In this essay I will discuss the ways that Vincent Van Gogh’s, The Night Cafe, 1888 was used as influence for Ernest Ludwig Kirchner’s, Street, Dresden, 1908. To prove my point I will provide visual analyzations of the pieces, some background to the artists and the art movements they were associated with, and events that happened around the time the paintings were created that affected many artists and the work they created. Vincent Van Gogh’s painting, Night Cafe, depicts a scene a cafe with four empty tables as well as three with people seated at them. There is a green pool table at the center of the room that casts a large orange shadow onto the yellow floor. There is a man with neon green hair in a yellow suit standing to the right of…
And there is no doubt that Rogier derived Jan’s ideas about the atmospheric use of light and shade; but still “Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife” differs from Rogier’s work in having that effect of chiaroscuro (a quality rather typical of the art of Jan van…
Use of portraiture in redefining ostracized people In discussing nineteenth century portraiture it is relevant to discuss the different styles of Anne-Louis Girodet and Théodore Géricault in their Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Belley and Portrait of an Insane Man respectively. Both of these artists express a distinct difference in stylistic technique and composition that create an interesting contrast when juxtaposed. There is a similar attempt to render the subject matter of an African man and an insane man in a normalized fashion. These groups of people have traditionally been ostracized from the societal whole and depicted, in unfavorable light.…
Artists Gustave Caillebotte and Clide Hassam are rewound painters who spent their careers depicting scenes of everyday life in various levels of impressionism. Combined, the two provide for an excellent comparison of how specific techniques used for their works elicit different emotions and interpretations. Specifically, Caillebotte’s Paris Street: Rainy Day and Hassam’s A Rainy Day of Fifth Avenue capture similar scenarios in roughly an analogous time frame, allowing viewers to focus strictly on the differing techniques used. . From their perspective to color, they are able to evoke feelings of clarity and uncertainty respectfully An important note to mention prior to analyzing the works is to mention that neither artist captured the scene better; neither painting can be objectively considered superior.…
This essay will discuss Baudelaire’s exploration of nineteenth century Paris, making detailed references and discussing a variety of poems from the section entitled “Tableaux Parisiens” of Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du Mal. Charles Baudelaire is one of the most compelling poets of the nineteenth century, praised for his modernist innovative style and often shocking subject matter the poet is acclaimed for his interactions and observations with every aspect of Parisian life. In “Tableaux Parisienne”, his 1868 addition to Les Fleurs du Mal Baudelaire explores themes such as exile, death, the city’s landscape and fleeting love while also managing to find beauty in unexpected places and people. In his “Salon de 1846” Baudelaire writes about…
Day and Night: Escher’s Turning Point Tegan Sorensen V00885279 AHVS 260 Due: November 21st, 2017 M. C. Escher is an iconic artist, but more iconic than the artist is his art. From detailed landscapes to mind-boggling impossibilities, he worked in woodcuts, wood engravings, and lithographs. These allowed for extreme contrasts and impeccable detail. While many of his works could be named as iconic, Day and Night marked a significant change in Escher’s artistic journey.…
There are several differences between the texts of a motet and a madrigal; there are also a lot of similarities between them as well. A motet; in classical music, is a word that is applied to a number of highly varied choral musical compositions. For a Renaissance Motet, the text is very religious; while its expressive style is moderately conservative. The main purpose was for worship; whereas its performance practice was extremely sophisticated, well-practiced, preached to a higher calling, and had many followers. The motet was also more sacred, was written and composed in Latin, and was considered smooth and predictable.…
The Contracts Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Charles W. Mills have identified parts of our society that have formed sorts of informal contracts about how society sees the world. In Rousseau’s The Social Contract, the first societies are discussed with the colonization of the new world. The differences in the civilization of the people and their subsequent treatment is examined. In Mills’ The Racial Contract, the treatment of different races is examined and historical reason for it is given.…
The artist’s eternal youth is reflected in the anger and energy of his drawings. This goes a long way to explain the overwhelming queues for the Jean-Michel Show at Gagosian Gallery, New York, New York. With more than 100 pieces of artwork, it is the most significant showcase of Basquiat’s work in the United States.. Some of the art, including, Per Capita (1981) and St. Joe Surrounded by Snakes, look magnificent after 30 years.…
Renoir’s distinctive style manifests itself in The Seine at Chatou. He does not use outlines in this painting; instead, the composition is made up of many abstracted lines in the form of brush strokes. These brushstroke lines distinguish between the piece’s components. The lines’ qualities of color and width describe the landscape’s textures and distinguish its subjects. The inherent nature of…
During the early eighteenth century, France experienced radical social and political change with the decline of the Baroque and advent of the Rococo. Prior to this transformation, France was ruled by the absolutist monarch Louis XIV, who used the extravagant style of the Baroque to reflect his absolute power – demonstrated most prominently through the Palace of Versailles. The King’s “large-scale royal work projects” nearly bankrupted the nation and characterized the Baroque as “a period of austerity and solemnity marked by an etiquette which verged on the liturgical.” Following the death of Louis XIV in 1715, his great-grandson Louis XV claimed the throne, and established a new pleasure-seeking lifestyle through the innovative style of the…
I’ve always enjoyed Impressionist art, but only recently became aware of Gustave Caillebotte’s “The Floor Scrapers,“ painted in 1875. The oil canvas is so unusually realistic that it really caught my eye. Here are three men planning a floor--perhaps it’s new, or an old one being refinished--and their really hard work (I’ve done the same job) is so strikingly at odds with the elegant room they are in, that the picture intrigues me. I can almost smell the raw wood, and the men’s sweat.…
Leonid Afremov’s painting, Rain’s Rustle, oil paint is used to create scenery of a rainy night in a city. Towards the center of the picture, there is a couple holding an umbrella walking with their backs to the viewer down a pathway that has trees that form a canopy over it. There are street lights down the sides of the sidewalk. There is a large bench towards the bottom right of the painting that is on the sidewalk. In the panting, it is raining and there are puddles on the side walk.…
Van Gogh uses color in a very deliberate and effective way in The Night Café. He selects the colors not based on his visual interpretation of the room but on the psychological and emotional effects it has on its occupants. He explains to his brother Theo, in a letter, that he uses the red and green in an attempt to express the terrible passions of human nature. The use of these colors helps to illustrate the intensity of the Café de la Gare and provoke the emotions of the viewer who may relate the bar scene to alcoholism or depression. He also balances the wooden browns and yellows of the lower half of the painting with a dark wooden clock adorned with a vibrant yellow face at the top of the painting.…
Through contrasting tones Daguerre seeks to capture a detailed boulevard scene, as the epic grandeur of the flatiron is displayed by steichen through depth and muted color, Kertész restructures the mundane into an obscure reality, while all place the human form against the symmetrical lines of its own creation. Daguerre’s desires to create a perfectly realistic image pushed him to invent the daguerreotype, allowing him to permanently save an image on a plate. Steichen, as a pictorialist, aimed to photograph the power and importance of New York’s industrial architecture, while also applying his artistic ability to manipulate the gel coloring. In pursuance of the new vision, Kertész seeks to obscure reality by removing depth with straight photography.…