Essays on Artists

The drawing of Florida Scene by Thomas Moran is highly influenced by nature. In the art, he predominantly exploits organic shapes. The landscape in the south has curving and irregular forms as observed in the sky, ocean, and vegetation. The trees in the art have long curving branches. Numerous wildflowers...

The Last Judgment - Background The Last Judgment, done between 1536 and 1541 by Michelangelo, covers the whole altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. The time of the painting came shortly after two significant happenings in the history of Catholicism. One was the surge of the Protestant Reformation,...

Born in 1902 and died in April 1984, Ansel Easton Adams is an American environmentalist and photographer and initiator of Group f/64 which comprised of other photographers. Adams, in turn, remains one of the renowned Americans due to his work in national park service which influenced his artistry and vice...

The classical phase and precisely the High Renaissance contains the Italian pieces of art done from the 1490’s to a better part of the 16th century. The greatest artists of the phase included Michelangelo, Raphael and many others whose works are famous and have been well-maintained over the years. This...

Katsushika Hokusai - A Celebrated Artist Katsushika Hokusai is a globally celebrated artist that is remembered for manga, ukiyo-e painting, and woodblock printing. It is not very clear when Katsushika Hokusai was born but it is estimated that he was born on the 31st of October in the year 1760; his...

The Early Renaissance and the Shift in Art Styles The period of art known as the Early Renaissance brought with it some artistic growth. Various artists began to shift into other styles besides the medieval art, and especially into the gothic style. Giotto and Duccio's Unique Style However, the Italian artists such as...

Over time, the arts have demonstrated their reliability as a means of disseminating knowledge to the general public. From the time of Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Pablo Picasso, art has continued to address different social issues. Through potent representations that aid in the construction of views that frequently change...

Andy Warhol's Paintings: A Critical Evaluation Andy Warhol is a well-known American artist, and Wagner critiqued his works in her essays under the headings "Warhol Paints History" and "Race in America." Wagner focuses on Andy Warhol's works created between 1960 and 1970. Wagner notes out elements that make Warhol's paintings difficult...

Picasso and "Three Musicians" Picasso was at the height of his creativity and at the height of his fame in the 1920s. At the time, Picasso was vacationing in a villa in Fontainebleau, which is southeast of Paris.The Creation of "Three Musicians" One of the most famous paintings from that era is...

Salvador Dali, a Spanish painter who was born in Figueras, Catalonia, was undoubtedly a complex individual. Throughout his career, Dali developed a broad understanding of numerous contradictory views. His professional life began with classicism. He loved classical works more than contemporary ones. He undoubtedly noticed surrealistic elements in Corneille's works as...

The Starry Night: An Analysis of Vincent Van Gogh's MasterpieceThe starry night is a well-known oil painting by Vincent Van Gogh that was completed in 1889 and is now in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. This work of art not only portrays high...

Many people consider Michelangelo to be the best artist in history (King, 2014). Michelangelo's artistic talent revealed itself in his early childhood, much to his family's dismay, when he was born in 1475. His sketches would often result in retribution from his aunt, who wished to persuade the youth to...