Nattamon Siwanartnusorn (Nat) 5780728
Classification in Art
“A picture is a poem without word,” said Horace (as cited in “Art quotes,” n.d.). A painting can express feelings towards viewers, and each person can derive different messages while looking at the same artwork, which depends on their personal experiences or how they perceive the world. Paintings can be classified into four categories, which are portrait, history, genre, and landscape painting.
The initial group of paintings is portrait painting. Portraiture is a genre of painting depicting either a person or a group of people. This is one of the most well-known types of art. Most of the greatest artists have painted this type of art at least once (Murray, 1851). Subject matter
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It is a genre of painting depicting scenes that happen in daily life such as cooking, having dinner, working, and so on. It can help people in a particular location comprehend their society, values, customs, and surroundings (“Painting in the Dutch,” n.d.). The painting always has a main character as human. The artists may depict their family, lover, friends, or even strangers. The characterisation can be authentic, visualisable, romanticised by the painters (“A room,” 2014). Composition in genre painting can be complicated depending on a number of components in the painting. It is created to make illusionistic effects or highlight the most consequential thematic component in paintings. In crowded scenes, the movement of figures in the painting draws spectators’ eyes to different points. It can be from one side to another side. To poise composition, the artists have to heedfully take the measurements of horizontals and verticals to amalgamate foreground and distance in the artwork (“Painting in the Dutch,” n.d.). Artists convey feeling, such as sorrow, misery, relaxation, and so on, towards viewers through actions. Genre artwork is a reflection of love, family, responsibility, and other facets of life. In the early modern period of modern history, it conveys comprehensible metaphorical content, and during mid century the content had become less didactic (“Painting in the Dutch,” n.d.). To illustrate, in An Old Woman Dozing Over a Book, Nicolaes Maes portrayed an elderly woman falling asleep, while she opened a book. This woman was presented in the centre of the painting. There is a key hung on the wall behind her, conveying a sense of
Art has been around for centuries, expressed in various ways through different mediums; painting, drawing, photography, music, and so many more. Each having smaller categories within them. One can create a portrait with different types of paint, chalk, pens and pencils, the lens of a camera. A musician can convey a feeling within lyrics, or notes of a song. Separate forms of art, yet if you look closely enough, you can see similarities as well.
2), it has been created with the same materials as the previous work of art in which I discussed however it measures 244 x 244 cm. In this work of art, we are able to see two females standing still and facing towards the sunset as two older men are on opposite sides of them facing towards us. It seems as though this image depicts individuals who have just finished their workday based on the way in which they are dressed. It is evident that he puts forth some of the same techniques used in Iceberg Blues (Fig. 1) such as the images containing city people and the sunset landscape. Also, the individuals in this painting are not communicating with each other or making any eye contact perhaps because they also have different beliefs and cannot relate to one another.
This particular painting shows what the living spaces and how proud they are of themselves for making thing better for them and children. Another great example is the painting Indian Hunters Return. This painting shows a successful hunt and the celebration of the days work. Also it shows the life for an american indian in the winter. This
This interesting artwork is an extreme abstract artwork. The second floor consists fancy ceramics and sculptures from ancient time of the Native Americans, Africa, and France. The second floor is always dim lighted, but each artwork is well placed in a transparent box and a light focused on the artwork. Walking down the hallway on the first floor along with these interesting water paintings relaxes viewers. Colorful ceramics, detail paintings, meaningful sculptures, interesting architectural wires, and fascinating photos.
Each painting is unique, with a tactile presence, which reveals the hand of the artist. The image, which was the product of a split second drive by photo, now takes on substance through both the physicality of the paint, and through the contemplation of place and time. In this, the paintings come to represent more of a testament to her experience than the photographs. In the essay An Art That Eats Its Own Head – Painting in the Age of Images Barry Schwabgley acknowledges photographs place in contemporary art while also confirming the significance of painting, “ Although it was
The medium executed in the canvas is oil paint. From the original location, the artist intends viewer to visual the painting in only one orientation. The painting is located directly in front of the viewer. This critique points the description, thorough analysis and viewers judgement of the artwork.
Paintings, prints, drawing, crafts, photography are all forms of art which many artists specialize and utilize to display their creativity, sometimes bring awareness to certain social issue and also exploit the less fortunate for their fame. Some well-known artists like Vik Muniz in the
In this unit, we further explored the definition of meaning. Meaning can be described as the interaction between author and reader. It is the intended message that the author is trying to communicate with his audience. However, the meaning is not set. It is specifically based on the author and the reader's perspective of the work.
And furthermore, recognize the symbolism documented in the painting for iconographic analysis. In doing so, this will highlight and comment on important characteristics of Omnibus Life in London as it yields new information regarding the emerging shift in social inequality. Through formal analysis, the visual characteristics of the work present an interesting insight into the painting. The first emotion that I experienced with this work was claustrophobia and crowdedness. Part of the feeling spawned from the three-dimensionality of the painting.
As I had the rare ability to draw photo-realistically, art classes were easy and enjoyable throughout the majority of my educational journey. However, as I furthered my studies in art, I was introduced to countless other styles in existence that I was not able to replicate. Contemporary art, in particular, was difficult for me to comprehend as its conceptual basis was simply labyrinthine to me. To resolve such difficulties, I scrutinized many works of great contemporary artists and after an extensive period of time, I finally came to an understanding that the essence of the style is that the inference drawn by the beholder effectively becomes the truth. As an artist, it was simply a necessary concept to learn but as a writer, it was an extremely advantageous principal to utilize in my writing process.
These are great distinctions between Berth Morisot’s The Basket Chair, and Gustave Caillebotte’s The Orange Trees, but both paintings have their own distinctive style and sense of modernism that inspired the painters’
Light played a critical role in the compositional structure of both men’s work. Their shared interest in light formed a signature bond in the writer and the painter’s creative relationship, enhancing each man’s understanding and appreciation of the other’s
This painting is obviously a representational artwork, because it clearly depicts an event that could have actually occurred. There is no odd parts or unusual events occurring in the painting that could make it an abstract piece of art. The painting
An initial reaction to this artwork is a feeling of mourn with an explosion of emotions. At first, the artwork serves as a symbol of sorrow, despair, and melancholy. The title of the work adds a dry, bland sense to the meaning behind the drawing. Through observing the drawing more strenuously, the work becomes more of a symbol of war and a cry for help. The despair and troublesome times that the working class went through during war is characterized in this artwork.
Annotated Bibliography Berger, John. Ways of Seeing. The British Broadcasting Corporation, London and Penguin Books, 1972. Print.