Goodbye Art by Phil Hansen

In the old century, people try their best to protect the painting!
In this generation, the artist burns his own piece,,.......
What is he thinking about~~~~????


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The unusual artist, Phil Hansen said: "This is to help me be more creative and spontaneous. Goodbye art means that I get rid of the piece when it is finished, usually by destroying it or letting nature destroy it."

From him I know more about painting, it is not only for record people's lives, show the expression of artist, along the development painting, it also could be the process of thinking, creating and improving.

Phil Hansen is a special artist that he likes to use different medium, methord of painting. It also let me introspect myself that What could painting be?

Refferences and further readings:

Phil Hansen, from Phil Hansen

The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein the Younger

The hid meaning insides the Ambassadors???

There is a white human skeleton between two persons. Actually, you can't see the skeleton facing towards the painting, you need to change the angle of viewing so that you could see the hid skeleton which the artist want to express that don't just believe the surface of anthing before you have tried all angles of viewing to find the real meaning.

The Ambassadors

使節

The Ambassadors
Hans Holbein the Younger, 1533
Oil on oak
207 × 209.5 cm
National Gallery, London

The Ambassadors (1533) is a painting by Hans Holbein the Younger in the National Gallery, London. As well as being a double portrait, the painting contains a still life of several meticulously rendered objects, the meaning of which is the cause of much debate. It is also a much-cited example of anamorphosis in painting.

[Source: Wikipedia]

Besides the human skeleton, what other meanings are inplied? This is a precious memory record of friendship.

1. The characteristic of Renaissance and Mannerism is to draw the truth and realistic. As you can see the fur binding of the overcoat is very detialed, you even could see the texture of fur.

2. There are many things places behind them, including the planetarium, tellurion, poem book, music instrucment etc, all shows their rich knowledge and high education. If you do not have the excellent skill of perspective, you can't show the realistic and placement of those objects.

3. Like my video told, the skeleton symbols the changes of life, and sometimes you have to change your angle of viewing in order to find the real meaning of your life.

Refferences and further readings:

The Ambassadors (Holbein), from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Holbein's The Ambassadors and Renaissance Ideas of Knowledge:
"Gratiae invisibilis visibilia signa" from Art Home

陳彬彬, (2008), 從零開始圖解西洋名畫, 台灣:晨星出版有限公司

Mona Lisa in MS Paint

Leonardo Da Vinci spent years to finish the grand painting, Mona Lisa.
However, in this generation, people also could use several hours to paint a Mona Lisa.




[Source from: How to paint the MONA LISA with MS PAINT by EclecticAsylumArt]

Mona Lisa

蒙娜麗莎

Mona Lisa(Italian: La Gioconda, French:La Joconde)
Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503–1506
Oil on poplar
77 × 53 cm, 30 × 21 in
Musée du Louvre, Paris

Mona Lisa (also known as La Gioconda) is a 16th century portrait painted in oil on a poplar panel by Leonardo Da Vinci during the Italian Renaissance. The work is owned by the French government and hangs in the Musée du Louvre in Paris, France with the title Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo.

The painting is a half-length portrait and depicts a woman whose expression is often described as enigmatic.The ambiguity of the sitter's expression, the monumentality of the half-figure composition, and the subtle modeling of forms and atmospheric illusionism were novel qualities that have contributed to the painting's continuing fascination.Few other works of art have been subject to as much scrutiny, study, mythologizing and parody.

[Source: Wikipedia]

As I said before, everyone knows Mona Lisa is famous but why? Let's see the secret. He create and apply two special drawing methods, chiaroscuro(輪廓模糊法 or 暈塗法) and sfumato (空氣遠近法) to Mona Lisa.

1. First, the living hands of Mona Lisa, Da Cinci uses the chiaroscuro to show the plump hands, the light and shadow constructs the shape of hands, soft and beauty.

2. For many years, people are all guessing what is Mona Lisa smiling for, no one knows, and this is exactly what the smile famouses for. It is reported that Da Vinci is playing music in the painting studio while drawing in order to keep her in a happy mood.

The method of chiaroscuro also makes the shape of her face very soft and natural. The most attractive point is her smile which is drawn with extended shadow, it gives us a large room of imagination.

3. The background is drawn by sfumato. Da Vinci considers that the far view of mountain will be dim under the affection of air and light. The misty background puts all the attention on Mona Lisa.

Refferences and further readings:

Mona Lisa, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Mona Lisa Mania, from Mona Lisa Mania - 29173 Northwestern Hwy - Southfield

陳彬彬, (2008), 從零開始圖解西洋名畫, 台灣:晨星出版有限公司

The Arnolfini Wedding - Jan Van Eyck

Four Million!?
四百萬!?

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The Arnolfini Wedding - Jan Van Eyck
阿諾菲尼的婚禮 - 范艾克

Oil on oak panel of 3 vertical boards
82.2 (panel 84.5) × 60 (panel 62.5) cm, 32.4 × 23.6 in
National Gallery, London

This painting is believed to be a portrait of Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini and his wife in a room, presumably in their home in the Flemish city of Bruges. It is considered one of the most original and complex paintings in Western art history.

The illusionism of the painting was remarkable for its time, in part for the rendering of detail, but particularly for the use of light to evoke space in an interior, for "its utterly convincing depiction of a room, as well of the people who inhabit it".

[Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnolfini_Portrait ]

I would like to briftly talk about the significant points of this painting. This is a sence of Arnolfini's marriage. Besides the detail drawings of the room, decoration sand the clothes of couple, his uses various of the Symbolism in this painting to record, to witness, to celebrate the marriage, it is a real and meaningful merry certificate for them. Jan Van Eyck leaves us "a moment of history".

1. Do you think that the bride is pregnancy? Actually, it's not! The dressing of the bride was the fashion dressing in that century, to put many layers in the waist which symbols the viltality of pregnancy. Besides, you also could see the cuff of skirt of the bride is edged by feather which shows that they are rich.

2. There is a mirror on the wall and it reflects the foreground of the room which you can see orginally including the ceiling, the floor and the view outsides the window. The artist also signs above the mirror that he witnesses here for the couple. The prayer beads which is the left handside of the mirror mean the wishes for the couple.

3. Obviously, these are tangerines , it also means both vitality of pregnancy and wealthy because tangerine is a expansive fruit.

4. There is a lovely dog wihch means faithful and love under the bride's feet. It also records the life of wealthy people in that century, they have alreadly had the interest of having pet .


References and further readings:

Arnolfini Portrait,from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Introduction to "The Complete Paintings of the Van Eycks", from Robert Hughes
陳彬彬, (2008), 從零開始圖解西洋名畫, 台灣:晨星出版有限公司

Hello! My fans!

Mona Lisa's opening for Pinky's blog.

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I found a book called “Analysis Western-style painting” which covered with Mona Lisa. Actually I know she is so famous but I don’t know why she is so famous. Therefore, I decided to LEARN. The book is really good, it teaches me how to appreciate a painting with various illustrations, and it really stimulates my interest of painting. Now, if you have same kind of feeling of me, you could take a look on my blog, hope it could also touch you heart!
I’m going to use my own words to tell you how or the ways to appreciate painting. Actually, everyone get different feeling on different painting. How could the painting touch you is the most important. Let’s go! CONNOISSURE!!.

Briefly talk about the history of painting, painting is very important in human’s life. At the pre-history period, people use drawing to record the important issues in their lives. Later on, people use it to record the history, to paint the portrait and now even could express the feelings of the artist through painting.

Therefore, I’m gonna to focus on several main periods (from past to now) and those artists and theirs artworks who were famous or active at those periods.

1. Renaissance and Mannerism (文藝復興)
2. Barique and Rococo (巴洛克和洛可可)
3. Neo-classicism, Romanticism, Impressionism (復古、浪漫、想像大會串)
4. 19th Century (十九世紀)
5. 20th Century (二十世紀)
6. Generation I - 21st Century (I 世代)