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Written by Teresita Blanco (The Artsy Sister)
Sandro Botticelli (1445- 1510) Jesus, Portraits and Myth
Sandro Botticelli is an early Renaissance artist. During his time, he was among the first to move away completely from Gothic. His background and figures still carry a bit of the stylized gothic style. Over all, he attempted to mimic nature to the best of his abilities. During this time period, a return to the Greek meant a resurfacing of human idealism. Now being a human is all that matter... Still, the church continued to call the shots in this Greek world. However, depictions of pagan Gods was no longer a taboo. With a rise of kingship and banking, there...
John William Waterhouse Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood Greek Art
This is the Last post on John William Waterhouse. This one will focus on Greek myths and women. Its a real bummer that a Romanticism artist made lots of Greek artworks. This subject is common for the enemies of the Pre-Raphaelite movement. Still, Waterhouse took this classical subject matter with a Romanticism twist. You know, most of Waterhouse subject matter is depiction of women. Unlike his contemporaries, he is not judgmental about women. He shows different faces of them without succumbing to petty moralism.Now that this lil analysis is over, lets just get the show on the road. The first...
John William Waterhouse of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood Medieval Art
Like other great romanticism artist, Waterhouse had an interest in medieval legends. That time of spirituality, saints and the bizarre fascinated those skeptic romanticist. They where tired of empty logic devoid of meaning. They sought to escape the new materialism. Thus, the looked into the past to find inspiration. Ok, the first painting features Saint Cecilia (1895). She was a blind saint popular during medieval times. She is know as the patron saint of Music. She was only a young teenage girl when the Romans had her killed (along with her husband). As they prepared to chop her head off,...
John William Waterhouse of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
John William Waterhouse (1849-1917) was part of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. They were a group of artists that imitated the style of Raphael (one of the 4 legendary Renaissance artist). Their lot are contemporaries with the impressionist artists. Some of Waterhouse paintings have an impressionist feel about them. Like his pals, Waterhouse had romantic aspirations. Romanticism came about as a response to the Industrial Revolution and the Enlightenment.They where skeptic about the improvements of science. They did not share the naive belief that science would end inequality. They sought to fill a spiritual void created by science. Thus, they looked...
Hollow Knight Fanart Konstantin Makovsky in the Gardens
I did a new Hollow knight fanart. It features Bapanada and her husband in the gardens. I did a survey to decide the setting. The gardens ended up being the overall winner. I didn’t do the Queen’s garden per say. I just made it the garden that I saw in this painting. This painting was made by Konstantin Makovsky. It features the artist’s children doing gardening chores. I thought that it would serve as a good model for my Hollow knight drawing. There are a little simple, but cute. There really isn’t much to say about this drawing. One...