Essays Tagged: "painters"

American Art Of The 20's and 30's

the twenties and thirties, but Edward Hopper and Georgia O'Keeffe emerged as the inspirational new painters of distinct American traditions. Hopper's work was strongly realist, his still, precise ima ...

(3 pages) 142 0 3.5 Dec/1996

Subjects: Art Essays

A Tormented Mind: Vincent van Gogh's Mental Illness Reflected in His Self-Portraits

beautiful summer day in July 1890 Vincent van Gogh, nowrecognized as one of the world's most gifted painters, went down into theopen country of Auvers, France and shot himself in the heart with a revo ...

(12 pages) 477 3 4.6 Mar/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Painting in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century

a revolutionaryspirit across Europe. This spirit of rebellion also infected artists of the period. Paintersbegan to challenge the philosophy and the aesthetic principles of the academies, lookingouts ... a nebulous one. In its broadest sense it can be used todescribe the work of a number of individual painters who evolved a style in reactionagainst the Impressionists. Although several of these artist ...

(6 pages) 279 2 4.4 Nov/1996

Subjects: Art Essays

Gustave Callebotte, Paris Street; Rainy Day, The World Essay

of the less known impressionist painter during his time and this time. He had to compete with such painters such as; Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, and Pierre Auguste Renoir.Callebotte started painting d ... uastave had more of a realistic perspective in his paintings. He was one of the first impressionist painters that painted with that kind of perspective. Caillebotte's most intriguing paintings are tho ...

(2 pages) 99 0 4.6 Aug/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

This essay is about how to analaze art. it also discusses styles of art.

more dimensional and distinct. Also westerners tend to not appreciate form in the same way oriental painters do, thus creating conflict in style that we find unappealing. Another point discussed is th ...

(3 pages) 143 0 3.0 Oct/2002

Subjects: Art Essays

Spain, England, France, German States, And Russian during the 1700s

pire. Philip's rule brought the beginning of the Golden Age of Spanish art, a time when writers and painters created some of Spain's greatest artistic works.- Although Philip ruled a worldwide empire ...

(12 pages) 116 1 3.5 Nov/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

"Leonardo da Vinci: Universal Genius" A general look at the life and accomplishments of Leonardo da Vinci

eonardo left a large impression in the history of the world. His genius influenced many other great painters of the Renaissance such as Michelangelo, Raphael, and Sandro Botticelli. Leonardo had many ... ndrea was a well known painter and sculptor from Florence. Verrochio was one of the most successful painters and sculptors in Florence at the time.In 1483 Leonardo Painted "Madonna of the Rocks". "Mad ...

(5 pages) 225 3 3.3 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Development of a Motivational Organization plan for a small business

d perfectionistic. The craftsmen on our staff are some of the most talented carpenters, masons, and painters in their fields. The company has received recognition as "One of the Top 100 Residential Co ...

(5 pages) 280 0 3.3 Dec/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

a report about the life of lianardo Da Vinci

a Vinci was born during the Renaissance and after his death he influenced many other sculptors, and painters like Michelangelo.Leonard was born in Vinci, Tuscany. Leonardo was a part of a very wealthy ... he painting of altarpieces to the creation of bronze and marble sculptures. In 1472, he entered the Painters Guild of Florence, and in 1476, he was still considered the assistant of Verrocchio. In 147 ...

(3 pages) 116 1 4.4 Jan/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Leonardo Da Vinci one of the greatest artists pertold in history. He created several tremendous and infamous art pieces including "The Mona Lisa." This was only one of his several extradinary works.

his was also when he first developed an interest in anatomy. In 1472 Leonardo was accepted into the painters' guild at Florence, where he remained for the next ten years. In 1482, Leonardo was hired b ... painting. He called the subject aerial perspective. He is deservedly considered one of the greatest painters of all time. He excelled in inventiveness, technique, drawing ability, use of light, shadow ...

(3 pages) 148 0 3.3 Jan/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

The Two Camps of Modern Art is about the two main schools of thought in art history from 1945 - current

Modern Art. There is an analogy to the history of art. Modernism in art marks a point before which painters set about representing the world the way it presented itself, painting people and landscape ...

(8 pages) 132 0 3.9 Jan/2003

Subjects: Art Essays

"Sandro Botticelli" Describes Botticelli's early life, where he grew up and what it was like for him. States a few of his major works. Tells of Botticelli's influences and mentors.

Pollajuolio these ideas were combined with the naturalness ofMasaccio (On of the most important painters of the 15th century; Known for histouch with nature in his paintings, and how they seen ... landscape seen from a high vantagepoint. This is the earliest instance of the influence Flemish painters had onBotticelli, which can be seen in this and many of his other paintings.

(2 pages) 175 2 4.5 Mar/2003

Subjects: Art Essays

Frank Auerbach - A very good essay

Frank AuerbachOne of Britain's leading post-war painters, Frank Auerbach is among the most internationally acclaimed and collected of living artists ...

(2 pages) 68 0 2.6 Mar/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Ancient Greek Paintings

ed elements of landscape.According to literary sources, the 5th century bc produced a host of great painters. Polygnotus, who worked at Delphi and Athens in the 460s and 450s, was famed for giving cha ... below one another on the wall, as if the ground they stood on receded in space. Other Classical era painters include Micon of Athens and Panainos, brother of the sculptor Phidias. Micon and Panainos d ...

(5 pages) 111 0 4.6 Apr/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art

Renaissance.

ving in the 14th and 15th century, were and knew that they were living in a new era.*The sculptors, painters, and writers of this era saw themselves on the same level as the thinkers and artists of th ... lm monumental style of fresco painting by means of his innovations which generations of renaissance painters would later study and develop. His innovations are seen best in the fresco's which he paint ...

(11 pages) 581 5 4.1 Apr/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

About the romantic period.

as well as to the area of music, and more importantly herein, the art world. There were many great painters of this period of time, with the most famous being; Theodore Gericault and Eugene Delacroix ... antic art was essentially a rebelling against the neo-classical period's age of reason many artists/painters, poets, writers; composers were incredibly fed of with the rigid ideas and designs of that ...

(6 pages) 372 2 4.2 Apr/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art

Hieronymus Bosch.

ich the people knew him for his creation of weird curiosities. His grandfather and father were both painters and had both painted in the same town before Bosch did. Bosch had an interesting life in wh ... write about him and other artists would draw portraits of him. Bosch was a Dutch man and many other painters from that area began to try and paint like Bosch because his unique creatures were spread a ...

(4 pages) 49 0 4.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Views of Giovanni Boccaccio in regards to the Renaissance painting of Giotto.

Giotto crossed a barrier painters before him could not. In fact with his teacher, Cimabue, the two are often regarded as the ...

(2 pages) 52 0 2.7 Oct/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

The 'typical Australian' and indeed, Australian national identity, does not cover the diversity of Australian citizens and many groups, including women, are excluded.

the beginning of the 20th century and look at the 'national image' produced by historians, writers, painters, publishers, and journalists such as John Archibald, Banjo Paterson, Edward Dyson, Henry La ...

(6 pages) 148 1 4.3 Oct/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History

About dadaism.

ifesto" [1918] and "Lecture on Dada" [1922], translated from the French by Robert Motherwell, *Dada Painters and Poets*, by Robert Motherwell, New York, pp.*There is a literature that does not reach t ...

(12 pages) 109 0 3.5 Nov/2003

Subjects: Art Essays