PCHS Humanities: May 2011

Gustav Klimt was born in Baumgarten. Although all three sons displayed artistic talent early on Gustav surpassed the others. His father, Ernst Klimt, formerly from Bohemia, was a gold engraver. His father gave him the edge he needed over other painters. With the addition of gold leaf to his work he was able to pass his other competition and show the various consumers that his prowess went beyond simple painting. His work was most fitting for the art nouveau period because his figures were smooth and composed of curves. He not only showed the world that he was capable of art, he led them into a new age of beauty.

The Kiss

This picture places an emphasis on the curves and the flex of the body. It guided the way for the classic look of the Art Nouveau movement and set a standard that was close to impassible. The curves not only make the man look strong, it give contrast to the woman's delicacy and gentler form.

Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer

This painting not only affirmed Klimt's place in the art world, it also defined the ideas of Art Nouveau. Another one his impressive works that lent his talent to that of a master beyond the classic and simple art that was settled for at the time. The curves of her dress contrast the oval shape of her face, while the gold of the background outlines her face in a brighter shade to illuminate her eyes and hair.

J. M. W. Turner

The picture shows great emotion of terror or fear. for that reason it fits into the era of Romanticism. The Snow Storm by J. M. W. Turner is a painting of a ship within a snow storm and depicts fear from the crew that is on the ship.

J. M. W. Turner was born the23rd of April in 1775. He died the 19 of December 1851. He was born in London to William Turner and Mary Marshall. His sister died at a young age which caused his mother to go insane and die in 1804. He went to the Royal Academy of Art at age 14. He was interested in architecture, but he was advised to keep painting by the architect Thomas Hardwick.

This painting depicts a different kind of emotion. The soft, bright colors show a calmness and a relaxed emotion of a sunny day. Though the emotion is not defined in the Romanticism definition it is still considered a powerful emotion in the Romanticism era.

Romanticism was the style of showing powerful emotion through painting. Emotions such as terror, horror, awe, and trepidation.
J.M.W. Turner fits into this area because of how he uses soft colors to depict emotion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._W._Turner
http://www.ellensplace.net/turner.html
Sam Elliott

Francisco de Goya

Francisco was a Spanish painter and print maker from the Romantic art period. He was born on March 30th 1746 and died April 16th 1828. He was most defiantly from the Romantic period of emotion and passion through painting and sculptures. The Romantic art period originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe, and is named what it is because it was a time period that referred back to the Romans and the Architecture and art. In his works he was both a commentator on and chronicler of his era. His father earned a living as a guilder. At the age of 14 he entered apprenticeship with a painter José Luzán, another famous painter. He was mostly known for being a court painter to the Spanish Crown. Goya married Bayeu's sister Josefa July 25th 1773, and after this gave him many ideas to paint weddings and ceremonies like it.

The Maja

This painting was to show the profane life sized female in western art. She was originally painted nude but de Goya was directed to change to clothed to make more proper and suitable for certain audiences. The original was completed in 1800ad and the clothed second was completed in 1803ad.

Saturn devouring his son

This painting portrays the Greek myth of Saturn devouring his own son because he had the fear of being overthrown by his children, so at birth he would eat them alive, bone and all. De Goya depicts this very well through all the gripping of the back bone and blood spurting everywhere, gives you the sense of blood in the air.

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Goya#Black_Paintings_and_The_Disasters_of_War

Calan F.

Eugene Delacriox

Delacriox was born in Charenton on April 26^th, 1798. They believe that his mother’s husband isn’t actually his real father, that it might be Talleyrand a family friend. In 1805 his father died then in 1814 his mother died, leaving him an orphan. Therefore Talleyrand was the only one there to help take care of him. In 1825 a trip to England brings Delacriox into the painting style of Romanticism. He received many commissions to decorate buildings in Paris. In his later years he didn’t make any new art pieces. From 1834 to August 13^th, 1863, he was cared for by his housekeeper because he was in such a fragile state of being.

Romanticism—is a type of art that emphasizes strong emotions such as fear and terror

Delacriox fits into this art period because his paintings show fear of what is going on in the world; awe of a certain situation that is being portrayed; and dark, creepy scenes.

This picture is called Mephistopheles Flying Over Wittenberg and it shows this period of art very well.

It's showing an evil looking creature with wings making it appear to be a demonic angel of sorts. It brings out the emotions of the people looking at it by making them fear the creature flying over the town. Makes them think about what all the creature could be, doesn't full out give what that creature is. The wings give the impression that it may or may not be evil, but might in turn be a sort of good thing. However, it also shows some terror for the people who might be in the town.

This picture is called A Young Tiger Playing With Its Mother which does fit this time period in a couple of drawn out ways.

For one it shows you the tigers which most people fear and think are powerful and harmful creatures. They are playing, but in a way the young tiger looks vicious and evil. When people think of this picture they could picture themselves there which would invoke terror into them by 'being' in the presence of the tigers.

For more on romanticism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanticism

For more of a biography on Eugene Delacriox: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Delacroix

~*Ashley Sharp*~

Claude Monet

Claude Monet is considered to be the father of French Impressionism. He highly enjoyed painting scenes of nature and calm landscapes in his own unique style. He was born on November 14, 1840 on the fifth floor of an apartment. In his childhood, his name was Oscar. On april 1st, 1851, he entered his first art school and met the man who told him to use oil paints. He also grew an awesome beard. I totally envy it. After this, he married his wife, Cammile. From then on, he moved from Paris to a small town in the Netherlands. he often visited nearby Amsterdam. Finally, in 1871, his wife died of cancer. Monet died of lung cancer on 5 December 1926 at the age of 86 and is buried in the giberny church cemetery.

Nympheas.

Monday, May 9, 2011

Auguste Rodin

François-Auguste-René Rodin was born on November 12, 1840 in Paris. He began to draw at the age of 10. He created “The Thinker” from 1879 through 1889. He died on November 17, 1917 from influenza. He was 77 years old.

Rodin is a realist sculpture. Realism is the style of art that involves making a piece that shows an everyday event.

He fits this style because, his sculptures are very realistic looking and show ordinary people doing ordinary things.

"The Thinker" shows that he is a realist artist. The sculpture shows a person simply sitting and thinking. Rodin tried to put every detail possible into his sculptures and he is famous because of this.

This famous "fragment" The Walking Man also shows his realist style. Just like The Thinker, this sculpture shows an everyday event such as walking.

For more detail on his life and other works, go to:

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

For in-depth information on Rodin and his works, go to:
http://www.rodin-web.org/frames.htm

Cody H.

Friday, May 6, 2011

Pierre-Auguste Renoir By: Jacob Brumaghin

Pierre-Auguste Renoir was an artist that was born in Hautte-Vienne, France on February 25, 1841 . He resided in Paris, France and studied with Charles Gleyre, Alfred Sisley, Frédéric Bazille, and Claude Monet. He painted nudes and other scenes as well as made fine china he died December 3, 1919.

Impressionism- An art movement in the 19th century that came about because of French artists who became famous through independent exhibitions. Impressionism has very small lines, thin lines, that are still visible. Depicts light in changing quantities, includes movement.

Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette- This is very important due to his small tiny strokes as well as the scene.

Le Moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Luncheon of the Boating Party, 1880–1881- This is also important because of the small strokes and beautieful scene and colors/contrast

http://www.renoirgallery.com/

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-Auguste_Renoir

Jean-Francois Millet

Jean- Francois Millet was born on October 4, 1814. Millet was born into a peasant family. He spent most of his childhood working on the land. By the age of nineteen he was studying art in Cherbourg. In 1837 he arrived in Paris and eventually enrolled in the studio of Paul Delaroche. Millet got rejected for one of his entries for the Salon of 1840 so he decided to return to Cherbourg. He remained in Cherbourg for most of 1841 painting portraits. He achieved his first success on a painting called “The Milkmaid” and another painting called “The Riding Lesson”. Millet started doing paintings of peasants. In 1849, after a period of great hardship, Millet left Paris to settle in Barbizon, a small cabin in the forest of Fontainebleau. He continued to paint portraits of peasants. In 1868 Millet’s work was wanted by many people after nine major paintings were shown at an exhibit. His art work can be found in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and in the Louvre. Jean died in January 20, 1875.

Realist: a realist depicts objects and people as they actually appear in real life.

These pictures are important because it shows how Jean- Francois Millet was a realist painter. His art work resembles what people really look like and shows people doing everyday work. That is how realist artists paint.

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Jordan

Van gogh

VINCENT VAN GOGH

born-
March 30, 1853

died-
July 29, 1890

Vincent Van Gogh was a dutch post impressionist painter whose work had a far-reaching influence on 20th century art for its vivid colors and emotional impact. He suffered from anxiety and increasingly frequent bouts of mental illnes throughout his life and died, largely unknown, at the age of 37 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.the post impressionist age extended imperessionism while rejecting its limitations. they continued using vivid colours, thick application of paint, distinctive brush strokes, and real-life subject matter, but they were more inclined to emphasize geometric forms, to distort form for expressive effect, and to use unnatural or arbitrary colour.

Starry Night is being considered a hight of the geniality of the author. Vincent Van Gogh was fascinated by the sky and the night. He painted Starry Night in a few days, probably from his memory or from the word of the Saint-Remy Hospital, we don't think he could have being out on his own.

In the Starry Night, experts believe that Vincent was representing the Via Lactea, a scientific discovery very recent in that time.

MARK MURRAY!!

Edgar Degas

Nik Esposito

Humanities-2

5/6/11

Edgar Degas

He was born 19 July 1834 and died September 27, 1917. He was a French artist famous for his work in painting, sculpture, printmaking and drawing. He was one of the first impressionist painters, and was said to be a founder of it although he preferred to call it realism. He is especially identified with the subject of the dance, and over half his works depict dancers. He wanted to be a history painter, a calling for which he was well prepared by his rigorous academic training and close study of classic art. In his early thirties, he changed course, and by bringing the traditional methods of a history painter to bear on contemporary subject matter, he became a classical painter of modern life.

Impressionism: Degas is often identified as an Impressionist, an understandable but insufficient description. Impressionism originated in the 1860s and 1870s and grew, in part, from the realism of such painters as Courbet and Corot. The Impressionists painted the realities of the world around them using bright, dazzling colors, concentrating primarily on the effects of light, and hoping to infuse their scenes with immediacy.

Edouard Manet

Edouard was a french painter in the 19th century. He was born 1832 and died 1883. he was one of the first artist to apporch modern life. He was born in-to the upper class society. In 1856, Manet opened his own studio. His style in this period was characterized by loose brush strokes, simplification of details and the suppression of transitional tones. The roughly painted style and photographic lighting in these works was seen as specifically modern, and as a challenge to the Renaissance works Manet copied or used as source material. His work is considered 'early modern'.

He completed painting his last major work,A BAr at the Folies Begrere, in 1882 and it hung in the Salon that year.

In 1875, a book-length French edition of Edgar Allan Poe "The Raven " included lithographs by Manet and translation by Mallarmé.

In 1881, with pressure from his friend Antonin Proust , the French government awarded Manet the Legion. d'Honneur

Bridget A

Louis Tiffany

During his life, Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848 – 1933) was a painter, interior designer, collector, world traveler, photographer, manufacturer and avid gardener. Today he is commonly recognized as one of America’s most influential artists, designers and craftsmen of his century. Tiffany clearly influenced local Napier architect, Louis Hay , resulting in the famous grape and fruit motifs used in many of the leadlight in The Master's Lodge.

Louis Comfort Tiffany was the son of Charles Lewis Tiffany, founder of Tiffany & Co., America’s foremost retailer of luxury goods. Although his father had initially hoped that his son would succeed him as head of the company, Louis Comfort Tiffany's early interest was in painting. In the 1860s and 1870s, Louis studied under the American landscape painter George Inness, Tiffany combined the use of light, colors and nature in his work. He received praise for his oils and watercolors, which included scenes from his travels in Europe and North Africa. By 1879, Tiffany had established himself as a serious artist.

In the same year, he also seized up the suggestion of Candace Wheeler that he join with Samuel Colman and Lockwood de Forest to form a firm that would apply aesthetic idealism to the practice of interior design. Impelled by Tiffany's leadership and nascent talent, as well as by his father's money and connections, Louis Comfort Tiffany and Associated American Artists thrived in the fields of interior design and decorative arts. His commissions for Mark Twain, Cornelius Vanderbilt and the White House under President Arthur earned him an international reputation and great success. Stained-glass windows were a feature in these interiors.

Tiffany actually had begun his glass experiments about 1875 to 1878, when he was working at glasshouses in Brooklyn, where his later rival, John La Farge was also working, both being particularly interested in colored and opalescent glass. In 1880-81, Tiffany began designing glasswork of remarkable beauty. His unique style became a driving force behind the emergent Art Nouveau style, challenging the current Victorian ornate style. Art Nouveau used free-flowing designs based on nature that exemplified the characteristics prevalent in Tiffany’s earlier creations as a landscape painter. The use of light, colors and nature assumed greater significance in Tiffany’s work as he developed his unique approach. Tiffany wanted to elevate decorative arts to the level of fine arts, available to a wide audience.

He incorporated Tiffany Glass Company on December 1, 1885, which later became known as Tiffany Studios. In 1895, his glassware was exhibited in Samuel Bing's Gallery "L'Art Nouveau" in Paris. In 1902, he became art director of his father's legendary company, Tiffany & Co. in New York. He designed for the firm coloured glass table lamps and lampshades, which were made in more than one edition. It was Thomas Edison who urged him to focus on electric light production after their collaboration on the design of the first Moving Picture Theater. Tiffany also designed and produced glass vases, tiles, mosaics and stained-glass-windows.

The pieces he produced between the 1890s and 1918 were magnificent, exotic and of the highest quality. He mass-produced work of superior design with outstanding handcrafted details and he patented various types of glass, amongst them the iridescent glass called "Favrile". Tiffany functioned as the ultimate authority over more than three hundred workers, designers and artists, glass blowers and gaffers, and artisans of numerous other tasks.

By Tiffany’s death in 1933, the popularity of his decorative works declined with the rise of Art Modern and Expressionism. For two decades the designs of Louis Comfort Tiffany were forgotten. It was not until the first Tiffany retrospective show in 1958 that museums and collectors rediscovered his objects. Awareness of Tiffany’s craftsmanship escalated with an Art Nouveau show in 1960 at the Museum of Modern Art. Today the designs of Louis Comfort Tiffany are honored and treasured around the world, confirming Tiffany’s legacy as a visionary of Art Nouveau design.

Kayla Danzeisen

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Paul Cezanne

Paul Cezanne was a post- impressionist artist in the late 1800’s to the early 1900’s. Paul Cezanne was born January 19^th, 1839, in the small town of Cesana. Between 800 and 900 of Cezanne’s paintings are known today. Paul Cezanne’s paintings inspired Picasso, the geometric designs and the primary colors: red, yellow, and blue. Paul Cezanne died of pneumonia in 1907.

Jaccob W.

Edouard

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Your Next Assignment: 19th Century Artists

19th Century Artists Blog Entry

To include:

A 1-paragraph biography of the artist (in your own words!)
A description of the art period he is from

(Romantic, Pre-Raphaelite, Realist, Impressionist, Post-Impressionists, Art Nouveau)

An explanation for how the artist fits that art period style
Pictures of 2 of his most famous works that illustrate what you just explained
A paragraph for each picture explaining why that art piece is significant (what does it show about the artist/time period/art style/etc.)
Hyperlinks to your sources

*** Type it in Word first and save it, just in case!***