Essays on Painting

Otherness is a concept helps to highlight how communities create a sense of identity, belonging and social status through the construction of social categories. The notion of otherness is also used to break down the resources and ideologies that are used by groups in maintaining their social identities. In the...

During the periods of 1938, Frida Kahlo painted an art. The painting by Frida depicted a picture of a small little girl which was believed to be herself as she was at an age of four years wearing a mask of the skull. The skull mask that she wore on...

Los Angeles County Museum of Art is a museum with rich and high-quality collection of art objects of all historical periods. The objects are nicely presented within the framework of their origin, meaning, role in society, temporal affiliation. Here, the accent is put on the painting section. Regarding the permanent...

The painting “Starry Night over the Rhine" is one of the arts' works which made Vincent Van Gogh popular in the arts arena. The painting is a representation of how Gogh viewed the Rhine River from his rented house in Lamartine (Naifeh and Gregory 34). Even though Starry Night was...

Out of the works listed for this course, I finally settled on researching Rosa Bonheur s The Horse Fair (1852-1855). I have always been drawn to arts composed during the period of Realism since they do not only give the real impression of the beginning of modern art but also...

Gustave Courbet and The Stone Breakers Art Gustave Courbet painted the Stone Breakers art in 1849 during the period of social realism. The painting is a depiction of young and old peasant men breaking rocks. The picture was destroyed in 1945 along with other 154 paintings that were in transit to...

Paintings portray various messages and have also been used to depict the emotional state of the environment or the artist. In the Renaissance and post-Renaissance period artwork was dominated by men and just a few women managed to stamp their authority in this profession. However, among the few we female...

Inspiration and Interpretation in Art Inspiration is a vital ingredient when it comes to the creation of a masterpiece. Different artists have different inspirations. It is always interesting to observe how aspects of our daily life are represented in art. Although a piece of art often represents an artist's point of...

The Coronation of Napoleon (1805–1807) The Coronation of Napoleon (1805–1807) is a painting by the famous French painter, Jacques-Louis David. The painting depicts the coronation of Napoleon I at Notre-Dame de Paris. Napoleon himself commissioned the work in 1804. The painting is imposing and, therefore, conspicuous at the Louvre. Like most...

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,...

Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper: A Renaissance Masterpiece Leonardo da Vinci's mural painting the Last Supper was created between 1495 and 1498. The Renaissance masterpiece has struggled to remain intact throughout the years to date. Moreover, even in his lifetime, the painting had begun to wear off. The art was further...