Ching Hao once said, \"There are six essentials in painting. The first is called spirit; the second, rhythm; the third, thought; the fourth, scenery; the fifth, the brush; and the last is the ink.\" This brings us to the three main steps to a successful acrylic painting: planning, preparing, and ...

The elements of art in \"The Guitar Player\" are that it is a realistic and ancient painting. This painting, as well as all of Vermeer\'s paintings, looks realistic. His shading and color choice are so real and human-like. The facial expression gives the character life, and personality. It has cert...

Description Albert Bierstadt painted \"The Yosemite Fall\" in 1864. This painting is on display in the Timken Gallery in San Diego California. This is an oil painting that has been painted on canvas, with dimensions of 34 ½ x 27 1/8 in. This artist was born in Dusseldorf in 1830 but raised as an Am...

The evolution of art over the span of centuries and the changing notion of the artist\'s place in society can be seen in the comparison of two very different works by two different artists. Impressions of who the artist was and what they contributed to society were transformed; and with the developm...

Upon visiting the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, I saw many different varieties of artwork. One such painting that caught my eye was Femme au Chapeau (Woman with the Hat), painted by Henri Matisse (1869-1954). The image was made in 1905 and originated from France. The oil painting on canvas mea...

The Renaissance period was when the most brilliant ideas of art were discovered and invented. During this time, many talents were shown and new techniques in drawing were introduced. Before the Girogionesque style was developed, most painters liked to focus on defining the shapes and the object matt...

The depiction of the nude female model by a male artist in oil painting has played a significant role in western tradition over the last 500 years. The oil painting of the female nude is subject to the artist\'s interpretation of her form. She is affected by the artist\'s desire for his model, as ...

Towards the end of the nineteenth-century changes in the temperament of the social structure, and economic character of Europe caused artists to abandon previously held art-making conventions and instead seek to interpret the world in new and revolutionary means. \'More of an attitude than a specifi...

Edgar Degas Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas was born on July 19, 1834, at 8 rue Saint-George's in Paris. His father, Auguste, a banker, was French, and his mother, Célestine, an American from New Orleans. The family name "Degas" had been changed to "De Gas" by some family members in Naples an...

Edgar Degas, after his death, was recognized as one of the masters of modern art and impressionism of the late 19th century. The proof of his genius is embedded in his paintings. He is considered an impressionistic painter but follows the beat of his own drummer when it comes to his artistic style...

Jan Vermeer (1632-1675) painted portraits and domestic scenes with great precision. Although the Dutch painter attracted little attention in his lifetime, he is now regarded by many to be an artistic genius. He left few surviving works, only 35, but what remains are engaging paintings which excelle...

I chose to write about Marc Chagall because I like the colors that he used in his paintings. I like the way his painting technique looks on the canvas. His short brush strokes made it appear as if one color was blending into another. There are areas in some of his paintings where there are numero...

When one arrives in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, he or she may be surprised, as I was, by its grand entrance. Upon entering this large pillared building, one is almost overwhelmed by the immense collection. Although very extensive, the museum undoubtedly concentrates on the grouping ...

When one arrives in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, he or she may be surprised, as I was, by its grand entrance. Upon entering this large pillared building, one is almost overwhelmed by the immense collection. Although very extensive, the museum undoubtedly concentrates on the grouping and...

John Brack is an artist with a distinct interest in life and people, and this fascination is reflected in many of his works. A number of his works contain symbols and representations of his views on life and how people live through it. Such examples of these types of works are \"The Evening Dance,\"...

Edgar Degas: Capturing the Human Spirit Many famous artists have attempted to capture the human spirit and essence of movement, but few have achieved the beautiful embodiment of it like Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas has. Dancers become immortalized and horses take on elegant qualities through Dega...

Primitive art is art. It is a different type of art. There are a lot of aspects about the cultures of these people that are unknown. Through the artifacts that have been left behind, we can start to see their world through a possible human perspective, and realize that they weren\'t just cavemen ...

\"Weeping Willow\" was painted from 1918 to 1919 by the French artist, Claude Monet. The painting is oil on canvas with a restricted palette. This painting is one of ten weeping willow paintings that he painted in his late seventies (Kimball). It was acquired by the Kimball Art Museum in Fort Worth,...

The piece I have chosen is an oil painting by Chuck Close entitled \"Robert,\" (1997). I observed it at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). The painting, which measures an enormous 102 by 84 inches, is a straightforward portrait of one of Close\'s friends and fellow pop artists Robert R...

I first look at Burial at Ornans and take a dislike to it. I see a painting of a small group of people with grim expressions on their faces. The piece is oil on canvas. It\'s simply painted, perhaps a palette knife has been used, and the colors are harsh and real, with definite edges and color chang...

Wassily Kandinsky was born in Moscow on 4th December 1866 to a well-to-do family. This was a period of economic and cultural prosperity. He is considered the founder of abstract painting, and although he spent most of his life in Germany and France, he always retained strong emotional ties to his ho...

General personal background: Frida Kahlo was born in Mexico City. She gave her birth date as July 7, 1910, but her birth certificate shows July 6, 1907. At the age of 18, she was involved in a serious bus accident which left her with a broken spinal column, a broken collar bone, broken ribs, a bro...

Art Essay: Australian Art 1901 to 1930 Australian art from 1901 to 1939 was very much affected by styles from Europe. The major artists of the era were Rupert Bunny, George Lambert, Sydney Long, Margaret Preston, Hans Heysen and E Phillips Fox. The era did not have a distinct movement but modernis...

The Picasso and the Perugino paintings in the art book are in no way really similar; they are infact very different aside from the fact that the main piece of the painting is a female. The colors used in Picasso\'s Weeping Woman are a lot of Brights. But the colors in Perugino\'s The Virgin and Chil...

Chuck Close (born 1940) is an American photorealist specializing in close-up portraits and self-portraits. Close is one of the very few modern realists or photorealists who focus on the human face. In 1988, in mid-career, Close was paralyzed due to a blood clot in his spinal column. He regained...