Salvador Dali’s painting “The Persistence of Memory” is a Surrealist masterpiece that has captivated viewers for generations. The painting depicts melting clocks in a dreamlike landscape, and has been interpreted in many different ways. Some say that the clocks represent the passage of time, while others believe that they are symbols of memory and its … Read more
Pablo Picasso’s ‘Guernica’ is a painting that Pablo Picasso completed in 1937. The painting, which is one of Picasso’s most famous works, shows the suffering of people and animals during the bombing of Guernica, a Basque town, by Nazi Germany during the Spanish Civil War. In this essay, I’ll look at Guernica by Pablo Picasso … Read more
Claude Monet’s Impression, Sunrise is one of the most famous paintings of the Impressionist movement. Impressionism began in the late 1800s and was characterized by paintings that sought to capture a moment or impression instead of painting a realistic scene. Monet’s painting captures the light and color of the sun rising over the French harbor … Read more
The Last Supper is one of the most famous paintings in the world. It was created by Leonardo da Vinci in the late 15th century. The painting is a depiction of the last meal Jesus had with his disciples before he was arrested and crucified. Leonardo’s painting is considered to be one of the greatest … Read more
Wheat Field With Cypresses is a painting by Vincent van Gogh. The Wheat Field with Cypresses is one of a series of paintings that Van Gogh did of wheat fields. This particular painting was done near the Saint-Remy mental hospital, where he was a patient. The painting is now in the collection of the Musee … Read more
During Leonardo da Vinci’s lifetime, he painted several masterpieces that are admired today. His art is studied extensively by many scholars for its depth. Leonardo’s Last Supper is one of Leonardo’s paintings which has had a lot of attention. It is characterized by the use of symbolic meaning through the characters, their placement in the … Read more
Wheat Field With Cypresses is a painting by Vincent van Gogh – painted in 1889. Wheat Field With Cypresses is one of Van Gogh’s most famous paintings, and the first work where the artist was overjoyed about painting . Wheat Field With Cypresses was made using oil paints and has broken records for selling paintings … Read more
As the largest collection of Salvador Dali paintings outside of Europe, the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg should be a museum most people should get to know. The museum was first opened in 1982 and, it was rebuild and reopened to the public in January 11, 2011. The new museum hold 7 of 18 … Read more
Have you ever had a painting that really spoke to you? When I visited the David Owsley Art Museum there was one painting in particular that stuck out to me, it was: Right Bird Left by Lee Krasner. Tis painting made me feel happy and gave me a lot of energy during the time I … Read more
Dying Lord This semester I focused my research on Andrea Mantegna’s painting The Man of Sorrows with the Two Angels and his ability in portraying the meditative importance of the slain Christ. (Next Slide) The history of painting the Lord, slain from crucifixion had been a very popular and well exercised practice for many centuries. … Read more
Paul Victor Jules Signac was a French neo-impressionist painter who, working with Georges Seurat, helped develop the style of pointillist. He was born in Paris on November 11, 1863. He started out as an architect before deciding that he should be a painter at eighteen years of age. He sailed around the coasts of Europe, … Read more
After a Wedding by Janet Fish was painted in 2002. It is an oil painted piece and measures in at 60in x 70in. Oil paints are pigment mixed with ,usually, linseed oil and painted on a canvas. Janet Fish was born May 18, 1938 and is a contemporary realist artist out of America. She paints … Read more
The visual artist that I have chosen to write about is a man named Leonardo da Vinci. During the Renaissance from the year of 1400-1600 AD Vinci was known for his visual art paintings that we know of today We know him for his painting but he also was a Writer, Inventor, and he was … Read more
