Impressionism and Post impressionism

Online Assignment #5
          
           Impressionism was started in the 1860s, it was a modern movement in painting. According to the online lecture "HarmonIntroImpressionismPostImpressionism" the artist drew what they saw with their eyes rather than what their mind knows. The impressionist often viewed the world as a gift its beaut had an objective but not much about the emotional aspect. Some would capture the emotional bounds between kids and their mothers but it was more of the connection on how she saw them spending quality time with one another. Most of the artist would capture middle class individual enjoying the most entertaining points of their lives of others. Also Japanese patterns were very popular during this time period which is often reflected in the impressionist art works. As well as photograph, it was sort of copied in impressionism art for example the cut off as through it didnt have space to fit in the frame.

           Artist started to change the way the did impressionism, it was more and more influenced by the Japanese culture. Also the use of color started to become a way to express the energy in the painting. Another way impressionist did their art works were by using the color to fill in the space that wasn't being used but by choosing a right color to do so, as I mentioned it helps to express the energy of the painting. Often times their works include shapes and a lot of the things around them like its really been influenced by the culture.

Assignment #3

    Renaissance is an approach that came along in Europe when religion became fairly popular during  the middle ages. They named this period Renaissance which means "Rebirth" because of the recurring interest of art and classical Greece and Rome. This was a new transformation that created the modern society also renewed understanding that turned around European medieval world. There are two different forms of Renaissance art because the people of the south kept the religious aspects and the north had more of a Gothic feel in their artworks.

   "Venus and Cupid" was one of the many paintings done by Lorenzo Lotto. He was born during the Renaissances period in Northern Italy specifically Venice. This painting was done between 1480-1556 preferably mid-1520s, the story that is being told in this piece is, Venus is with her son Cupid and some of her features were probably inspired by the bride from the ancient marriage "epithalamia" ."Venus has a shell above head and the rose petals resting on her lap are her attributes, the ivy is symbolic of fidelity and the myrtle wreath was worn by the bride. Cupid’s action, an augury of fertility, confers a mood of light-hearted wit. for a cultivated couple in either Bergamo or Venice.". The formal elements in this piece are color which has a mix of warm which is the red and cool which is the blue those pop out the most in this piece. To my understanding the art piece is balance because there are two people in the painting but each are on either side.

   Baroque was a style of art that was during the time period of 1600 to 1700 which was influenced by the techniques from the renaissance period. This style was more dramatic, had a lot more emotion and a great scale of energy that reflected off the artworks. The artist that used this style had an abundance of light and shadows beaming off their creations. Baroque was a new form of expression of the religious faith, it was personal and mystical.  

   "Self Portrait" by Salvator Rosa was painted roughly around 1647. This piece was a gift for Giovanni his friend but later was told it was himself in the portrait. In this piece you can see a lot of emotion in his face, hes focused in what he is writing. Also in this piece there a lot of dark colors and very little highlight on the ball and as well as his cheeks. Rosa is from Italy, Naples