The painting "Fog off Mount Desert" by Frederic Edwin Church in 1850. This painting was created during the time of Realism which came about in the 19th century. This movement rose as an reaction to Neoclassicism and Romanticism(Mark Getlein). According to Mark Getlein, realist artist sought to depict the everyday and the ordinary. Some of the French placed alot of emphasis on nature as does this artist here. Church's painting is an actual depiction of Mount Desert in Maine.
In my next painting, "La Condition Humaine" by Rene Magritte was created in 1933. The time frame of this painting is of Surrealism. Surrealism derived from the Dada movement. Surrealist appreciate the logic of dreams, and the mystery of the unconcious. According to Jeff Metlein. The drawings flowed straight from the subconcious, unchecked by reason. This painting represents the outside versus inside.
Activity Ten: Mediums and Techniques
In the "Fog off Mount Desert" by Frederic Edwin Church,1850 and "La Condition Humaine" by Rene' Magritte, 1933; the medium used in the painting is oil on canvas. The choice of this medium is popular due to the fact that it allows manipulation without compromising the artwork. This is possible because oil dries slowly, linseed is most preferred. Because of the slow drying process the artist can make changes to the painting without separation or cracking, at anytime until he or she is certain it has reached desired perfection. Church used light brush strokes to give his painting a thin appearance.
In Magritte's painting the same medium was chosen for the same reasons. It prolongs the period of time to allow changes without destroying the work already done. Yet in "La Condition Humaine" stronger brush strokes were used to show the differences in the picture within the picture. In both paintings the image is the most important of the painting. Mount Desert in Church's portrait and the smaller painting in the portrait in "La Condition Humaine". Apparently more time and concentration were placed in creating the mountain and the smaller portrait. Using the oil medium allowed that time for correction and concentration on replicating the images seen while painting.
Creative Blog 4
The Old Bridge, Hubert Robert, 1775, oil on canvas medium
This painting asymmetrically balanced. The artist used cool colors. The bridge appears to be transformed into a home occupied by people and animals.
Creative Blog 3
River Landscape, Annibale Carracci,1590,oil on canvas medium
At first glance Your focus point is on the tree leaning across the middle of the painting, but if you look closer clearly you see the man in boat on the river. This painting takes on the theme of art and nature.
Activity Eight: Camera Essay
Photography, according to DADA, brings forth the dream and documentary of truth. This is how the camera changed the appearance of Art. Photos create a kind of truth of which painting is not capable, per John Heartfield. He used the realism of photography to make his work credible, and to this day, unanswerable.
Cameras and photographs came to be in 1839. Cameras made portraits more readily available to the public and important events recordable to newspapers. It is undeniable truth. Some feel photography makes paintings obsolete, and chose not to have anything to do with photographs. While others use pictures for reference material to their paintings, to better enhance them. Photos actually inspired and revitalized portrait painting.
Photography encouraged painters to emphasize textures on the surfaces of their paintings; this lead to the birth of Impressionism, which was a 19th century art movement. It developed in France. Some characteristics of Impressionist painting are visible brush strokes, emphasizing light, and eccentric visual angles. It is an ultimate attempt of bringing life to portraits through light and color (wikipedia.com). Some painters of this type were Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Alfred Sisley.
Another positive influence of the camera is the ability to be manipulated. Photos can be taken and then transferred to computers to be altered and then printed. Photography led to an increased interest in capturing nature’s form. Also cameras opened the door to amateurs and it became a hobby quickly, making the recording of daily life readily convenient. The new development and capabilities of the camera in the future will only lead to new ways of creating artistry.
Cameras and photographs came to be in 1839. Cameras made portraits more readily available to the public and important events recordable to newspapers. It is undeniable truth. Some feel photography makes paintings obsolete, and chose not to have anything to do with photographs. While others use pictures for reference material to their paintings, to better enhance them. Photos actually inspired and revitalized portrait painting.
Photography encouraged painters to emphasize textures on the surfaces of their paintings; this lead to the birth of Impressionism, which was a 19th century art movement. It developed in France. Some characteristics of Impressionist painting are visible brush strokes, emphasizing light, and eccentric visual angles. It is an ultimate attempt of bringing life to portraits through light and color (wikipedia.com). Some painters of this type were Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Alfred Sisley.
Another positive influence of the camera is the ability to be manipulated. Photos can be taken and then transferred to computers to be altered and then printed. Photography led to an increased interest in capturing nature’s form. Also cameras opened the door to amateurs and it became a hobby quickly, making the recording of daily life readily convenient. The new development and capabilities of the camera in the future will only lead to new ways of creating artistry.
Museum Introduction
There are multiple ways to arrange and categorize artwork. In this exhibition, the paintings are arranged in chronological order which is necessary to showcase the differences in time periods while at the same time revealing the similarities of those paintings amongst time periods. The similarities are shown by all the paintings having the same theme. This exhibition reveals seven paintings that represent the theme of art and nature. They fall under this theme due to the fact; they all contain effects of nature. Nature has been more than a subject for art; it has also served as a material for art, according to Mark Getlein, author of Living with Art. A theme represents a thread running throughout the entire history of art (Living with Art; pg.50). This thread is nature.
The first painting showcased is “Roses and a Tulip in a Glass Vase” by Jan Philips van Thielen. The medium is oil on panel. It was created in 1650/1660. Among the roses in the vase your focal point is directed to the white rose and then you are drawn out to the tulips and then the surrounding flowers. The artist used cool colors such as; blue, violet, and green; along with an alteration of a tint and shade of red in the tulips. This painting was obtained from the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.
The second painting presented in this exhibit is “An Old Man’s Reminiscences” by Asher B. Durand. The medium is oil on canvas and it was created in 1845. In this painting is a natural use of cool colors, as you would expect with a painting of nature. Focus is spread across this painting beginning with the cows grazing; over to the kids playing in the distance, then up to the clouds. Finally you focus on the man sitting by the tree observing all the activities.
The third painting is titled “Kindred Spirit” also by Asher B. Durand. The medium is oil on canvas produced in 1849. This painting was retrieved from the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. This painting is an example of asymmetric balance, the two halves do not match but the visual weights in the two halves are very similar (Living with Art; pg 127). This painting depicts William Cullen Bryant and Thomas Cole in Kaaterskill Clove. The two men are the focal point of the picture.
The fourth and fifth paintings are taken from the collection of the Albany Institute of History and Art. “Storm King on the Hudson” by Homer Dodge Martin was created in 1862; the medium is of oil on canvas. This painting uses some warm colors along with color to give the appearance of it being autumn, along with the fog cascading down from the sky and over the mountains and trees. In the fifth painting “Dawn of Morning, Lake George” prepared in 1868, by way of oil on canvas, by Jasper F. Cropsey. This painting expresses the fall season also with the use of warms colors, the reds, orange, and yellows, similar to the fourth painting. It appears to have been captured after a storm due to the rainbow present in the painting.
The sixth artistry is “Cattleya Orchid and Three Brazilian Hummingbirds” transpired in 1871. The medium is oil on wood by Martin Johnson Heade. The obvious focal point of this painting is the orchid. Directional lines take your attention from the orchid to the branch on the left, up to the dark sky and over to the right at the other branches, down to the hummingbirds and the nest and return to the orchid. Martin Johnson Heade used a brilliant assortment of colors, combining just about the whole color wheel.
The seventh and final painting is “Roses” by Vincent Van Gogh, invented in 1890 with the medium of oil on canvas. This painting wraps up the timeline of this collection and is the prime example of relieved symmetry, which means the correspondence is very close but not exact (Living with Art, pg. 124). The vase of roses is directly on the vertical line and the flowers direct your attention around the vase and off to the left at the separate vine of roses.
This exhibit showcases the resemblance of art work across a time period. What brings this time together is the theme of art and nature. The uses of these seven paintings are to show that regardless of the time of creation there is a comparable link under particular themes. Nature is not only a subject of art; it is a material for art. Art and nature is the thread that brings these creations together.
Roses+and+a+Tulip+in+a+Glass+Vase.jpg)
"Roses and a Tulip in a Glass Vase" by Jan Philips van Thielen
oil on canvas medium;1650/1660
www.nga.gov
An+Old+Man%27s+Reminiscences.jpg)
"An Old Man's Reminiscences" by Asher B. Durand
oil on canvas medium;1845
www.tfaoi.com/newsml/nlm432.htm
Asher_Durand_Kindred_Spirits.jpg)
"Kindred Spirits" by Asher B. Durand
oil on canvas medium; 1849
www.nga.gov
Storm+King+on+the+Hudson.jpg)
"Storm King on the Hudson" by Homer Dodge Martin
oil on canvas medium; 1862
www.tfaoi.com/newsml.nlm432.htm
+Dawn+of+Morning+Lake+George.jpg)
"Dawn of Morning, Lake George" by Jasper F. Cropsey
oil on canvas medium; 1868
www.tfaoi.com/newsml/nlm432.htm
Cattleya+Orchid+and+The+Three+Brazilian+Hummingbirds.jpg)
"Cattleya Orchid and Three Brazilian Hummingbirds" by Martin Johnson Heade
oil on wood medium; 1871
www.nga.gov
Roses+by+Vincent+van+Gogh.jpg)
"Roses" by Vincent Van Gogh
oil on canvas medium; 1890
www.nga.gov
The first painting showcased is “Roses and a Tulip in a Glass Vase” by Jan Philips van Thielen. The medium is oil on panel. It was created in 1650/1660. Among the roses in the vase your focal point is directed to the white rose and then you are drawn out to the tulips and then the surrounding flowers. The artist used cool colors such as; blue, violet, and green; along with an alteration of a tint and shade of red in the tulips. This painting was obtained from the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.
The second painting presented in this exhibit is “An Old Man’s Reminiscences” by Asher B. Durand. The medium is oil on canvas and it was created in 1845. In this painting is a natural use of cool colors, as you would expect with a painting of nature. Focus is spread across this painting beginning with the cows grazing; over to the kids playing in the distance, then up to the clouds. Finally you focus on the man sitting by the tree observing all the activities.
The third painting is titled “Kindred Spirit” also by Asher B. Durand. The medium is oil on canvas produced in 1849. This painting was retrieved from the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. This painting is an example of asymmetric balance, the two halves do not match but the visual weights in the two halves are very similar (Living with Art; pg 127). This painting depicts William Cullen Bryant and Thomas Cole in Kaaterskill Clove. The two men are the focal point of the picture.
The fourth and fifth paintings are taken from the collection of the Albany Institute of History and Art. “Storm King on the Hudson” by Homer Dodge Martin was created in 1862; the medium is of oil on canvas. This painting uses some warm colors along with color to give the appearance of it being autumn, along with the fog cascading down from the sky and over the mountains and trees. In the fifth painting “Dawn of Morning, Lake George” prepared in 1868, by way of oil on canvas, by Jasper F. Cropsey. This painting expresses the fall season also with the use of warms colors, the reds, orange, and yellows, similar to the fourth painting. It appears to have been captured after a storm due to the rainbow present in the painting.
The sixth artistry is “Cattleya Orchid and Three Brazilian Hummingbirds” transpired in 1871. The medium is oil on wood by Martin Johnson Heade. The obvious focal point of this painting is the orchid. Directional lines take your attention from the orchid to the branch on the left, up to the dark sky and over to the right at the other branches, down to the hummingbirds and the nest and return to the orchid. Martin Johnson Heade used a brilliant assortment of colors, combining just about the whole color wheel.
The seventh and final painting is “Roses” by Vincent Van Gogh, invented in 1890 with the medium of oil on canvas. This painting wraps up the timeline of this collection and is the prime example of relieved symmetry, which means the correspondence is very close but not exact (Living with Art, pg. 124). The vase of roses is directly on the vertical line and the flowers direct your attention around the vase and off to the left at the separate vine of roses.
This exhibit showcases the resemblance of art work across a time period. What brings this time together is the theme of art and nature. The uses of these seven paintings are to show that regardless of the time of creation there is a comparable link under particular themes. Nature is not only a subject of art; it is a material for art. Art and nature is the thread that brings these creations together.
Roses+and+a+Tulip+in+a+Glass+Vase.jpg)
"Roses and a Tulip in a Glass Vase" by Jan Philips van Thielen
oil on canvas medium;1650/1660
www.nga.gov
An+Old+Man%27s+Reminiscences.jpg)
"An Old Man's Reminiscences" by Asher B. Durand
oil on canvas medium;1845
www.tfaoi.com/newsml/nlm432.htm
Asher_Durand_Kindred_Spirits.jpg)
"Kindred Spirits" by Asher B. Durand
oil on canvas medium; 1849
www.nga.gov
Storm+King+on+the+Hudson.jpg)
"Storm King on the Hudson" by Homer Dodge Martin
oil on canvas medium; 1862
www.tfaoi.com/newsml.nlm432.htm
+Dawn+of+Morning+Lake+George.jpg)
"Dawn of Morning, Lake George" by Jasper F. Cropsey
oil on canvas medium; 1868
www.tfaoi.com/newsml/nlm432.htm
Cattleya+Orchid+and+The+Three+Brazilian+Hummingbirds.jpg)
"Cattleya Orchid and Three Brazilian Hummingbirds" by Martin Johnson Heade
oil on wood medium; 1871
www.nga.gov
Roses+by+Vincent+van+Gogh.jpg)
"Roses" by Vincent Van Gogh
oil on canvas medium; 1890
www.nga.gov
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