Art and Literature

Petrina Barkley

IP #4

Three Art forms Three Artists

Professor Blair

American Intercontinental On-Line

Thesis

The different art forms and work are in a numerous of paintings. Though the artist may want you to depict what they have conveyed into a painting or a sculpture, we must also realize that the artists themselves already know what they have depicted into their forms of different art. The three different artist are Rembrandt” The blinding of Samson” (1636) for the Baroque period, Jean-Honore Fragonard “The Swing” (1767) for the Rococo period, and Neoclassicism art by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres “La Source” (1856). These are the three artist that will be in discussion for their works of art.

Introduction:

The Three different works of art chosen are Baroque art; the extravagant, complex, or bizarre, especially in ornamentation, of relating to or characteristic of a style in art and architecture developed in Europe from the early 17th to mid-18th century, emphasizing dramatic, often strained effect and typified by bold, curving forms , elaborate ornamentation, and overall balance of disparate parts. (Zuvich, Andrea)

Rococo art: noting or pertaining to a style of painting developed simultaneously with the rococo in architecture and decoration, characterized chiefly by smallness of brushwork, and the selection of playful subjects as thematic material. (Zuvich, Andrea)

Neoclassicisim art: This type of art trend or movement is prevailing in the architecture of Europe, America, and various European colonies at various periods during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, characterized by the introduction and the widespread use of Greek orders and decorative motifs, the subordination of detail to simple, strongly geometric overall compositions, the presence of light colors or shades, frequent shallowness of relief in ornamental treatment of facades, and the absence of textural effects.

Let’s begin with the Baroque period, the period in which there...