Musée d'Orsay Essays

Brooke Camardelle Art History 1441 April 15,2015 Jean-François Millet The Gleaners, 1857, oil on canvas Jean-François Millet was born on October 4, 1814 in Normandy to Jean-Louis-Nicolas and Aimée-Henriette-Adélaïde Henry Millet. The Family were farmers in the farming village of Gruchy. He learned about Latin and modern others with the help from two village priests. He was sent to Cherbourg to study with a portrait painter by the name of Paul Dumouchel in 1833, at the age of 19

The sculpture that I found the most fascinating was “The Three shades” sculpture. This sculpture is part of a much bigger sculputure entittled “Gates of Hell”. Created in 1886 by Auguste Rodin, was one piece of “The Gates of Hell” which was in fact very special because it stands at the top of the sculpture. To make the this fascinating sculpture, it took Auguste Rodin 20 to 37 years of his lifetime. To construct the entire was quite in fact a headache for him because by the time he needed to construct

Most of us sometimes evoke nostalgic feelings from our past. When people are exhausted to their present, they often imagine going back to not only the distant past but also the recent time. For instance, college seniors who have about one year for graduating would miss the time when they just entered a university. Also, some office workers would look back on the past longing for their old school days. Likewise, many people often pine for the past, the time they think that they would feel happier

The Kiss and Gnaw share the same goal as well. These pieces express different perceptions of one subject, which is love. First, The Kiss is sculpture by Auguste Rodin, made entirely of white marble. It was created in 1886-1898 and is located in Musée Rodin, Paris. Originally, the subjects of this sculpture were based on fictional characters from Dante’s Divine Comedy, Francesca and Paolo. The lovers that were slain by Francesca’s husband, Paolo’s brother, after he witnessed them kissing. The sculpture

‘I saw a clay for the first time and I felt as if I were ascending into heaven. I made separate pieces—arms, heads, feet---then tackled an entire figure. I grasped the whole thing in a flash, and I did so with as much facility as I do today. I was in transports’ (Champigneulle, 1967). Born of parents in very humble circumstances in 1840, Auguste Rodin was such a unique soul who is always within his own solitary. Perhaps when his fame arrived, eventually made him even more solitary. He is always in

Karmyn Goodson Art 100 Mr. Nyaberi November 21, 2014 Auguste Rodin: “Gates of Hell” The motivation that Auguste Rodin used to create the sculpture “Gates of Hell,” came from the first part of Dante Alighieri’s poem The Divine Comedy. The name of this poem was called Inferno, which means ”hell” in Italian. Rodin imagined the scenes described by Dante as a world with limitless space and a lack of gravitational pull. This expressive thought allowed for endless and essential experimentation by the artist

Perspective is considered one of the most important aspects of Renaissance art. Artists such as Masaccio, Leonardo Da Vinci and Raphael made the use of this device in many of their work. Thanks to Filippo Brunelleschi, who ‘invented’ and developed this technique called one point linear perspective. The intention of perspective in Renaissance art is to depict reality, reality being the ‘truth’. By simulating the three dimensional space on a flat surface, we in fact incorporate this element of realism

“The Open Window” is an oil painting by Henri Matisse made in the summer of 1905. It is a perfect example of the new art current which inspired French Art at the beginning of the century known as Fauvism. It represents the view from the window of the hotel’s room in Collioure in which the artist stayed. It is a small painting with sizes 55.3 x 46 cm, but it contains explosive and bright colors. Matisse has portrayed the scene in an inviting and light-filled way and with a large variety of tones

museums lends itself many opportunities to experience these types of similarities. Particularly, Musee d’Orsay’s Mystical Landscapes exhibit highlighted countless pieces that were left open for interpretation. Moreover, a well-known author who resided in Paris

Coming from the United States, where is seems as though the majority of cities have evolved and adapted to the fluctuating, modern world around them, I was initially astonished as to learn that Brugge is considered to be a city that hasn 't really changed since its Golden Age during the fifteenth century. For example, while the city of Boston has its historical buildings like Faneuil Hall and Old North Church, it also has a bustling, metropolitan aspect, with its financial district and Skywalk Observatory

the use of line, color, and brushwork, Regnault forces the viewer to suspend judgement of the scene by alluding to the the complexity of what influenced the action. This piece is an oil on canvas painting that looms large in a gallery of the Musee d’Orsay. The scene it depicts takes place in some sort of architectural setting in the Orient, and features two men on a set of stairs—one crumpled on the ground, his head completely decapitated, and the other standing over him, wiping blood from a gleaming

The artist chosen for this assignment is Vincent Van Gough. This artist is one of many that I personally admire, because he went through so much and having a mental disorder didn’t quite help the situation. What I find so amusing with the story of this artist is that his artworks weren’t considered as good works when he was still alive infect the majority always saw his works as badly done. But after his death not only that his works were considered as a master piece but he is one of the most sought

self-portrait painted in 1875 is a clear revelation of his thought process as he molds the figure from the fluid movement of the brushstrokes in highly pigmented paint. This painting was painted in oil medium on canvas and currently resides in Museé d’Orsay in Paris, France. Paul Cézanne, born on January 19, 1839 , spent most of his youth and childhood in Aix-en –Provence in the South of France. Self-portraiture came to be an important part of his life as an artist as he painted thirty-six pictures

intro Discovering the life of an artist and absorbing all the ordinary and the extraordinary, all the struggles and every downer, is an incomparable journey. Uncovering the realities of a time period that are now only part of the history, transports one into that era and thus compel them to see the world through the artist’s perspective. As a receptive reader one cannot help but herald Gustave Courbet as a rebel of the Romantic Movement. He pushed forward realism into the modern world and perhaps

Describe yourself as a student and also your aspirations for the future. Please include examples from your personal academic and non-academic experiences. I am an international student from St. Petersburg, Russia, and for the past two and a half years I’ve attended Westminster School in Connecticut as a boarder. Life away from home combined with the constant academic atmosphere around me taught me how to become more independent, dedicated and diligent. As a student, I try to be on top of my