I chose to compare and contrast Samurai Attacks Woman by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi and a self portrait by Giuseppe Arcimboldo. Similarities in craftsmanship and mediums used drew me to these pieces. First, I will describe the original piece that caught my eye while perusing through the data base Artstor was Tsukioka’s. His piece was created during the Meiji period of Japan, showcasing the popular forms of artwork at the time. Tsuikoka used many beautiful colours alongside ink to create his masterpieces. However, in this piece he seemed to use a more delicate approach. Instead of using a multitude of colours, he stuck strictly to the use of red. I think that this really plays to the overall feel of the piece. It showcases a samurai reaching out …show more content…
Overall giving the artwork more meaning and life. This is something that I find prevalent in Japanese art. This style of art can be found even in modern day Japanese art. I feel like these works from the past really helped to impact the artwork of this country. The line quality that Tsukioka uses is another aspect that I find really appealing. As you can observe from the piece, the line used for the samurai is very heavy handed. The use of multiple thick lines has created a strong focus surrounding this figure. At first glance you are drawn to the stance of the samurai; this is where the lines are darkest. Then you move your eyes upward to the samurai’s face and shoulders. This I believe is due to the lines becoming thinner as they continue upward. The minimalistic use of line plays up this piece very well. I see this being demonstrated in the face of the man. In actuality it consists of six small lines. That is all that is needed to showcase the emotion put fourth by this figure. After your gaze reaches his face you are directed down the length of his arm and onto the action of him grabbing the woman in front of him. This part draws your attention not only because of the action being put fourth but also by the intense red mark making
In the book Samurai, Warfare and the State in Early Medieval Japan, Karl Friday focuses on war in early medieval Japan. A central thesis could be the political primacy of the imperial court. (Lamers 2005) This is the tenth through fourteenth centuries, before the samurai became prominent in Japan and were trying to form themselves into more of what we think of them today. Friday focuses on five aspects of war in his book; they are the meaning of war, the organization of war, the tools of war, the science of war, and the culture of war.
Knights and samurai have a lot in common. For example, they both follow a code and protect land. Although they are very similar, there are a lot of things that set them apart. Samurai had a different social status, had different weapons, and expectations. While knights and samurai have many similarities, in a one on one battle, the advantage would be to the knights and this can be seen in their honor code, training, and armor.
Fudlisum had land and they hired pesents to work on their land to get food and eat.Europe and japan both had lands that they owned and hired warriors because rulers couldn’t protect them. They used pesents to work. Nobles land and farms to grow food for they could survive. Japan had hire samurais to protect the pesents from bandints, What smurais earn is land and food as there reward. Lords told them were to go and they had to serve the lords.
It seems to be his style of painting, thick brush strokes. It is not simple, there is much to the painting, there is emotion in the painting. It is a stunning piece made by him.
...e sexual union between him and the woman. The couple is also wearing jewelry that symbolizes their sexual power and union as a whole. This particular piece of art shows how the physical appearance of a human is not needed to show sexual characteristics. The pieces are completely different in appearance, but the idea of sexual representation is fully shown throughout each piece.
The colours used in the artwork are earthy tones with various browns, greens, yellows, blues and some violet. These colours create a sense of harmony on the...
I decided to use Herman Lee for my artist comparison. The first piece that I saw of his was a series about Great Romans and they were portrait pieces. He has five pieces in this series that contain five different Roman people. They happen to be portraits of a person in vector/illustrative style. I decided to use this as a starting block for my piece. Instead of doing a leading figure in our today society as my portrait piece, I chose to do myself. Doing a portrait of yourself to me is harder to manage then doing a portrait of another person. Doing a portrait of yourself is hard to me because it involves figuring out what side of you, as a person, you want to be seen as or what you want to be seen as. You have to show a piece of who you are as a person and be quite vulnerable to the viewers, so I decided to go outside my comfort zone for this piece.
... though employing a familiar subject (the female form), shows the transformation from busy mosaics with gold embellishments to a brighter palate of colors and the use of stronger, bolder lines. The piece exemplifies his versatility as an artist.
In his painting/collage, line is emphasized in the floor and moves up into the line of his pants which forces you to focus in on the texture of his pants because they are real jeans. It makes you want to reach out and touch it and feel it for yourself. The line continues up to the rest of his body only to notice that his collar too is a piece of fabric which sticks out a few inches from the painting. The line also forces you to look over to the paining that he is creating and notice once again his use of fabric in the collage he is creating and then down to the box of rags at his feet. His use of fabrics throughout the paintin...
Over the course of Japanese history, arguably, no artist is more famous for their works than Katsushika Hokusai. During his 88 years of life, he produced over 30,000 pieces of artwork, and heavily influenced Western styles of art. His most famous piece was created around 1831, a Japanese styled piece titled, The Great Wave off Kanagawa. This piece has stood as a defining piece of artwork in the Japanese culture for over 180 years, analyzed by students and authors for the interpretations filling the paper. The relationship between Hokusai’s painting has directly affected the Western point of view of Japanese style. The English author, Herbert Read’s novel interprets the painting distinctly differently from a Japanese point, American poet,
The painting Red Square by Russian painter Kasimir Malevich is a particularly interesting piece. It is simple red square on a white background representing a peasant woman. It is an example of the Malevich's unique style of suprematism, which focuses on motion and feeling.
...hese repeated vertical lines contrast firmly with a horizontal line that divides the canvas almost exactly in half. The background, upper portion of the canvas, seems unchanging and flat, whereas the foreground and middle ground of the painting have a lot of depth to them.
The third painting was by Julian Story and it was called American Born in England. It was a battle painting. The black prince stands out as the focal point. It is the center of the painting and brings notice to the way the other knights are dressed. The Black Knight (the Prince of Wales) stands overlooking King John, who is blind. King John wanted to be in the battle for his country. The background (depth) is shown in the distance by atmospheric perspective. There is a sense of honor in the knight for the king. There is a great use of color. The painting is very life like. The picture seems to come to life, making me feel as if I were part of the painting!
One of the visual elements of this painting is the color he really uses the color to get people's attention because he uses watercolors to blend them together to make such a wonderful painting. He blends many different colors together to make new ones there is not a spot in this painting that there isn’t color. The second visual element is the people in the painting they are naked and dancing around like nobody's looking. The people in the painting are relaxing and enjoying one another and various ways. Some are even having sexual contact in the painting it’s expressing themselves from one to
I feel my work is a resemblance of Robert Rauschenberg in a sense of innovation and expanding the use of material and mediums. Rauschenberg was well known for his ability to combined nontraditional material and objects creating a single - unified piece. Much of Rauschenberg 's work consisted of employing innovative combinations. Though, Rauschenberg was both a painter and a sculptor and implemented a combination of both, he also worked with photography, printmaking, papermaking, and performance -allowing him to expand his ideas and innovations. Like Rauschenberg, much of my work is based on combining different elements and media to create singular bold works. With my recent work, it manifests into a composite of sculpting and painting leading