Paintings Essay Examples and Topics. Page 4

As in Rubens' other paintings of the same genre, The Crowning of Roxana also made use of rich texture and vivid clash of light and shadow.

There's a picture of female - which is actually Eva; there's male which is Adam; there are the members of the church the leaders and the followers; there's the activities conducted inside and outside the [...]

The contrast between the sensual artistic style of Rubens's Abduction of the Daughters of Leucippus and strict religious ideology of that time raises the question of gender relations and social attitudes towards women in society.

The artist stressed that his artwork was a response to the horrible aftermaths of the bombing of Guernica, as well as the overall concept of war.

The use of color draws attention to Esther herself, as the brightest part of the image on the left side. It is a somber, melancholy piece musing on the themes of death and friendship.

The reason for such a conclusion is the fact that there are three significant elements, besides a person in the boat, such as the mountains, the sea, and a hill with plains.

The scenery presented on the left side appears to present an asymmetrical composition to the painting of the presented woman and the child.

It symbolizes the incident of the last supper during the last days of Jesus when he declared that one of his disciples would inform him. The artist did the masterpiece in an attempt to produce [...]

To support the idea that the concept of spring is not central to the work, Flora wears clothing appropriate to the period and the location instead of Roman garb such as a tunic.

If the print seems like it is out of a colorful children's book, it is because the unique artist creates imagery that is commonly used in illustrations and decorations for that age group.

In the course of the eclipse, rings of fire appear since the moon silhouette does not completely cover the sun. The appearance of the rings is not witnessed all over the world but in few [...]

The horse with a rider behind them, along with the looming church tower and a patchwork of buildings across the hills, form the background of the picture.

He managed to capture and convey the atmosphere that prevailed at that unique moment in the image of the Japanese bridge and the pond: a static picture seems alive and breathing, the foliage and water [...]

A representational artwork, in my understanding, is an artwork that aims to present an object, person, or event to a viewer with the preservation of its natural qualities.

Sherman's unnamed female, while in a pose that clearly evokes Judith, is serene and moving on to the next step in her quest for the liberation of Israel, but her power is contradicted by the [...]

Of course, different people may see various messages of the painting, however, due to the fact the people who live in the same country and have the same culture have a similar understanding of the [...]

According to Cohn, the uniqueness and innovative techniques used by Pollock provide a glance into an in-depth meaning of the painting itself.

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 [...]

Raphael's Saint Michael Overwhelming the Demon is one of his works which is a part of the Louvre's collection. The work is a great representative of the art of the nineteenth century's realism.

Because of this, most of Gustave's paintings done in the 1860s, are known for ushering in the era of modernism. In the Origin of the World, there was an image of a nude female showing [...]

In this paper, two surf-centered works by Pettibon will be analyzed to clarify how the chosen artist sees life, discovers the processes that make people happy and satisfied, and discusses the issues that matter today."The [...]

After much effort and time, Winterhalter was recognized as a portrait painter in times of the Second Empire, and he created his best work throughout the course of the last twenty years of his life.

In the painting, Neptune, the god of the sea, is seen lying on the trident and this is indicative of water.

The chapel is located in the Vatican and is one of the most illustrious artworks in the western world. The entrance to the chapel is marked by two frescoes which symbolize the last episodes of [...]

In his publication "Modernist Painting," Clement Greenberg proves that the deficiency of figurativeness inherent in the contemporary modernist painting is the result of the art self-development instead of impacts made by social and historic factors.

The high Renaissance is also characterized by the need to paint ideals of the cosmic world in sculptures and paintings. In the case of the early Renaissance, artists were interested in humanism.

In fact, the point of my work is to show the development of shape in the Islamic art. The importance of Escher's works lies in their timelessness, and this is the characteristic I would like [...]

One of the centerpieces of the artistic element of the museum is the massive artwork situated over the entrance to one of the rooms.

According to Diamond, "the Mughals were the apogees of sophistication in the Islamic world, and they created an art that was utterly revolutionary and totally Indian and deeply connected to the broader world, including Europe,". [...]

A primary goal of the article Errors in the Making and Perception of Art Images of Human Gait: Psychological Explanations by Meltzoff is to determine the psychological cause of wrong human portrayal in the drawing [...]

It generally rejected the belief and the certainty in enlightenment thinking with a consequent rejection in the belief of the existence of a powerful and most compassionate creator-God. This led to the birth of a [...]

After viewing the Coronation of the Virgin Altarpiece: Saint Prosdochimus, I realized that the art of the Middle Ages, the era that is rightfully considered one of the darkest and the most complicated times that [...]

Of course, the painter understood the wrongs of the regime and he experienced the horrors of the war. The color is the ground for the skulls, cards and tablecloth.

The establishment of America as the country and the formation of its people as a unified nation took quite some time, as the new comers setting down in various states of the newly discovered continent [...]

The Motherlands of both painters, England and Germany, were covered with a wave of industrialization and practical materialism that changed the typical lifestyle of European people, their ways of thinking, and their ideas of the [...]

The woman becomes the main subject of the art works in the late part of the 19th century, but artists choose to refer to the traditions of the Middle Ages in depicting females.

Ngalyod, one of the greatest spirits in the Amhem Land, is a part and parcel of the Kunwinjku mythology. Represented as a serpent most of the time, the spirit is said to reside the caverns [...]

The painter had a vision of ensuring that his work reflected the real life activities of the people viewing his work.

In particular, it is important to examine the stylistic peculiarities of this artwork and the way in which it reflects the cultural trends that emerged in the nineteenth century.

For instance, it is possible to compare a modernist artwork and work pertaining to contemporary art to identify the discourse and the way the society has evolved.

This particular painting stays true to Picasso's motif of incorporating sexuality into his works as it can be seen by the obvious representation of male and female genetalia in the work itself.

Because of the influence of the epoch, certain parallels can be drawn between Benton's City Activities and Ringgold's Die, the two pictures that shatter one's vision of the modern world to the core.

For instance, in the fourteen century and at the beginning of the fifteenth century, "the profile form of a portrait head, largely inspired by antique coins," was widespread.

The scenes of the prison and the emotions of the students in this picture refer to the memories of the abandoned attempts of reform in France, especially the 1787 dissolution of the Assembly of Notables.

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 [...]

A number of researchers attribute Plein-Air painting to a number of inventions made in the 19th century. The French impressionists were a group of artists from the 19th century who studied the impact of light [...]

Though the Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, a fresco created by Picasso, was created in an entirely different epoch than Masaccio's Tribute Money was, the two artworks still share a range of stylistic, compositional and conceptual similarities, [...]

There is a concrete building to the left and the crowds of people extend to the horizon in a linear perspective.

In order to successfully conduct a criticism of an artwork, it is required to conduct a thorough investigation of the culture that surrounds the work and look at it from the perspective of cultural values [...]

The collection of the masterpieces created by European painters in the Chrysler Museum of Art offers attendees a large spectrum of paintings starting from the Renaissance to the Modernism period.

Even though the work by Corot belongs to the realist movement and Monet is a famous impressionist master, the chosen paintings are equal at capturing the transitional time between day and evening due to the [...]

The picture Bird's Hell was painted in 1938 by Max Beckmann, an outstanding German portraitist and printmaker, one of the greatest masters of the interwar period of the 20th century.

This is one of the most famous and meaningful piece of work in the Baltimore Museum of Art. The artwork goes further to identify the role of marriage in the society.

The painting by Manet explores the decision by Napoleon III to control Mexico during the 1860s and the ineffectiveness of his policies.

There was also a distinction in age of the painters whereby, impressionism painters were generally older as compared to post impressionism painters.

The focus of this painting is the city of Montevideo, which is located in the home country of the artist. Further analysis of the history behind the piece reveals that it is a representation of [...]

Although the style that Rafael developed over the course of his evolution as an artist was influenced greatly by the works of Leonardo da Vinci in terms of composition and technical expression and Michelangelo in [...]

The Last Supper, for instance, renders the anguish soaring in the air with the help of its spacious elements; compared to the thought provoking empty elements of the picture, the vapid lack of space in [...]

This picture is one of the first works that attracted the attention of artists and critics to van Gogh. The painter is able to use different shades of grey and yellow in order to illustrate [...]

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

Although the art pieces created by Masaccio, del Castagno and Lippi may seem completely different, with the common thread of Christianity as the only thing that links them, a close analysis of the messages behind [...]

It should be mentioned that at the time when this painting was created, Manet was criticized by many people for the lack of clarity and compositional unity in this picture.

The Reincarnation of Saint Orlan is the series of the operation performances in which Orlan played the main role while proposing her body as the field for experimenting in the sphere of plastic surgery while [...]

The conflict of nature vs.nurture would later on become the trademark of the works made by the members of the African American painters community and its key tradition.

Thus, the fruit is depicted in the middle of the painting, leaves and flowers are revealed at the top and bottom of the work providing a frame for fruit. The painting shows that the natural [...]

The validity of this idea can be illustrated in regards to both: the spatial/representational aspects of the exhibition in question, and the discursive appropriateness of the actual selection of Wyeth's paintings.

Though the medium of the three works is different, the works share lots of features in common. The background of the three works is blue.

2 cm The painting, "Paris Street, Rainy Day," was painted by the French painter, Gustav Caillebotte, in the year 1877. Name of the painting: The Card Players Artist: Paul Cezanne Year: 1893-96 Type: Oil on [...]

A new experience is an aspect of suffering in the story of Tim Lowly. However, from the experience of Tim Lowly and Sherrie, I have realized that suffering is a long-term condition, and thus, it [...]

The researcher also points to the fact that none of the figures in the painting look at the viewers, which makes an impression of them being alone in the room.

Therefore, this piece of work was a combination of artistic work and imagery to depict European society in the early 20th century.

The purpose of this action was to bring her closer to the revolution and identify her with it. Kahlo's rise to iconic status was due to her experiences and occurrences of the time.

She was swayed by the allure of material culture, an identity she adopted in her personality as well as her artworks.

In the context of the epoch, Kandinsky's biography became relevant as he joined the Blue Rider and gained an opportunity to find his unique manner of painting.

The artist has refused to finish his piece of work because that is his nature; he wants to indulge in fantasy.

In contrast to portraits of Roulin and Monroe, the background seems to swallow the artist while the latter appears to dominate the frame directing the attention of the audience details of the figures as opposed [...]

The essay focuses on the three paintings by Matisse, Gauguin, and Kirchner in order to demonstrate how these pieces of artworks have captured femme fatale as savage and Primitivism styles in the paintings.

The interrelation of romance and loneliness in addition to how the two influenced some of the paintings of Van Gogh such as the one shown in fig 1 is evident in Callow's words.

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 [...]

The period of Bustle costume was also marked with changes in men's fashion as the costume of the Portrait of Charles le Coeur shows.

It is an appreciation of the two American poets, the American nature and the Cole's discovery of the valley some twenty years prior to his death in 1848.

While it is quite understandable that at the current stage of the development of humankind, some conflicts still have to be resolved with the use of coercive methods, war as a massive homicide still remains [...]

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 style is realistic, in that the viewer has no doubt that the object in the picture are human figures, female, and that they are standing on the ground in a real landscape.

He was just about to hang the breeches back in the closet, when he noticed that there was a big stain on the back-side of the left leg.

The relationships lead to termination of the development and prosperity of female painters as they take the roles of a wife and mother. The society perceives women artists and their conditions in the art industry [...]

The other use of symbolism occurs in the "spear" and presence of the soldiers. The painter uses the images of Pilate and Christ to send a new message to the audience.

In the case of "Planting Chrysanthemums" a heavier shading style on the lines of the painting is eschewed in favor of a lighter and more delicate appearance in the formation of the lines and the [...]

In spite of the fact, the author of Triptych of Madonna and Child with Angels is anonymous, the researchers are inclined to agree that the works of the author of the Legend of Saint Lucy [...]

One of the elements that attract attention is the rich texture of this of this work. It should be noted that the artists places the starry sky in the very center of the painting while [...]

In order to understand this painting, we have to review the significance of hunting and self-portrait to painters in the Dutch society during the 17th century.

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It is clear that Rubens was attempting to show the beauty of women in Genoa and the need for cities and states to appreciate, respect and appreciate their women.

One of the common similarities of the paintings of these ancient cultures was the painting of composite beasts. In addition, the essay will also strive to use different paintings to provide insights into the political [...]

This, of course, was meant to emphasize the fact that Venus's godliness is being reflective of her physiological constitution of a woman, capable of breastfeeding.

The primary context of the image is to show the river in the night, and the marvelous overview of the many boats.

Figures in paintings and size of sculpture were calculated by the status of a person as opposed to normal rules of linear perspective which brings out a real image. He was a symbol of rising [...]

A careful study of the hair, the beards and the dress of Homer reveals that this is a painting of that era.

The composition of the painting The composition of the picture seems to be of a particular importance, as numerous elements of the painting, including texture, forms, lines, etc.show the depth or perspective of the author's [...]

Over a long period, Aborigine's paintings have advanced to the point of intertwining with the public dissertation, with a great recognition in Australia and the rest of the world.

The main reason for making these depictions in Amsterdam and other Dutch cities was to provide a cheaper way of having flowers in people's homes. The first still life paintings in 17th century were flowers [...]

This is not the way space presents itself to the eye in the natural world, and is clearly showing the imprint of the artist, but it works to create a sort of tunnel vision on [...]

This piece of art was worked out as the part of the high altar of the Monastery of San Sisto in Piacenza.

As it has already been mentioned, Mexican muralism was a form of expression, and at the same time a provider of cultural traditions, political views and social moods in the country that influenced greatly on [...]

In fact, in order to understand the main motifs and themes of the works, one should understand the artist's perception of the work and his/her emotional state.

The woman's smile, often described as enigmatic, is the most intriguing aspect of the painting and it is also the subject of much speculation. The smile of the seated woman is the hallmark of this [...]

As opposed to the Le Dejuner sur L'herbe, Adolphe Bouguereau's Nymphs and Satyr appeared just one year before the first impressionist exhibition was held; the painting represented the traditions of the academic art and, at [...]

The interpretation of some signs which are not seen at the first glance, such as the backward bend of the left elbow of the man and his eyes which can be only partially seen over [...]

The Indianapolis Museum of Art's European Gallery is displaying a painting by the Venetian workshop of the Early Renaissance painter, Giovanni Bellini, titled Madonna and Child with St.John. It shows an effort to personalize both [...]

The time difference between the completion of the first painting and the second one was only thirteen years. The variations of color theme in the painting tell a story about the landscape.

The absence of emotions is obvious and it is even stressed as the figures are depicted in motion. Therefore, it is possible to state that this work is more Greek in nature as it is [...]

The technique that Leonardo da Vinci used in this painting, therefore, became a trendsetter in the art revolution of the time. The application of a lion in renaissance art is largely associated with Saint Jerome.

One of the paintings was that of his friend Casagemas in his coffin. Pink was used to bring a different theme to the great paintings that he had in his gallery.

The main feature which combined all these pieces was their development as the examples of the modern art which did not follow the principles of the Nazi ideology and, thus, such art was considered as [...]

The object of the analysis is the picture; I should investigate and explain perceptions, feelings and interpretations the production causes. It is a touch of irony, which the picture reflects.

The picture reveals images of Christ, Maria, Joseph, two shepherds in the foreground and two figures of poor people in the background. Maria is depicted in the center of the painting which hints that the [...]

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.

The portrait has an elegant bust, which means that it may have be comparing to a flower, which is still on its stalk that is slender, but is embroidered by the weight of the crown [...]

The setting of the first scene in the frame is a place of worship, probably a whole church or a section in a church. There is evidence to this in the presentation of priests in [...]

A perfect specimen of the Flemish oil painting style with its attention to the tiniest details, the picture under the title The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein the Younger is truly a masterpiece embodying the ideas [...]