art history

Screen with the Siege of Belgrade and hunting scene . Circle of the González Family. c. 1697–1701 C.E. Tempera and resin on wood, shell inlay. SCREEN WITH A SIEGE OF BELGRADE AND HUNTING SCENE (BROOKLYN BIOMBO) FOLDING SCREEN FROM MEXICO; 1700; COMPLICATED; INSPIRED BY JAPANESE BIOMBOS; MEXICO PART OF VICEROYALTY OF NEW SPAIN; SPAIN CONTROLLED PHILIPPINES, BROUGHT JAPANESE INFLUENCE FROM TRADE; LACQUERWARE BOXES, IVORY GOODS DECORATIVE FLORAL ELEMENTS FRAME PIECE; OWNED BY VICEROY JOSE SARMIENTO DE VALLADARES; HUGE SILVER MINING INDUSTRY, TOBACCO; BATTLE SCENE; HALF OF IT IN MEXICO CITY; CHAOTIC SCENE BETWEEN TURKS, SPANIARDS, OTHER EMPIRES. CONTEMPORARY; BATTLE OF BELGRADE; DELICATE, THIN PAINTING; SHELL INLAY/ENCRUSTED; OIL AND PEARL; MAKES THINGS SHINE (METAL HELMETS); FLORAL MOTIFS; POLITICAL USE TO REPRESENT HIS POWER TO GUESTS; PLACED IN HIS WAITING ROOM OTHER SIDE MORE RELAXED, DECORATIVE; HUNTING/LANDSCAPE SCENE; BOTANICAL MOTIF, BLOSSOMS EUROPEAN/RENAISSANCE/CLAS...

Time Period: 1872-1880 Painters worked in plein-air; artificial atmosphere inhibited artistic expression; artists moved out to capture the effects of atmosphere and light  Relied on the transient, the quick, and the fleeting  Impressionist brushstrokes seek to capture the effects of light  Times of day and seasons affect the appearance of objects  Spectacular color range; stark contrasts to subtle harmonies  Concentrate on landscape and still life painting  Influence of Japanese art; imitated flatness; compositional qualities Anti academic and antibourgeois  Monet most important figure

The Coiffure. Mary Cassatt. 1890–1891 C.E. Dry point and aquatint. The École des Beaux-Arts (School of Fine Arts) in Paris showcased an exhibition of Japanese woodblock prints. These ukiyo-e images, “pictures of the floating world,” were comprised mostly of scenes of urban bourgeois pleasure—geishas, beautiful women, sumo wrestlers, kabuki actors—and pictures of the natural beauty around Edo, such as the mists of Mount Fuji, cherry blossoms, rain showers, and surging waves along the port of Kanagawa. Ever since imperial Japan was available for Western trade in 1853, Europe had become fascinated with Japanese culture. Artists like Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh were among the many who incorporated elements of Japanese design into their work.  A woman adjusting her hair is one of the hundreds that Mary Cassatt made in her in-home studio; La Coiffure also has its art historical roots in Old Master paintings of women bathing; becomes a tightly crafted exercise in form and ...