Lilly Byrd ART200x

 Romantic vs. Realist A Calling by William-Adolphe Bouguereau 1896 Autumn in the Catskills by Thomas Cole 1826 I decided to first start with the Romantic style because it is the one that I prefer over the Realist style. Bouguereau was famous for his artwork consisting of children. He was known for his painting representing pure childhood. I feel like Bouguereau intention in his artwork was to make the viewer feel like they aren't looking at a painting but outside a window. I feel like that was also one of Cole's intentions in his artwork. Cole's Catskills series of painting were based off of a creek that was close to his house in upstate New York. I feel like another intention of Cole's was to make the viewer feel like nature is so much bigger than them. It is meant as a reminder how nature can make you feel tiny but also how that is a beautiful thing about it. Now I will move into Realist style Le Pont de L'Europe by Gustave Caillebotte 1881 The Chess Players by Ho...

  The Kitchen Maid by Jean Simeon Chardin 1738  I chose to focus on the growing economic power of the middle class in the 1700s.  The first artwork that I want to focus on is The Kitchen Maid by Jean Simeon Chardin  in 1738. The medium of this artwork is oil on canvas. The background of this piece features a young kitchen maid in a Hollandish kitchen taking a break from her work. The darker colors give the illusion of moody and tired. Just from looking at the young woman you can sense the tired energy.  The reason it fits this theme is because Chardin choose to show the middleclass day to day lifestyle.  The Immaculate Conception by Giovanni Battisa Tieplo 1769 This piece is also oil on canvas. The background is Tieplo was commissioned in 1967 by the new royal church of San Pascual Bailon at Aranjuez to do seven pieces for their new church. The figures in the painting are supposed to represent the foundation of the church. The way that this fits the th...

  The Virgin and Child with Angels by Bartolomeo Cavarozzi 1620 I choose this painting because I was drawn to the youthful look of everyone in the pictures.  The background being completely black make the viewers eye immediately drawn to the children lowering the crown into the young woman heads. The highlights on all the people in the piece gives them a dew look hinting at their youthfulness. The feeling that I pick up from this piece is even through the Virgin is having a crown placed on her head she founds the baby on her lap more important. Hence her gaze being downward towards the kid not upwards to the crown. I would own this artwork in my own house. I found it every calming and serene effect on me/the viewer. I sadly could not find a backstory on The Virgin and Child with Angels by Bartolomeo Cavarozzi. Bartolomeo was influenced by the Council of Trent. Houston. “Virgin and Child with Angels | All Works | the MFAH Collections.”  Mfah.org , 2019, emuseum.mfah.org/ob...