Art Two - painting before 1850

The paintings below were created before 1850 (and before the wide use of the camera).  What are your thoughts?

Art One - Eyes

Below are drawings of eyes.  You will be drawing your own eye.  What do you notice?

Art One - Edgar Degas and George Braque

Below are paintings by Edgar Degas and Georges Braque.  Degas was an Impressionist painter and Braque was a Cubist painter.

Edgar Degas (1834-1917) - French Impressionist painter










George Braque (1882-1963) - French Cubist painter

Art Two - Drawing of Hands

Art Two - Drawings of Hands

See below and comment.

The first is by M.C. Escher







Notice the structure underneath.

Art One - Picasso and van Gogh videos

Watch the following video about Picasso.  Which painting is your favorite and which is your least favorite and why?  Picasso was the founder of the Cubism art movement along with George Braque.  Advances in art had been made by the Impressionists (Monet, Renior, Degas) and Post Impressionists (van Gogh, Seurat, Gauguin) to allow room for this new way of painting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR7liV4O9-4



Watch the following video about van Gogh (we also looked at his work last week here on the blog).  Enjoy.  It's very relaxing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD1ih3Q9otE

Art Two - Expressive Painting

See the paintings below.  Notice how the artist uses color to add expression, value and energy.