mission to find a painting that either caught my eye or would stop me dead in my tracks‚ I discovered “The Anger of Achilles.” This oil painting seemed to call me hither to take a closer look. As I walked closer‚ the painting became more clear and vivid. It was as if Jacques-Louis David was oil painting in high definition. This is a stunningly clear oil painting. So clear‚ it resembles a modern day photograph. The expression on the faces of each character in this painting drew me in even more
Premium Agamemnon Greek mythology Trojan War
Visual and performing arts enrich our lives in a variety of ways. They entertain us‚ educate us about the world‚ let us see our world in a different way‚ and help us record our world for future generations. There are many different forms of visual and performing arts. In this essay‚ I will discuss painting‚ music‚ theater‚ and dance. Painting is the art of putting a medium on a flat surface with a brush. The mediums used to do this are as vast as the artist themselves. Some of these mediums
Premium Music Dance
My interest in the Visual Arts began in high school where I learnt the fundamentals of basic art and used them to start my art practice. It was this initial interest that influenced me to undertake my studies at the University of Sydney. At this stage of my studies‚ my academic progress has been maintained at a high standard having attended almost every single class assigned. With each class I attend‚ I try to remain focused with an open mind willing to learn. These classes‚ focusing on various
Premium
Venice Twilight by Claude Monet 1908 oil on canvas Monet uses loose brushstrokes and does not blend his colours. This gives the painting an unrealistic aesthetic. The steeple of the town centre looks much like Van Gogh’s later Starry Night. The artist still does retain aspects of classical landscapes in his use of light and shadow to form the waves. The precarious blending of the natural aspects is very different to traditional techniques. Monet challenges the artists of the past with his innocuous
Premium Impressionism History of painting Claude Monet
years since my mother had died in a fire that was caused simply by not putting water on the coals we had to cook our lamb on‚ the coals were still burning‚ hot and red like the color of blood‚ but some how it managed to catch fire on my brothers oil art paintings that were scattered on the ground‚ from there our house lit up like the candles we use for weddings‚ I remember this moment so clearly‚ like it was just yesterday‚ My father leaped out of bed so fast his figure was blurry‚ once I saw that I knew
Premium Bedroom Mother Rooms
The Gulf Stream‚ is an oil painting created by Winslow Homer in 1899. This piece of artwork showcases a young‚ African American man with only pants on for clothing‚ that has a destroyed boat and is in the middle of the ocean with sharks beneath him with crashing waves that are tipping his boat closer into the ocean all while he sits on the boat just looking out into the ocean. This artwork also shows us the mental strength of mankind‚ the ability to remain calm and collected in horrendous situations
Premium Light Painting Sun
PAINTING Painting – is among the fine arts‚ which creates meaningful effects‚ depicting different intrinsic human values‚ by the use of clustered imagination of lines and color. Painting is placed on a flat surfaced by the use of pigments. Painting expresses the artist’s perceptions and feelings on a particular selected subject. Usually‚ the artist’s selection of a subject comes from the understanding and interpretation of his feelings and emotions. Some artist may love country scenes‚ like landscape
Premium Painting Abstract art History of painting
Contemporary (Post Modern) Frame Andy Goldsworthy’s art pieces are presented and created in the natural environment using natural resources only taken from the environment. Wood‚ stone‚ leaves and flowers are some examples of the materials he uses. His artworks have features that relate to Post Modernism. His artworks can be viewed from different viewpoints and distances and can be experienced with more than just sight but with touch as well. Goldsworthy’s main feature that can be related to Post
Premium Modernism Natural environment Ecology
Blake Taylor P100207428 Seeing & Knowing the Visual Arts I chose to use a piece of art named “New Tricks”‚ done by Angela Starosta. It is an architectural art that she uses to make a space for animal rescue‚ rehabilitation‚ and adopting animals. I chose to use this one in particular because I liked her architect and her thoughts on how she wants the building to work with humans and animals with rehabilitation‚ animal rescue‚ and an adoption center. She used three dimensional pictures‚ animated video
Premium Dimension
A Semiotic Analysis of Four Designer Clothing Advertisements "The technique of advertising is to correlate feelings‚ moods or attributes to tangible objets‚ linking possible unattainable things with those that are attainable‚ and thus reassuring us that the former are within reach". (Williamson 1978:31). Hence the advertisement not only sells the reader the product‚ but also a future image of ourselves as more desirable‚ happier etc…. Through the process of being advertised a product becomes a representation
Premium Advertising Denotation Marketing