Vincent van Gogh’s art work is considered to be some of the best in the world, but his art work was not appreciated in his time. How did this dramatic change happen? Furthermore, what led Van Gogh to be the artist and person that he...
‘Black Iris’, oil on canvas, 36 x 29 7/8 inches, 1926, The picture ‘Black Iris’ which can be called Black Iris III, is an oil painting in 1962 by artist Georgia O’Keeffe (American, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin 1887–1986 Santa Fe, New Mexico). The size dimensions of...
What makes the development of ceiling paintings across the world so intriguing amongst the many forms of human expression ever since the beginning of time? The ancient Neanderthal paintings all over the globe, as well as the static paintings of the ancient Egyptians both provide...
Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American Neo-Expressionist painter of Puerto Rican and Haitian decent. Neo-expressionism is a style of postmodern sculptures and paintings that was extremely popular in the 1970’s. Basquiat was born December 22, 1960, and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Except for a brief...
Homesickness by Rene Magritte was painted in 1940. It is an 80 x 60 cm. oil on canvas, and is currently located in the Galerie Isy Brachot in Brussels. In the painting, there is a man wearing black clothes with wings standing on a bridge...
This is a formal analysis of Emily Carr’s painting, The Indian Church. It was completed in the year 1929, on a 108.6 x 68.9 cm canvas with oil paint. The dimensions of this painting, as well as the tree trunks and the chapel, draw the...
Cubism was one of the most powerful craftsmanship developments of the twentieth century. The trend-setters of the Cubist development were Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque and it occurred somewhere between 1907 and 1914. Cubism was one of the most noteworthy changes in thoughts ever of....
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...
Piraq Causa, meaning “who’s to blame”, is a feature in the “Arts of Resistance” exhibit at UBC’s Museum of Anthropology. This series of 5 paintings depicts the Shining Path conflicts of Peru, events which resulted in 69 000 people, largely made up of innocent indigenous...
Vincent Willem Van Gogh was born to Theodorus Van Gogh and Anna Carbentus on March 30th,1853, in the Netherland town of Zundert. He was the oldest of 5 younger siblings, one of whom was Theo Van Gogh. Despite being a successful student and earning high...
The ‘Lion Peering into Death’s Abyss’ was painted by artist Takashi Murakami in 2015. It is a representation of a Japanese Buddhist temple and it is found at Mori Art Museum in Tokyo. Takashi Murakami was inspired after a series of dialogues with Tsuji Nobou,...
The Devil Wears Hope and Despair is a multi-faceted drawing. There are three separate components that are distinct in style and content, yet remain cohesive in the form of a dress. The top panel, covering the chest and stomach, is an interior scene. In the...
The Highly decorative professional way of expressing something which can be understood by large group of people without specific knowledge is an art. Through the art civilization, happiness, sadness can be expressed. Social work is an academic discipline and profession which is concerned with the...
The following works of art all depict the human body: Woman of Willendorf (Paleolithic, 28,000-25,000 BCE), Pharaoh Menkaure and Queen Khamerernebty (Egypt, 2490-2472 BCE), and the Dying warriors of both the east and west pediments of the Temple of Aphaia (Archaic into Classical Greece, 480...
The Review of White Rabbit’s latest exhibition – the reshaped Chinese landscapes of the 21st Century Jiayi Chen z5194640 In ancient China, Chinese artists retired deep into the mountains and indulged amidst the natural landscapes with misty-wreathed mountains and peak, tumbling waterfalls, and gurgling streams....
An art style unlike any other. An art style that went on to influence others for generations to come. It was the pathway to century defining art movements, such as: surrealism, abstract expressionism and pop art. It also paved the way for similar movements in...
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...
“Springtime” is the oil painting by Pierre-Auguste Cot. The origins come from Cot’s teacher, Bouguereau and Cabanel along with inspiration from French master Jean Honoré Fragonard’s “The Swing”. This art piece is wonderful and it includes elements such as value from the light shinning down...
Vincent Willem van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853. He was born in Zundert, Netherlands and was the oldest of six siblings, he had two brothers and three sisters. His mother was Anna Carbentus, an amateur artist who drew flowers and plants. His father,...
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...
Charles Bierk is an incredible photo-realistic oil painter, who creates works of art that make you question the nature of reality itself. A graduate of Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto, where he is now based, Bierk has been painting since childhood, starting...
Human beings attempt to gain insights into something new and unfamiliar by making comparisons with already known concepts. The book “Chinese Landscape Painting as Western Art History” offers thoughts about the Chinese art through the lens of Western art. Such an approach damages both the...
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...
Art materials such as paints are being used by numerous people of all ages, whether a person is a child, middle-aged or old. It is known that certain metallic compounds or chemical that contains metals can be found in these can cause problems particulary in...
The cultural event I went to was an exhibition; the exhibition is called Mexican Modernity 20th century paintings from the Zapanta collection. The Mexican art collection of Zapanta shows some of the most noteworthy modern Mexican artists. The exhibition takes you on a tour through...
During the time period that France was undergoing a structural rebuilding, by Baron Georges Haussmann, E’douard Manet was painting “The Old Musician”, and was unaware of the controversy this particular painting would bring him. Manet was an artist with a novel approach to art, contrasting...
At first glance, the poem, “I Am Canadian” written by Glen Hunt, is a narrative by a proud Canadian named Joe, who tries to disprove some of the preconceived notions about Canada. Used in a Molson’s Canadian Beer commercial, this poem quickly captured the hearts...
In the modern art time that converges into today, there were a great deal of similitudes and contrasts between gems. You could take a gander at two totally unique pieces and make sense of a shared motivation. In like manner, with regards to The Joy...
Baroque Art The baroque painting consists of a range of styles varying from Classical Religious Grandeur, Realism and Easel Art maturing during the beginning of 1600 and continuing throughout the mid 18th century. Therefore this new movement saw the proliferation of major themes of Baroque...
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...
