Humanities

Emperor Justinian and His Attendants - unknown artist

547

The Byzantine Art was when the Byzantine Empire existed. Since the movement originated in the church, the artists were restricted by regulations that the church imposed on them. This is why the art had a religious theme. This painting has bright and rich colors, mosaic tiles and a gold tone background. The people are shown in full length, facing the front. This was to express power and authority, meaning it is a symbolic painting. The size is 280 x 400 cm.

Mona Lisa - by Leonardo da Vinci

Dec 1, 1503

The painting is a half-length portrait of Lisa Gherardini, it is in oil on a white Lombardy poplar panel. Renaissance paintings emphasis on realistic detail, therefore this is a Renaissance painting. The ambiguity of the subject's expression, which is frequently described as enigmatic, the monumentality of the composition. The ambiguity of the subject's expression contributes to the continuing fascination and study of the work.The dimensions of the painting is 77 x 53 cm.

Crossing the River Styx - by Joachim Patinir

Dec 1, 1520

Landscape art is scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, and especially art where the main subject is a wide view, with its elements arranged into a coherent composition. In this painting, the weather is the element of composition. Its dimensions are 64 × 103 cm. The composition is moving from brown in the foreground, to bluish-green, to pale blue in the background. This format provides a bird's-eye view over an expansive landscape. The medium is oil on wood.

The Adoration of the Magi - by Peter Paul Rubens

Dec 1, 1624

Baroque style featured exaggerated lighting, intense emotions, release from restraint, and even a kind of artistic sensationalism. This painting is oil on panel. Its dimensions are 447 x 336 cm. The intensity of the painting is bright. It is a historical painting which shows it a baroque painting.

Chain Pier, Brighton - by John Constable

Dec 1, 1827

Romanticism doesn't refer to romance at all. It means expressing deep, intense, and often uplifting emotions, having a deep, spiritual relationship with nature. This painting is oil on canvas. The dimensions are 127 x 183 cm. It is a narrative painting showing a story of what is happening. It shows romanticism because it has intensity of nature. I find the colors in the picture to be dull mixed with complementary colors.

Bonjour monsieur courbet - by Gustave Courbet

Dec 1, 1854

Realism in the arts may be generally defined as the attempt to represent subject matter truthfully, without artificiality and avoiding artistic conventions, implausible, exotic and supernatural elements. The painting is traditionally interpreted as Courbet greeted by his patron Bruyas, his servant Calas, and his dog while traveling to Montpellier. This shows that it is a narrative painting. The composition is based on the Wandering Jew. The size of the canvas ia 128cm x 149cm.

The Cliffs at Etretat - by Claude Monet

Dec 1, 1885

Impressionism painting characteristics include relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities, ordinary subject matter. The dimensions of this painting is 65 x 81.1 cm. The medium is oil on canvas. This image shows it’s an impressionism painting because the thin strokes of the brush are visible. The painting has shadows around the cliff to show it’s curves.

The Gate - by Hans Hofmann

Dec 1, 1959

My contemporary painting.
Modernism art is a challenged painting as a picture. It has pure abstraction or pure expression. In this painting, it is pure abstract. This is a historically significant work that could not be conveyed in words. The intensity of the colors are bright. The artist used primary and complementary colors. The dimension of the canvas is 368 x 573 pixels. The medium is oil on a canvas painting.