A Short History of painting blog 1 term 2

Van Gogh

Iris

I think this work has great colours to it, making it look like a bright cheerful day. the background is a bright colour giving the iris more attention with its dark colours. I think the artist is trying to tell that even when their are good days there are still gonna be bad things. that showing that some iris are dying.

1. Created: 1889
2. Media: Oil paint

Irises is one of many paintings and prints of irises by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh. Irises was painted while Vincent van Gogh was living at the asylum at Saint Paul-de-Mausole in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, in the last year before his death in 1890.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irises_(painting)

Hokusai

The Great Wave

I like this work because it is japanese and i like japanese art. I think japanese art have interesting ways showing their art styles are very different than others, making it a great piece of work. this artist is telling that life will drown you sometimes but along as you still stay strong then it will be alright. Given the colours it is not very bright and also not very dark giving it a great view of both dark and light, the Sea being dark coloured while the sky is Light coloured.

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   Period: Ukiyo-e
2. Genre: Marine art
3. Created: 1829–1832

The Great Wave off Kanagawa (神奈川沖浪裏 Kanagawa-Oki Nami-Ura^?, "Under a Wave off Kanagawa"), also known as The Great Wave or simply The Wave, is an ukiyo-e woodblock print by Japanese artist Hokusai, published sometime between 1830 and 1833 in the late Edo period as the first print in Hokusai's series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (富嶽三十六景 Fugaku sanjūrokkei^?). It is Hokusai's most famous work, and one of the best recognized works of Japanese art in the world. It depicts an enormous wave threatening boats off the coast of the prefecture ofKanagawa. While sometimes assumed to be a tsunami, the wave is, as the picture's title notes, more likely to be a largeokinami ("wave of the open sea"). As in all the prints in the series, it depicts the area around Mount Fuji under particular conditions, and the mountain itself appears in the background.

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


Leonardo da Vinci

The Mona Lisa

Year: c. 1503-1506, perhaps continuing until c. 1517

Genre: Oil on poplar

Dimensions : 77 cm x 53 cm (30 in x 21 in)

I like it because it has a very old but calm setting with the background, it has very calm colours with the realistic  image of the mona lisa. The image is said to be a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo. That was when one of Da Vinci work was made and noticed by King Francis I of France.

 This is the portrait i have chosen to use as my forgery, it is one of many works painted by Leonardo da Vinci. I chose this as a challenge to see if i have improved any better at painting, i do not know the name of this painting but it is one of Da Vinci.

I tried to challenge myself by doing one of Leonardo Da Vinci work but it seemed to be more challenging then i had thought. Painting and trying to get the right skin tone color was one of the difficult things i had to do in this task.