Realism

21/02/2014

The word Realism was used as a aesthetic creed by Gustav Curbet in 1855

Realism period took place in the 19th Century between 1840 and 1880, in France. It continued to be spreed throughout Europe and to America. the realism consist a typical style in out that happened every day life. this period lay in a discussion of a group of artists, writers and intellectuals in a Parisian Bar.

In the Realism period the artists of that time had an artistic trend to paint on their canvas such as; politics and social issues. An example of this trend is the painting of Courbet's The Burial at Ornans, 1849. This is a social issue that happens every day life that shows the sense of death and sadness by using the chiaroscuro technique in the background.

Curbet's, The Burial at Ornans, oil on canvas, Louvere Paris, 1849

Another painting with a political trend is the work of Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, The Barricade in Rue Mortellerie, Paris, June 1848, 1850-1. This painting is showing the sense of tragedy and death. The inspiration after this painting is the sense observed  after the Barricade was taken down during the workers riots in June 1848.

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, The Barricade
in Rue Mortellerie, oil on canvas, 1848 

Reference....
- Ian Crofton 1990, The Guinness Encyclopedia, Gunness Publishing Ltd,1990, The Visual Arts, Realism.

Rolling Stones....

Rolling Stones Logo Designed By John Pasche,1970 

This is the logo of a band named The Rolling Stones, one of the world most popular symbol of Rock and Roll. The designer John Pasche designed this symbol in 1970. this logo was first used on the stones's Sticky Fingers Album.

Lady Gaga's Album Cover Born This Way

Combining another thing with the Rolling Stones logo is the album of Lady Gaga's cover album Born This way. The designer that designed the cover of Lady Gaga wanted to give importance to the lips of Lady Gaga by giving them a red color. This could be that who designed Gaga's album cover Born This Way was influenced from the logo that John Pasche, designed for the Rolling Stones in 1970.    


Reference.....
- Rolling Stones lips and Tongue logo by Jon Pasche 1970 V&A. [online] Available at: www.vam.ac.uk/content/ articles/r/roling-stones-lips-and-tongue-logo/

Romanticism

13/02/2014

The Romanticism dates back to the late 17^th Century and continued throughout the centuries that followed. During the movement a reaction was against the aesthetic and the ethical and even against the ugliness and the materialism of the industrial revolution. Artist of the Romanticism such as Casper David Friedrich and the Maltese architecture Emanuel Luigi Galizia were inspired by the Neo- Gothic style and decided to use the kind of style to produce their art work.

Abbey in the Oak Woods, Casper David Friedrich,
oil on canvas, 110.4x171cm, Charlotte-burg 1809 

Casper David Friedrich painted the painting in the 1809- The Romanticism period. This was one of the paintings that Friedrich has worked multiple of times. A number of paintings were produced using the same theme and the same items, but placed in different positions. The painting shows a ruin gothic Abbey church surrounded with oak trees which are leafless. The artist gives us the impression that before the Abbey church was destroyed this was used as a cemetery.

This painting is representing death by combining dark colours, memorial stones, and oak trees which are leafless.

 (Picture:1)Santa Maria Adolorata Church, Cemetery Church,
Emanuel Galizia, Tal-Horr Hill Paola Malta, 1870 

(Picture:2) The Cross on the Mountain, Casper David Friedrich,
oil on canvas, 44.5x37.4cm, Kumsmuseum at Dusseldorf, 1812

Emanuel Luigi Galizia is a Maltese architecture who designed the church of the Adolorata (Picture:1). This church is situated on the Tal- Horr Hill in Paola Malta. The church construction began in the 1862 and was completed in 1869- ‘The Romanticism period’ Galizia was one amongst the many artists who made use of the Neo-Gothic style. Galizia designed the chapel’s top using the Gothic design so it will not be foreshadowed by the oak trees surrounding it. I combined this type of design idea with another painting which Casper David Friedrich painted in the year 1812. The painting’s name is ‘The Cross on the Mountain’(Picture:2). It can be seen that the same design which Galizia had used in designing the chapel’s top was used in Friedrich’s painting that of the Neo-Gothic. 


20/02/2014

Romanticism artist were also influenced by Historical event that happened before. They used episodes from these events to show that Romanticism period was a rebellion one.

Eugene Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People, oil on canvas,
260cm x 325cm, Louvre Franch,1830

Eugene Delacroix is a French artist that in his work he used a historical event to show that Romanticism period was a rebellion one. Liberty Leading the People, is an episode from a historical event that commemorating the July Revolution of 1830. Delacroix used a woman personifying Liberty the french patriot's people forward over the bodies of the fallen, holding the flag of the French Revolution. in this painting one can notice a movement that is created by repetitive colours.

Guzeppe Calli, Death of Dragut, oil on canvas,
Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta, 1867

      

Another artist during the Romanticism period was influenced by a Historical Event that happened in Malta, that is known as the Great Siege of Malta 1565. The Maltese artist from Valletta Guzeppe Calli painted an episode that happened during the Great Siege of Malta by showing the Death of Dragut, the Muslim Commander that was severely injured. This painting shows that Guzeppe Calli was mostly influenced from the French Romantic painter Eugene Delacroix. In this painting Calli used the same technique that Delacroix used in the Liberty Leading the People, by giving the importance with a light colour on the clothing of Dragut.       

Reference....

- Restoration Europe-Romanticism, Casper David Friedrich (1774-1840). [online] Available at: www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/his/CoreArt/art/rom_fri.html. [updated on: April 1 2011]

- The Addolorata Chaple and Cemetry, Paola, Malta, By Emmanuel Luigi Galizia. [online] Available at: www.victorianweb.org/art/architecture/galizia/5.html. [Modified on: 13 August 2011]

- Ian Crofton 1990, The Guinness Encyclopedia, Guinness Publishing Ltd 1990, The Visual Art, Romanticism, Pg 536.