Francisco Goya was considered an influential Spanish Romanticist painter and print maker, he is still revered today. Goya has been cited as the last of the old traditional artists, but also as the first of the Modern artists, this makes him a unique figure in art history. He created many popular paintings throughout his lifetime. His paintings earlier on are known more for their blissful, cheerful tones, but later on in his life, Goya’s art took on darker tones for sure. Many speculate that this had to do with the loss of his hearing. “The Family of Charles IV” was painted from 1800- 1801 and it is one of Goya’s most well-known paintings. It is famed for brutal honesty when it comes to the appearance of the royal family, which is surprising …show more content…
This painting is actually a direct reference to Velazquez's "Las Meninas," but it is during the reign of Charles IV instead of Philip IV. Goya's self-portrait of himself in the painting is more shadowed than Velazquez was in his painting. People are so used to royal portraits having characteristics of idealism, but this painting is unique in this way. The royal family’s faces are in no way beautified or romanticized which is surprising in a way considering Goya was a Romanticist himself. In saying that, Velazquez was a realist and “Las Meninas” was painted in a very lifelike way, so it would not make sense to paint “Charles IV and his family” Romantically. The way Goya painted the royal family strikes the audience as unflattering, especially the King and Queen. Some of the people in the portrait look somewhat glorified but those are the children, and it is not a momentous difference. I think that Goya just painted the children to look relatively idealized to symbolize their purity. Overall, the faces of the royal family look like those of ordinary people. The children were portrayed as young and beautiful and the costume was painted in a way that made it appear absolutely spectacular, there is glistening jewelry everywhere. To me this signifies that the people in the royal family were not especially beautiful in looks, but the way that they dressed was
...t. Instead of using symbolism, which is a major part of The Arnolfini Portrait, Velasquez strove to create a more snapshot-like painting, focusing more on capturing the natural allure of the royal family and the royal palace. Both artists were trying to capture and portray the personalities and lifestyles of a family, but each did it in their own way.
Vincent Van Gogh is one of the world’s greatest and most well-known artists, but when he was alive he considered himself to be a complete failure. It was not until after he died that Van Gogh’s paintings received the recognition they deserved. Today he is thought to be the second best Dutch artist, after Rembrandt. Born in 1853, he was one of the biggest artistic influences of the 19th century. Vincent Van Gogh created a new era of art, he learned to use art to escape his mental illness, and he still continues to inspire artists over 100 years later.
... painted in an Idealistic way with the portrait of King Francis I by shifting the proportions and making his shoulders broader than normal. Filling out the frame of the painting, the king’s head and neck look too small on the full body, conveying the idea of manliness and strength. Both artists strived to paint the portraits in a realistic way, but distorted the subject and lighting to heighten the feeling of power that both portraits present.
For my assignment, I will be comparing the two pieces of art titled Louis XIV painted by Hyacinthe Rigaud and Portrait of Marie Antoinette With Her Children by Marie-Louise-Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun. I will be analyzing and breaking down the different techniques used in both paintings and explaining the similarities between them as well. Though the paintings contain the same family throughout both, there is a clear imbalance in power and something very normal for this time period. I will be elaborating on the difference in social status between the two paintings, even though they are the same family.
“First be a magnificent artist and then you can do whatever, but the art must be first” by Francisco de Goya. Francisco de Goya has produced many different forms of art throughout his life. One in spectacular, ¿No Hay Quien Nos Desate? which translates into Will No One Untie Us? is the 75th plate out of a series of 80 prints called Los Caprichos. Los Caprichos were made by aquatint and etching in 1797 and 1798 but was published as an album later in 1799. Goya “recently developed the technique of aquatint, which makes these etchings a major achievement in the history of engraving” (Magister). In 1789, Goya became an official Court painter and painted several pictures of the Spanish Royal family. Francisco de Goya is one
The Third of May, painted by Francisco Goya depicts the battle at Medina del Rio Seco in Spain. Napoleon's troops marched into Medina del Rio Seco to be met by 21,000 Spanish troops protecting their city (mtholuoke.edu). When tensions between the French and the Spanish erupted in the streets of Madrid, it left approximately four hundred persons dead. Goya's painting reveals the fear and suffering of the Spanish, while Napoleon's troops show no mercy.
The early nineteenth century which was in the Regency Era consisted of harsh judgments towards what was believed to be a “wealthy” look and what was considered to be “proper.” In Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, the clothing is more than just a fashion statement, it determines how they are perceived and their overall rank and social class in society. Therefore, fashion represents the importance of self appearance during that time.
... La Infanta Margarita and her two attendants draw the viewer’s attention, but the dark backdrop dominates the painting with its sheer vastness as it towers over the figures in this scene that are clustered at the bottom. The viewer of the painting is placed in the eyes of the king and queen, as they stand both inside and outside of the painting, reflected in the mirror as observers only. They can watch this scene as the royal couple watched their country crumble because of government debt and loss of territories. Diego Velázquez had always wanted to paint the truth, whether in the bodegón paintings of his earlier years or in the royal portraits he was commissioned during his career as the court painter. He did so in Las Meninas, during the final decade of his life, by depicting the condition of Spain’s government through an informal day-to-day scene of palace life.
The first art that interested me was the art of Indonesia which in this exhibit depicted the culture, history and art of Indonesian people. For instance, Bali a small island in the Indonesia valued most of its art based on the rich resources they occupied such as most art was composed of gold, diamond and sapphires which people of Bali believed that it will resemble their higher standards in the society. Art of Bali amazed me the most when it came to their “King’s crown” and “Queen’s crown” which was completely “fashioned in pure gold with diamonds, rubies, and sapphires” (Bali). The king’s crown was much simpler compare to queen’s crown which contained many varied of gold decorative that looked like gold flowers, and all of its designs such as rubies or sapphires were perfectly horizontally lined to each other that sort of depicted as a shiny necklace. The Bali’s art that I observed was very interesting know about the society they lived in those centuries with representation of their upscale society (Bali).
Have you ever wondered what people in the Elizabethan Era wore? Fashion was just as important in those days as it is to some people today. What people were wearing mattered to others, and even the government. During the Elizabethan Era clothing, accessories, and cosmetics were all a part of daily life.
Goya's painting has historical significance, as well as a social message that he wanted to send to generations to come.
Later Goya achieves his first successful movement. He became a portrait painter for the Spanish aristocracy. He finally enrolled in the Royal Academy of San Fernando in 1780,
Pablo Picasso was one of the most recognized and popular artist of all time. In Pablo’s paintings and other works of art, he would paint what he was passionate about and you can see his emotions take control throughout his paintings and other works of art. Pablo Picasso works of art include not only paintings but also prints, bronze sculptures, drawings, and ceramics. Picasso was one of the inventors of cubism. ” Les Demoiselles d'Avignon” is one of Picasso famous paintings; this is also one of Pablo’s first pieces of cubism. Picasso went through different phases in his paintings; the blue period, rose period, black period, and cubism. Picasso was a born talented artist, with his dad setting the foundation; Picasso became the famous artist of the twentieth century.
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, or more commonly known as Goya, was a Spanish Romantic artist during the late 18th and early 19th century. Goya was one of the first artists to appear in the Romantic period and is now referred to as the most influential artist of the time. For a majority of his career, Goya suffered through hearing loss, causing him to express his internal thoughts through paintings he did inside of his home. The paintings depicted many characteristics of the Romantic style with his use of intense emotions and ideas such as death and horror. These romantic aspects were especially distinguished in his most famous pieces The Third of May 1808, Saturn Devouring His Son, and Witches’ Sabbath.
Romantic art portrays emotional, painted, or shown in a bold and dramatic manner, and there is often a stress on the past. Romantic artists often use sad themes and dramatic tragedies. Paintings by famous Romantic artists such as Gericault and Delacroix are filled with energetic brushstrokes, rich colors, and emotive subject matters. While the German landscape painter Casper David Friedrich created images of lost loneliness, and at the same time in Spain, Francisco Goya conveyed the horrors of war in his works. This shows the variety of different art works of this time period. Some of these artists were fascinated in nature, people can definitely see this if they are shown through any Romanticism museum, also the importance of drama and emotion. At this time artists made their art work portray more then what the eye sees, the artists added more symbolism to the art work then in the Renaissance. The Pre-Raphaelite movement succeeded Romanticism, and Impressionism is firmly rooted in the Romantic tradition. Other famous Romantic artists include George Stubbs, William Blake, John Margin, John Constable, JMW Turner, and Sir Thomas Lawrence. And Although Romanticism was very popular for the paintings, it was also popular for its music, and poetry, and even architecture. This shows that this period advanced not only in variety of artwork but also a variety of all sorts of effects.