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     impressionism and post-impressionism

Both impressionism and post-impressionism refer to influential artistic movements arising in the late 19^th century that utilized new techniques, style and technology. At the turn of the 19th-century, Europe began to approach a modern age that presented scientific, religious, political, social, economic issues. It also presented influence in modern thinking that questioned traditional authority and embraced the notion that humanity could be improved through rational change. In 1874, a group of French based artists sought to gain independents from academy doctrines and romantic ideals. They began to create a new style that focused on expressing artistry. Impressionism focused on what the eyes actually see, rather than what the mind visualizes. Impressionism is also based on the object, captures the true nature of landscape and also uses colors to created a rich effect to the painting. The painting “Arrival of the Normandy Train Gare St. Lazare" created by impressionist Claude Monet, focuses on outdoor activities, rather than human drama of arrival and departure. The color palette on this painting shows blue, green, and peachy orange and white that created an atmosphere of season on the railroad station, trains, workers, and buildings and soil. We also can see a standard Locomotive stokes that brings an effect of the belching steam and clouds glimpsed through the glass roof. 

 

Post-Impressionism began in 1885. It follows during the impressionist movement where artist presents a new level that rejected the style of inherent limitations and aims in favor of expressing what was seen through the artist's mind and soul. However through the process of learning Impressionism color technique this also gives the artist the choice of color brushstroke and created a deeper meaning of the artist’s imagination. The next painting "The Portrait of Doctor Gachet" was painted by a Dutch artist name Vincent Van Gogh. Van Gogh was one of the modern artists that understood the importance of Post- impressionist by introducing "extraordinary insight, mysterious, visionary and fantasy".  Van Gogh was an emotional man that went through a difficult lifetime. However by using emotionally laden reorientation it gives him the advantage to take a further step that shows the artist's heart, rather then his mind. These paining focuses a great deal of controversy. We can see that Van Gogh captures the true nature of emotion expression on the doctor face. As it describe the doctor is in depressed state. He rested his head on one hand, while the other hand rest on the table. The color behind him gives this gloomy feeling that swirl around him. Finally the face's expression shows his eyes are drooping in sadness and his skin color is slowly fading away. 

 

                                     Renaissance vs Baroque

The Renaissance and the Baroque period were the two distinct periods in history that influence people’s view of modern art and well develop masterpieces. The Renaissance began in the late 14^th to 16^th centuries. The Renaissance was named “Rebirth” that began to open a new era after Europe’s dark period call the “Dark Age” that lasted from the 5^th to the 15^th centuries. The Renaissance began to bring cultural movement such as philosophical, literary, artistic and also visual art that provide focus on humanism. The Baroque period began in the 17^th and 18^th centuries that followed Renaissance techniques and moved on towards a whole new level that created visual art by showing a great dramatic feeling. What makes the Renaissance and Baroque period unique difference is that the Renaissance period helped regained the knowledge form classic Roman and Greek culture and the Baroque period helped to bring an even greater style that presented drama and introduced light and dark scale.

The first painting “Madonna and Child” was created during the Renaissance period around 1457- 1504 by an Italian painter named Filippino Lippi.

The painting was made of tempera, oil and gold on wood. This work reveals a woman named Virgin Mary who is taking a hold of a child named Jesus Christ. While the woman grabs onto him, the baby is also reading some sort of book that is describe as The Bible that exercises his mind. On top of the woman and child there appear to be round luminous circles and the background contain dark shadows and decent amount of detail. The artist also provides objects that includes textile such as a cassone, a small fruit, the candlestick and finally the outside window that can be seen with detailed landscape on left side.  The colors in this painting are deeply rich with bright light seen on the lefts side and cool color that can be seen with in the cloths of Mary that brought more still life into this painting 

 

 

The second is painting “The Denial of Saint Peter” was painted by an Italian painter name Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) and was date it around 1570 -1610 during the Baroque period. The painting shows a man name Peter who denies knowing Jesus Christ. A woman accuses him of being one of the followers of Jesus Christ and solider approaches while it seems that he is attempting to arrest peter. In this painting this shows a dramatic scene where we can see both the solider and the woman are point fingers of exposing peter. Peter denies three time of knowing Jesus and also denies of being one of the followers. As we can see, peter looks confusing and unaware the existence and the relationship with Jesus. By doing so, peter hopefully that the solider would believe him as Jesus himself foretold it. The painting was color by using oil paint and this allow to created a dramatic effect by introducing on bright and dark colors that provide the scene taken from a dark night. For example Highlight can be seen towered the left where the brightness of the solider armor gear can be seen on one side and the other side heavy shadow can be seen on the right where his body is swallowed up by the darkness by looking towards the woman and peter.