Famous Painters Essays
Posted: August 26th, 2008 | Author: admin | Filed under: Art, Film and Music, People | Tags: Artists, Famous Painters, Impressionism | Comments Off
Although he is almost unknown during his brief lifetime, Vincent Willem van Gogh, was born Mar. 30, 1853, in Groot-Zundert, the Netherlands and is today probably the most known and appreciated representative of art. His work became an important bridge between the 19th and 20th centuries; and it was particularly influential.
Van Gogh [...]
Posted: May 7th, 2008 | Author: admin | Filed under: People | Tags: Artists, Famous Painters, Filmakers, Hollywood, Pop Art | Comments Off
Andy Warhol Pop art is a movement that occurred near the end of the 1950’s. It was a reaction to the seriousness of Abstract Expressionism. Pop art emphasized contemporary social values, the sprawl of urban life, the vulgar, the superficial, and the flashy. Advertising provided a number of starting points for the subjects. A particular [...]
Posted: July 9th, 2007 | Author: admin | Filed under: People | Tags: Cubism, Famous Painters, Fine Arts | Comments Off
Picasso was born on October 25, 1881 in Malaga, Spain. As a young boy he attended Barcelona’s School of Fine arts. By the age of 15 he was a well- rounded figurative painter. He was inspired early on by the capital of art, PARIS, which was where he soaked up the sketchy style of works [...]
Posted: July 9th, 2007 | Author: admin | Filed under: People, Poetry | Tags: 16th Century, Famous Painters, Sistine Chapel, Statue of David | Comments Off
Michelangelo was pessimistic in his poetry and an optimist in his artwork. Michelangelo’s artwork consisted of paintings and sculptures that showed humanity in it’s natural state. Michelangelo’s poetry was pessimistic in his response to Strazzi even though he was complementing him. Michelangelo’s sculpture brought out his optimism. Michelangelo was optimistic in completing The Tomb of [...]
Posted: July 1st, 2007 | Author: admin | Filed under: People | Tags: Famous Painters, Film, Filmakers | Comments Off
Andy Warhol, the American painter, printmaker, illustrator, and film maker was born in Pittsburgh on August 6, 1928, shortly afterwards settling in New York. The only son of immigrant, Czech parents, Andy finished high school and went on to the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, graduating in 1949 with hopes of becoming an art [...]
Posted: June 20th, 2007 | Author: admin | Filed under: Art, Film and Music | Tags: Art, Art History, Famous Painters, Paintings | Comments Off
The two pictures are Rosettis Ecce Ancilla Domini and Lippis Annunciation. Both of the artists were influenced by their age. Lippi lived in Italy between 1406 and 1469 and Rosetti from 1828 to 1882. Lippis background of Italian Renaissance determined his style to a large extent. In Florence where Lippi lived the economic changes [...]
Posted: June 20th, 2007 | Author: admin | Filed under: Art, Film and Music | Tags: Artists, Famous Painters | Comments Off
The artist who painted the Cesar Chavez mural was Emigdio Vazquez. He painted the mural as a tribute to Cesar Chavez, because Emigdio wanted to paint a heroic and poigmant mural taht would celebrate his life and all what Cesar did for the farm workers. On the mural Cesar Chavez is surrounded by some of [...]
Posted: June 20th, 2007 | Author: admin | Filed under: Art, Film and Music | Tags: Comparitive, Famous Painters | Comments Off
Italian-born Cubist painter, Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) and the French, Jacques Villon (1875-1963), both painted vibrant and expressive portraits during the early twentieth-century. In this case, the chosen portraits are Modigliani’s “Portrait of Mrs. Hastings”, 1915 and Villon’s “Mme. Fulgence”, 1936.
Both of these compositions are portraits.
Posted: June 20th, 2007 | Author: admin | Filed under: Art, Film and Music, Greek Mythology | Tags: Famous Painters, Narcissus | Comments Off
The painting Metamorphosis of Narcissus was created in 1937 by oil on canvas by Salvador Dali. This painting uses a lot of images to say what it means, for example, a person, a hand, water, a starving dog, a chess board, a canyon or cliff, and people. This is not to fill the paper or [...]
