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                                                                                           History War impacted many artists as they captured their feelings and emotions differently World War II had a big impact for many artists. Each displays differently. I will be showing the impacts of war by three different artists. The inspirations directly related and how paintings were created before the war which soon impacted World War II.The styles that came out during this time of expressionism, surrealism, and more. You can feel all the emotions in the works that were put out.                                      ...

  The Early modern era was a significant historical period from the 15th century to the 18th century. The images below are going to show examples of how World War I was evaluated and perceived by Three different artists. Otto Dix painted  Soldiers' Grave Between the Lines in 1924, It is one of the many paintings in this series.  Dix was an artillery gunner in the trenches at the Somme and on the Eastern Front during World War I. The picture above focused on what was left of the battle and what happened. He described it as dead, dying, bombed-out landscapes and graves. Dix is also known for his harsh depictions of the way and the impacts of society. This gives a historical and personal background since he was part of World War I fitting it into the early modern era. This painting uses a lot of Space with the etchings and the texture of graves and cross, Shapes play a big part in this painting to outline what is being portrayed. When I looked at this painting I felt the dar...

      The Romanticism Era lasted from around the late 18th century through the mid-19th century. It originated in Europe before spreading to other parts of the world, some styles that came out of this were Realism, Impressionism, and Post Impressionism. They wanted to express emotions being able to feel what you see in the paintings when looking at them. I will be presenting four paintings comparing Impressionism and Realism.                                                                                 Impressionism  Impressionism in simple terms is practicing painting our doors at random or spontaneously rather than being in a studio or making out your own sketches. This style is my favorite, It feels natural and more personal t...

                      Background  During The Growing Economic Power of the Middle Class in the 1700s artists started transitioning to making paintings of everyday life, landscapes, and portraits of middle-class people. The rise of wealth made it so that more individuals could afford commissions. The artworks below will show examples of everyday life, portraits and landscapes. The growing economic power of the middle class helped artists be able to profit and sell their paintings for more. Since the industry was offering  more jobs, more people worked and were able to spend large amounts of money either responsibly or irresponsibly.                                             Artworks    Marriage A-la-Mode: 1, The Marriage Settlement William Hogarth made a series of six p...

                                                                                                          Art                                                                  Johannes Vermeer painted  Girl with a Pearl Earring , He painted it in 1665-1667 using oil paints on canvas the painting is about 44.5x39 cm in his hometown of Delft. When looking at this painting the first thing that catches my eye is the dark background, with the person being the centerpiece. The color choic...

  Northern Renaissance Painting  The original pannel pieces of the art  Pannel we will be focusing on  Jan Van Eyck's piece Ghent Altarpiece "Adoration of the Lamb" the center piece was completed in 1432 in  Saint Bavo Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium.   Religious  paintings were heavily influenced during this time, This is one of the most realistic (realism) paintings  of the time using oil paints which Jan had perfected. He uses a lot of texture in his paintings and the color pallet  is mostly greens and  neutral  colors and red and blues.This paintings feels important by the color choices for the attention to detail,You can see the detail in every piece of clothing, the lamb and the block that the lamb stands on. It gives off a sense of power. I would not have this in my house or own anything like this. Analysis   This piece was made by Jan Van Eyck and his brother Hubert Van Eyck, The art piece was placed in the Cathedra...