Autumn’s Exploration Art

  Romantic Era Blog When asked to decide on my favorite style, I found that I was more drawn to Impressionism over Romanticism because of the drastic use of color and brush techniques. Some of the loose brush strokes and bold colors that are present in Impressionism paintings are appealing to me because I'm often drawn to earth tones. The like the messy look, because it's a bit more realistic, and has a better flow in the technique in the paintings. Impressionism paintings have such a freeing feeling to them because it leaves something to be imagined by the audience since the paintings are often not as clear as their counterparts in Romanticism. Interestingly, the piece Starry Night,  by Vincent van Gogh is one of the most well-known images in modern culture, Van Gogh painted Starry Night while in the Asylum at Saint-Remy in 1889. This image is of a night sky that is filled with stars, a crescent moon, and swirling clouds. The picture has a sense of movement throughout the sta...

Classical Blog: Classical era & Major Influences in this Era. Jacques-Louis David, Oath of the Horatii, 1786, Musée du Louvre, Paris. Artist: Jacques Louis David Art Name: Oath of the Horatii  Location and time: Paris 1786 I chose to go with these artists;   Jacques Louis David,  Benjamin West, and  Peter Paul Rubens  because they were a perfect example of Classical art or Classicism which refers to artwork that draws inspiration from ancient Roman or ancient Greek culture. Classical art was most popular in Western art during the Renaissance period and often depicted scenes from mythology through painting, sculpture, and printmaking. Classicism informs much of the subject matter depicted in history painting.    Benjamin West, Pylades and Orestes Brought as Victims Before Iphigenia, 1766, Tate, London. Artist: Benjamin West Art Name: Pylades and Orestes Brought as Victims Before Iphigenia Location and time: London 1766 Ancient Greek and Roman c...

  The Apotheosis of St Ignatius (1685-94) Artist: Andrea Pozzo (1642-1709) Medium: Fresco painting Genre: Religious history painting Movement: Baroque art Location: Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola, Campus Martius, Rome      I chose the r eligious history painting The Apotheosis of St Ignatius (1685-94) by Andrea Pozzo because it was so chaotic and crisp.  Andrea Pozzo, entered a monastery in 1665. He studied painting in Milan, Genoa, and Venice and was invited by P. Oliva, general of the Jesuit order, to come to Rome where he arrived in 1681. He would express that  the viewer in the nave looking up would see a lofty dome when in actuality the church's ceiling was flat. A metal disk was placed on the floor of the nave, marking the spot where the viewer should stand to see the work with full effect, as the artist said, "To deceive the eyes, a certain fixed point" is needed.  The  connections between the art piece from Pozzo and the Baroque era was ...