ART

                                                                             Art 
                                              Realisim 

A painting by John William Water house The soul of the rose


This painting is one of the most well known ones made by John William Waterhouse ,it has great use of colour and great detail in it .the artist uses a warm pallet to bring out the great detail in the womens face .In this particular painting he chooses  a side view to paint her.He uses free brush strokes and rough ones but still keeps them to a minimum to bring out all the detail .He also uses  cool colours for great contrast.'He gives great detail to the figure and the rose,but then on the back doesn't give it much importance'.

This falls under the theme of movment because of the fabric and the rose
Others like this are :

  
As you can see in an other piece by Waterhouse the amazing use of colour and intricate details is phenomenal.They all have the feel that there is movment but still have a certiane stilleness .It some how seems like time has frozen and a piece of it was taken .Yet the more you look at it the more you see what the artist was seening and you can understant what he saw when he was painting it .Although it feels like a moment from time you can still see the motions and movments in the pieces for example in the piece above when you look at it ,it seems that there are jiest a few figures and nice palat but the deeper you look the moree you see for example how the wind is making the leaves move and kind of dancing and going with the wind .You see the figures move and even how there clothese lay the symbolise movment.There is even some drapery in the back or maybe a curtian that is beenig blown back by the wind.

In this painting there also is movment in the lake ,how the leaves lay and almost sway ,the motion of the boat and even how the lantern seems just about to fall .Now although we have all this there is still a strong sens of stillness ,peace almost and serenity ,because of how the artist paints the figure almost as if she is taking in all her surrontings .This piece for me simbolises that moment when you get away from all the hussle and bussl and take that deep breath of releaf and her surronding will help her think .That is were I get that symbolic sens of stilness .

Bibliography 

:referance:http://www.artble.com/artists/john_william_waterhouse/paintings/the_soul_of_the_rose

ART

Art

American Impressionism.

Girl combing her hair a piece by William McGregor Paxton American painter 
born 1869- died 1941 painted in 1909.

In this piece by William mcgregor Paxton ,we see American impressionism .American Impressionism was a style of painting related to European Impressionism and practised by American artists in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. American Impressionism is a style of painting characterised by loose brushwork and vivid colours.

As you can see in the image above ,it is a very lovely painting and it has great detail .The lighting is very good in this painting , the colour are very neutral but still hit some  high points  .There is a sense of movement in the painting but still is very still.This painting falls under the theme movement because as she is combing her hair and as the lights are hitting her face .There is movement in the fabric of the clothing ,and as her hair is falling onto her shoulders . 

More examples of American impressionism are pieces like:

 

A piece by kevin Beilfuss.

As you can see there is great use of colour and beautiful details int the face ,which can be confusing as in some areas it looks clean and in others it looks very rough.This painting is very eye catching and too me it is very amusing 

 This is an other piece by Kevin Beilfuss, again there is great use of vibrant colour and although there are rough brush strokes the image is still shown very clearly .This painting is a more modern take on American impressionism.


Bibliography:
History of american impressionissm :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Impressionism [18 September 2013 ]
images of kevin Beilfuss's work from :http://www.tuttartpitturasculturapoesiamusica.com/2010/10/blog-post_09.html