Essays Tagged: "oil paints"
Robert hooke
s sent after his father's death in 1648 to apprentice with the painter Lely in London, and when the oil paints afflicted his weak constitution, moved to Westminster School, where he lived, and probabl ... . From 1672 it was joined by Hooke's thirteen-year-old niece Grace, whom he educated, cultivated, spoiled and at the age of sixteen made his lover. Morally questionable though this may appear, Hooke's ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Art Criticism on Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night
nt-Remy, 13 months before Van Gogh's death at the age of 37. This exemplary painting was made using oil paints on a canvas with the size of 72cm x 92cm and dates to around June of 1889. There are many ... or relevance with other pieces of art of the time period and of Van Gogh himself. I feel that this oil painting conveys Van Gogh's tortured mind state and compares greatly with the turbulent brushstr ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art
This essay is an artisitc analysis of Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper". Included are use of mediums and prespective as well as other dynamics. A short synopsis of the painting is also included.
the table receiving most of the attention. The painting is most likely done on a canvas with simple oil paints. One feature a viewer might notice is Leonardo's use of rectangles. Whether this is inten ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art
Van Gogh
ons clothing. This was a very clever way to express the use of colors in the painting.Van Gogh used oil paints on a canvas for a rich, thick look. I don't think any other paint could have created this ... he painting looks almost three dimensional, another thing that would only be captured by the use of oil paints. The painting technique and choice of paint gives the painting texture because of Van Gog ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art
Australian Landscape and Identity
and Heidelberg movements . Right on the surface of Monet's work we see the thick application of the oil paints create physical contours and textures built up on the canvas . Through manipulation of th ... er . McCubbin also seems to have taken inspiration from this technique through a similar use of the oil paints . He creates qualities of luminosity and depth reflecting off the water under the bridge ...
Subjects: Art Essays