignatius Keller in 1905. The historical painting I chose for the comparison of Arthur Keller’s painting is another painting done by Arthur I Keller; illustrated for 54-40 or Fight by Emerson Hough, in 1909. Arthur I Keller is a very natural, elegant style painter, with an eye for natural beauty. Keller’s many paintings express intricate detail, and genuine quality. Although I picked two water color paintings out of Arthur Keller’s many collections of paintings, he also uses charcoal, acrylics, oils, and pastels to create other works of art. In both paintings I chose, Arthur Keller uses water color and gouache to paint people. Arthur’s first painting I mentioned, illustrating “Her Letter” is a more detailed painting. Keller uses water color to create a graceful look to his painting; his delicate balance of color, keeps the viewer’s eyes wandering around the painting. The focal point in the painting does not catch the viewer’s eyes because of heavy, dark colors, but because of the proportion differences of the people he implies. The painting gives off a very old fashioned feel, in a tasteful way. Arthur Keller’s second painting, illustrating “54-40 or Fight” has a completely different color theme, and gives off more of a mysterious, dark feel to it. The painting is detailed, but in a more simple way, and there is less negative space. As to where Keller’s “Her Letter” painting had a lot of open areas on the canvas, this painting, displays two people in a small enclosed dark room. The focal point is more dramatic, and a lot more obvious because instead of using sizing,...
Vincent van Gogh, one of the most inspiring artists to both the world and on a personal level. Being a fan of his artwork, it was an easy choice to decide to watch the film Lust for Life, which portrayed Mr. Gogh’s life through the good, and through the not so good. While watching the film, I learned more about Vincent than I could have imagined a movie could represent. The movie was a marvel and it really showed how Vincent was an amazing artist, even though he might not have been the best human in terms of health. For the entirety of the paper, the following content, unless otherwise stated, will come directly from the movie Lust for Life by Vincent Minnelli (1965).
Moliere, Jean-Baptise Poquelin. 'Tartuffe.' The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces. Ed. Maynard Mack. New York: W.W. Norton " Company, 1995. 307 -356.
Fauve’s art were different in each other of their own exclusive ways, but they all have the same origin, different feelings but same structure. They all did different mediums as well; for an example like I said they used art to express music, literature, and an emotional vision of the world from their perspective. Artist like Henri Matisse and André Derain with many more artists’ art was bright colored, exciting, attractive, and vividly expressed within their hands. They used communicative colors like red to show pain and hurt or blood or even the items that within the painting that describes the mood. Or another example could be Henri Matisse 'The Open Window, Collioure', 1905; he used his colors wisely and intensely. Most of the artist used oil, oil on canvas, and paint. Each piece of art work was used to perfection. ...
The Joy of life by Henri Matisse because the picture expresses many colors of happiness and explains the personalities of the people in the painting. When you look at the painting it’s a great feeling of emotions, and all the people in the painting seem to be enjoying themselves with everything around them I also noticed when looking at the colors they really speak out to people. There are so many wonderful colors put together it seems he used a watercolor to make them blend together. When you look at the painting you notice that all the females and males are naked in this picture expressing themselves in many different ways. The background seems to be in the forest and a open field where some of the people