Good Morning- Please write about one of the following-Rubens, van Dyck, Still-Life painting, Goltzius, Hals, Leyster, Rembrandt, Saenredam, Heda, Steen, Vermeer, Borch. Do not repeat what was previously stated-
I wanted to write about Rembrandt, just for the fact that he so famouse and his paintings are world known; however, after I looked at the paintings again, I didn’t like them at all. All of his paintings we have in our book are very dark. For me paintings need to have a meaning, something that makes you go “aahhh, yes!” So I looked at the other paintings again and got stuck at the painting from Jan Vermeer. The painting of the pregnant women has so much intensity. It has so strong feelings. It is as if the painting would talk and tell a story. And on the other hand it seems like time is frozen; she looks so calm and relaxed. Her skin is seems soft and there is so much detain in the picture, every time I look at it I find something new. I wonder what she is thinking or feeling. Even in our world today, we bring children into this world, but do we know what they have to face when they grow up? Their destiny is not in our hands. We can raise them, we can teach them, we can love them, but they have to life on their own. The light that shines into her face makes her be pure and enlightened, maybe because she realized that the only thing she can do is put her trust in Jesus, who is bright, shining in the background. It is really a nice painting.
The paintings of this time was quite different. I noticed that they were very dark and had light on specific things. The Feast of St. Nicholas by Jan Steen was interesting how the painter had a comical circumstance and a family intamacy. Although the painting is pretty dark, it's a happy setting besides the little boy in the back left. All the children were getting toys, candy and cake, while the upset child was receiveing a birch rod, which we can see in the painting that the maidservant is holding. Steen gets a story from this painting of which makes this work more interesting.
Jan Vermeer used the stillness of his pieces as a way to focus on what he thinks is the importance of the subject of the art. The use of negative space is also one of his tools to make the viewer response more emotional. Such is the case in "Woman Holding a Balance."The light from the window doesn't light mainly the woman, but the wall more dominantly. One would think it should light up either the main character, or at least the picture on the wall of Jesus, but by lighting the space where there isn't anything, the eyes are drawn to the woman after the blank wall.
I wanted to comment on Judith Leyster's self portrait. I found it very intersting that she had a known piece of her art in the background of her portrait to make a statement. Since women artist weren't all that commen and respected, she added something of her's that was famous to show her diverse talents.
I like the fact that leyster was a somewhat powerful women artist of her time. Although some of her painting were passed off as Hals, she still had it good, and her paintings were great as well. I especially love her self-portrait! The way she shows herself painting in the picture is a great way to show off all of her talents. Not only was she a great person but she was a great artist as well. The painting shows how much of a genre painter she was and how she could mastwer both arts.
The sketch for the Raising of the Cross by Peter Paul Rubens represents a dramatic event of Jesus Christ's life.This oil painting is made on three panels,and he worked in light and color that gives the painting a powerful view of those moments.We could see that Jesus faced to his Father during the crucifixion while people around him are developing different dramtic actions.Also,Rubens gave a particular bright to Jesus that is his main character in this painting.
I found Rembrandt to be the most interesting painter. Actually, to be honest I had never seen any of his work nor did I know anything about the artist himself until this class. I found the fact that he did many self portraits to be fascinating, because doing so could make one seem arrogant or self involved(as the video stated). But Rembrandt did these self portraits as a study. I liked that he caught his own expression of himself painting in his work. To me that is significant not only in an artistic perspective but from a psychological one as well. You can obtain a picture of someone in the moment of painting nowadays by simply pointing a camera, but Rembrandt managed to capture the outcome and the process all in one. This to me is a great painter.
The Blinding of Samson by Rembrandt is painted in the Baroque style. In this painting Rembrandt is depicts the old Testament world full of Oreintal splendor and violence. I think this picture is very expressive and detailed and is why I think that Rembrandt does a great job at telling the story through his art.
I found Gerald ter Borch's, "Lady at her Toilet", to be very interesting. Not because of the painting itself but because of all the meaning it portrays.The background is not made to be a major part of the painting,but in fact its simplicity, depicts the artists feeling towards the entire seventeenth century, and his eagerness that perhaps the eigthteenth century will be more magnificent. The simplicity of the room also involves the woman in the painting, who is made to look more elgant than wealthy. This is Borch's way of saying even if her family had not been royalty, thewoman still would of been able to find a high place in society on her own.
I was intrig by Van Dyck and his lyrical scences of mythological love. Rinaldo and Armida is taken from Tasso's popular poem about the Crusades, Jerusamlem Freed. Which it gives rise to a new courtly ideal throughout Europe and inspired numerous operas, as well as painting. He combines both reality with non-reality to make the ordinary look stupendeous. That is why Van Dyck and his pice of Rinaldo and Armida impressed me.
I love to see Rembrandts painting. I enjoyed the self portrait that he did. If it so life like and the shading is wonderful. I really like how he did tinibrism with his face and hands. he is a remarkable painter
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I wanted to write about Rembrandt, just for the fact that he so famouse and his paintings are world known; however, after I looked at the paintings again, I didn’t like them at all. All of his paintings we have in our book are very dark. For me paintings need to have a meaning, something that makes you go “aahhh, yes!”
So I looked at the other paintings again and got stuck at the painting from Jan Vermeer. The painting of the pregnant women has so much intensity. It has so strong feelings. It is as if the painting would talk and tell a story. And on the other hand it seems like time is frozen; she looks so calm and relaxed. Her skin is seems soft and there is so much detain in the picture, every time I look at it I find something new. I wonder what she is thinking or feeling. Even in our world today, we bring children into this world, but do we know what they have to face when they grow up? Their destiny is not in our hands. We can raise them, we can teach them, we can love them, but they have to life on their own. The light that shines into her face makes her be pure and enlightened, maybe because she realized that the only thing she can do is put her trust in Jesus, who is bright, shining in the background. It is really a nice painting.
The paintings of this time was quite different. I noticed that they were very dark and had light on specific things. The Feast of St. Nicholas by Jan Steen was interesting how the painter had a comical circumstance and a family intamacy. Although the painting is pretty dark, it's a happy setting besides the little boy in the back left. All the children were getting toys, candy and cake, while the upset child was receiveing a birch rod, which we can see in the painting that the maidservant is holding. Steen gets a story from this painting of which makes this work more interesting.
Jan Vermeer used the stillness of his pieces as a way to focus on what he thinks is the importance of the subject of the art. The use of negative space is also one of his tools to make the viewer response more emotional. Such is the case in "Woman Holding a Balance."The light from the window doesn't light mainly the woman, but the wall more dominantly. One would think it should light up either the main character, or at least the picture on the wall of Jesus, but by lighting the space where there isn't anything, the eyes are drawn to the woman after the blank wall.
I wanted to comment on Judith Leyster's self portrait. I found it very intersting that she had a known piece of her art in the background of her portrait to make a statement. Since women artist weren't all that commen and respected, she added something of her's that was famous to show her diverse talents.
I like the fact that leyster was a somewhat powerful women artist of her time. Although some of her painting were passed off as Hals, she still had it good, and her paintings were great as well. I especially love her self-portrait! The way she shows herself painting in the picture is a great way to show off all of her talents. Not only was she a great person but she was a great artist as well. The painting shows how much of a genre painter she was and how she could mastwer both arts.
The sketch for the Raising of the Cross by Peter Paul Rubens represents a dramatic event of Jesus Christ's life.This oil painting is made on three panels,and he worked in light and color that gives the painting a powerful view of those moments.We could see that Jesus faced to his Father during the crucifixion while people around him are developing different dramtic actions.Also,Rubens gave a particular bright to Jesus that is his main character in this painting.
I found Rembrandt to be the most interesting painter. Actually, to be honest I had never seen any of his work nor did I know anything about the artist himself until this class. I found the fact that he did many self portraits to be fascinating, because doing so could make one seem arrogant or self involved(as the video stated). But Rembrandt did these self portraits as a study. I liked that he caught his own expression of himself painting in his work. To me that is significant not only in an artistic perspective but from a psychological one as well. You can obtain a picture of someone in the moment of painting nowadays by simply pointing a camera, but Rembrandt managed to capture the outcome and the process all in one. This to me is a great painter.
--Rachel
The Blinding of Samson by Rembrandt is painted in the Baroque style. In this painting Rembrandt is depicts the old Testament world full of Oreintal splendor and violence. I think this picture is very expressive and detailed and is why I think that Rembrandt does a great job at telling the story through his art.
I found Gerald ter Borch's, "Lady at her Toilet", to be very interesting. Not because of the painting itself but because of all the meaning it portrays.The background is not made to be a major part of the painting,but in fact its simplicity, depicts the artists feeling towards the entire seventeenth century, and his eagerness that perhaps the eigthteenth century will be more magnificent. The simplicity of the room also involves the woman in the painting, who is made to look more elgant than wealthy. This is Borch's way of saying even if her family had not been royalty, thewoman still would of been able to find a high place in society on her own.
I was intrig by Van Dyck and his lyrical scences of mythological love. Rinaldo and Armida is taken from Tasso's popular poem about the Crusades, Jerusamlem Freed. Which it gives rise to a new courtly ideal throughout Europe and inspired numerous operas, as well as painting. He combines both reality with non-reality to make the ordinary look stupendeous. That is why Van Dyck and his pice of Rinaldo and Armida impressed me.
I love to see Rembrandts painting. I enjoyed the self portrait that he did. If it so life like and the shading is wonderful. I really like how he did tinibrism with his face and hands. he is a remarkable painter
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