Art Analysis Blog Post

  Romanticism vs. Realism       There were many various styles, ideas, and innovative techniques during the romantic era in the 1800s. Impressionism, post-impressionism, romanticism, and realism were the most popular art genres at this time. As societal exploration and transformations proceeded, there were many new styles of art established, as well as some styles created in direct opposition to existing art styles. The art world evolved in tandem with the rest of the globe. I chose to compare Romanticism and Realism.     The freedom of the artist to express themselves in whichever way they wished was a defining feature of Romanticism. It was a movement characterized by the spontaneous and adventurous actions of painters who used both the pen and the paintbrush in their work.        I chose an art piece by Caspar David Friedrich called  Wanderer above the Sea of Fog , which was created in 1818. This is an oil painting whic...

  Revolution and Art -1700's     As my theme for this blog post I chose revolution and art in 1700's. In my opinion, revolution in the classical era of art can be very broad so I chose to specify it and write more about American revolution and art. The Revolutionary War was also known as the American Revolution, which took place from 1775-1783. The war arose from tensions growing among colonial government, which represented the British crown and the 13 North American colonies. The Americans felt that British were taking their rights wrongfully. There were many events during the American Revolution, and they were captured by artists and I will describe some of them in this post.      This is one of my favorite pieces of classical era during the time of American revolution. It is called  The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill,  June 17, 1775 and painted by American artist John Trumbull. Currently this art piece is in the Mus...

  Baroque Blog     For the baroque blog post I decided to pick a painting by Caravaggio called The Calling of Saint Matthew. This painting was created in 1599-1600 and it is an oil painting on canvas. The painting was is currently in San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome. This painting depicts the moment when Jesus Christ inspired Matthew to follow him. It depicts the story from the Gospel of Matthew where Jesus saw a man named Matthew in custom house and said to him, "Follow me", and Matthew got up from his seat and followed him. In this masterpiece Caravaggio depicts that Jesus Christ and Saint Peter have walked in the room, and Jesus is pointing at Matthew who is at a table with other men.      In this painting it seems to me that Jesus Christ is the one bringing in the light to the dark room. I think that it shows the power of Jesus is really shown in this artwork because he is effortlessly pointing at pointing at Matthew and there is a light beam following...

Kermesse of St. George      I chose to write about the Kermesse of St. George, which was created back in 1628. The creator of this painting was done by Pieter Brueghel. Breughel created many other artwork pieces as well. He was an architect in the Italian Renaissance and pursued drawings, paintings, and sculptures. This piece was created during the Northern Renaissance. The Northern renaissance differs from the Italian Renaissance that is centered around royalty. This artwork focuses on poverty and peasant life, instead of wealthy families.      I think that Kermesse of St. George has amazing details, and it broke the normality of art at the time, through the aesthetics of this piece. I love this art piece because it’s different in its time. It shows the frenzied atmosphere and portrays everything that may happen on a normal day in one photo. The people dancing on the street to the people fighting over bread, everything is real. If you look closely,...

Statue of Horus I decided to write about the Horus statue because I recently watched Night at the Museum two and Horus was one of the main characters in the movie. I also have always been fascinated by ancient Egyptian history and wanted to learn more about the first dynasty. Horus was thought to be a God in the form of a falcon and was well known in ancient Egypt. The Temple of Horus is located in Edfu, Egypt and this is where the Horus statue currently stands to this day. The Horus statue was built in 246-222 B.C. on the site of earlier temple constructions. It is a granite statue of the falcon god that is 9 feet tall. It was created about two thousand years ago and it is well preserved and still in great shape. An interesting fact about this statue is that the right eye represents the sun and the left eye represents the moon which is reflected in the artwork. I also think it is interesting how art resembles an immense part of Egyptian stories. Many pieces in this time derive from m...