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                                                                                                          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...

About this art      Claude Monet's work has always been simple but also complicated, it uses a lot of color, space, and texture. The image below is one of his famous paintings Waterlilies and Japanese Bridge. In this piece this artist used his space very uniquely, This gives off a lot of dimensions the bridge takes up the most space but you can see it in the setting, and the pond gives off the most depth with the lilys The color palette is demonstrated is very limited mostly greens but it brings out the contrast in the flowers and the bridge, with a darker background and lighter front. Without a good color palette it's hard to achieve what you want in a painting it sets the mood. Texture is another vital part of this, without the textures given mostly in the background it gives off a certain tone to the setting, without texture you would not be able to tell those were trees and branches in the background even though they are not very detailed it still sets the mood for th...