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Nov 30, 1270
Enthroned madonna of guido siena
Artist: Guido of Siena
Byzantine This painting is a good example because its representing the nations and states that inherited culturally from the empire. The painting has rigid compositional balance and frontality. It also introduces more spontaneous gestures and scenes of human tenderness to 13th-century Italian painting, -
Aug 28, 1290
The Last Judgment
Artist: Pietro Cavallini
Renaissance This painting was clearly painting during the renaissance era because at that time, the Protestant Reformation was well under way, and the Church was beginning to turn its back on the Humanism of the High Renaissance. The subject of the Last Judgment, where we see the damned tortured in hell, needs to be seen against these historical developments. The subject is the Second Coming of Christ, where Christ returns to judge all of mankind. -
Apr 18, 1577
The Assumption Of The Virgin
Artist: El greco
Baroque This painting is Baroque because it expresses exaggerated motion and clear feeling about the people in the painting. The drama tension in the picture is clear which makes it obvious for us to state that its a Baroque art style. And it also has a story that deals with the Roman Catholic Church, -
The Body of Abel Found by Adam and Eve
Artist: William Blake
Romanticism Its easy to state that the painting i chose is romanticisim because it inspires awe, or any type of emotion in the viewer. In the painting, the woman looks attached to the man some how. Not only that but it also has deep, spiritual relationship with nature. Romantic artists were also concerned with promoting individual liberty, ending slavery, and supporting democratic and independence movements. -
Beach in Pourville
Artist: Edward Hopper
Impressionism Impressionist painting characteristics include relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage of time), ordinary subject matter, inclusion of movement as a crucial element of human perception and experience, and unusual visual angles. All these description applies to the oainting I chose. -
Girl at sewing Machine
Artist: Edward Hopper
Realism Realism in the arts may be generally defined as the attempt to represent subject matter truthfully, without artificiality. The painting is so realistic and has no exaggeration. Its also Realism because its natural, the girl was sewing without forcing any poses and she was so into sewing that she probably did not notice the painter. -
Self-Portrait with a Cigarette
Artist: Max Beckmann
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Big Family
Artist: Zhang Xiaogang
Contemporary The real meaning behind the word contemporary is living or occurring at the same time. This painting is a living event that was made in the present. Its also a successor to Modern art. The way it has redness in specific areas and how the family is sequenced from big to small makes it modern and different. Contemporary art can sometimes seem at odds with a public that does not feel that art and its institutions share its values. This painting is odd for some.
