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            Theodore Gericault (1791-1824) was the painter behind the raft of Medusa, an 1818-1819 work of painting measuring 16 by 23 by 6 inches (716 by 491cm). The colossal scale adopted in the painting make numerous forms life-sized. Foreground figures are close to double life-size, are thrust near the image surface and crowd onto audiences,…

In his first book, The Birth of Tragedy, Nietzsche explores the Apollonian dream and the Dionysian intoxication. He aims to offer a scientific analysis of aesthetics that surpasses mere intellectual understanding. Instead, he seeks to establish a direct comprehension of the significant link between art’s evolution and the duality of the Apollonian and the Dionysian…

TGR contributor Barbara Barrett recently visited the home of Doug Ellis and his wife and had the opportunity to take some photos of their massive collection of pulp and fantasy art. Here’s Barbara’s introduction to the photos of the artwork: A Pulp Art Mind-Blowing Experience While I was in Ohio for three weeks in April, John…

The art aspect is considered as the physical and conceptual manifestation of the humanistic views of society regarding their perception about the beautiful characteristics of life, environment and the idealism and life of experiences. In this aspect, artist illustrates their aspirations and emotions using different mediums to manifest physically their concepts and ideas as employed…

Vincent Van Gogh’s PaintingsThroughout Vincent William van Gogh’s artistic career, he was mocked and rejected by intellectuals. An intellectual is defined as “a person who is wellinformed and intelligent, and interested in activities involving the intellect” (World 1,096). By this definition, we can therefore assume that critics of art, would be intellectuals. The viewpoint critics…

During the Modern Era of the late 19th century and the early 20th century, many artists were turning away from the idea of painting realistic images. Photography, having just been developed for public use a few decades earlier, made artists of the day focus less on painting as an precise copy of what is seen,…

Art involving Deaf Visual and Image Art is known as De’VIA. De’VIA was an art movement inspired by deaf artists to “come out of the closet” during the early 1980s and late 1990s (Miller 303). To come out of the closet is to show pride in being deaf, instead of hiding their deafness or trying…

            The Italian Renaissance produced some of the greatest artist and they in turn produced great masterpieces.  The Assumption of the Virgin by Titian, an alter piece located in Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, a Basilica in Venice, Italy is a perfect example of a masterpiece from the period. Titian’s Assumption of the Virgin –…

            In the renaissance, the arts have flourished profoundly. Nevertheless, although it was the rebirth and a renewal for most of the art forms, the renaissance period was the birth of architecture as an art and a field of science as well. It was during this period that architecture was considered to be apart from…

Jean Jacques Rousseau was born June 28, 1712 in the Republic of Geneva. He was born into a middle class working family, his father was a watchmaker and his mother attended to their home. Nine days after Jean’s mother gave birth to him, she died from the puerperal fever. Most of Jean’s childhood he was…