Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Brief Introduction of Painting Massage

5, said: massage
Period: 1883
Creator: Edward De - Peng Sang France
Specification: 127cm × 210cm
Materials: fabric paint
Keep possession at: Toulouse Augustine Museum of Art
Described here is a rich Arab woman to accept the scene when the black maid massage. Body prone on the couch naked women, plump soft, body symmetry, smooth curves, sharp contrast with the black maid. Interior wall covered with Arabic patterns, point to understand the Arab style. Picture composition simple, no stuffing, black, white, gray tone three main, and detailed descriptions of the work to achieve a seamless effect.



Monday, August 29, 2011

Corot "Mengte Fontaine Memories"

If you say Western landscape painter, then we can not forget to let Bobby Lancaster Camille Yeke Luo (1796-1875). The Barbizon school of painters, with its strong classical foundation and built up a unique sensitivity of classical landscape painting from the French and later a bridge between Impressionism landscape. His noble and gentle character, and his poetic works, he was the most respected artists of the elderly, his paintings are the experts and the public praise from both sides. Corot is a barber's son, was for parents to do the clothing business and a fortune, so Corot has been a good economic background to support his painting career. But he is really engaged in the painting in his 26-year-old after his father so that he graciously took the painting of the road. Corot has studied Mixie Long and Bo Ting, from whom he learned the principles of classical composition and outdoor painting skills. Corot revealed from the outset, the special interest of the landscape, he traveled countries, came to Italy three times to capture the beauty of Rome. Also in Italy, when he became the most popular landscape painter.




Thursday, August 18, 2011

Beautiful dynamic, gorgeous colors - Degas and "Dance Lesson"

"Dancing Class" depicts a group of little girls in ballet class to display a variety of ballet moves to clear the scene, but also the best performance of the theme of Degas, and even, for a long time, Degas has always been obsessed with dance this subject, often out of place in ballet training or the classroom, observing the actors, or student learning, life and a variety of ballet moves, the resulting plot evil spirit a lot of material, to draw a lot of ballet, dance, posture training, or the theme of work. These works became the works of Degas's life the most important part. From the art, said these works in the shape, color and light made on the use of high artistic achievement, particularly in the impressionist paintings occupy an important position. "Dance class" is the most representative works of Degas, is one of the Impressionist paintings in the most unique works.


In this work, Degas fine traditional painting techniques and color of the Impressionists in the major discoveries and innovations, intentions together, so that the picture in the composition, light and color to generate a dynamic, but also caused a natural, vivid and harmonious unity of effect, the entire screen with a tension flowing out. We are from the composition analysis, the square screen, the characters are almost lined up, that little girl is performing the central figure is a screen, because of her position, so people naturally into the picture before, during, and after three parts. Especially before and after the two parts constitute the linear arrangement, the girls were dancing with the middle to form a compact and coherent whole, so that the entire screen filled with a dynamic beauty. Degas the last part of the characters in the picture arrangement, although a bit messy, but that is too similar artists interested in breaking the front as a means taken, but also the artist's genius. In addition, the handling of light and color, clear and bright, although a larger dynamic picture, but artists in the handling of color, just so that the screen is full of a balance, pink and pale green walls of floor to form a Echoing the kind of relationship, so that the painting in color shows a gorgeous feeling.

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Pollock Painting and All His Life

This strange way of Pollock painting in his early creative cursing the audience by the United States and ruthless criticism, the audience simply could not understand. Later, with the development of society and the art of change, people gradually to his "action painting" with the value and significance to further understanding and awareness. In 1973, his piece is the Australian government for $ 2 million collection. Abstract expressionism he opened up a new path of development, a great and far-reaching impact on U.S. and European development of modern art.


• Jackson Pollock (Jackson Pollock, 1912 --- 1956), was born in the United States Wyoming Division flute, is among the smallest of the five brothers. One year old, continued migration began with his parents, especially young people get a lot of time in the western United States, life experience, his artistic future lay deep the seeds. Admitted to art school in Los Angeles in 1928, came into contact with European modernist art, especially surrealism art in Europe highlighted the subconscious activities of interest. 1930 moved to New York, studying at New York Art Students' Federation, 1947, Pollock began with an abstract approach to the canvas shop floor to intuition and chance performance of the artist's subconscious factors that create the first action painting. 1947, "Times" magazine carried a full page of his report, in 1949, he became the "Life" magazine article, the main characters is very important, especially for readers and the public, Pollock has become the modern art one of the symbols - strange, incomprehensible, foolish, yet very very exciting. In 1954, Pollock held his last show, after his creation become slow and sluggish, and then again, he gradually stopped writing. One day in August 1956, he took his lover and another friend drove traveling in a car accident on the way home, he was thrown from the vehicle and died on the spot, but he created the "Action Painting" is added to the history of Western art new chapter.