Despite my limited knowledge about art‚ its components‚ and the artists who create their masterpieces‚ Vincent Van Gogh’s The Starry Night is probably my favorite piece of artwork in the textbook. I love this painting and chose it because to me‚ this piece of work is so serene yet captivating and stimulating at the same time. I believe that if a piece of art can evoke that many emotions in a person‚ then it is truly a masterpiece. I actually have a replica of The Starry Night hanging in my house
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enjoys creating portraits because he enjoys exploring how self-identity is constructed in different individuals. He also likes to use grids in his paintings to symbolize how every part of an image is important in the construction of the whole piece (The Art Story). Lastly‚ Close likes to crop out the subject’s body language and background. The reason being‚ it allows him to invite the viewer’s attention (John Berggruen Gallery). The artist created six other large portraits of his family members and friends
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Write a short post discussing your favorite painter born before 1900. Explain in detail what it is exactly that you like about their work. Use the knowledge you have learned about the Elements of Art and Principles of Design to discuss what you like about their work.‚ about the medium they use or the content they explore? minimum 200 words My favorite Painter born before 1900 is Vincent Van Gogh. I love the paintings done by Van Gogh because they are very expressive of what was going on
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Church’s painting serves as an artistic response to war due to the depiction of the American flag on the sky. The ingenious use of the brush strokes to mimic the stripes of the flag is breathtaking. The Artist brings out the stripes of the flag with the thin clouds in the middle of a light blue sky. The painting also shows the stripes waving similar to those of a flag when blown by the wind (Burke 39). A further response to war can be recognized when Church includes a star in the large light-blue
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ingenious art work. Van Gogh ’s recurrent mental derangements were never in suspicion‚ not by himself nor his family. However‚ his sanity was never questioned
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Paul Cézanne was one of the most important painters of the 19th century‚ influencing and inspiring other artists who would change the course of art history in the following 20th century. His masterpiece The Large Bathers (1906) served as the base both for Matisse’s Bonheur de Vivre (1905-06) and Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907). Despite taking a few fundamental ideas from Cézanne’s work‚ as well as competing fiercely competing with each other‚ Matisse and Picasso took completely different
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brushstroke that he made on the canvas tells his pitiful presence at the time. In fact‚ it is not easy to catching the purpose of the Japanese painting on the wall behind Van Gogh. For late 18th century‚ European artists considered the traditional Japanese art as a utopian aestheticism. So‚ he uses the Japanese painting for representing his lost paradise. Frida utilizes many symbolic and striking objects to illustrate her turmoil. The two hearts express her pain. The abandoned Frida’s heart is dying while
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and cordial manner‚ whereas the women in Picasso’s painting are‚ “slightly menacing and rendered with angular and disjointed body shapes” (“Les Demoiselles d’Avignon”‚ 2017). Conclusion It is interesting how previous works of art have such a unique influence on works of art that are produced in the future. Both‚ Matisse’s Bonheur de Vivre (Joy of Life) and Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon contain similarities and differences to Cézanne’s The Large Bathers. It would seem that Matisse was inspired
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In Eryn Anderson’s art piece‚ the Heron She emphasizes the beauty of blue heron by using cool colors and realistic brushwork. The background is a simple black which helps the bird pop more inside the masterpiece. The brushstrokes on the bird’s feathers are a softer and more blended while the bird’s head is exact and harder brushstrokes. The canvas of the painting is really long with a short width. It was painted using acrylic selling for 250$. The artist did a good job at filling the canvas using
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death‚ he has become one of the most famous painters in the world. Van Gogh sold only one painting in his life‚ the aftermath of his work is enormous. Van Gogh’s paintings have captured the minds and hearts of millions of art lovers and have made art lovers of those new to world of art. The following are some of Vincent van Gogh ’s most famous paintings: Starry Night Sunflowers Irises Poppies The Bedroom‚ Hundreds of physicians and psychiatrists
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