Essays on Drawing

In the late 1400s, Leonardo Da Vinci used his various natural-born talents to shape the world as we know it today. Leonardo Da Vinci was one of the greatest Renaissance men of all time. Leonardo was born April 15, 1452, in Vinci Italy out of unwed parents. (2) His father was a public notary meaning…

The difference I see between real life and virtual is that in real life you can see the paintings up close in person and somethings guides can give you more information about the painting and the museum alone. In virtual tour is more challenging because you have to do more research on the museum and…

Cezanne has accurately used his blending capabilities in this classic 1866 drawing to communicate. We see a man (his father) seated on an oversized armchair in a room with a fairly dark background reading a newspaper in a relaxed mood. The room’s dark background and sombre mood have been achieved by the use of a thick…

Art defines me; it is my most powerful form of expression and liberation. As a child, I developed a special aptitude for the arts, particularly in the mediums of drawing and painting. My grandmother decided to enroll me in drawing classes after watching me reproduce everything that amused me. In fact, I fell in love…

The representation and interpretation of Eastern women was categorized as a subfield and part of the greater discourse as referred to in Edward Said’s “Orientalism”. Orientalism, as discussed by Edward Said, is “a style of thought based upon ontological and epistemological distinction made between “the Orient” and (most of the time) “the Occident”” . By…

Animation or in some people’s better understanding just a bunch of cartoon shows that use to air every Saturday morning. Well animation visually comes in many forms from different channels airing on the television, from different countries, different art styles or just the genre of the animated film. It is quite impressive the more you…

Otto Messmer mot known for creating the iconic and loved character “Felix the Cat” in the year 1919. Prior to creating Felix that cat, Messmer studied animation and drawing from a young age. He was born in 1892 in West Hoboken (modern day Union City) New Jersey to a family of German Immigrants. His experience…

The experience that I have had from this tour was unbelievable. It was my first experience visiting a museum online and it left me impressed. Anybody who does not want to move around or does not want to be with a crowd of people, will enjoy a virtual tour. But, the setbacks of a virtual…

Amy Sillman is amongst contemporary painters whose feminist practice combines the abstract and figurative into large-scale oil gestural paintings. Working in New York at the height of Abstract Expressionism, Sillman was influenced by the artist Willem De Kooning and gradually discovered her artistic maturity between abstraction and figuration. Inspired by the process art of the…

Leonardo da Vinci was born in Anchiano, Italy on April 15, 1452. He was son to a poorly woman named and a wealthy man Ser Piero, da Vinci was raised by his father and his stepmother. Around age five, he moved with nearby Anchiano where he lived with his uncle and grandparents. Da Vinci received…