ALGOZ | ART

The painting portrays a “fête galante” (an amorous celebration or party) enjoyed by the aristocracy of France during the Réfence after the death of Louis XIV, which is generally seen as a period of dissipation, pleasure and peace, after the sombre last years of the previous regin. 

William Trost Richards was known for painting photographic paintings, he also painted almost exclusively marine watercolors (aquarelle in french). 

Is a painting from Dalí’s Paranoiac-critical period. The Paranoiac-critical period is a surrealist technique developed by Salvador Dalí in the early 1930s. The technique was used in many of his paintings, especially those that involved optical illusions and other multiple images. The technique was about the paranoia of being manipulated, targeted or controlled by others.

"The Dance Class" - Edgar Degas (1874) Degas was a Impressionist, although he preferred to be called a realist. He was a extremely good at capturing movement. His main goal was becoming a history painter that painted contemporary subject matters.

Painted during the baroque epoch during the 1600′s. In the beginning he found his inspiration trough Caravaggio’s religious paintings. Later on this masterpiece was created. Something about the focal point of the painting tells me that it’s the way the girls eyes interacts with the persons who are viewing the painting.

In the beginning Turner was an assistant for an architect. After turning 14 years old he decided that he wanted to become an artist, and with his studies in Royal Academy of Arts he later became a very great artist and delivered this beautiful creation. 

A pop artist that uses his own classical way of painting Ben-Day dots and speech balloons. This painting is known for its narrative content that forebodes Liechtenstein’s fame that was yet to come. The name Brad sounded according to Liechtenstein heroic and that was what he was aiming for: Heroic themes.

This painting reminds me of “Bazille and Camille” (1865), a painting of a couple together in the forest, painted by Claude Monet. Renoir might have gotten inspired by Monet when they painted together in 1869.  The forest later became a popular landscape for nineteenth-century French painters.

Van Gogh was a post-impressionist painter. This artwork was inspired by Van Gogh’s view from the window of his mental asylum, to which he admitted himself after cutting off his own ear following a mental breakdown. The painting was created from Van Gogh’s memory on the day following the starry night.

 Can you see the scull?