Paintings Essay Examples and Topics

The image involves a half-body portrait of a woman, and the enigmatic smile of the lady reflects the artist's idea of the connection between nature and humanity.

Daniel Strobel, Jr.and Her Son, George is one from the pair of neoclassical portraits of the Strobel family Daniel Strobel, the American Diplomat in France, and his wife, Anna Church, the daughter of the first [...]

The naming of Mona Lisa and the Last Supper paintings is based on the themes represented in the paintings and situations at the time.

Impressionists showed the development of the urban environment at the end of the 19th century. Monet was the representative of impressionism, whereas van Gogh represented post-impressionism.

Different colors represent different emotions and feelings in a work of art such as a painting; perhaps one of the most important facts in the use of color is the ability to actively involve the [...]

Both "Girl with a Pearl Earring" and the "Mona Lisa" are considered masterpieces of their respective periods; both painters were able to capture their subjects in a way that is both realistic and evocative.

The Creation of Adam painting is the most notable as can be seen in the frescoes of the Sistine chapel. Michelangelo uses the enlarged figure of Adam and God in this painting so as to [...]

The most notable artistic technique used in the painting is the use of color, which is used a symbol of solitude.

Following is a depiction of the painting: This painting was chosen because the innocence on the face of the girl can be related to one's self and moreover, the choice of colours that Vermeer has [...]

Guernica is a painting by an influential 20th-century artist, Pablo Picasso, that was created in 1937 in response to the bombing of the city of Guernica in the Spanish Civil War.

To conclude, in his "Notes" Matisse touches on the most serious issues of art, such as the expression of a painter, the role of color and nature in art.

The lower third of the painting shows a grassy area, and the other two-thirds contain the figures of a woman and a little boy behind her.

Raise the roller and move it along the slope of the pan severally to a point just below the well to allow the paint to flow into the roller.

While the painting shows Emperor Jahangir of India and Shah Abbas of Persia embracing and is an allegorical representation of the friendship between the Mughal and Safavid empires, at that time there was an uneasy [...]

Cimabue's paintings has many of the similar Byzantine icons of the era and some of them are folds in the garments are pressed and almost standardized, the halo is golden hue and plate sized, all [...]

Aaron Douglas was a bright representative of the Harlem Renaissance, a movement that appeared in the first half of the 20th century and was aimed at attracting public attention to problems of African American people [...]

The shape of the counter follows the shape of the corner of the building and is curved at 90 degrees angle. Such a positioning of the counter allows the viewers to see the front and [...]

The artwork is the most iconic and celebrated of Klimt's paintings that the artist did during the peak of his career.

The telegraph cable that the woman is stretching across the continent, the book in her hand, the trains and the ships, and the bridge on the right everything is empathizing the progress of the European [...]

In the far distant center of the painting, is a mountain, still and motionless, in contrast to the dynamic furious sea wave. The shape and size of the wave create the imagery of force in [...]

The painting is called Hope II, which indicates that the artist wanted to emphasize not the doom and sadness of the death of a child but the hope of the women depicted in the painting.

In addition to properly chosen techniques and materials, the artist was able to create a story with the past, the present, and the future.

The central figure of the girl conveys the overall mood of the painting that is calm, humble, and, at the same time, celebrating the eve of Saint John.

The woman seems to notice the presence of the young man in the bushes, but the husband does not. It appears that the position of the event is somewhere in the bushes, which indicates the [...]

The mirror-reflexion of the two Fridas constitutes the foreground of the painting. The two figures on the picture are being either linked in the inner world, which is being illustrated by the unity of the [...]

The setting of the painting is a prison that has arches on the window and an arch in the hallway. On the right-hand side of the painting, the orange tunic echoes the red and yellow [...]

The images were painted in the 20th century in the backdrop of the rising pressure in many parts of the globe for the government to embrace gender equality.

Nevertheless, the whole mood of Waiting is highlighted not only by the figures of the women but coloring and composition of the painting.

The work depicted the scene of the last supper as illustrated in the Bible. The person in the center of the picture is Jesus Christ.

Several details in Vincent Van Gogh's 1889 artwork Corridor in the Asylum catch the viewer's attention, but the lone person in the central area of the picture is perhaps the most prominent.

The painting conveys the act of the second come of Christ, and the apocalypse. It is explicitly seen the way Christ is depicted in the light, in the middle of the painting; just the way [...]

When looking at the picture, the variation of colors is such that one can easily identify the background. The ambiguity of the painting is very amusing.

This painting is incomparable for its use of space all over the canvas, and the application of dimension in the form of space is unique.

Two of the greatest artists of all time, Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo are very much noted as the masters of the two greatest qualities of craft and communication.

This painting, written within the framework of romanticism, is one of the significant of Friedrich's works and a symbol of romanticism, embodying the spirit of the era and the peculiarities of the author's style.

The cultural influence on the theme and manner of the work The Starry Night presented by the author can be evaluated through the complicated world look of its nature. The exaggeration of the drawing lines [...]

Pablo Ruiz Picasso When the discussion comes up about the subject of the monochromatic color schemes, I usually think of Picasso and his famous "Blue Period", especially about "The Old Guitarist" painting."The Old Guitarist" painting [...]

Jackson Pollock mastered this technique and while such paintings look like a mess of colors, careful inspection reveals that the paintings have very intricate patterns that put a living form for the painting.

Although the first painting is a symbolic self-portrait and the other one is a realistic portrait of a woman, both of these works strike the audience with the powerful depiction of the women's experience of [...]

Among the works worthy of analyzing to understand the main components of art is Andy Warhol's portrait of Marilyn Monroe, which emphasizes the two-dimensional and colorful nature of the piece.

There is also a burning giraffe and a blue dog on the right, horse-women in the river on the left, and a box with a bust and a monster figure in the center.

He also drew the image of "Death" in his masterpiece painting The Death of the Grave-Digger from her. The figures of the woman angel and the old man standing inside the grave are in the [...]

Analyzing Greenberg's work requires three components: reviewing his arguments, assessing the strengths and weaknesses of the text, and showing examples of art that demonstrate the author's principal points.

This painting by John Gast "might not convey the facts and aspects of the country's history". The "railroad lines and wagons presented in the painting say a lot about the country's economic position during the [...]

This paper will focus on analyzing the different styles of painting in the paintings Mona Lisa and The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci and The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo Buonarroti.

The composition is dominated by the figures of the father and the son, who occupy the center of the painting, surrounded by bystanders in the background.

The mood is reinforced by the strong brush strokes used on the sky and the artist's intentional blurring at the edges and the trees.

The painting's major themes encompasses Miro as the painting's painter and subject, political radicalism, positivity of western influence in the artistic styles of Catalan artists as well as the use of the varying artistic styles [...]

The prominence of the Black Madonna is majorly due to the miraculous character it poses to the pilgrims. Since the black Madonna is a representation of the Virgin Mary, there are people of Catholic denomination [...]

It is argued that while stylistically, the two artworks share some similarities, the subject matter of the paintings is different, which is validated by the shifts in cultural contexts surrounding the painters.

The guiding lines are the instruments, and the line of sight of the characters, convening at the man. He accomplishes the illusion of space by overlapping characters in the foreground with the house in the [...]

The mouth of the lady is depicted by a line that is somehow excessively curved. Further, the scale employed in the paintwork exacerbates the artist's sense of loneliness.

They handled color quite differently, and their methods of creating shapes and shadows are unique to each artist to the point that each artist's work is easily identified from its unique treatment of the shape [...]

Correggio's Assumption of the Virgin is unique in its complex composition which represents the details of Mary's Assumption with the help of clear foreshortenings and the perfect illusionistic elements which create the effect of the [...]

One of the most famous female nudes in the history of art was the Spanish painting called 'The Nude Maja' done by Francisco Goya. Thus, the artists of the Renaissance brought about the rise of [...]

The most "sound" in the context of "femininity" and "masculinity" are the pictures The Oath of the Horatii, The Death of Socrates and The Lictors Returning to Brutus the Bodies of His Songs and The [...]

The iconography of the painting tells a story of masculinity and femininity while leading the audience to the times of Art Nouveau's popularity.

The emphasis on the big bright sky may represent Van Gogh's desire to fly away from his reality and embrace the light of the starry night.

The Mona Lisa picture above is written with the use of paint and pigments using the brush and sponges and it is an original copy of the world's greatest work.

Of all famous paintings in the history of humankind, Leonardo Da Vinci's Last Supper takes a very special spot, representing the pinnacle of both Da Vinci's artistic development and the progress of the Renaissance era.

This movement appeared in France in the 1840s as a reaction to changes in the government, military, and economic spheres.edouard Manet, Gustave Courbet, Ilya Repin, Edward Hopper, and other representatives of early realism contributed significantly [...]

One can argue that the street and the four people in the diner who do not seem to communicate are a part of the artist's perception of the loneliness in the urban society.

The ornaments on the floor, the decorations of the walls and the general atmosphere of the place leave no doubt of this setting being in a palace. The royalty of this place and the people [...]

Moreover, Saturn is one of the planets and a representation of the Roman deity known as Kronos, who was in charge of time.

The print is particularly referred to as Red Fuji which presents an uncompromising visionary element of the mountain in the absence of humans.

Bruegel's paintings portrayed the life of peasants during that time.'The Children's Games' and 'Winter Landscape with Skaters and a Bird Trap' are some of the most famous paintings of the artist.

The poster mimics the design of the Sun Maid Raisins box. Salvador Torres The origin of the picture is the poster by "Sun Maid Raisins" corporation.

One of the most striking dissimilarities between the two crucifixes is the fact that the Gero crucifix seems more "human" while the one from the Lindau Gospels seems to depict Jesus as more of a [...]

The underlying concept of the painting appears to have been borrowed from the literal depiction of "self-portrait" and "the dream" where the "self-portrait" is assigned to the right hand side while "the dream" appears to [...]

Her face and the pink dress she is wearing are the points of focus in the painting, which is the reason for the title of the painting called The Young Woman with a Pink Dress.

The public recognizes the 1893 version of the Scream painting, which was created on cardboard using crayon and tempera. In The Scream, Munch again emphasizes his interior condition rather than the surroundings by using a [...]

Anguissola was inventive and playful as she explored the narrative possibilities of portraiture, stretching the boundaries of the genre she was confined to because the artist was not allowed to study the nude figures required [...]

Both the painting and the poem encapsulate the feeling of veneration in the face of life and death. As in the case of Asher B.

Her paintings at that time consisted of black and white geometric ornaments that explained the dynamics of the field of view and disoriented the eye.

Thanks to the drawings discovered in the cave, a fantastic discovery was made: the animals that now live in hot African countries and the inhabitants of the northern countries once existed in one place, on [...]

The work of art in the subject here is a painting of the woodcutter by Pissarro. This is evident in the description of the woodcutter painting where it is said that the man is a [...]

Specifically, the light blue palette that dominates the painting evokes the feeling of sadness, yet the choice lighting, namely, the decision to avoid substantially dark elements, in general, and place the source of light outside [...]

Speaking about the range of colour which can be seen in this painting, it should be said that it is rather varied and features basic colours such as blue as the main colour for the [...]

The painting was mainly designed as a visual means of propaganda of the belief that the American settlers had a manifest destiny.

This paper will provide a rhetoric analysis of the Mona Lisa painting, because it has rendered its audience into a redundant situation where the individual who admires this painting always ends up in his or [...]

The painting of the last supper draws the attention of any admirer to the center of the work, which is Jesus Christ's head.

Artist and designers use the term painting to refer to both the act of and the result of painting. The "Heart of the Andes," is a landscape painting and was done in 1859.

The artist uses bright pastel tones, a combination of straight and curved lines, and a simple one-point perspective, accentuating the nude figure and creating a feeling of the viewer's presence in the scene.

The object in the picture is three-dimensional, practically does not interact with the light, is only under a direct source in the form of the sun.

The abstract art's primary aim is to use gestural marks, shapes, forms, and colors to achieve the effects of a visual reality rather than representing its actual depiction. As a result, they chose to express [...]

Schreyvogel aimed to depict life in the West and the life of the Native American population, which is the theme of work.

Protestantism emerged in Europe at the beginning of the 16th century as the opposition to the Roman Catholic Church and based on the belief in personal faith and the connection to God.

Hieronymus Bosch's The Last Judgment triptych uses the three panels of the painting to represent the three biblical events that predict the terrible end of humankind: the Fall, the Judgment Day, and the eternal Death [...]

The altarpiece was a religious painting work that symbolized the Virgin and child with four physicians of the temple and the entire family of Ludovico il Moro which comprised of Ludovico, his wife and daughter.

She is perceived as the mother of the universe. The dissimilar forms which the goddess uses to manifest herself to the people are signs of her divinity.

The use of complementary colors, which became the signature of Van Gogh's style, helped to intensify the mutual effect of the color scheme in the paintings.

In the beginning of the period of Renaissance a lot of restrictions were placed on the women that saw the Western society witness a decline and invisibility of female artists.

In Sherman's interpretation, Bacchus has most of the external features of the original, but the details alter the painting's context. The gaze of Bacchus in Sherman's painting is less ambiguous than in the original.

Secondly, as mentioned above, there are two timelines in the novel, the first of which takes place in the present relative to the author of the time, and the second is the memories of one [...]

The complexity and creativity of the compositional process with which the painter applies the themes in the picture-puzzles are a rather personal achievement, and the many later copies serve to show Arcimboldo's true originality in [...]

The image is the personification of the artist himself, the totality of his views and thoughts, beliefs, phobias, obsessions, and financial circumstances at the time of painting.

However, in this painting, he is portrayed not as a mighty warrior but a victim of a woman, the young widow Judith.

Other ritual vessels in the country were decorated using the brush and ink; resulting in the flourishing of the brush painting in the country.

The sun is very high and barely seen through a violent somber sky which occupies the most of the painting and, on the contrary, the opposite side of the picture represents a burst of bright [...]

The successful prostitute was a woman in control of her destiny as compared to the most powerless women of the age.

The author states the major problem of humanity that is the meaning of love and our understanding and comprehension of it.

Despite the fact that the bombing of the town was Picasso's major motive for creation Guernica, in the painting, there are no scenes of bombing, no explosions, and no direct images of the ravages of [...]

It is possible to focus on such artworks as the Wanderer above the Sea of Fog by Caspar Friedrich, The Taking of Christ by Caravaggio, and Raphael's The School of Athens.

To understand the variety and importance of Pablo Picasso's contribution to the world art, it is necessary to focus on analyzing such artist's famous works as Boy with a Pipe, Guernica, and The Weeping Woman.

She incorporated the use of Mexican and pre-Colombian art work, imagery and concepts in some of her works which included "My Nurse and I", a self portrait that depicts Kahlo in the hands of a [...]

In depicting the dimension, the shape of the painting is enhanced by the boundaries of the window and the soap bubbles.

Sequential Narrative This area has murals of the Exodus, Elijah, Ezekiel, Triumph of Mordechai, and the Valley of the Dry Bones. Comparative Narratives There are paintings of the Well in the Wilderness, the Ark in [...]

It is stated that Tamara's self-portrait appeared in the next edition of a prestigious German fashion magazine after the editor was moved by the sight of her exiting her automobile in front of a five-star [...]

The aesthetics and experience of art inspire modern artists and impact the emergence of new works created under the influence of past works.

It is now displayed at the Uffizi, Florence, and is considered among the best paintings depicting the Medici family members in the role of the Magi and the Virgin.

While observing the piece of art, Berger's ideas and outlooks on the painting and objects will be considered and aligned with the analysis.

The lack of obstruction in the picture and the simplicity of the room used in the image depict the drama of the event.

Thomas Cole created the painting in such a way that the tower is situated between the sunset sky and the stones.

In his paintings, Marshall conveys a sense of his own experience growing up as a black boy in a racist society, his own understanding of how the black people are kept down by the practices [...]

The shade and the voluminousness of the vase and the sunflowers give an impression that one sees it with one's eyes.

The word painting will also make us wonder whether the painting was done during the Renaissance period, the Middle Ages, or another period. Edgar Degas' was influenced by the painting of famous painters.

There is in much painting of the era a new impression of limitless power, of figures bursting out of the frame of paintings.

The impressionist series depicting the same stack of hay is notable for the ability of Monet to repeat the same them but to capture different atmospheres, times of day, and times of the year.

The room is lit by the low windows at the far end of the room. The pipe and the bottle are two symbols of addictions, as understood in the 19th century.

The artist: Augusts Leopold Egg Nationality: English Title: Past and Present, No 1 Date: 1858 Genre: Realistic Group figure Medium: Oil paint on canvas Dimensions: Support: 635 x 762 mm Frame: 801 x 925 [...]