Essays on Painting

Richard Gott, GuardianEven though the Mexican born Octavio Paz Lozano (1914-1998) is celebrated as an anthropologist, essayist, professor, critic, and translator, but it is as a poet he enjoys a worldwide reputation and he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1990 for his...

“The Arnolfini Portrait” by Jan van Eyck is a 1434 oil painting on oak panel. It a full length dual portrait, of the Italian merchant Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini and his wife, in their home in the Flemish city of Bruges. It is one of...

Jackson Pollock (Jackson Pollock, and Jackson Pollack, January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956) is an influential American painter and abstract expressionist movement of the main forces. He is famous for his unique creation drip painting. In his life, he also enjoyed considerable fame and...

The two works being compared in this writing assignment (Van Eyck’s Double Portrait, and Giotto’s Meeting of Joachim and Anna) are visually very different in several ways such as with their: setting, medium, techniques used, etc. Taking a more critical look at the two works...

By simplification, a visual analysis is the type of analysis that gives an address on the artwork’s formal elements. Typically, these elements may include color, size, frame, and line among many others. Additionally, it could also address historical context of the image or interprets its...

KIA Assignment Reaction Paper The first painting I found at the KIA was Autumn Sunset at Greenwood by Jasper Cropsey. It first caught my eye because of the large lake and its contrast to the land next to it. The river connects the foreground to...

The contemporary practice of “neo-conceptualism” is defined by the ability to both shock and intrigue. Delvoye made X-rays of sexual acts (“sex rays”), live pig tattoo, laser steel towers designed complex cut, and sculpted rubber tires neatly engraved. Despite the technical mastery that he has...

In Salvador Dalí’s The Persistence of Memory, I see the landscape of a dark piece of land. As the dark land continues out to the edge of the island, it becomes a more sand colored terrain, or coastline, where its edge meets surrounding water. The...

The essential condition of the contract is Shahida specifically wanted to purchase a painting by the local nineteenth century artist Helda de Ste Croix. Shahida would probably not have bought the painting had it not been for the assurance of the sales assistant, Reegan’s statement...

The Camera degli Sposi (1465-1474) by Andrea Mantegna is a prime model of an artwork that attempts to defeat spatial constrictions through an illusion of depth. The work is an example of trompe-l’oeil painting, which employs realistic imagery to create optical illusions of continuing space...

Kara Walker was born in 1969 in Stockton, California. She was raised by her father who was also an artist so by the age of three she knew she wanted to be just like him. In her early life, she moved to Atlanta, Georgia with...

The youngest original member of the group of Seven, Frank Carmichael was born in Orillia, Ontario, where he first worked in his father’s carriage shop. His interest in art took him to Toronto in 1911, where he studied at Central Technical School and at the...

Buy the best quality paint: Want to paint like a professional painter? Simply use the best quality paints. If you want to paint your house like a professional, you should use high-quality materials. A good paint costs more, but lasts longer and will also look...

Inspired by the book title ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ by Jules Verner, Around the World in 80 Washing Lines’ is an art project by a conceptual abstract artist Mahlia Amatina, as she explains “the project is an extension of the thought process behind...

The transition movement that took place between the 14th and 17th century in Italy is known as the Renaissance time or by definition “rebirth”. The philosophy that took place in the period is one of the humanism or the focus on the human being. One...

George Bellows’ piece titled Dempsey and Firpo represents the fight on the century in the nineteenth hundred between an American heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey and his Argentine rival Luis Angel Firpo. This piece was made in 1924 as Bellows sat ringside sketching, and later deciding...

Outside of coatings, there are also different types of varnishes to consider. A varnish is a thin protective layer that is applied to a printed sheet for protection or appearance. This coating has two options: UV- or aqueous-based. For packaging purposes, varnishes are essentially a...

The night sky described by van Gogh in the Starry Night painting is overflowing with spinning mists, sparkling stars, and a brilliant bow moon. The setting is one that watchers can identify with and van Gogh’s twirling sky coordinates the watcher’s eye around the work...

Rosa Bonheur, whose original name was Marie-Rosalie Bonheur, was born on March 16, 1822 in Bordeaux, France and died on May 25, 1899, in Chateau de By, near Fontainebleau. Rosa was a French painter and a sculptor. She was well known for her painting accuracy...

Daniel Guzmán is an artist working primarily in drawing, painting, sculpture, and installation. His drawings have various influences, including popular culture, serial killers, sexualized women, literature, and music. Guzmán began drawing at the age of eight during a time in which his family was frequently...

The documentary was on Leonardo Da Vinci and as the pioneer of anatomic drawing during the Renaissance period. The documentary displays the artistic qualities of Da Vinci and the multi-talented aspects of his skills that made him among the great people of that period. He...

Was Edgar Degas more into the girls of or movement of his paintings? Dancers come in all shapes, sizes, and styles. They could be the boy off the block who is always down to go spinning upside down on a piece of cardboard or even...

Graphic design is such an omnipresent component of today’s world to an extent that it is truly a struggle to visualise one without it. The origins of visual communication dates back to a time of primitive rock tools and scratches on caves. The course that...

The two main inspirations for my artwork are David Padworny and Joshua Miels. They have inspired me in their style and their application of paint techniques. These artists, along with my own development have allowed me to express my interpretation of the theme of migration....

The human condition is the effect something has on a person that effects them for a short or long period of time. The human condition is something that effects someone by a physical or mental problem that has had an impact on that person’s life....

“The most interesting thing about artists, is how they live”, quoted by a renowned French artist himself, Marcel Duchamp, whom had made works that of the representation of the unusual and in-understandable. You see artists, are somewhat similar to scientists. They are undermined geniuses whom...

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Vincent Van Gogh was the son of a Dutch pastor, Theodorus Van Gogh. Vincent was born on 30 March 1853 at Zundert, a village in the south Netherlands. Art was a part of Vincent when he was growing up because several uncles in the family...

Egon Schiele Every generation has their punks. Be they musicians, writers, or artists, those individuals ahead of their times – while infamous during their lives – create legacies that last years after their deaths. Austrian painter Egon Schiele is certainly one of these controversial and...

The Egyptians were such a fascinating people that were intelligent musically, economically, and spiritually. This type of art covered the walls to show a ceremonial going on for eternity for the dead. Involving the afterlife after passing away and also about immorality that the spirits...