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 A large majority of people were influenced by WWII and started to take a stand. Art works were not excluded from this. It was an opportunity to show what war was like and how it effected people all around the world. It even started showing the brutality and truth of war that was not typically seen by the common individual.    Hitting the Beach, Painted By: Tom Lea 1944 Location: Depiction of Peleliu                                                         The Price , Painted By: Tom Lea 1944 Location: Depiction of Peleliu Tom Lea was a war art correspondent for Life Magazine. He originally attended the Art Institute of Chicago. After this he became a commercial artist in Chicago. In 1940 he accepted an invitation to work for LIFE Magazine.  He covered the war for Life from 1941 to 1946.  This put him in the direct viewing o...

The Influence of the Great Depression In the Crowd  (1931) Painted By: Mabel Dwight Location: New York This work is a lithograph. In the art work In the Crowd  are six Depression era passersby. You can see the despair in there expressions. As the depression started Mabel Dwight felt compelled to represent the social and emotional realities of the depression.  It is described in an a art gallery the "Each is a portrait and personality." Elements : The curved lines and dark shadowing give a strong standing to the downtrodden expressions on the individuals in this portrait. The lack of color does not take away. If anything it enhances the sense of gloom and sadness.  Placement : You have multiple people in this portrait but the lady in the front stands out the most due to brightness and depth created. Each individual is placed in a further back location giving multiple levels of depth and showing the distance of the individual people. Yet, at the same time they all seem...

Romanticism Style The Kiss,  (1859)  Painted by: Francesco Paolo Hayez The Hay Wain (1821) Painted by: John Constable These two paintings are some of the most famous paintings of the Romantic Style. The Kiss is and Italian painting and the Hay Wain is an English painting.  The Kiss is a depiction of naturalism and love. This painting is an example of the Italian national liberation.  The painter wanted it to depict not just the love the two have for each other but also the love they have for there homeland. I feel the love that is expressed in this painting. You can see the passion the two have for each other. The artist Hayez is known for romantic Italian paintings. This was by far his own favorite. I feel like the simple background gives no distraction from the main subjects in the painting. The you ladies dress is so bright and vibrant that she stands out with all her beauty. It makes her love emanate from the painting.     The Hay Wain  painting...

 The art and scientific discovery period of classical art was full of discovery and change. The scientific art started in the 1700s. The extremely unique thing that came with this is also woman appearing in these paintings when woman were not shown along side science.  Madame Francis Buron Painted by Jacques Louis David  painted in 1769 This painting is an oil painting. A fun fact is this painting is Davids' aunt. This painting almost has a whimsical feeling but with a beautiful softness. Light contrast is strongly used in this painting to emphasize his aunt. This painting is important because it shows this woman reading and gives a vibe and feel of her being an educated female. Her clothing gives a sense of comfort and higher society. You can tell by the strong detail and gentle look that this painting was done with a love and relationship between the painter and the subject. A Philosopher giving a Lecture at the Orrery Painted by: Joseph Wright of Derby 1763-65 This pa...

The Baroque Era  Girl with the Pearl Earring   by Johannes Vermeer 1665 This painting is thought to have been painted in Delft. This was the hometown of Vermeer . The painting is extremely quick to draw you in. You feel comfortable because she looks like us.  By some she is referred to as the Dutch "Mona Lisa". You almost see yourself in her. She is not fancy or high royalty. She is relatable. The color contrast makes her the full focus of this painting. She is bright colored and looks like there is a light on her. With the solid black background it makes her look close and removes all background distractions. The black creates depth and distance as well. You immediately see the rise of the merchant class in this painting by her clothing and simple look. As said before she looks like us and painted to not resemble a class above her. This painting seems to tie into the humanism paintings of the Renaissance Period. Madonna with child and John the Baptist  artist and ...

 The Northern Renaissance Deposition, about 1400 -  Rogier van der Weyden created in Brussels This painting has high amounts of emotion incorporated. This painting is a very religious painting of the removal of Christ off the cross. You can depict the emotion by the body language and facial expressions. You can see the somber expressions and downed faces, even the sobbing of the woman in the background. The vivid colors add to this emotion and intensity. It draws your eye to each individual person with the use of vivid color as well as duller colors that contrast. Then you have the raw flesh of Christ that stands out the brightest and draws your eyes directly to the center and the view of his lifeless body. Even with this already being a biblically emotional scene, the artist has brought the emotion even further to life and makes you feel it personally. This painting is part of the Humanism era of the Northern Renaissance. This artist was known right along side Jan van Eyck ...