tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53907017740837912192024-03-14T08:23:53.593+00:00ArtMumble.comThe Art, Culture and Travel BlogUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger191125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390701774083791219.post-13068895315861454712018-07-05T23:25:00.000+01:002018-07-05T01:14:31.097+01:00The Laughing Cavalier - by Frans Hals
The Laughing Cavalier is a portrait by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals in the Wallace Collection in London, which has been described as "one of the most brilliant of all Baroque portraits".
Year1624
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions83 cm × 67.3 cm (33 in × 26.5 in)
LocationWallace Collection, London
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comHertford House, Manchester Square, London W1U 3BN, United Kingdom51.5173308 -0.1530367999999953125.995296300000003 -41.461630799999995 77.0393653 41.155557200000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390701774083791219.post-17649035410992577962018-07-05T12:23:00.001+01:002018-07-05T12:23:27.925+01:00Vanishing Point - Horizon Line - The School of Athens by Raphael
Horizon line illustrated in Red.
ArtistRaphael
Year1509–1511
TypeFresco
Dimensions500 cm × 770 cm (200 in × 300 in)
LocationApostolic Palace, Vatican City
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390701774083791219.post-10559897848587181222018-07-04T22:08:00.001+01:002018-07-04T22:08:28.193+01:00COMPOSITION - Art DefinitionComposition is the arrangement of elements within a work of art
In a general sense of the term, a composition represents any piece of music or writing, painting or sculpture, can be referred to as a composition, the term usually refers to the arrangement of elements within a work of art. An artist arranges the different elements of an artwork so as to bring them into a Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390701774083791219.post-11961750080130050052018-07-03T22:18:00.000+01:002018-07-05T01:26:44.591+01:00Lamborghini - Aventador - London (Stock Photo)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390701774083791219.post-1593324864469632262014-06-14T22:53:00.001+01:002014-06-14T22:53:05.805+01:00Banquet Piece (Bancket Piece)A banquet piece is a still-life painting which was extension and development of the breakfast piece. The breakfast piece was a stable of Dutch still life painting from the seventeenth until the nineteenth century. A typical banquet piece illustrates a dining table covered with fine linen, a carpet or another similar textile. The table cloth is adorned and decorated with items such Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390701774083791219.post-41915292851668680302014-06-13T22:18:00.001+01:002019-07-18T14:06:47.020+01:00Definition Aquarelle - Art TermThe Aquarelle technique can be defined as: when an artist paints in transparent rather than opaque watercolours. The technique was not popular in Europe until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries when the technique rose to prominence amongst the artistic community in Britain and France.
The technique was used to great effect by English and French landscape painters during the nineteenth Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390701774083791219.post-75504050032162768502014-02-11T12:44:00.001+00:002014-02-11T12:44:38.178+00:00Sponsored PostIf you play Fifa 14 and would like to sell your game coins the visit: www.GameCoinTraders.com
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390701774083791219.post-6459883817903890622013-01-25T23:53:00.001+00:002013-01-25T23:53:22.713+00:00Caravaggio - The Supper at Emmaus - 1601
Caravaggio - The Supper at Emmaus - 1601
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390701774083791219.post-69599590841704679022012-11-14T22:01:00.000+00:002012-11-14T22:01:01.650+00:00getsharetips.blogspot.comAdvertisement:
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Georges Lemmen, The Beach at Heist, c. 1891/2,
Musée d'Orsay Paris
<-- Pointillism, also known as Divisionism, is a technique of painting in which small distinct dots of varying colours are applied to a medium, and the pattern from these dots forms an image. As the tin dots become blended in the viewer's eye. The technique was developed in 1886 by Georges Seurat and Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390701774083791219.post-44993874357485720772012-10-27T22:54:00.001+01:002012-10-29T01:26:41.248+00:00Horizon line in art perspective - painting definition
Leonardo Da Vinci's - The Last Supper
Click to enlarge
A simplistic view of the horizon line in art, is to consider it as your 'eye-level line'. The horizon line in art is a perspectival line. In the real world, the horizon line is where the sky meets the sea. However in a fictive space, that is a painting's perspective, it is the level of the viewer's eye in relation to the scene of Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390701774083791219.post-18481053425558078862012-10-27T22:53:00.001+01:002012-10-29T01:27:39.007+00:00Viewpoint in painting - Art DefinitionA painting's viewpoint is the height from which the viewer and/or painter sees the subject. The viewpoint is crucial as it determines where the horizon line is within the painting. The creation of a consistent and continuous horizon line is fundamental in imbuing a painting with perspective. The artist defines the viewpoint for the viewer and in turn the viewpoint helps shape Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390701774083791219.post-8171459316857261332012-07-23T20:18:00.001+01:002012-07-23T20:26:31.288+01:00Entasis Definition - Ancient Greek Temple Architecture
Two Doric columns from the
Temple of Poseidon at Paestum
showing Entasis
Entasis can be defined as a slight convex curve in the shaft of a column or pillar. Entasis was introduced as a corrective system to counter the visual illusion of concavity produced by a straight shaft.
In architectural terms, entasis can be considered to be the application of a convex curve to a surfaceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390701774083791219.post-16530569689008276282012-07-20T22:15:00.000+01:002012-10-29T01:31:30.301+00:00Country House Rescue Series 4 with Simon DavisChannels 4's new Country House rescue series was truly both a pleasure and a joy to watch; coupled with the affable charm of the new host the series is bound to go to greater heights. Here is a snap shot of the properties which were visited in series 4:
Episode 1: Colebrooke Park
Episode 2: Chapel Cleeve
Episode 3: Bantry House
Episode 4: Great Fulford
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390701774083791219.post-6387590432211893592012-07-20T21:46:00.001+01:002012-07-20T21:47:28.755+01:00Caryatids Definition - Ancient Architecture
The Caryatid Porch of the Erechtheion,
Athens, 421-407 B.C.
A Caryatid is a stone carving of a draped female figure, which is used both as a decorative architectural feature and primarily as a column to support the entablature of a an ancient Greek temple. Or for a Grecian-style building which emulates various motifs inspired by classical architecture.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390701774083791219.post-70150177653203651052012-07-07T14:49:00.002+01:002012-07-07T14:49:31.237+01:00TechMumble.comTechMumble.com TechMumbleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390701774083791219.post-20108495810731403852012-06-19T22:36:00.001+01:002012-07-20T22:57:47.569+01:00Giovanni Antonio Canaletto - The River Thames with Saint Paul's Cathedral on Lord Mayors Day
Giovanni Antonio Canaletto - The River Thames with Saint Paul's Cathedral on Lord Mayors Day
Painted 1746
Style: Rococo, Genre: Veduta, Technique: Oil, Material: Canvas
Serving as inspiration for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Flotilla 2012.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390701774083791219.post-39079122405234109382012-06-13T22:24:00.000+01:002012-06-13T22:24:01.904+01:00SocietyMumble.com
SocietyMumble.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390701774083791219.post-87341436110170815012012-06-10T22:40:00.000+01:002012-10-30T19:23:53.245+00:00Pointillism and Divisionism - Definition
Georges Lemmen, The Beach at Heist, c. 1891/2,
Musée d'Orsay Paris
Pointillism, also known as Divisionism, is a technique of painting in which small distinct dots of varying colours are applied to a medium, and the pattern from these dots forms an image. As the tin dots become blended in the viewer's eye. The technique was developed in 1886 by Georges Seurat and Paul Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390701774083791219.post-51857680761331777632012-06-10T17:25:00.001+01:002012-06-10T17:50:36.142+01:00Doric Order Definition
The Doric Order,
The Temple of Poseidon
At Paestum 460 450 B.C
The Doric order is the oldest and most simplistic of the ancient orders. The Doric order was both robust and imposing; and was therefore deemed to be suitable for use in temple architecture. The columns of the Doric order and are often without bases. The shafts of the Doric order's columns are articulated with concave Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390701774083791219.post-61177246233396250622012-06-10T17:02:00.002+01:002012-06-19T22:54:41.776+01:00To what extent were the lives of the working classes improved by Gladstone and Disraeli respectively in their ministries between 1868-1880?
Both yes and no. Some significant pieces of legislative reform and institutional reform introduced by Gladstone in his Great Ministry.
Forster’s Education Act established the principle of universal elementary
education. The state was taking on board the responsibility and the costs of
educating all children up to a certain age.
This had a link with
meritocracy because Gladstone wanted the Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390701774083791219.post-22949708946332081542012-06-10T17:01:00.002+01:002012-06-19T22:53:10.727+01:00How important was Gladstone’s contribution to the development of Liberalism from 1852-1868?
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Free Trade and his
Budgets
·
Gladstone’s Ideology
helps to define Liberalism and unify Liberal Party
·
Gladstone and
Parliamentary Reform
Some historians would argue that
Gladstone made a significant contribution to Liberalism especially with his
focus on free trade and low government spending. Gladstone had inheritedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390701774083791219.post-46495581426664178312012-06-10T17:00:00.000+01:002012-06-19T22:52:47.745+01:00How far was Disraeli’s contribution the main factor in the development of the Conservative Party to 1868?
One of the most dramatic contributions Disraeli made towards
the development of the Conservative Party during his tenure; can be argued to
be transforming the party’s emphasis from protectionism to free trade. This
decision marked a significant change from when Robert Peel was party leader and
Disraeli sought mobilise the protectionist interest within the party in
defiance of peel. Another Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390701774083791219.post-13700953048174889552012-05-23T08:19:00.001+01:002012-07-20T22:57:47.568+01:00Piranesian Architecture Definition
The National Gallery of London, 1838
The term is derived from the Italian architect Giambattista Piranesi. The Italian architect and artist, made etchings and sketches of Rome, as the ruins of ancient Rome contributed to the revival of neoclassicism. Piranesian therefore relates to architecture which embodies elements of neoclassicim, as the architect who lends his name to the term was an Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390701774083791219.post-46139350163736540222012-05-19T22:12:00.001+01:002012-07-20T22:57:47.570+01:00Primo Pensiero - Art Drawing Definition
Jesus and the adulteress
By Rembrandt van Rijn
Primo Pensiero refers to an initial rough drawing or sketch. Or Primo Pensiero in the visual arts can mean a first thought or idea applied to and realised in an initial drawing or sketch. (Read More After Break)
A rough initial sketch by an artist is regarded as an example of their Primo Pensiero, or first thought. As a rough sketch is accepted Unknownnoreply@blogger.com