Painting Essay Examples and Research Papers Page 3

Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘The Last Supper’ painting is one of the most well-known and recognisable paintings of the Renaissance period. Leonardo da Vinci was best known for his spectacular artwork as he created some of the most famous paintings in the world. I have chosen to study Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of the Last Supper…

The Starry Night is an oil painting by the Dutch post-impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh. It was painted in June of 1889, it illustrates the view he saw from the window of his asylum room, right before sunrise. He paints the night sky with a village under the glow of the moon. The piece is…

For this paper I will analyze Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night, using the six perspectives we learned in class. I will start with my personal perspective before I begin to delve deeper into the historical, technical, ethical, and cultural perspectives. Once I’ve more thoroughly examined the image from these perspectives, I will use what I…

Romanticism was founded in Britain the late 1700’s, the style spread around Europe during the 18th and 19th centuries. The movement focused on emphasizing emotion through the dramatic positioning of bodies or the accentuating light features in landscapes. Ivan Shishkin was a well-known and cherished Russian romantic landscape painter, who died at his canvas in…

Laura Wheeler Waring also known as Laura W. Waring was an African-American artist and art educator during the Harlem Renaissance. She was best known for her portraits of many well-known figures from the civil rights movement. Childhood Laura W. Waring was born on May 17, 1887 in Hartford, Connecticut to a pastor at a historic…

Vincent van Gogh arrived in Arles, in the south of France, in 1888, hoping to establish an artists’ colony there. During the next few years, Van Gogh experienced the most intensely productive period of his life, painting some 400 works, including several versions of his blazing Sunflowers, his timeless Night Caf, living landscapes, portraits, and…

American Progress is an oil painting made by Prussian-born American painter John Gast in 1872, during the later stages of the Westward Expansion in the United States of America. The painting as a whole represents America and its Westward Expansion during these times, with many of the objects in the painting, as well as many…

Vincent Van Gogh, born of Theodorus Fan Gogh and Anna Cornelia Carbentus. Is not only one of the most influential painters of the nineteenth century. But was also one of the most troubled and misunderstood painters of all time. Vincent lived what some would call a “very troubled” life. Vincent, unlike many other painters, drastically…

Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452. He is easily one of the most iconic and most remembered artists of all time. However he only achieved greatness by following his mentors’ guidance. Da Vinci began focusing on art at an early age. Such influences included Raphael and Michaelangelo. When da Vinci was fourteen…

Graffiti is a form of self expression, which is usually inappropriate and affects the younger minds of the community, which entitled teens have no right to do. Graffiti is a rather large issue in today’s communities, however, there are possible solutions such as painting a mural and planting vegetation. An interesting article about preventing graffiti…