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refuge in the cafe. In this work the solitude, while sad, is also one of peacefulness. One might also say that it is a juxtaposit...

In five pages these 1921 oil paintings are contrasted and compared using such criteria as style and composition as evaluated by th...

We see the moist and secretive environment and truly gain a feel for the garden and the water which abounds in the painting. It is...

white and is the focus of most of the people in the painting, also brings the line of viewing down and across the bottom. The c...

statue conveys a sense of well being to the viewer. In this statue, the Avalolkitesvara is pictured in interesting pose that sugge...

known to be a determined individualist, and was known for the time when he asked a group of models about their ridiculous poses - ...

protrudes from the ceiling, perhaps signifying the heavens (Searle). Behind the woman is a tapestry which features the crucifixio...

second of course has the flame smoking and Mary just beginning to show the signs of pregnancy. The third has Mary obviously pregna...

nude, reclining on a chaise lounger. This can be said to have rocked the art world. Olympia, painted in 1863, and subjected to ha...

its geometrical balance with the map, and essentially we are presented with an incredibly intense visual image. But, is this parti...

so distant from the restricted Venetian veduta" (Bellotto Bernardo: Venice 1721 - Warsaw 1780). Such a description does offer the ...

radical of all times. These changes are particularly interesting in regard to the manner in which they changed the artistic depic...

regards to this Renoir is often noted as being perhaps the only artist who never painted a sad painting. Many quote him in regards...

Expressionist, a cave painter (and poet) with a yen for existentialist texture" (Adams 126). In his earliest works, 1917 to 1936...

of color to drawing (2002). The economy of statement had been seen to be in line with keeping with the new severity of taste (20...

he was relatively ambivalent about any political aspects of his work (Internet source). Pioche writes: "Being of peasant stock, he...

going to force themselves on someone (Artemisia Gentileschi, 2002). And, it should be noted, that one of the men in the picture i...

on the boundaries between the Christian world and the largest Jewish community in Holland (Internet source). Kren and Marx (2002) ...

observing the ships that crowd the harbor. Their serenity provides an interesting contrast to the business of the ships, and the c...

with the exception of Renoir and those who shared in the pairs experiments with color and technique. Monet banished black and gra...

that art was significant in and of itself, i.e., "art for arts sake," and that abstract expressionism should be viewed as a "movem...

Descent into Hell," painted in the style of Hieronymus Bosch in the Netherlands between 1550-1560 is oil on wood, 21 x 46 inches, ...

titled "Life Science: Animals and Their Environments" includes the idea of also incorporating art into the lesson. The first artwo...

Introduction In the early part of the 20th century there were many artists creating intriguing pieces of work that were very uniq...

statement" of the Impressionist movement, it is by no means the only (or even the best) artistic representation of that aesthetic ...

relationship to this particular painting it is oil on canvas and was perhaps painted in 1604-1605 but yet reworked over the years ...

community of artists in a remove village in Brittany," which is where he "painted Still Life with Quimper Pitcher" in 1889 (Barnes...

During the nineteenth century, all aspects of European culture were affected by the advent of the Industrial Revolution and the ad...

object of desire, but here she seems shy and even a bit hostile. In his book on Ingres, Robert Rosenblum describes one of Ingres o...

you from New York City. The purpose of my visit is to find out more about John Currin, a modern artist who fascinates me and calls...