Explorations in Art

Impressionism Art Impression Sunrise - Claude Monet        The first of four paintings that we will be looking at is titled Impression Sunrise, by Claude Monet, one of the the most famous Impressionism painters from this time. Monet is one of my personal favorite artists, and I absolutely adore this style. Impression Sunrise gives a good idea of what most of Monet’s work is like, so that’s another reason why I choose this painting. This oil on canvas comes in at 48 x 63cm and was first displayed at the Impressionist exhibition in 1874, two years after it was made. Now it resides in Musée Marmottan Monet, in Paris.       Taking a closer look at this work, we can see it represents a l lot of the impressionist styles with elements placing less of an emphasis on shape and line, while still holding form. The use of color is what I believe brings all of this piece together, we can see that the sunrise is giving off shadows of the boats hidden in the f...

      In this Blog post, I will be looking at three different works, from three different artists that we read about in the Classical unit. The artists are Jacques-Louis David, Angelica Kauffman, and Benjamin West. While there was a lot of art being created at this time that was quite diverse, I saw, what I interpreted as a deeper level of morality in the following works. All three of the works I chose have tones of death, morality, grief, and sorrow. I will now go over each piece, and explain its relation to morality and the tones previously mentioned. The Death of General Wolfe     The first  piece I will be looking at is by the American painter, Benjamin West. This piece, titled The Death of General Wolfe  was painted in 1770, and is an oil on canvas style and is on display at The National Gallery of Canada, in Ottowa. This painting is a depiction of how this General Wolfe, died in battle during the Seven Year War. Now, how dose this...