_Arts

Naïve Art Naïve art is a classification of art that is often characterized by a childlike simplicity in its subject matter and technique. While many naïve artists appear, from their works, to have little or no formal art training, this is often not true. The term naïve art is often seen as outsider art which is without a formal (or little) training or degree. While this was true before the twentieth century, there are now academies for naïve art. Naïve art is now a fully recognized art genre, represented in art galleries worldwide. The characteristics of naïve art are an awkward relationship to the formal qualities of painting. Difficulties with drawing and perspective that result in a charmingly awkward and often refreshing vision, strong use of pattern, unrefined color, and simplicity rather than subtlety are all supposed markers of naïve art. It has, however, become such a popular and recognizable style that many examples could be called pseudo-naïve. Whereas naïve art ideal...

Perseus und Andromeda Painting information Artist: Mengs, Anton Raphael Title: Perseus und Andromeda ( Deutsch ) Year: 1770-1776 Technique: Öl auf Leinwand ( Deutsch ) Dimensions: 227 × 153.5 cm Creator/Artist Name: Mengs, Anton Raphael Date of birth/death: 1728-03-22 / 1779-06-29 Location of birth/death: Aussig (Böhmen, Deutsch ) / Rom ( Deutsch ) Work location: Rom ( Deutsch ), Madrid, Dresden Anton Raphael Mengs, PD-Art (Yorck Project), Classicist paintings, Perseus, Andromeda

Marie-Louise O'Murphy (François, 1751) Artist; François Boucher (1703–1770) Title: Ruhendes Mädchen (Louise O'Murphey). Alternate title(s): Marie-Louise O'Murphy (1737-1818), mistress to Louis XV of France. Year: 1751 Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 59.5 × 73.5 cm (23.43 × 28.94 in) Current location: Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne

Neoclassicism (1750-1830) The term Neoclassicism refers to the classical revival in European art, architecture, and interior design that lasted from the mid-eighteenth to the early nineteenth century. This period gave rebirth to the art of ancient Rome and Greece and the Renaissance as an opposition to the ostentatious Baroque and Rococo art that preceded the movement. Although the movement spread throughout Western Europe, France and England were the countries that used the style most frequently in their arts and architecture, using the classical elements to express ideas of nationalism, courage, and sacrifice. The movement was inspired by the discovery of ancient Italian artifacts at the ruins of Herculaneum and Pompeii. Neoclassicism emphasized rationality and the resurgence of tradition. Neoclassical artists incorporated classical styles and subjects, including columns, pediments, friezes, and other ornamental schemes in their work. They were inspired by the work of Homer and Plu...

A Summer Pastoral (1749) Title: A Summer Pastoral Français: Un Été pastoral Русский: Летняя пастораль Year: 1749 Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 259 × 197 cm (101.97 × 77.56 in) Artist: François Boucher (1703–1770) François Boucher (September 29, 1703 – May 30, 1770) was a French painter, a proponent of Rococo taste, known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories representing the arts or pastoral occupations, and intended as a sort of two-dimensional furniture. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boucher_A_Summer_Pastoral.jpg 1740s paintings by François Boucher | 1749 paintings | Bagpipers in art | Baskets in art | Cows in art | Eye contact in art | Females with flowers in art | Flower crowns in art | Oil paintings of people | Paintings by Boucher in the Wallace Collection | Paintings in the Wallace Collection | Pastoral paintings by Boucher | People with landscape backgrounds | People with goats in art | People with sh...

Apollon et Daphné, vers 1743-1744 Creator/Artist Name: Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista Date of Birth/Death: 1696.03.05-1770.03.27 Location of Birth/Death: Venedig / Madrid Work location: Venedig, Veneto, Würzburg, Madrid Its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of no more than the life of the author plus 100 years. Daphne, Apollon

Diana leaving her Bath (1742) Artist: François Boucher (1703–1770) Title: Diana leaving her Bath Diane sortant du bain Year: 1742 Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 57 × 73 cm (22.44 × 28.74 in) Current location: Musée du Louvre, Sully, Department of Paintings, 2nd floor, room 38, Paris 1740s paintings by François Boucher | 1742 paintings | Actaeon | Bathing women in art | Companions of Diana | Diana by François Boucher | Females with dogs in art | French paintings in the Louvre - Room 38 | Getting dressed | Mythological paintings by François Boucher | Oil paintings of women | Paintings by Boucher in the Louvre | Paintings of nude sitting females | Paintings of nude females in nature | Paintings of adolescent girls | Paintings of dogs | Paintings with two nude females | Rococo paintings of women