Impressionism

William Kentridge’s style is easily apparent through his many works highlighted in Drawing in Passing with rather signature features. The medium, movement, texture, and the very nature of the work build upon each other to create a very unique result. The medium of choice is charcoal, both brushed and drawn. The light, fast flourishes of the brush and the swift flicks of his wrist create a fluidity through each piece, even in individual still frames. The fact that it is animated adds to this…

The use of perspective in both Raphael’s The School of Athens and Asher Brown Durand’s Kindred Spirits emphasizes the different subjects of each painting and distinguishes between significant and detail oriented additions to the pieces. Although perspective is used to reach a common goal throughout both pieces, each artist relied upon contrasting approaches to the perspective in order to accentuate certain elements of their work. For example, Raphael applies the one-point perspective system to…

Introduction When people think about Matisse's Bonheur de Vivre (Joy of Life) or Picasso's Les Desmoiselles d'Avignon you can see how influential Paul Cézanne was in their work. The similarities between Cézanne's Large Bathers and those paintings is undeniable. However, both Picasso and Matisse had a unique style all their own showing that they were both inspired by Cézanne and also breaking free. Cézanne, Matisse, and Picasso When Cézanne first appeared on the art scene at the end of the 19th…

Gustave Caillebotte was a french impressionist artist of the nineteenth century. He grew up in a wealthy family and inherited his father’s fortune in 1874. At that time he had already made aquantasist with several impressionist artist and soon began to focus on art. He made his debut in the second Impressionist exhibition in 1876. Gustave was an impressionist artist but his style differ from many of the other impressionist artist because his work was more realistic. One of his most famous…

Hannah Turner Eric Smith Art History 2 April 2017 Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin Formal analysis Based on previous years and the current world today, pieces of artwork retain being essential tools in the society. Prime contributors that have ensured the growth and progress of artwork include Van Gogh’s. In his artistic work, he has indulged in pieces comprising sunflower, night Terrence, Still Life, the bedroom among others. In all his works, different concepts transpire with regards…

Pierre-Auguste Renoir was a French Impressionist painter whose eye for beauty made him one of the movement's most common practitioners. He is best known for his paintings of bustling Parisian modernity and leisure in the last three decades of the nineteenth century. Renoir discover Renaissance painting in the middle of his career, which led him to incorporate more line and composition into his developed works and create some of his era's most timeless canvases. He could influence from…

Name: The Large Piece of Turf Artist: Albrecht Dürer Year: 1503 Technique: Watercolor This painting of a meadow from the perspective of a small animal, which is a great example of northern Renaissance art, was painted by Albrecht Dürer in 1503 (nga.gov) The technique used to create it is watercolor. Although this piece of art was created by observing separate plants and then combining them into one painting, Dürer did this with such great attention to detail and composition that he made us…

Easily recognizable by his reddish hair, gaunt face and intense stare, Vincent van Gogh painted around thirty-six self-portraits in a span of ten years. The Portrait de l’artiste sans barbe (Portrait of an artist without his beard) is the last self-portrait painted by the Dutch post-Impressionist artist. However it is the audience of this painting that truly sets it apart; the portrait was painted for his mother Anna Cornelia Karbentus as a gift for her 70th birthday. In order to…

My aesthetic experience at the Museum of Fine Arts and the art work with the biggest emotional reflection on me was, “Dance at Bougival” by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1883). This piece is often noted as “one of the museum’s most beloved works.” The open-air cafés of suburban Bougival, just outside of Paris, was a popular spot of recreational activities for city dwellers. The Impressionist painters would often visit these areas, seeking inspiration for their paintings. Renoir, utilizes fierce color…

France was the home of the Impressionist movement, providing a vast array of landscapes, people and lifestyles as inspiration. The famed impressionists used the bustling nightlife of Montmartre, studious industrial areas, and open landscapes of rural France to influence their works. Specifically, Maximilien Luce used the rural province of Brittany in Western France to inspire his work Camaret, Moonlight and Fishing Boats painted in 1894. Brittany was used as inspiration by many impressionists…