Vincent Youmans

The two points on which art is created are line and color. This is a topic that has been continuosly discussed. One of the most famous dicused debates of art was the Great Line vs. Color Debate of 1671. This took place at the French Roayal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in Paris. The dispute was weather drawing or color was more important in painting. The two parties involved were the Poussinists and the Rubenists. Those who argued that drawing was the most important thing were dubed the…

In the piece “Autorretrato en el taller (Self-portrait in the Studio)” by Francisco de Goya, the artist depicts himself in a Romantic style of painting. The lighting is hazing and alludes to being naturally lit, due to it coming in from the window. It continues to call attention to the illusion of painting by the brush strokes being visible on the canvas. This incites the idea of self awareness of the artist and understanding that a painting is not a reflection of real life but an artifice. The…

intention can be revealed through analysing symbolism and technique, by delving under the surface and connecting events of the artist’s life to smaller aspects of the painting, one is able to understand more about the artist mental state. Frida Kahlo and Vincent Van Gogh are two uniquely and tremendously influential modern artists. Both individual’s works have enthralled me from my first experiences with art in elementary school. Kahlo and Van Gogh share the similarity of having had a life full…

When I think about what I believe to be visual art I am usually drawn to pieces that make me have some sort of emotional response. This emotional response could be from the use of colors or the subject matter used in the work. For example, Van Gogh’s Corridor in the Asylum shows a long hallway with one figure standing in the back. This almost empty corridor brings to mind a sense of loneliness that Van Gogh might have been feeling during his time there. His use of muddy colors also gives the…

The painters Nicholas Poussin and Clade Lorrain were French painters that began the inclusion of landscape genre painting in France. Both artists took landscape painting and treated it as historical and moral lessons because of their religious focus, and emphasis on a more fantasy setting. Poussin with Landscape with St Matthew and the Angel demonstrates this idea in its most basic form as Matthew sits with an angel helping him read, in an open-air environment. Elizabeth Cropper states, that…

Edouard Manet was a painter born in the 17th century well-known for his impressionist work which was very rarely seen at the time. Today we will be talking about his piece 'Women at the Races' painted in 1865. History of the Painting 'Women at the Races' or 'Champs de Courses' was a piece painted by Manet in his late 30's in 1865. Just like the majority of Manet's other pieces, 'Women at the Races' was an impressionist piece. As well as this, it was an oil painting which was Manet's primary…

Preserve on Artwork The artwork that I chose to Preserve was "Gray Tree", because it caught my eye on the way it looked. The caption of "Gray Tree" is a simple way of explaining the artwork. "Gray Tree" Contour Lines are wavy and thick which bring out the form of a tree. I believe this was Piet Mondrian's goal to make it a simple and understandable painting. The caption of the artwork, the painting itself, and the colors he used to create the tree are simple. Value and Contrast come together in…

The final project of the semester pushed for creativity. Delving into my artistic past proved to be a challenge, as it’s been about three years since I last picked up a pencil for fun. The process began with the search for inspiration; at first a window scene and then a simplistic everyday design. For this project, I completed two paintings, but will only discuss the one I presented, which I call “New York Blues”. The first attempt at a painting rendered a window with a flower box. The image…

life. Anne Sexton shows just that in her poem The Starry Night. Reaching out to readers with profound meaning, the writer expresses battling thoughts of suicide as a lonely woman seeking to be accepted. The title comes from the famous painting by Vincent Van Gogh “Starry Night.” Van Gogh was a disturbed and mistreated artist just as Anne Sexton was. The poet stresses and supports that she feels depressed and is yearning for death. Also, how there is nothing more that she needs to be exposed…

When looking at a sunset, we do not see it as a detailed, quantifiable object but rather as a being or a face that evokes various inexplicable emotions within us with its constantly changing and fluid expressions. It is difficult to understand how the varying hues of colour and light, the radiance of the sky and its transition into velvety darkness which softens the surrounding landscape, can induce such a surging up of emotion and how it has the power to alter our mood. Although every sunset is…