Eric Naylor “The Fall of Icarus” The story of Icarus explains his attempt to escape from Crete by using wings that his father created from feathers and wax. He ignored instructions warning him not to fly too close to the sun‚ and the melting wax caused him to fall into the sea where he then drowned. There are various paintings for this story‚ but three artists are highlighted today for their unique design in their painting and views for this story. -------------------------------------------------
Premium Henri Matisse History of painting Western painting
The exhibition Andrew Wyeth: Looking Out‚ Looking In‚ on display at the National Gallery of Art‚ provides people with the opportunity to observe the original paintings of Andrew Wyeth. Andrew Wyeth is an American artist‚ known for being able to ensure the distinct spirit of his formally realist (abstract) artwork. As pointed out in the exhibition room “Wyeth’s watercolor studies are quickly executed to capture a momentary impression” (Andrew Wyeth). Even though‚ throughout the course of his life
Premium Art Modernism Aesthetics
In the movie‚ Benny & Joon By Jeremiah S. Chechik‚ colour is used in many occasions to develop the audience’s understanding of the characters. Specifically‚ Joon. In the beginning of the film a montage of Joon painting and a train travelling is displayed. Giving us our first impressions of Joon. The next scene where we learn a lot about Joon is when she is snorkeling in traffic. We learn the extent of her disabilities. Towards the end of the movie one of the final scenes is when Benny and Sam
Premium Painting History of painting Western painting
Georgia O’Keeffe’s Music-Pink and Blue II‚ 1919 is an oil on canvas piece now being held at the Whitney Museum of Art in New York. The form of this piece work of art‚ in my opinion‚ is abstract. The media of this piece is oil but to me‚ it also closely resembles watercolor paint. The emphasis/focal point of this piece is the dark blue oval-like shape at the bottom right‚ the implied line‚ in my opinion‚ is in this shape‚ the shape looks like it is sort of floating or swimming to the top. The colors
Premium History of painting Painting Color
The subject matter on which I am doing this assignment on is a piece of photography. This piece was done by a local photographer Greg Hill. He accordingly named his work “Pierre Pressure”. This piece of photography captures a pierre and its surroundings in Sebastian‚ Florida. Above the pierre is the focal point of the artwork‚ a breath-taking Florida sunset. The sunset is constructed of various hues of pink‚ orange‚ and yellow. The alluring sunset is ever so slightly hidden by a veil of oddly formed
Premium Poetry Color History of painting
The school of Impressionism‚ which continues to attract adherents among artists‚ coalesced around a number of French artists who took light‚ open air and interpretive color as their guide. This school was itself an outgrowth of Realism as practiced by painters like Courbet and Corot‚ who sought to depict everyday settings and people in their art in opposition to existing conventions that dictated an idealization of the world within narrowly defined subjects for painting. Undoubtedly the best known
Premium History of painting Impressionism Expressionism
The painting The Nighthawks is a painting I personally like because of its use of colour‚ form and value. The elements of design‚ form is used to give a three dimensional feeling about the people inside the shop and the shop itself. When you look at this painting you can get this feeling that the people and the shop are three dimensional. When the elements of design form‚ is used in this painting‚ to me‚ it looks more realistic and gives me the feeling that the people are actually there and alive
Premium Color Painting History of painting
On November 12‚ 2015 I visited the gallery Lyric Modern created by an exceptional artist named Hal Marcus at El Paso Museum of Art. My first thoughts of visiting a museum were “boring”‚ “unexcited” and I just imagined myself going one work of art to another and describing it as if it was the textbook. As soon as I stepped into the museum my whole perspective changed‚ and at the end of the visit I had a different mindset. Lyric Modern was an outstanding exhibition‚ I did not only describe each composition
Premium History of painting Art Painting
The Harvesters was a painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1540-1603). The Pieter Bruegel the Elder was a Dutch Renaissance painter and printmaker from Brabant. The Dutch Renaissance painting represents the 16th-century response to Italian Renaissance art in the Low Countries. Bruegel was born at a time of extensive change in Western Europe. At that period‚ making the life and activity of peasants the main focus of a work was rare‚ and he was a pioneer of the genre painting. He was a passionate observer
Premium Painting History of painting Impressionism
Andy Warhol’s 1985 painting‚ Apple‚ certainly caught my eyes as I was browsing his exhibit in the Blanton Museum of Art. The painting was a simple Apple logo decorated with a rainbow-like array of colors in between parallel lines that ran across the logo. These lines existed even outside the logo‚ except in a different color‚ yet stayed in stripes similar to how the lines on a sheet of notebook paper are. However‚ the most alluring part was how the lines and the “Macintosh” in the painting looked
Premium Painting Color History of painting