YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The Renaissance Project on Paintings
Essays 541 - 570
viewing this painting this particular writer feels and thinks many things. There is a powerful boldness to the strokes, which are ...
to the German artists of the time, yet his bias is clearly French; French Romantics, French Landscape (despite the fact that there...
surrounded by a host of celestial maidens... So awe-struck was the disciple that he immediately took up hammer and chisel, hollo...
was predictable in his mental instability. But, he did possess patterns and habits that did not necessarily change despite the men...
painter of Louis XVs mid-18th-century France, the very paradigm of all that was best in a style of sensitive artifice coming after...
we are. In this way, we have all evolved from happy and sad experiences, and have hopefully arrived at a place where wisdom and a...
a few easy strokes. It has been said that, His men and women seem to breathe; his horses are full of action and his dogs of life" ...
at the artist who is painting them. From these perspectives we can see that much of both paintings, in terms of presentation of...
the blue period would further find inspiration. "Having outgrown his possibilities in Madrid (Spain) by the age of 19, he went to ...
which was a term used by philosophers during the Middle Ages to describe an obstacle in schematic logic" (Wallbank, 1992). As such...
is simply the "launching pad for an awesomely stark drama" (Perl, 1998). In the foreground on the Crucifixion panel, heavily drape...
and propriety" (Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, 2005). As such all paintings, beginning with the Dunhuang period, have...
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...
greatly. In addition this figure, this woman, takes the center of the canvas for the most part, starting at the bottom of the pa...
focuses on the men at the table, with Jesus in the center of the painting. In Tintorettos painting it is as if we are looking in a...
detail is attended to with respect to the intricacies of the human form. Light is the primary separation that exists between two-...
the Baroque period is Flemish-born painter Peter Paul Rubens, whose masterpieces were an unapologetic celebration of sensual pleas...
in the same direction to some extent, and thus is also the focal point of the painting. However, it is not as strong a focal point...
rich with character. Apparently Courbet was from a very wealthy family and yet this picture presents him very much as a common man...
the human body. In Leiden, the first important Vanitas painter was David Bailly (1584-1657), and later Pieter Claesz (c. 1596-166...
me today?" (Reed 25) His art has been described as being both powerful and extraordinary, and since the Mexican Revolution coinci...
lived a privileged upbringing throughout Europe (Downes 5). Lacking a university education did not deter this young sketch artist...
man very much at war with himself, constantly battling inner demons that prolifically poured onto his canvases. He literally had ...
that of the tree trunks, gives a strong diagonal component to the work, running from the top left to the bottom right. The use of ...
their work. Delacroix was known for aiming at capturing the "essence" of what he viewed rather then presenting his subject in trul...
workers who are hurrying to finish their work and/or reach their destinations before the storm arrives are on the left-hand side o...
visionary. The social and political history of mid-nineteenth century France had an enormous impact upon the art that was produce...
art. The "master style" that is featured in both paintings is invariably Cubism, despite de Koonings protestations, "I never made...
it is wise to be wary of people who are quick to dump on a passionate temperament, particularly during conservative social and pol...