In the Four Roles of the Artist

In the four roles of the artist, the roles are to get a person to think about different things. According to Sayre (2010), It serves to show people looking at the art, a recorded account of history or the future. Artists can show the world and life in a new way, or it can show innovation, or both.   ("Chapter 1, Roles of the artist"). Artists also use art, to show things that may be important, or not. It can include personal feelings, spiritual art, or no spirit at all. Artists are able to show us the world, as it is, how they see it or how they think it might be. “They are able to make things such as buildings, and either makes them more pleasurable, elevate them, make them more meaningful and fill them with meaning.” (Sayre, "Chapter 1, Roles of the artist,"  2010).

In the painting, The Horseless Rider, The artist, Theodore Gericault, paints scene that depicts people, and the place is Rome. The event takes place in Rome 1817, and is a scene from what he actually saw called the carnival horse race. This is a remarkable event that had he not painted this, we may have never known it existed.

In the painting by Jan van Eyck, called Giovanna Arnolfini and His wife Giovanna Cenami there are a number of symbolic references. The holding of hands can signify marriage. There is also on the top right hand side of the picture, a bedpost that has a small broom hanging from it. Possibly this is used to sweep away problems (that is what it means today). The dog in the painting can also signify loyalty. The painting also represents what life may have been like in 1434.

References

Gericault, T. (1817).(The Race of the Riderless Horses) [Oil on paper laid on canvas] The J. Paul Getty Museum.

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Eyck,J. (1434).( Giovanna Arnolfini and His wife Giovanna Cenami) [oil on wood]

Sayre, H. M....