Friday, October 7, 2016

Week of October 7- Late 18th & 19th Centuries

   Impressionism





Impressionism was developed in the 1870's and is a style which was developed in France. This style is based on the scenery in which the artwork is being painted, and solely the vision of the painter. Impressionism artworks are those of detail influenced by mental perception, many Impressionists used unmixed primary colors, followed by light brushstrokes in order to simulate the conditions under which the artwork was painted, such as streaks of sunlight and reflections, or shadows. 






Sunny Lane (Franz Courtens)






















































































Post Impressionism






Melting snow Fontainbleau (Paul Cezanne)








Post Impressionism is a style used in artworks of late 19th, and early 20th century artists, whose objective was to counter that of Impressionists, and their naturalism, or focus on nature and on only how they perceive it to be based on sight, as opposed to the post impressionists who focused on exploring the makeup of artworks, and differing the color, line, and form. This was based on the feelings and response, emotionally of the artist. 
















Week of September 16th- Antiquity














Egyptian and Greek & Roman style comparison


Greek


The style of Greek and Roman antiquity is that of many sculptures in the image and likeness of their gods. The majority of the antiquities are hand carved sculptures that are lifelike and represent a particular god or goddess, the artwork is intricately detailed but is not ornate, usually lacking tones other than that of the substance of which it was carved from, as opposed to Egyptian antiquity which the majority of, is in-fact ornate.








Egyptian


The style of  Egyptian Antiquity is very ornate and usually in correspondence to death. Egyptians believed that when a person passed into the afterlife that they would take along all of their wealth, and materialistic belongings, therefore they would be placed in a tomb with everything they owned, even their servants and pets in cases of the upper class. For this reason death masks and other ornate apparel were handcrafted for an Egyptian to be buried with, and to incorporate their wealth into something for the body to be buried in.























Week of September 23rd- Elements and Principles of Art- intro to Renaissance & Baroque

1. Describe several ways that artists unify their artwork. Find an example and describe how its unified.

Artists unify their work through means of self expression. For example Keith Haring expressed himself through the majority of his artwork in the from of illustrating figures usually making gestures, standing for a different meaning, such as a political allegory.

























































2. Describe how an artist creates asymmetrical balance- post an artwork of your choice and explain how it is balanced asymmetrically.


An artist creates asymmetrical balance through the use of differentiating parts of their artwork, where it may appear to be unbalanced color or content wise, but through the use of other methods, are able to make the art appear to be one.















































3. How can scale change the meaning of an artwork? Use a visual example of your choice as an example and explain how the meaning is changed by scale.



Scale changes the meaning of an artwork, due to the emphasis placed on a specific portion of the artwork, depending on the increase or decrease in scale of that particular focal point.
                                                                                   


                                                        
For example this large scale artwork is heavily changed by the scale of it, the young girl who is the subject of the artwork holds a watering can in a downward motion as if she were watering a plant. The artist used the scale of the artwork to create the illusion of the girl being a giant size watering the tree which is a part of nature, that's image is subject to influence by the artwork.

Week of September 30th, Met. Museum

This artwork is a prime example of Italian Renaissance artwork, dating back to the 1570's. The title of the portrait is "Boy With a Greyhound", painted by Pablo Veronese during the 1570's, Veronese being from Italy and having painted this artwork in Italy is a Renaissance painter known for paintings on a large scale of religious events, especially those pertaining to the Roman Catholic religion, as well as paintings of Mythology.
The theme of this Artwork is simplistic, yet draped in a deeper meaning, the general thought is one that the artwork is a portrait of one of the members of the Colleoni family entering the space of the intended audience or viewer through an open door. However reading deeper into the painting, one can assume it to be representative of loyalty, through a young man, and mans best friend, his Greyhound.
This artwork is highly expressive of Italian Renaissance through its sky in the background made up of mostly opaque colors, as well as the attention to detail in the clothes worn by the young man, and even the collar worn by the greyhound.


"Two Children Teasing a Cat" Annibale Carracci


This piece of artwork is by Annibale Carracci, titled Two Children Teasing a Cat. The central focus is placed on the boy who appears to be holding a scorpion above the cat, teasing it. this is highly representative of baroque artwork due to its mannerism and focus on the actions of the children while they tease the cat, as well as the attention to detail in the characteristics of the clothes being worn, as well as the children's facial expressions of innocence as they tease the cat.