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Francisco Goya Snow Romanticism

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Francisco Goya y Lucientes, better known as Francisco Goya, was a dominant Spanish artist during the Age of Romanticism. Goya favored social reform but after suffering a life threatening illness which led to his becoming deaf, he art focused on looking at the human condition and psychology. He attempted to express real life realities of cruelty, greed and ignorance while displaying death as a “frightening, unknown void” (Davies 823). An example of his reaction to the happenings of the time in Spain is his painting, The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters. In the painting, Goya is pictured asleep on a box of reason while in the background bats and owls are flying around. These bats and owls were symbols of ignorance and folly (Davies 823). There …show more content…

Constable was an English artist who stood out for his landscapes paintings in the period of Romanticism. John Constable decided to attend the Royall Academy School in London in 1799 instead of working at his family’s farm. Constable was known for “capturing the ephemeral properties of nature- clouds, light, and atmosphere” (Davies 828). His paintings include great emotion that comes from “experiencing the beauty of the Stour Valley” (Davies 828). His painting, The Haywain, on a six foot canvas, depicts “a blue sky pushing out darker clouds, and invisible layer of moisture that makes everything glisten” (Davies 828). Constable completes the picture with smaller details such as the showing of the dog, the boat, and the harvesters. The picture does not create represent ideal beauty but the passionate feelings of a particular place. The picture itself is “a particular site presented in all of its heartfelt specificity” (Davies 828). The Haywain represented the life that John Constable knew and loved best (Barker). His unique style combined the study of nature with personal vision of the area near his boyhood home

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These three things are combined in Preston’s artwork to create an overall message to convey to her audience. The main and significant message that this artwork represents is the possibilities of the fusion between various Aboriginal art forms and the possibilities of an indigenous revolution to come. This artwork expresses the importance of aboriginal art, culture and their way of life as this was a time in which Preston’s beliefs of the importance of Aboriginal art deepened. It was also at this time of significance to her where she developed a series of landscape paintings influenced by this idea. This artwork is also representative of her time living in Berowra where she was enthused by the seasonal display of native plants, in which she wanted to capture the essence of the Australian bush and its

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The artwork “Chevy” by Edwin Landseer is valuable because he was known for his influential painting of dogs in the service of humanity and gave the official name for Newfoundland dogs. In the painting “Chevy”, the dog lies on the “snow covered ground against the snowy covered rocky mountain” in the background of British Isles (DIA). “Landseer 's popularity in Victorian was considerable, and his reputation as an animal painter was unrivalled” (DIA). He appeals to different social status. He’s work was seen in most middle-class homes, but he was also popular with Queen Victoria.

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Considering this isn’t the usual suspense or supernatural story, the author, Gabriel Garcia Marquez still manages to use imagery in his work to describe various situations. Just like many other authors, the imagery is explained to the most detail and precision that allows the reader to imagine all the things are happening in the story. As we read this story, we would be able to understand his point of view more clearly. In this story, “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings”, the author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, uses imagery during a chain of events to describe various situations. Imagery is a tool used in literature to help the reader understand the circumstances and surroundings of each plot.

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American first professional woman artist, Henrietta Johnston and John singleton Copley are all helped create a distinct culture in the young colonies and both were not formally trained, but I find they have many differences. First，John singleton Copley is very good to render the distinct textures of hair, flesh, textiles, and other materials and to create the illusion of people and objects in space with dramatic contrasts of light and dark, the work “the boy with squirrel (henry Pelham)” is a good example. His works shows the fancy by borrowing settings, compositions, and costumes from 17th and 18th century English painting style. However, he changed his portrait style to the more painterly British approach, shifted his emphasis from portraiture

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In 1731 Hogarth created the first of his modern moral works: A Harlot’s Progress. This follows the story of a young country girl, turned into a prostitute. It is a discriminating portrayal of the fatal nature of human vanity and blindness, however innocuous, in the face of ruthless economic and sexual forces. These paintings also show how climbing up the class system at a rapid pace will destroy human beings, and everyone surrounding them. Another famous painting which put William Hogarth on everyone radar was A Rake’s Progress.

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To me, this painting appears to take place in the countryside because of the older looking house and the horses pulling a wagon. I suppose that the people are crossing over the river to get some food and possibly water. Obviously, back in those days, there was no such thing as a car. You traveled by horses everywhere you went. Constable does a great job painting what life was like in the 1800’s.

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Introduction Vincent Van Gogh is one of the most influential and famous painter in Western art history. In his lifetime he provided the world with over twenty-one hundred artworks a good portion were in his last two years of life. Unfortunately he was unsuccessful be coming famous artist during his life, and was demeaned a failure and a madman. Van Gogh’s artwork only became famous after his suicide in the year of 1890. He was largely self-taught; his paintings became famous for the unique way of creating his masterpieces.

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Thomas Gainsborough was well known for his conversation portraits, an informal group portrait, that showed his subjects wearing contemporary English fashion in beautiful landscapes. Landscapes and portraits were rarely combined, but throughout his career, he developed an aesthetic that successfully combined the two. One of Gainsborough’s earlier works in 1750, Mr and Mrs Andrews, shows newly weds, Robert Andrews and Frances Mary Carter, in their large estate. The painting tells viewer about the subjects’ pride for their expansive amounts of land. The painting is a great example of how Gainsborough integrated landscape painting with portraiture to tell a story not only of the people but also of their surroundings.

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Works of art can tell stories and speak to the audience. Analyzing small details leads viewers to dig deeper past the meaning and understand what messages the artist is trying to convey. William Hogarth’s The Harlot’s Progress (1732) is considered to be narrative art because it tells the story about the progression of a young lady who comes to the city from the country and lands up in the ring of prostitution. This is the first painting in the series of three painting that shows the young girl’s downfall and destruction.

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In the 18th century, another one of the greatest artist of all time, Vincent Van Gogh illustrated a very personal painting. The Starry Night is now one of the most widely known paintings in the world, but the story and meaning is not. Both artist used dark and grim themes when it came to their creations, and that is what draws the public to them. In today 's society we are able to relate to the deeper and more mentally touching symbols of these pieces of art. Andrew Wyeth’s painting, Christina’s World shows a young woman in a empty field looking up at a grim farmhouse on a rustic summer day.

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Goya focused on the eternal truth that economic crises, the division of social classes, and certain beliefs can lead to mass psychosis. Goya also valued the artist’s own emotion and perception in

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