The two images I chose for the analysis paper are Martini, Simone and Lippo Memmi, Annunciation with Saints Ansanus and Margherita (1333) and Brunelleschi, Filippo, Dome of Florence Cathedral (1420-36). The reason I chose these are because they relate to the Catholic religion in different ways. The Annunciation with Saints Ansanus and Margherita was the beginning of the Catholic art during the Gothic time period while the Dome of Florence Cathedral was not only a masterpiece of artwork it was also a breakthrough for the construction during that time and for the rest of history.…
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art is located near the university, addressed at 5401 Bay Shore Road Sarasota, FL 34243. Although this museum has a large variety of venues and exhibits, this paper will be focusing on looking into the Museum of Art, part of John Ringling’s legacy, seeing as he was one of the most prestigious art collectors of the early 20th century. Here, they have featured exhibits that include but are not limited to: Beth Lipman: Precarious Possessions; Seeing the Unseen: Photography and Video Art in China Now; De Vos Banners; Expressive Bodies: Works from the Ringling Permanent Collection; and Appalachia USA. Some of the artwork displayed here…
Guercino utilizes elements similar to the characteristics of the Italian Renaissance and Baroque era in his painting titled, Mary Magdalena, to portray an idealized image of a woman. Immediately, the audience is drawn to the dramatic gaze of her face as she looks off frame to the upper right corner. This intensity is highlighted through tenebrism, as an ominous shadow is diagonally placed across the painting to bring even more attention to the illuminated figure. Drama is further illustrated as she reveals a human skull under the cloth that she tightly clenches. The representation of a skull alludes to the theme of death…
As I arrived at the Newark Museum of Art, I noticed that the outside of the Museum looked like a house, which gave me the feeling of it being a very welcoming place. It really was, especially the touring guide, who was very nice to our group , and who really seemed very passionate about Art. At first, the inside of the museum looked very small, and that was because the waiting room at the beginning was not as big as I thought it would be, and there was not really much to look at around that area. Shortly after, we started our tour up some stairs, and through the halls, and I noticed some construction going on around the beginning of the tour. Even though it was a little distracting because of the noise, the information that the tour guide was narrating was far more interesting, especially the way she was narrating it, with such excitement and passion in her words. The colorful painting all over the halls, and up and down the stairs really made my imagination, and art critique expand for that hour and half tour.…
The second-largest art museum in the country, the Art Institute houses treasures and masterpieces from around the globe, including a fabulous selection of both impressionist and post-impressionist paintings. The theme I decided to pick was called the Holiday Thorne room. The Holiday Thorne room has the most magnificent displays including descriptions of holiday objects that were labeled as historic from previous ownerships. Some artifacts took us all the way back to Germany and China which sparked the room for the holiday spirit. The 68 dollhouse-like rooms, built on a scale of one inch to one foot, display what rooms around the world looked like in different historical eras. The curator name was Lindsay Morgan, and said adding the Christmas decorations was a lot of work. Morgan says she spends months researching the holiday traditions for each room. Last year on NBC’s Today show, they had labeled the Art Institute’s most popular attractions. As I was absorbing the room’s beauty, I took note on how the rooms were specially made for holiday fineries that showcases historical traditions. Also they had offers on the window into seasonal festivities. New to the decorating tradition this year is the Pennsylvania Dutch (German) room. And, for the first time in 50 years, an original German Rococo room will be displayed in the same Thorne room.…
Here in Paris seven year old Mary Cassatt was first influenced to the arts and culture of Europe. Mary had seen right away that Paris and Philadelphia were completely different. Not too long after, Robert Cassatt decided to move his family to Germany to provide his children with the best education. Although during the time spent in Germany, Mary’s brother Robbie grew ill and died ultimately leading the Cassatt’s back to Paris. With their return to France Mary’s eyes were opened once again to the arts of Europe. Along with her family Mary Cassatt visited the Exposition Universally of 1855. Here Mary, eleven at the time witnessed paintings that represented the last sweet word in artistic taste. Artists like Ingres, Delacroix and Courbet exhibited their work while…
The bright vivid colors attracted me to this work; I found it interesting how the artist played off of mostly reds and blues and I liked how my attention was immediately drawn to the center of the painting. All of the people seemed to be involved in the miraculous birth of the Jesus. The greatest aesthetic strength of this painting is its use of vivid color, the aesthetic weakness I found was the lack of the artistic use of shadow. I…
The author then comes up with the term annunciation and then he starts placing a few works of art together to draw a conclusion to his work of art in describing this piece of work. Also to bring a point of pregnancy to support his story he describes the past of Vermeers’ as being a Catholic and the depiction of Virgin Mary, and his studies of the works of art in his era. Also him being a father of ten he could have clear pictures of women being pregnant and most of his works of women are always that of pregnancy.…
I went to the North Carolina Museum of Art on April 8th, a beautiful and sunny day. Being around the museum conjured a sense of nostalgia to my middle school days when I took a field trip to the museum. Since that last visit I have gained a better understanding about art and what goes into every piece of work. I have also gained more experience, back then I did not know how to shade properly and did not know a thing about composition. Now, I have a greater appreciation for every stroke of a brush and color applied. The reason I chose the North Carolina Museum of Art was solely to re-experience the art with my new artistic eye. While walking through the museum, I searched for that one piece of art that would catch my eye and inspire me to talk…
Campin’s use of vibrant colors in Mary and Gabriel’s flowing gowns against the neutral background of the room bring the viewer’s eye to the center panel where the triptych’s story begins. Mary is sitting on the footrest of the bench reading her bible when Gabriel suddenly appears to tell her about the plan God has for her; that she will give birth to the Christ child. While Gabriel’s words fall on Mary’s ears, a small human form descends, carrying a small cross and following what seem to be rays of light from heaven that align with Mary’s womb. During these moments of Annunciation Mary is being impregnated with Jesus.…
In this paper, I will write my thoughts on the Art Museum where I went to view visual art. I went to the Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM). I explain will the venue and its appearance. I will describe using the correct fine arts terms what I saw and felt from the pieces of art that I viewed. I will also give my personal feelings of what I witnessed.…
This field trip was educational and at the same time entertaining for the entire family. I learned a lot of things from history, others’ cultures, science and old arts. I was amazed by the diversity of the collections exhibited in this museum including masks, jewelry, sculptures, pottery, paintings and many royal pieces. The pieces of art that I selected were just part of many that captured my heart and attention. These pieces were The dancer at Pigalle’s, a painting by Gino Servini representing a women dancing and spinning around happily in a stage. Butterfly Kid (girl), a sculpture by Yinka Schonibare, that relates art with culture and environment and, the Paysage (A Winter Day in Brittany), a landscape by William Lamb Picknell representing a traveler going back home enjoying the nature after a long…
When our class visited Joan and Robert Rechnitz Hall I felt as if this would be a hard assignment because I felt as if none of the artwork would catch my attention, seeing as I’ve never had an interest in artwork while growing up. This visit was really eye opening because not only did I enjoy the time we spent there, surprisingly I was actually interested in some of the work that was being displayed at that time.…
Art is one aspect of the past that has carried on for decades. Art in any form may it be poetry, novels, and playwright, sculpting as well as painting, has been an outlet for generations and continues to be an outlet and a means for expression. This paper will discuss “ The Mona Lisa” one of Da Vinci’s most famous paintings, as well as another great painting, Antonio Veneziano’s “Virgin and Child”(c. 1380). Both paintings focus on the human form and exhibit many variations of styles from lines, shading, color and possible meanings behind the work.…
The image is a dramatization of the moment Jesus reveals himself to his disciples after his resurrection, before disappearing from their sight (Luke 24: 30-31). It displays all of the emotional intensity and theatre required of a religious image of that time. Christ reveals himself as he raises his arm to bless the bread, with his figure illuminated by an indeterminate source of light (Harris 2010). This extreme use of chiaroscuro focuses the viewer’s attention on Christ and his two disciples. Christ’s right arm is dramatically foreshortened, reaching out and bringing the viewer into the scene. His two disciples are watching on with in astonishment, while the innkeeper is oblivious. Unusually, they are depicted as average townspeople and are perhaps the very same people who the image was intended. The disciple to his left has theatrically outstretched his arms symbolising Jesus on the cross, hence creating another invitation to participate. Caravaggio depicts the most dramatic moment of the biblical passage thereby heightening the emotional response and reasserting the idea of Catholic piety in the viewer (Harris…