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Pablo Picasso's Painting In The Foreground Is The Bridge

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This is a painting of the shores of the Thames river which the artist view from a nearby Brewery. In this painting an intense contrast of colours is seen. The sky is painted pale redish orange indicating the scene is during sunset. The buildings in the background are fresh green in colour which is complimentary to red. In the foreground is the Bridge, a few buildings and the shore by the river. He has represented the water in three different colours try to show reflection of the surrounding area. The dark blue colour of the water in the right is the colour of the water and the reflect of the bridge and the shadow it casts over the water. The yellowish orange colour represents the refelction from the sky. The green colour closer to the shore …show more content…

During Cubism artists stopped using perspective- which was a concept commonly used since renaissance.The use os geometric shapes and sharp lines to represent any image was highly used. Pablo Picasso

This is believed to be the painting of one of Picasso’s lover Dora Maar (photographer). This paiting represents a woman who is weeping all the time. It is a really good example of how much emotion can be revealed on a face. The tears roll down her cheeks changing colour- to a greyish white, which looks almost bone like. This could mean she weeps so much that the tears are corroding her skin leaving the bone visible. Her face is painted in yellow, which could mean she was cowardly and scared. Just looking at the image it is possible to feel the pain and hurt the woman in the painting is probably feeling.

Georges Barque
Piano and Mandola by Barque was painted in 1910.
The objects in this artwork can be recognized but appear broken into several pieces. Barque has incorporated musical notes, The music sheet, the piano and mandola in this art work. It is in a long portrait format. The art work appears two dimension. He has used shadow and light effect to give more intensity and deapth to the art

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    The subject of the painting is a depiction of a mountain landscape. Near the bottom of the picture plane in the foreground there’s a canal through the mountain side. If you look closely you can see someone in the water climbing up the rock. The overall theme of the piece seems to be very peaceful and exciting.     Hassam uses a few visual elements of form to support his painting.

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J’Lyrick Woods Writing Assignment #1 AR-170 2-D/3-D 2-D-P.50-Figure 1.4-Mel Bochner, Vertigo This conceptual artist has taken basic elements of art such as lines and color and has created this amazing two dimensional artwork, Vertigo. In this artwork the artist uses regular lines, a rhythm of diagonal lines, and a slight tint of an orange in the background of the actual lines. The different directions, overlapping, and crossing of the lines, help imply the chaos and disorder the artist is trying to reveal through this painting.

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The light change in the artwork from dark to light, displays a feeling from relaxation to adventurous and excitement. The male figure I the piece has a calm mood to him and wears a straw hat while reading a newspaper that demonstrates a sense of modernism. According to the Museum of Fine Arts of Houston (MFAH) Web site, “Capturing the specific light effects of midday, Gustave Caillebotte contrasts the cool colors of shade with the dazzling, flattening effects of direct sunlight” (2014, para. 1) Caillebotte creates a diagonal line that moves from the lower left

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The drawing depicts a setting which takes place at night. The rays of light emitted by the sun barely scrapes the sky. A river flows down, slightly to the right of the painting. A few bushes and shrubs grow around the arid desert, while large strands of grass flow with the wind around the river.

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However, the top fraction of the painting is more light because it represent the sun and the other half of this painting has a darkness which can be the shadows of the lights or to illustrate the big rocks. An intuition of my part, is that I think this painting is depiction of harmony in nature. Indeed, the "Cora Kneeling at the Feet of Tamenund" is a painting that reflects the scenery beauty of the Hudson

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Behind him, another man is holding some instruments. In the background, there are waves of blue. At the left side of the painting, there are lightening bolts. At the bottom left of the painting, there is a board connecting the ground to the boats, allowing some animals to enter. Behind that, there is a person on a ladder, carrying an item on their back.

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In the picture you can see a man facing his back towards the viewers, he is also wielding a Scythe which represents the grim reaper symbolizing death. The color used in the picture is dull showing the thought of death. It shows that the war is over but yet has a lasting impact on lives of people. This painting is very simple and straight forward yet it is very significant.

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In order to separate the landscapes, Cole uses a diagonal line that runs along edge of the forest, symbolizing the contrasting drama and movement within each piece of land. In the forest, the dominating tree, which appears to be diagonal and curved, helps move the observers eyes from the uncivilized forest on the left to the cultivated farmland on the right. The curvature of the tree shows how the movement of the wind from the storm has bowed the tree ("Thomas Cole The Oxbow and Vincent van Goghs Starry Night"). The two sceneries are connected by the red-and-white umbrella that is placed diagonally on the small mountain in the forest (THOMAS COLE View from Mount Holyoke). On the right side of the painting, the diagonal lines and curvature of the Connecticut River convey the energy and movement of the water.

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The sun beams from the sky are lighting up a small area of the painting and the rest is dark and gloomy. The gloominess of the painting represents dark and depressing times while the brightness of the sky creeps through thick dark clouds. This represents heaven because heaven is so large and bright and amazing that even though life is hard and seems like the world is ending, there is always something greater out there. Personally, I love this painting. I really like how Dore paints that trees and valley dark because it really highlights the beams from the sun.

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Filippo Brunelleschi was born in Florence, Italy in the year 1377. His early life is relatively unknown. He became a goldsmith, sculptor, engineer, artist and architect. He was one of the leading architects in the Renaissance Era and has been referred to as the “First Renaissance Architect.” Brunelleschi is accredited for the invention of linear perspective.

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The artwork Entrance of the Grand Canal, Venice is an oil on canvas painting done by Thomas Moran in the year 1905. The artwork is of landscape orientation. It seems to depict a sunset from the view of the Grand Canal in Venice with notable buildings in the background. The painting of Entrance of the Grand Canal, Venice seems to depict a sunset against the canal. The art piece seems to depict onlookers on an undistinguishable number of what may possible be gondolas or small boats.

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There is no source of natural light in the picture, and the direction of the artificial light is indiscernible. When a viewer first looks at the painting, they see the cow and man observing each other. Then, a viewer will notice the finer details of the smaller cow being milked, the man with a scythe in the town, and the sapling being held by gentle hands. The colors in the foreground are whites and greens, while in the background there are darker tones of green and black. The lines are curved and overlapping, suggesting wrinkles and folds in the cow and the

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Before analysing further into these figures, It is best to understand who Picasso is, and the historical & personal context of the painting. Picasso was one of the most influential and

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