The first artist that I would like to discuss is named Nehemiah Partridge and his painting during the 17th century. Nehemiah Partridge is a painter from the 17th century and he painted colonial art. The painting that I chose is named “Portrait of Catherine Ten Broeck”, and was created in 1719 on oil canvas. The painting is of a young girl holding a rose in her right hand while holding a bird in her left hand. The girl in the painting is very young, and she seems to be very happy being painted. The painting illustrates every-day life in the 1700s. The artist chose very earthy tones for the color scheme, but the light is focused on the young girl. The elements were very calm and peaceful in this painting. In addition, the background of this painting focuses on a young girl named Catherine who was painted by Nehemiah Partridge. The painting has descended by Edward L. Ford from the family’s great-great-great-granddaughter in New York City. This style of painting reflects “reflects Partridge's style of quick, prominent brush strokes with a palette of black, brown, blue, and rust. The sket...
John Singleton Copley was born in 1738 in Boston, Massachusetts. His mother Martha Babcock Amory was married to Richard Copley who died shortly after John’s birth. A couple of years later his mother remarried to Peter Pelham. Peter would prove to be a big influence on John’s early career. Pelham, one of Boston’s top engravers, would teach him the intricacies of printing and give Copley a chance to access a large library of prints to work from. These would later be used in the compositions of paintings like The Return of Neptune (fig1.1) and Mrs. Jerathmael Bowers. At first he borrowed poses and backgrounds from his step father's mezzotints, and tricks of color and modeling from his elders in Boston's portrait-painting fraternity. But he soon found he could go farther by paying scant attention to the modes and strict attention to his models. He would spend up to 100 hours on a portrait wit...
The compositions that each piece displays is different and prestige in its own right. Flemish panel painters were largely influential and created extraordinary developments in composition. The artwork tends to be very detailed and filled with symbolic meanings from surrounding objects or even coloring. Jan van Eyck was especially credited for paying exceptional attention to detail that creates such a realistic form, the figures seem lifelike. Much of this realistic appearance is due to the medium that was widely used in the North. The use of oil paints and techniques, such as finer detail with smaller brush strokes and layering of oil paints to create a glaze, were used and developed giving the Northern art distinct characteristics and composition. Italian painters created frescos by applying pigments to wet plaster. The result is a dull, flatter color and they were unable to achieve intricate detail. The com...
Another piece of art that I found lovely was a painting of John Singleton Copley. Copley painted a portrait of nine-year-old Daniel Verplanck with a squirrel on a leash. I found this portrait adorable especial with the squirrel. Copley painted the portrait in 1771. The colors he
In the period following the American Revolution up to the turn of the eighteenth century, we start to see some subtle yet significant changes in the popular artwork. We can see a much bolder use of color and background, as in C.W. Peale’s Benjamin and Eleanor Ridgely Laming (1788) and Mather Brown’s Sir Richard Arkwright (1790). Emotion is shown of the faces of the subjects and Ralph Earl showed the Striker Sisters (1787) with their arms around each other and pleasant, happy smiles on their faces. Mr. Peale’s work shows the physical attraction between Benjamin and Eleanor.
In this essay I am going to study two artists, Van Gogh, who today is widely regarded as one of history’s greatest Dutch painters and Scottish painter and print maker, Elizabeth Blackadder.
In the painting “The Mason Children,” we catch a glimpse at an era and style of living now foreign to modern day America. The painting, whose artist is unknown, portrays three young children, an older boy and two younger girls, dressed simply in black and white but with elements of luxury: The boy carries a silver plated cane, and the older of the two girls has a chinese silk fan, as well as a necklace of red beads. This painting, in many ways, is a wonderful representation of life for the early Puritan colonists of New England.
Eitner, Lorenz. Preface. An Outline of 19th Century European Painting: From David through Cézanne. N.p.: Westview, 1992. 7+. Print.
Choose two (2) of the following late 20th century African-American artists, and compare and contrast their art: Bearden, Lawrence, Basquiat, or Colescott. Describe specific elements of the works from the chosen artists that represent the
Within the medium of painting, many millennia of two-dimensional representations have recorded the thoughts and history of those who are creative and those who desired history to be recorded in the image they decided fit. The boundaries that separate painting into defined movements can be vague because they represent the works of a culture such as Greece or as well-defined and distinct as some movements were dictated by churches, governments, and other bodies of influence. Impressionism is a movement composed of works from a culture where the enlightenment of the masses caused “a group of artists who shared a set of related approaches and techniques” ("Impressionism,") to emerge and coalesce into a new school of thought. This paper will examine the works of three artist who painted with the Impressionist style; Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Claude Monet. These renowned Impressionists may have had common influences and beginnings, yet these artists differentiate from one another via their unique styles of expression.
The first painting I am choosing to write about is Jean-Baptiste-Camille-Corot’s painting that was created in 1827 called, Trinita dei Monti. This painting has an old rustic/vintage look to it. This looks like an old Roman city on the coast. The colors in this painting are faded which I think make this painting more appealing and brings this painting to life. The old white building stands out right away which is in the center of this painting which looks like a church. You can see a bunch of other buildings around the harbor near the church and those buildings get smaller the further you go, as they would in pictures taken with cameras or in person. There is also what appears to be a little trail or a courtyard with a bunch of trees lined up
Thomas Gainsborough was the leading landscape and painter and one of the most important portraitists of the 18th-Century Britain. His style is characterized by a sense of immediacy, resulting from diffused light and fluid brushwork. “Gainsborough’s overall, fluid brushwork, in combination with his unique layering of translucent colors, resulted in complete compositional unity and textures unlike anything produced by his contemporaries. Gainsborough also used light as another unifying factor that created specific emphasis within each painting; these “spotlight” highlighted effects were perhaps his greatest
This was in the second room that I looked in. It was surrounded by other paintings similar but not in the countryside. This picture depicts a normal fall day out in the country. The gravel road is long and hilly, while the corn on the right has been growing really tall. It looks as if it is almost harvest time because the corn in turning yellow and drying out. On the left side of the road there are telephone poles. These are very common out in the country, and very much appreciated when needing to call. Even further to the left is a bean field that is not ready to be picked but is getting close. In this picture the sun looks like it is the early morning and the sun is starting to come up. The shadows that the corn makes on the road reminds me of my home. I live out in the country and this painting looks like what my drive is to school is. It seems as though Gary Bowling, the painter, came out to my house to paint this picture. He painted this in January
If we wish to progress in the practice of art then we must look back to where we left off. We must learn from the wealth of knowledge amassed in the artworks of 19th century artists, as they were created by the last in a long line of masters, before the cycle was stalled by the modern art fad. Contemporary artists must realize the importance of these artworks, and there is much to be learned from them. It is certain that if we wish to excel, we will look back at these artists as leaders, just as they looked back to the past for guidance from the old masters.
During the 19th century, a great number of revolutionary changes altered forever the face of art and those that produced it. Compared to earlier artistic periods, the art produced in the 19th century was a mixture of restlessness, obsession with progress and novelty, and a ceaseless questioning, testing and challenging of all authority. Old certainties about art gave way to new ones and all traditional values, systems and institutions were subjected to relentless critical analysis. At the same time, discovery and invention proceeded at an astonishing rate and made the once-impossible both possible and actual. But most importantly, old ideas rapidly became obsolete which created an entirely new artistic world highlighted by such extraordinary talents as Vincent Van Gogh, Eugene Delacroix, Paul Gauguin, Paul Cezanne, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Claude Monet. American painting and sculpture came around the age of 19th century. Art originated in Paris and other different European cities. However, it became more popular in United States around 19th century.
Africa is home to a great and thriving art culture. Until recently, African art hasn’t had enough attention, due to scholars’ and art collectors’ emphasis on traditional art, while being part of the most diverse legacies on Earth. Although some people consider African art ‘traditional’, the art actually consists of hundreds of different people groups, cultures, and civilizations. The artwork favors abstraction rather than naturalistic representation because the artwork represents objects or ideas rather than depict them.