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Guillaume Seignac French Academic Painter 1870–1924
Guillaume Seignac was a french classical painter. When everyone was doing impressionism, he submitted Greek classical works. He made his fame in the Salon of the Venuses. In that art exposition, everyone , for some odd reason, submitted Venus paintings. His Venus was highly praised and it even won an award. It set his career for life. I think that is everything worth mentioning. I will now review Guillaume Seignac Cupid's paintings. The first painting shows "Cupid and Psyche". Cupid is hugging his cute wife. Both are in the forest. Psyche's smiling face came out really cute. The figures have...
Nicolas Poussin Art History
Today, I wanted to review some of Nicolas Poussin's paintings about love. The first painting is about the romance between Rinaldo and Armida. Armida was an enemy sorceress. She had been sent by the Saracen to stop the movement of the Crusading Christians. As a assassin witch, Armida had managed put Rinaldo asleep. He was the general of the Crusaders. However, she fell in love with the Rinaldo. In this painting, she is admiring his beauty. Cupid is stopping her dagger from killing Rinaldo. This next painting shows Echo and Narcissus. Narcissus is in the foreground. He has been...
Gustave Courbet Realism Paintings
Gustave Courbet was a realism artist. He was concerned with the problems of the poor and the state of art. During his days, realism was not considered fashionable. When his work got rejected by the Salon, he opened his own Pavilion of Realism in front of the Salon. During his time, art was supposed to teach you a lesson. It should also be original and innovative. As a proponent of this new avant garde art, Courbet tried hard to paint in his own unique way. Courbet's realism entailed painting something from his own life. Therefore, Courbet never painted angels...
Micheal Parkes Dreamscape Paintings
Micheal Parkes is a talented dreamscape artist. He was born in the US, but he currently resides in Spain. Many of his paintings are mass produced in the form of illustrations. He also does sculptures. For our purposes, we will focus on Parkes’ paintings. The first one is called Another. Basically, we see a jester with a ring and swam. In painting, such maidens placed as such are unsightly, composition wise. However, Parkes decided to put her there to draw your eyes to her. As for the swans, Parkes has like a dozen paintings with swans. He likes...
Annibale Carraci Baroque Paintings
Annibale Carraci was a wonderful baroque artist. He is mostly know for his Farnese ceiling Paintings. These paintings feature scenes from Virgil’s Metamosphosis. That book told tales of the love of the gods. For our purpose, I featured a few of his Greek paintings. Some are from the Farnese ceiling. The first painting shows Diana. She was awaken by a faun. He is inviting her to his Bacchanal. The drapery and the hairdos are quite realistic. Diana seems a bit frightened. By the leg of the goddess we see a faun brat with a very creepy expression. This next painting...