Lisa The Mona Lisa is one of the most famous and intriguing painting of all time. This painting was created by Leonardo da Vinci in 1503 to 1504. This painting is oil on panel and is 77 X 53 cm (Phaidon‚ 1994). This is a very naturalistic painting and is the greatest painting created in the renaissance era. The Mona Lisa has been one of the most debated paintings of all time. The look on the face of the women in this painting leaves a person’s mind wondering. No one really knows what this
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Ross Curiel Integrated Fine Arts 101 June 16‚ 2012 The Last Supper Introduction Ludovico Sforza commissioned The Last Supper painting‚ Duke of Milan sometime in the area of 1495 most believe‚ which was in the remaining years of Leonardo da Vinci ’s eighteen year employment under the Duke. It is believed and accepted that this painting approximately took four years for completion as Leonardo da Vinci was a well-known procrastinator and that it was believed he was trying to stretch
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Number 15 is a painting by Jackson Pollock‚ which used oil on Masonite and finished by 1950. Pollock’s painting basically was dripped and splattered his canvases. In this painting‚ the layer is overlapping and on top of other layers‚ creates a really rich sense. Also‚ the oil paints on the canvas remain a clear texture. This painting used a lot of color black and white‚ but it contains other color‚ such as red and green. Pollock’s works are usually expressing his emotional state. He likes to stand
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interprets the true essence of abstract painting. What’s more‚ it reflects that Pablo Picasso did not only think about how to create a painting‚ but also thought about how to paint with inspiration from life and nature. As an abstractionist‚ Picasso’s works are not accepted by some artists and critics. However‚ his originality and skill have been praised for a long time. Money always tells the value of one’s painting. According to Bruno Dillen‚ one of Picasso’s paintings named Garçon à la Pipe‚ “depicting
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Kiwi Series #1 My choice of artwork for this essay is titled Kiwi Series # 1. This painting is made by Dennis Wojtkiewicz in 2005. The size of this painting is 36 by 66 inches. The medium used in this painting is the oil on canvas. I chose this painting because it appeals to my sense of aesthetics and also it has the most interesting use of texture. This painting is an excellent example of our sight being able to activate other senses. The presentation of the translucent fruit and fuzzy skin is
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audience involvement. Many paintings done in the Mexican baroque style featured a naturalist element. Often the paintings featured the very typical‚ every day life (New Spain was very religious‚ so the naturalist element was presented in religious genre scenes). There are many paintings where tenebrist lighting is used in less dramatic ways. Another baroque trait that really stands out is the way
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The painting that I chose to write my formal analysis on is called “The Café Terrace on the Place du Forum‚ Arles‚ At Night”. This piece was created by Vincent Van Gogh in Arles‚ France and was completed sometime in September of 1888. This painting is oil on canvas‚ and it is currently housed in the Kroller-Muller Museum located in Otterlo‚ The Netherlands in Europe. This painting depicts a sidewalk café in France at night. There is a doorway to the front left of the painting that is painted blue
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It was painted on a canvas with oil. The First thing to catch my eye in this painting was how defined and straight the lines are. There are lines everywhere in this painting. I really like this painting because it’s abstract but not in a way most people would define abstract as. Metaphysical Interior with Bisquits was painted by Giorgio De Chirico in 1916. It was also painted with oil onto a canvas. These two paintings are very similar to each other but also contrast in elements as well. As I said
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1) “A Burial At Ornans”. About forty peasant mourners are depicted in this painting by the French painter Gustave Courbet. This work was done between 1849 and1850‚ around the period of the 1848 French revolution where art became oppositional to the idealistic portrayals of society. Courbet communicated a very insightful reasoning that somewhat introduced his style: “Since art is ideal‚ anything that is not art must be what is real”. Courbet was a realist painter ; his principles were based on Realism
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This painting is from the Ming Dynasty‚ and very clearly depicts and captures the essence of The Southern School‚ or Literati painters. The first thing to note is the overall composition of the painting. First and foremost it is a landscape painting. The colors are very monochrome; the space is stretched to reveal a depth to the painting that the eye cannot capture; and there is stillness to the art that embraces nature and serenity of life. In the right-hand corner of the painting there
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