Oil painting

know as the “Ladies in Blue. “Ladies in Blue” is a Minoan fresco painting that was discovered in fragments during the excavation of the Palace of Knossos in Crete, Greece. To be more specific, it was Buon fresco, or “true fresco”. It was 61½ inches by 40 inches and it is thought to have been created around 1525-1450 B.C. As we have learned in class, this Cretan palace was full of murals and fresco paintings. Like many Minoan paintings, this piece exhibits profile views but frontal-facing eyes…

Arthur Pope’s analysis of the painting for the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum where the painting resides. This text provides the most vital pieces of information; that the painting shows Zeus in the form of a bull who has seduced Europa with his beauty and kindness, only to run off with her against her will. This source is further connected to Titian because, in one translation, the beauty of Europa is described as so great, even Titian could not recreate it. This painting though, includes…

hidden within a university. Once inside, I felt a sense of usual anxiety hit as students mingle about in a tight space—all eyes on pieces of art from throughout history. Although the rooms were small, there are a diverse variety of art displayed—from paintings to drawings. There was even a wood on fresco piece of Jesus. Then while spectating at the drawings, I saw one that seemed to be ordinary—a woman with a eyes closed and her head tilted towards the right side. Yet according to the citation,…

This paper will present an analytical description of Bacchus and Ariadne, an oil on canvas painting created from 1520-3 by Italian painter Titian as a commission for Alfonso d’Este, Duke of Ferrara in the High Renaissance period. The work is part of a series by Bellini, Titian and Dosso Dossi to be placed in the Camerino d’Alabastro within the Ducal Palace alongside other paintings derived from classical texts. Since an 1826 acquisition it has resided within The National Gallery, London. Titian…

mid-twentieth century. The two were part of the well-known Bloomsbury Group, and their home in Charleston as well as their work on the Church constitute the remaining evidence of the group's involvement with each other outside of London. Grant's painting Christ in Glory sits above the Berwick altar, demonstrating how the Bloomsbury Group took traditional Victorian values and flipped them on their heads by his extraordinary use of color and the inclusion of lay people in the piece. The presence…

all different locations and it wasn’t a focal point, just like in the other paintings we have seen. The style was rebellious and daring, that’s the reason why I find it fascinating and special. After the Feast in the House of Levi’s history was introduced to us, I learned that the Feast in the House of Levi subject is the Last Supper and it was also is original title. But the Catholic Church wasn’t content with the painting because Veronese included buffoons,…

The piece of art that I would like to focus on is displayed in chapter five (pg.193) of our textbook. It is a piece titled “Horrid Massacre in Virginia,” referring to the events that occurred in Nat Turner Rebellion. Although the specific artist of the work is unknown, this illustration was presented in a book by Samuel Warner, titled, “Authentic and Impartial Narrative of the Tragical Scene Which Was Witnessed in Southampton County.” This book was written in 1831, which is the same year of Nat…

The artworks I have chosen to discuss grabbed my attention through visual and emotions more than any other pieces of artwork. I want to compare and contrast the works of Gioia Fonda, because of the skill and patience needed to emplace art inside of the jars. Each artwork was created in 2017 and displayed at the Shasta College Art Gallery. Mt. Foolery captures the eye by gold flakes setting the ground floor with browns and black to show the mountains rising from the earth. The mountains made…

The painting that I have chosen is the John Singer Sargent’s Spanish Dancer . It consists of very important elements, the principles and content of the piece that can tell the story. The most important factor is the fundamental breakdown of the piece which would be the elements of this piece. Initially, the elements in this visual art piece be the diagonal lines, it gives a feeling of movement or a sense of direction pulling with or from gravity. The colors composed of this painting…

father had arrived earlier and established himself in the lumber business. This love of wood would later impact her art. Nevelson moved to New York with her new husband at the age of twenty. During her early days in New York, she studied theater, painting and sculpture. Nevelson worked as an assistant to Diego Rivera, and studied with Chaim Gross at the Art Students League. After eleven years of marriage and the birth of one child, Nevelson left her husband to pursue art full time. It was not…