Supper Vs Juxtaposition

The eight early twentieth century artists that we researched each represent or impact the Harlem Renaissance through their art. While I was searching, I was surprised to notice names such as Van Gogh and Picasso appeared on our list, but after further research it began to make sense that if artists went to Europe, they were bound to bring back art styles that were common in Europe. Also, when I was investigating the paintings, many patterns began to stick out. I would say the art shown does not have an analytical or political tone but a more colorful, expressive, light-filled, and emotional feel. For example, most of the artists used very vivid colors in mostly bright settings as opposed to dull black and white colors. Additionally, humans were the focus of all of the paintings. In some, humans were doing mundane actions such as reading or dancing, while in others it was just a simple portrait.

The Breakaway was painted by Thomas William Roberts, an Australian artist known for his national narratives. This is demonstrated through, The Breakaway, as it tells the story of a drover trying to prevent a mob of sheep from running away from the pack. During the 1890’s there was a drought which is depicted in the painting, with dust being kicked up and dry, arid landscape. In 1891 a shearers strike began leading to the formation of the Australian Labor Party which suggests the lack of assistance that the drover is in need of.

Close your eyes, imagine that you are isolated from society, not from choice but because everybody else has dictated that you are an outcast of society and should not be an important part of society, you do not matter, your life is terrible. What if you and other people who have been isolated by society gathered and created forms of entertainment that helped and the people that you have met to get through the hard times and unites all of the people who are being isolated too. Now open your eyes, this is the start of the Harlem Renaissance. Renaissance means rebirth from french, this is a rebirth because it gave a new life for the African Americans. The Harlem Renaissance was sparked because of the terrible conditions that the African-Americans were lived in and worked in mainly the

The painting done by Jim Dine called Dexter’s Four Robes and the painting by James Lechay called Sky, Sea and Samos are two paintings that are vastly different, but both exhibit similar and different Elements and Principles of Design. I will analysis both paintings and compare as well as contrast the similarities and differences of each painting. I will than explain my opinion on which painting I believed is more visually appealing and what I liked and disliked about each painting.

This essay provides an analysis of Edmund Alleyn’s portrait created in 1975 called Iceberg Blues (fig. 1.) on display at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in the Expanding Fields Exhibition. It also includes comparisons to other works by Jean Paul Lemieux and Jean Phillippe Dallaire that are images of city people. I will be comparing some of the same techniques that are being used among these talented Quebec artists.

“Art mattered in the renaissance. Viewers expected works of art to be meaningful, purposeful, and functional, not just beautiful” (Paoletti and Radke 12). Visual imagery was so important and so complicated that artists very rarely worked alone. Artists frequently collaborated with one another and with a wide range of patrons. Art mattered because it was the product of an entire society. It both forged and reflected societal values. One of the most significant patrons during the Italian Renaissance was the Medici Family. The Medici family was a powerful and influential Florentine family during the 13th and 16th century. The Medici family had extreme control over Florence through political influence, bank and merchant trading operations and through

Italian Renaissance artist, Raphael, painted the School of Athens between 1509 and 1511. This painting is a fresco in the Room of the Signatures in Rome, Italy. In 1573, Italian painter, Paolo Veronese, painted Christ in the House of Levi. This oil painting was expansion of the Last Supper and is located in Venice, Italy. These two works of art have reflected the environments of Rome and Venice.

The Renaissance was a dramatic time period where many changes happened in Europe due to the contributions of humanists.One of these humanists was Raphael Sanzio.He significantly impacted the world through his paintings,architecture,and his influence on other artists.Even though he had a short life he painted amazing paintings with great details and perspective.His paintings were mostly religious such as The Sistine Madonna and The Marriage of the Virgin,however,he did paint non-religious paintings like School of Athens and his self-portrait.Raphael was an architect too.Villa Madama and St.Peter’s Basilica in Vatican were designed by him.Raphael also influenced artists up to 1900’s.He changed the way people look at art by painting emotional

Due to the rise of the the renaissance in the 1400’s in Italy, there was a change in art. Art seemed to reflect realism and artist became more concerned with depicting life in the real world. One of the most iconic artist of that time period was Jan van Eyck and one of his most prized painting was The Arnolfini Portrait. The Arnolfini Portrait contains a ton of imagery and symbolism within it and due to that, it has lead many people pondering the meaning behind it. Many people seem to agree that the portrait depicts a wedding between two individuals of high wealthy class. It’s evident that there are wealthy due to the clothing they wear since it’s very luxurious and of high quality. In addition the room is heavily decorated with items of great value. Lastly, the oranges present in the wedding also show wealth since those fruits were greatly prized by Europeans. Furthermore, more imagery is found alluding to the idea that this is wedding is the green dress the women is wearing since it was customary to wear green dresses in weddings at the

In the 15th and 16th centuries there were many Europeans setting out to explore the rest of the world, with no idea what they could encounter on the way. Many explorers found what they were seeking, and lots of explorers found something completely different. While religion was a major motive for exploration, so were economic motives and land expansion.

Essay 1 Liberty University Essay 1 Pope Julius II hired Raphael to paint the four walls of his library. Raphael described the four human knowledges: philosophy, poetry, theology, and judge. By displaying these four key pieces of human understanding, I believe his assembly of the paintings, exhibits his purpose to which he tried to convey to his civilization. Raphael purposefully chose to distinguish the four knowledges on the ramparts on which he painted them. He selected to have justice and poetry opposite of each other, displaying how they match with one another even though they may appear opposite. This proved how they are two ideas which are both essentially for proper discernment. In his depiction of philosophy, Raphael expresses the two schools of thought which together create a fuller

At the first glance of two pieces of art, a viewer might have a hard time distinguishing similarities and differences between the two, but Wölfflin’s principles opens up a proper analysis to view resemblances and distinctions that reflect the artworks. In Rapheal’s “School of Athens”(1509) and Perugino’s “Delivery of the Keys”(1481), Wölfflin’s principles can be applied to point out clear contrasts between the two pieces of art. Through Wölfflin’s principles, “School of Athens” can be categorized in the principles of painterly, recession, open form, and unity while “Delivery of the Keys” can be categorized into his principles of linear, planar, closed form, and multiplicity.

The discovery of linear perspective provided the transition from gothic art to renaissance art and it revolves around the renaissance period for many years till the inception of cubism. What renaissance artists had clearly achieved through a thorough observation was discovered by artist and architect Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446 CE) who carry out a series of optical experiments leading to the theory of linear perspective and with this it was possible to analyse its structure mathematically. He suggested a method that justifies on how a size of an object being reduced in relation to their place and distance from the eye. The first version of written treatise entitled De Pictura (1435 CE) was written by Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472

The narrative of art that Lorenzo Ghiberti tells in “The Second Commentary” is how the Christian faith was victorious in the time of Emperor Constaine and Pope Sylvester (152). But the decline, began when everyone was ordered to make any statue and or picture in the color white (153). This, in Ghiberti’s opinion ended the art and teachings of sculpture and art. But, the rise of art and sculpture began when Greeks began to create paintings and sculptures over six hundred before the great era of Christianity (153). It is when Cimabue, one of the greatest painters from Florence took a young boy under his wing by the name of Gitto. Gitto brought naturalism to art, Giovanni, who sculpted the pulpit of Pisa (154), and lastly Gusmin, a sculpture who

Plato (c.428-347) was born in Athens. He was the student of Socrates. The basis of Plato’s Philosophy is his theory of ideas. Aristotle (384-322 BC) was born in Macedon in northern Greece. He was a student at “The Academy” where was taught Plato’s ideas in Athens. Later Aristotle opened his own school called “The Lyceum”. Aristotle and Plato were great philosophers and still they have tremendous impact on thinkers. Even though Aristotle was a student of Plato’s school , his ideas about theory of forms and poems were different from Plato and he criticized Plato’s ideas. In the paper, I will show the different points that they have the ideas of forms, poetry and the methods they used while arguing their ideas.