Final Slides

Poppies near Argenteuil

For our final blog, I chose to discuss one of my favorite artist, Claude Monet. This painting is called Poppies near Argenteuil, 1873, oil on canvas. First of all, the colors are stunning. The red of the poppies against the green of the field are complementary colors and work together to make each other appear brighter. The sky is perfectly blue and overall, the painting was created with very soft brush strokes, and gives the image a very serene feel. To be the women out in the filed with her child, seems like the perfect way to spend a sunny Sunday afternoon in France. Flawless!

This is by artist Bryan Lewis Saunders He conducted a very cool experiment over the course of 45 days he took different drugs and each day he would make a new self portrait the top one is done on abilify and the bottom on huffing lighter fluid please enjoy caution we do not endorse a lot of drug use but some never hurt

The Annunication, with St. Emidius

Carlo Crivelli composed The Annunciation, with St. Emidius in 1480 with the use of egg and oil on wood. This painting is a good example of one-point perspective since there is one vanishing point. In this painting, St. Emidus, Ascoli's patron saint, is carrying a model of the town. News that the pope  had granted Ascoli self-government had reached the town on the feast of the Annunciation. I like this painting because there is so much going on and so much detail out into it. There are a lot of objects I hadn't noticed the first time I had looked at it, such as the finch in the bird cage on the top right, and the small child towards the left of the painting. I really like the colors he used and how he was able to make such a life-like peacock as well. 

Majestic Peaks

This painting is called Majestic Peaks, it is by artist/ T.V personality Bob Ross.  I like Bob Ross because he comes from a military background and yet he is so relaxed on T.V. He was the host of "The Joy of Painting from 1983-1994.  Landscapes are one of my favorite types of paintings and I think Ross did a great job on them. Most of his landscapes come from scenic Alaska, which helps, because Alaska's views are some of the most beautiful in America.

Self portrait - Rothko

I chose this picture because I liked the unique way he did a portrait. His usage of  color is really interesting as well as all the layers of color . The way he did the eyes was also very interesting because they're  the least realistic part. 

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Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening

Salvador Dali

1944

Oil on canvas

This long titled painting is shortened to Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee. If I could rename this rather long-titled piece, I would change it to Acid Trip. There are so many different things going on in this painting. Theres an open pomegranate with a fish coming out of it. That fish is eating a tiger. That tiger's friend is jumping at a gun that is about to be stabbed into the floating woman on an edge. And then there is a random long legged elephant sailboat in the background? I'm confused, but everything is very well done. Although I am thoroughly tripped out by this painting, I enjoy it and find it insanely interesting.