Ian Taylor ART F200X

 Impressionism vs.  Post Impressionism Impressionist works were painted to mimic the world around the artist by using unmixed colors. Post-impressionism, on the other hand, aimed to appeal to emotion rather than direct accuracy and used much more vivid colors. I am more of a fan of post-impressionism because it doesn't just use bleak colors.  Impressionist Works Water Lillies Claude Monet 1906 France The Card Players Paul Cezanne 1892  France Post-Impressionist Works   Starry Night              Vincent Van Gogh   1889 French Monastary           The Dream   Henri Rousseau       1910        France     I am much more a fan of post-impressionist works as compared to impressionist works because of the color palette used. It is much more vivid and bright and makes these paintings much more happy and cheery. Impressionist works are much more real...

 1700's Art Around the 1700s is when art changed for the people. It was no longer only for the rich or royalty  but was accessible to many. Access to art supplies also became much more common, allowing more and more people be able to express themselves through painting. The ways of the universe also started to reveal itself to humankind. People started to learn about space, and the stars, and even cell structures. This opened up a whole new world for what artists could portray. For instance, before the microscope was invented, a painting of cells would look completely abstract, but with that microscopic understanding, a psychedelic and seemingly random painting of cells became scientific knowledge. Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky 1816 Benjamin West While this art piece was not painted during the 1700s, it was depicting one of the most important moments that happened in the 1700s. It shows the iconic time when Ben Franklin got a kite struck by lightning. West...

   The Battle of  Greenwald Jan Matejko 1878                                                                     What stood out to me the most in this dark scene of a painting is the grotesque scene of the Battle of Greenwald in 1410 is that it is suddenly frozen in time and painted. It resembles a photograph, taken quickly in the middle of the scene, and freezing that moment in time forever. This painting could be the forefront for the Baroque era style. It's exaggerated expressions and movement combined with dark colors and smoky elements checks just about every box when examining the elements used in the era. This painting is regarded as one of the largest medieval battles ever. An estimated 13,000 lives were lost during the ten...