Art

Kees van Dongen- my new favorite artist

Mar 03, 2008 - As someone who paints and hasn't done it in awhile (damn you college!) Im EXTREMELY influenced by artists such as Matisse and now van Dongen for their use of colors. So now that van Dongen is my new influence I bring you his life and work (really look at the variety of techniques he has). Enjoy! - 11 Comments

Women in Art Video

Jun 14, 2007 - Now that school is out for the summer I'll have more time to devote to this group :woohoo: Here is a gorgeous video of portraits of women over a 500 year period Enjoy! - 3 Comments

A Quick Look at Paul Cezanne

May 18, 2007 - Paul Cezanne is QUICKLY becoming one of my favorite artist. Im not going to go into a long biography about him like I usually would. Cezanne was a weirdo- seriously. - 6 Comments

Art Definition: Trompe l'oeil

May 15, 2007 - Trompe l'oeil - an art technique involving extremely realistic imagery in order to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects really exist, instead of being just two-dimensional paintings. The name is derived from French for "trick the eye", from tromper - to deceive and l'œil - the eye Escaping Criticism by Pere Borrell del Caso - 3 Comments

Gustave Courbet

May 12, 2007 - Gustave Courbet (10 June 1819 – 31 December 1877) was a French painter who led the Realist movement in 19th-century French painting. Best known as an innovator in Realism (and credited with coining the term), Courbet was a painter of figurative compositions, landscapes and seascapes. His work belonged neither to the predominant Romantic nor Neoclassical schools. - 1 Comment

Chiparus at the Ballet Russ

Apr 18, 2007 - As you guys know, I love Art Deco. Recently, I discovered Demetre Chiparus - an art Deco sculptor. Chiparus was born in 1886 in Romania and then moved to Paris right before WWI. - 12 Comments

Art Definition: Chiaroscuro

Mar 20, 2007 - Defined as bold contrast between shadow and highlight An artist that helped to make this style famous is Caravaggio as displayed in this painting.... The Crucifixion of St. Peter a modern example of this technique is the movie Sin City as displayed in this scene of the movie - 9 Comments

Name this sculpture

Mar 11, 2007 - :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Sorry, Nessica - I mean no disrespect to this game, which I think is AWESOME! I just couldn't resist! :evil: Seriously, though: name the sculpture. - 13 Comments