YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The Boating Party Painting by Mary Cassatt
Essays 961 - 990
Italy through such centers as Ravenna and Venice several centuries earlier (Fleming 155). Despite the fact that Byzantine traditio...
the Baroque period is Flemish-born painter Peter Paul Rubens, whose masterpieces were an unapologetic celebration of sensual pleas...
detail is attended to with respect to the intricacies of the human form. Light is the primary separation that exists between two-...
(1899, oil on canvas, 211" x 33", Art Institute of Chicago). The objects in the painting, the bridge, flowers, water and trees hav...
to the belief that it was hydrogen that caused the flames and also because the United States and Germany were at a very tense posi...
seems to have earned a portion of his income by supplying pornography to Viennese collectors (Lucie-Smith). Both Schiele and Mun...
to be next in line for killing and then the men with the guns and uniforms. The painting is incredibly dark save for one bright, a...
It is clearly a picture of the Madonna and Baby Jesus. It is also a painting that has several saints surrounding the figures of Ma...
see these influences in his depiction of the legend of Sardanapalus. Delacroix, like any good author, was immediately drawn to t...
is simply the "launching pad for an awesomely stark drama" (Perl, 1998). In the foreground on the Crucifixion panel, heavily drape...
the background and one individual standing in the foreground. The painting is filled with images and different activities. There i...
the essence of poetry, encourages contemplation of metaphysical truths" and that this should be "at the heart of artistic expressi...
he studied at the Louvre (Pioch). Renoir struck up many friendships with other famous painters of the time such as Monet and he...
In four pages this paper examines what influenced Whistler's life and art and also considers how society was influenced by Whistle...
This offers a very powerful statement that can be seen as quite emotional and strong. When we think of the color orange we are ...
which was a term used by philosophers during the Middle Ages to describe an obstacle in schematic logic" (Wallbank, 1992). As such...
archetypes of the former age. The attention to the spiritual nature of mankind is evident throughout the arts during this time per...
fruit, the faithful little dog, the rosary, the unshod feet (since this is the ground of a holy union), and even the respectful sp...
for it seems to change expressions as we look at it (Pioch, 2002). What we have is a portrait of a real woman, a woman who loves ...
focuses on the men at the table, with Jesus in the center of the painting. In Tintorettos painting it is as if we are looking in a...
with Monet perhaps remaining the one true Impressionist for much of its popularity (Abbeville Press). Gauguin and Van Gogh In t...
rich with character. Apparently Courbet was from a very wealthy family and yet this picture presents him very much as a common man...
man very much at war with himself, constantly battling inner demons that prolifically poured onto his canvases. He literally had ...
the Japanese woman is "framed" by a pond that features water lilies, reeds and bamboo, as well as two figures in a boat, two frogs...
the human body. In Leiden, the first important Vanitas painter was David Bailly (1584-1657), and later Pieter Claesz (c. 1596-166...
bright yellow and adorned with pictures. The viewer sees the couple as if grazing through a window while walking down the street....
lived a privileged upbringing throughout Europe (Downes 5). Lacking a university education did not deter this young sketch artist...
me today?" (Reed 25) His art has been described as being both powerful and extraordinary, and since the Mexican Revolution coinci...
in the same direction to some extent, and thus is also the focal point of the painting. However, it is not as strong a focal point...
characterizes both the music and the art of the impressionist movement. As a term, "impressionism" derives from a painting by Cl...