Paintings Essay Examples and Topics. Page 4

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.

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.

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.

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

While the painting itself is far from the quality of the old masters of abstract art it does bring out a certain emotional response as it can be interpreted that the woman in the painting [...]

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.

He gives hints for the viewers to see that the location is not real and it cannot be found in anyone's house. In this way, it seems that the woman is making a photo of [...]

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.

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 [...]

Rembrandt, by making the painting, had the point of view that the artwork would assist the viewers in realizing the effect of the event of the Prodigal son.

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

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 artists behind the new movement rejected the notions and styles embraced by their predecessors. Georges Seurat was the first artist to reinvent the use of pigment and color in different paintings.

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.

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.

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.

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 [...]

The dark colors and the static nature of the painting both in the foreground and the background give the implication of lack of life and hopelessness.

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 use of bold vertical lines here appears to be more carefully planned, showing the precision of the artist and the background is carefully applied. The background lines are curved to clearly illustrate the shape [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 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.

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 [...]

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 [...]

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.

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 [...]

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.

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.

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 [...]

In this case, the real and intrinsic nature of art is being consumed perhaps by emerging modern art in spite of the fact that traditional forms of drawings and paintings are still valued in many [...]

In Waterloo Bridge, Claude Monet did not want to represent the bridge as he saw it but to underline the importance of the air, colors, and nature around that bridge that made the whole picture [...]

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 [...]

There was, however, an increase in publications of novels that needed illustrations in form of drawings and paintings. Notable works by Avati are in the field of paperback illustration.

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 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.

As it has been stressed, the manner in which the artists of the High Renaissance depicted women in their work had a lot of points of contact with the image of women in the modern [...]

The Birth of Venus is a famous painting produced in the year 1863 by a French painter Alexandre Cabanel. This paper analyses the painting The Birth of Venus and gives a brief background of its [...]

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.

From a certain perspective, it can be assumed that the lack the of expression on the face of the subjects of the sculpture is related to their strangely clothed and unclothed state.

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 drawing could be painted onto the wall of the cave with the help of the reed brush. The artist could wish to perpetuate the beauty of the world.

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 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 [...]

The common artwork of the artist include the inflatable balloons toys and the pink panther, beside the life-size ceramic model of the late pop star Michael Jackson holding his favourite pet, chimpanzee babbles as shown [...]

The symbolism of the picture is obvious, it shows that time endless and limited at the same time. The concept of time is one of the central concepts in art.

The virgin is contained in an eggshell and the finger of the creator is seen to pierce through the egg touching on the virgin The finger of God theme, which still circulates the modern world, [...]

The painting also reflects the degree of enigma that the artist attached to the historical episode that he endeavored to reproduce in the form of art.

Texture of the art is the feel of the surface of the art; it can be rough or smooth, a drawing can determine the texture of the object.

One of the most important themes in the western art is religion, and one of the most inspiring images for may be each of the greatest artists has been the Virgin Mary.

The beginning of twentieth century was marked by revolutionary changes in social life: the discoveries made by the science and the achievements of the technical process transformed the course of life once and for all.

What accounts for the earlier mentioned qualitative subtlety of this particular painting is that, while working on it, Da Vinci took a practical advantage of the artistic technique of a linear perspective, which in turn [...]

On the whole, this book can be of some interest to parents with toddlers. It seems that this book can of great interest to children of pre-school age, especially girls.

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 [...]

The paintings identified for this analysis are the Madonna and Child in Glory by Jacopa di Cione in the period between 1360 and 1365, and the Adoration of the Shepherds by Giovanni Agostino da Lori [...]

Against the background of the general popularity of portraits in the seventeenth century, the gallery of Rembrandt's self-portraits stands out as an exciting encyclopedia of the evolution in the artist's personality.