Creative Blog 10

"Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps" (1812)by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775-1851, medium is oil on canvas. The use of the dark colors drew me to this painting. It is over powering. The people are barely visible. There is the sun or moon in the distance but due to the storm cloud you can't tell.

Creative Blog 9

"The Bedroom" by Pieter de Hooch, oil on canvas medium, 1658/1660. This painting was my ekphrase painting and I am viewing it as a creative blog because I think it is a great representation of a asymmetrical painting. This painting shows a strong use of pale, cool colors.

Activity Thirteen: Style and Movement Edited

In the "Fog off Mount Desert" by Frederic Edwin Church, is a representational piece of art, which means it is a descriptive piece of work that depicts forms in the natural world. The artist's style is the use of nature and cool colors, he has a few other pieces of art of Mount Desert. In this painting Mount Desert is the subject of matter, which is the focal point. This work of art was created during the period of Romanticism, which took place in the 18th century. The artworks consist of intense colors, turbulent emotions, complex composition, and soft lines. This painting expresses representation of natural beauty of unspoiled land. It derived from imagination and individual experience, possibly intuition and emotion.


"La Condition Humaine" by Rene' Magritte, is another representational work of art. The style of Magritte is having a tendency of portraying a drawing within a drawing usually with a theme of nature. This painting was created during the movement of Surrealism. This movement transcribed from the Dada movement, which was all about creativity and bringing it to life. Some considered Surrealism a way of life. Surrealist appreciate the logic of dreams and the unknown of the unconscious. The drawings brought the subconscious to life.

Creative Blog 8

"Tomorrow I May Be Far Away" by Romare Bearden, llllage of various papers with charcoal and graphite on canvas. Bearden made collages an acceptable form of art and was a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. There is a strong use of pale, cool colors on this painting. The man is the main focal point and is almost symmetrical but is placed on the vertical axis.

Creative Blog 7

"The Assumption of the Virgin" by Nicolas Poussin, 1626, oil on canvas. This painting is a good representation of the use of directional and diagonal lines. The focal point is the virgin and the angels carrying her up into the sky, along with the clouds exaggerating the ascend into the sky.

Reverse Ekphrase

"Waterlilies and Japanese bridge" by Claude Monet, 1840-1926

I am a terrible artist so please bare with me.

Who Am I? I am painted by a French artist. I am from the impressionism period. I am painted at the last year of the seventeenth century. I am given a theme of art and nature. I am painted using oil paints on a canvas. I am 81.28 X 101.6 centimeters big. I am a Japanese landscape of a reflecting pond. My reflection is very important. Overtop of my pond, is a big gray-blue arch bridge that stretches throughout the painting. My bridge is symmetrical. My bridge has four beams and two rails. The beams and rails correspond in the back. I am a painted to look realistic. I am given a lot of shades right under my bridge. Behind my bridge, the pond water has a vanishing point and the monochromatic green grass begins.The grass is the ground of the painting. The grass is in small bunches and also covers both ends of the bridge. There are some small dandelions growing within the grasses at the right end of the bridge. My pond is in front of the painting and is also underneath the bridge. Freely floating on my pond in a smooth and wavy direction, there are a lot of tint green lily pads with pink and yellow flowers on every other lily pad. I am given equal emphasis to the details and landscape. I am very appealing. I caught Lisa’s eyes right away! Who am I?
By Lisa Nguyen

Creative Blog 6

"Hotel de la Marine" by Charles Marville, 1872-1876, albumen print. This photograph is a good example of symmetry. The lamp post is placed right on the vertical axis of the picture. If you were to fold the picture in half the lamp post would be a perfect reflection to its sides.