Early Modern

In my vast research into Early Modern Art, I came across one art movement that really caught my eye which was futurism. This painting was made by a Female artist Natalia Goncharova, It’s a very nice colorful painting with a unique art style. To me this painting makes me feel like the women are truly appreciating themselves and there own company while respecting the very world around them. Although this is a futurism she also implements the elements of Cubism and of Gauguin.

Info: Natalia Goncharova

Date painted: 1909

Movement: Russian Futurism

Sources: http://www.nysun.com/arts/who-was-natalia-goncharova/57312/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalia_Goncharova

Impressionism!

I love impressionism and its wonderful style of its brush strokes, down to the wonderful color’s just throws my artistic world into a crazy fantasy. Impressionism originally arose in France and just boomed outwards, artists would generally paint realistic scenes of modern life and beautiful landscapes, that usually portrayed visual effects over detail in their paintings. Post-impressionism broke the boundaries of Impressionism with thick colors of paint and real-life subject matter with very distinct brush strokes.

This is a painting by Monet, Claude who is an Impressionistic painter, and his work was titled Madame Gaudibert it was made in a chateau near Etretat which is in northern France in 1868. The reason for this portrait was Monet’s dedication to this family that helped him through some rough times that almost led him to suicide.

For the Post-Impressionism side of things i chose the artist, Camille Pissarro with his artwork titled Haying at Eragny which was made in France in 1889. I really enjoy this piece just with the work that went into this, the landscape and the farmers in the background with the different clashes of colors.

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/monet/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impressionism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-Impressionism

Classical Era

This is a painting created by William Hogarth titled The Tete a Tete (Marriage a-la-mode) is the 2nd painting of 6 of this wedding series. All which can be seen in the National Gallery located in London. Hogarth’s work laughed at politics and customs in there own way. He was born at Bartholomew which is very close to London. He first started out his art out on the streets of London where he sketched characters around him. One of the main reasons why i enjoy hogarth’s artworks is because of his comical interpretation of a specific time. His way of art is very different then many i’ve  come across and i was very happy to learn about Hogarth. In this painting it show’s the after affect of a marriage that had been formed for strictly money type purposes. Alot of these marriages lead to suicide, murders and just overall lack of hapiness which you can tell is portrayed in the painting very well.

works cited: http://www.artchive.com/artchive/H/hogarth.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hogarth

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage_à-la-mode_(Hogarth)

Baroque Era

Peter Paul Rubens – A Lion Hunt was made from oil on oak and was made about 1614-1615. I enjoy this painting a lot because of the manliness that the baroque era brought upon artists. I mean what’s more manly then lion’s taking on men in a bloodshed of a hunt. In this specific sketch eastern hunters attempt to fight off a pack of lions that are trying to rip them off their horses. something that you might not see is the man under the horse that has been ripped down by a lion and is being trampled in the fight. Rubens was influenced mainly by Titian. He copied many works italian artists and turned them into his own art form. Rubens had financial support from Duke Vincenzo of Gonzaga that helped him push his paintings to a new level. Another reason i love his work is because a lot of his art work had mythological reference and i love mythology. his was commissioned by the Queen mother of france, Marie de’ Medici to create two large allegorical cycles about her life and her late husband Henry IV.

Cites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Paul_Rubens

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/peter-paul-rubens-a-lion-hunt

Sandro Botticelli- Primavera

Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi or better known as Botticelli was an an Italian painter that created many pieces of artwork 1140 -1510. Primavera translates to “arrival of spring”, where 14-year-old Botticelli created this piece of artwork in the Medici villa in Castello in 1477. This painting stayed in the Medici walls for quite a while till it was put on display in Florence’s city palace. Botticelli’s religion was never quite uncovered but he enjoyed making many paintings that had Similarities to Classic gods that had shaped into his own form. This painting takes place in the spring, generally spring is a great time for love directing upwards to the baby cupid but there are also grim sides of love.  Botticelli’s fear to wed, that he claimed the idea of it gave him terrible nightmares brings him to paint this happy picture of the gods. I enjoyed this painting especially because of his rendering of the Classical gods to a slim, elegant form that ties into 16th century Mannerism. In order to truly understand the paintings true potential you have to understand a little bit about the gods who reside in it which makes this painting even more beautiful.

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