Mary Cassatt’s The Child’s Bath is an oil painting on canvas. It portrays a mother taking care of her child’s health; they are both looking in the same direction towards the child’s feet as the mother gently cleans them. Although Cassatt used bold brush strokes, her attention to light and use of bright colors are ...
You may or may not have heard of the little town located in the northwest corner of Massachusetts called Williamstown. Its main claim to fame is that it’s home to America’s top liberal arts college. And by top I mean number one. Because of the college, the somewhat sleepy town has a pulse, teeming with ...
The International Style in architecture was inspired by mechanical simplicity and structure. It borrowed from Mondrian’s principles of dynamic equilibrium, basically the balancing of “unequal but equivalent oppositions.” This balance was intended to induce a feeling of “mystical harmony of humanity in the universe.” The color palette that was used in this style were basic ...
Introduction Spurred by the American and French Revolutions, enlightenment was an era of new and modern forms of thought and expression. The driving force behind this movement was the ideal that, “human affairs ought to be ruled by reason and the common good, rather than by tradition and established authority.” (Janson & Janson, 2004, p. ...
Why is Chinese painting history? In June 2003, Wen C. Fong wrote a paper to answer this question and why it matters. According to Fong, Chinese paintings are historical objects that merit more attention. To appreciate the true value of Chinese art, one must change to a universal approach to art history, not one that ...
Art Deco is a lavish, unique style of architecture, décor and design. It seems to have originated from many, many different roots. However, Art Deco has no prior roots in the United States, where it became popular during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Stainless steel, aluminum, inlaid woods and lacquers are common with this ...
As the Renaissance waned in Europe, the Counter Reformation had finally run its course. The struggle for power and dominance in Europe between Catholicism and Protestantism had not ended, however the Catholic Church was steadily regaining strength again, and was back in a position to influence society and culture. Its power to monopolize society, however, ...
Introduction During the 17th century, artists really tried to manipulate their viewer by using new techniques and controversial themes.� The three artists that really excelled in manipulating their audiences were Caravaggio, Bernini, and Borromini. Caravaggio (1571-1610) Caravaggio used realism to convey a new dimension of the subjects that he painted. Like Titian, he painted directly ...
