Introduction There are numerous people in the world who have the talent. Some of them are painters, some are singers and some are actors. Each artist possesses the skills that are not common and everyone in this world cannot do the same things that an artist can do. From all the arts, painting is the […]
Frida Kahlo, daughter of a German descendant father named Guillermo and a half Amerindian and half Spanish mother named Matilde was born and raised in Coyoacán, Mexico. Frida was in poor health conditions during her childhood. At the age of six, she contracted polio due to this disease she was in bed rest for a […]
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Get startedFrida is a children’s picture book published in 2008 by Jonah Winter that is a playful, insightful tribute to one of the twentieth century’s most influential artists. Artists have the ability to perceive life in a deeper sense than what is being physically being presented in their artwork. Frida Kahlo went through life challenges that […]
Throughout the twentieth century and the twenty-first century, the female artist was considered new woman due to the fact they were independent and were able to dress how they wished. Both Frida Kahlo and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith were two artists who embraced their sense of self and cultural heritage depicted throughout their artwork. They used […]
Musical and artistic geniuses may have successful careers, but not all of them could balance out their work alongside their lives. Success comes with a price and that often results in the lack of relationships of the artists. The careers famous artist face create a hard life for themselves to live because of the popularity […]
In respect of the Surrealist movement and the works it produced throughout its era, women were always participants, nevertheless, they were not active ones until the group’s latter days. Surrealism was an artistic movement which Breton construed as the “psychic automatism in its pure state, by which one proposes to express the actual functioning of […]
During the Middle ages Humanism wasn’t a thought and life for people was centered around the church and religion. However, during the reneisce, there was a huge change and life switched from a religion based society in the Middle Ages to a people based society during the Renaissance period. During the late 1400s, humanism renaissance […]
Among all the masterpieces in High Renaissance art, Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper in Santa Maria della Grazie in Milan is the most impressive religious painting for the world. This Leonardo’s most ambitious fresco art was born in late 15th century Italy, which was undergoing a rebirth of artistic motifs and philosophies from classical cultures […]
In 1504, the competition between two greatest artists in art history happened in just one room. Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci were commissioned to create a mural side by side to each other on the opposite wall in the same hall called Hall of Five Hundred. Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo, whose works made the […]
Michelangelo’s Pieta is a beautiful marble statue of Mary holding Jesus. You can immediately see when looking at the statue that Mary is much larger than Jesus and her body isn’t in proportion with the rest of this statue. Michelangelo accomplished this by using scale, emphasizing the mother and son relation Jesus and Mary shared. […]
Michelangelo Merisi was born in Milan, year 1571. He was born on the 29th of September, the feast day of his “name saint”, the Archangel, Michael, and was also christened the following day at the parish church of S. Stefano in Brolo, Milan. His father, Fermo Merisi, was an architect and/or “magister” for the Marchese […]
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres’ Napoleon on His Imperial Throne (1806) and Andy Warhol’s Mao Tse Tung (1972) are two political portraits created in two different geographical regions, made in very different art styles, with more than one hundred fifty years apart. Still, both paintings played major propaganda roles for the socio political scenario of their times. In […]
By 1500s, Christianity had immensely been developing in Europe. Therefore, Baroque religious arts played a key role in spreading the power of the Catholic Church for propagandistic purposes. Besides, the Catholic Church embraced the religious power of art to appeal piety and devotion. As a result, the role of the Pope was reinforced as the […]
If one was to ask someone to name five artist off of the top of their head, they are destined to get Van Gogh as one of their answers in the response of that person. Even though he remained poor and and almost anonymous for most of his life, he is still considered one of […]
The Starry Night is an oil on canvas painting by impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh. The whirling clouds in the sky create movement and directs the eye of the viewer around the painting. The fluid lines and curving shapes of the clouds create a flow throughout the sky, which takes up most of the painting. […]
As it is often said, art is an expression of one self, but what is not often mentioned is that art is also an expression of one’s psychological state of mind. Vincent van gogh was an artist who suffered from continuous attacks of paralyzing anxiety, depression, and symptoms of bipolar disorder. This is the case […]
Vincent Van Gogh was a unique and unusual man. The famous suffering artist aimed to express his mental, emotional, and spiritual state in his paintings. Van Gogh is one of the most famous artists of our time, though he only sold one painting during his lifetime. Each of his paintings showed how Van Gogh viewed […]
Vincent van Gogh was a Post-Impressionist artist who lived in the late 1800s. Although you may not know exactly who he is, you know his work. His infamous wave-like Starry Night is one of his more familiar masterpieces. Van Gogh’s paintings of nature and everyday objects captivate our minds and imaginations; drawing us into their […]
“…The cutting of his ear has always overshadowed the incredible story of his life.” (Sherway Academy Arts & Sciences, 2017) Vincent Van Gogh is known for his colorful impressionistic paintings and the artist who cut of his ear but not everyone knows there’s more to his story. His style wasn’t always the bright impressionistic paintings. […]
In The Picture of Dorian Gray, Wilde exposes a major problem in Victorian society. For the characters in the book, material items and wealth form a major basis of their lives, which leads to their ruin. As their obsession with the material grows stronger, the line between the real and unreal begins to blur. This […]
I decided to take a 48-hour trip to Paris, France to take in the culture and visit historical sites that contributed to the culture of France today. During my trip, I had $2,000 to spend on food, a hotel, activities, transportation, and a souvenir. The hotel I chose to stay in was the Maison Souquet, […]
When looking at the artwork of David Jacque-Louis, entitled “The Death of Marat,” I could see this masterpiece being analyzed in a couple different ways. With my first glance of the painting, I thought for sure it was a young man that was very tired after a long day, who then decided to relax in […]
A vast library of exquisite and one-of-a-kind pieces intrigues the viewers as they enter the grand entrance of the Detroit Institute of Art. After several effortless flights of veined marble stairs, the partons are greeted with high ceilings, inspired by Italian renaissance architecture assuming from warm tones and luxurious decorations. Daylight illuminates the grey, milky […]
