YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Life and Paintings of Rembrandt
Essays 241 - 270
As a result, the viewer is able to understand the progression of the art being influenced by different variables. For example, th...
the essence of poetry, encourages contemplation of metaphysical truths" and that this should be "at the heart of artistic expressi...
he studied at the Louvre (Pioch). Renoir struck up many friendships with other famous painters of the time such as Monet and he...
viewing this painting this particular writer feels and thinks many things. There is a powerful boldness to the strokes, which are ...
fruit, the faithful little dog, the rosary, the unshod feet (since this is the ground of a holy union), and even the respectful sp...
painter of Louis XVs mid-18th-century France, the very paradigm of all that was best in a style of sensitive artifice coming after...
protrudes from the ceiling, perhaps signifying the heavens (Searle). Behind the woman is a tapestry which features the crucifixio...
which was a term used by philosophers during the Middle Ages to describe an obstacle in schematic logic" (Wallbank, 1992). As such...
archetypes of the former age. The attention to the spiritual nature of mankind is evident throughout the arts during this time per...
One was Go Xi who "was a painter of the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) and a follower of Li Cheng in style. He was the first to ...
We see the moist and secretive environment and truly gain a feel for the garden and the water which abounds in the painting. It is...
common people school education, which used to be privilege of ruling class...Confucius advocated a set of moral code on basis of f...
View of Delft (c. 1658), an oil canvas in the Mauritshuis collection, The Hague, Vermeer carries the eye of the viewer from the pe...
surrounded by a host of celestial maidens... So awe-struck was the disciple that he immediately took up hammer and chisel, hollo...
those external standards that are often the most telling in terms of the underlying historical perspective offered within the art....
another nude he had done. The fact that Manet was surprised at the reaction to his work, and considering that Manet was consider...
second of course has the flame smoking and Mary just beginning to show the signs of pregnancy. The third has Mary obviously pregna...
known to be a determined individualist, and was known for the time when he asked a group of models about their ridiculous poses - ...
the most defiant aspect of its symbolist tendencies; without uttering but a single word, this work of art is fully able to communi...
of Madrid). Another author notes that, "Goyas sensitivity to these events resulted in his best print series and furthermore in a m...
the opinion that Cassatt possessed "infinite talent" (Whitcomb 48). In 1893, Cassatt painted a work that signified that she had ...
to hearth and home. Her expression is one of serenity, and reminds one of the Madonnas expression. In this respect, then, women we...
a passage in Polizianos La giostra Gombrich successfully adduced Ficinis interpretation of the mythical birth of Venus from the se...
images to such effect that the original image is hard to see. There are many pictures painted in the 1930s and 40s which were pain...
observing the ships that crowd the harbor. Their serenity provides an interesting contrast to the business of the ships, and the c...
this we are given a painting that evokes soft and sensuous feelings that are easy to pinpoint due to the fact that this painting h...
world of art was also introduced to a unique paradigm of a painting technique and skill known today as miniatures. The emperors of...
regards to this Renoir is often noted as being perhaps the only artist who never painted a sad painting. Many quote him in regards...
its geometrical balance with the map, and essentially we are presented with an incredibly intense visual image. But, is this parti...
statue conveys a sense of well being to the viewer. In this statue, the Avalolkitesvara is pictured in interesting pose that sugge...