(Continued on ArtRev.com - Browse Hundreds of Articles on ArtRev.com Fine Art Blog)]]> http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=148 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:12:18 EST http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=148 Despite extensive repainting, all the parts of this work that have survived intact are demonstrably characteristic of Leonardo’s handling of motion, light and landscape backgrounds. At first this may seem a calm, even static, composition, but certain details reveal the artist’s preoccupation with the principle of motion...

(Continued on ArtRev.com - Browse Hundreds of Articles on ArtRev.com Fine Art Blog)]]> http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=144 Thu, 2 Apr 2009 18:40:14 EST http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=144 The foxglove in the sitter’s hand is a medicinal plant, an apt symbol for a physician, but its presence seems to have been forgotten in Dr. Cachet’s sad musings. Recognizing his spiritual kinship with this somewhat eccentric man in whose friendly care he spent the last months of his life, Van Gogh noted that Cachet had "the hea...

(Continued on ArtRev.com - Browse Hundreds of Articles on ArtRev.com Fine Art Blog)]]> http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=143 Tue, 3 Mar 2009 15:36:29 EST http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=143 Fascination with the forms and vitality of African tribal sculpture is evident here. Picasso has incorporated his own stylized version of a Congolese mask into an abstractly patterned composition that sweeps across and down the canvas in strongly accented rhythmic gyrations. The tones of sand and brown suggest the basketry supports with which these masks were often associated; the red slashings that delineate areas of the figure may also be ...

(Continued on ArtRev.com - Browse Hundreds of Articles on ArtRev.com Fine Art Blog)]]> http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=141 Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:03:10 EST http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=141 ArtRev.com has done it again! What better way to introduce art enthusiasts to the wonderful world of art collecting and art appreciation than to give away FREE artwork by Elke Sommer. For a limited time only, ArtRev.com is giving away a fine art print by world famous artist, actress, and model,
(Continued on ArtRev.com - Browse Hundreds of Articles on ArtRev.com Fine Art Blog)]]> http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=140 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:14:18 EST http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=140 For over 100 years, Larson-Juhl has created custom frames of enduring style and superior craftsmanship. ArtRev.com is proud to announce that it has re-launched its award-winning online frame shop with framing material and components provided exclusively by the Larson-Juhl company.

The pose in front of a stone wall with the name (misspelled) in graffiti style suggests s...

(Continued on ArtRev.com - Browse Hundreds of Articles on ArtRev.com Fine Art Blog)]]> http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=138 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:40:13 EST http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=138 Throughout his career, Renoir enjoyed painting still life, usually flowers or fruit. When arthritis limited his manual flexibility, he restricted himself to tinier brush strokes and smaller canvases. These modest flower studies met his needs physically and aesthetically. Knowing
(Continued on ArtRev.com - Browse Hundreds of Articles on ArtRev.com Fine Art Blog)]]> http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=135 Sun, 28 Dec 2008 15:22:46 EST http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=135 Matisse documented this work in progress over a six-month period by twenty-one photographs that show how he slowly simplified and exaggerated the model’s proportions to create a monumental decorative composition. Gradually, his use of color became flatter and he made the checked surfaces of background and foreground more geometric to offset the sinuous cur...

(Continued on ArtRev.com - Browse Hundreds of Articles on ArtRev.com Fine Art Blog)]]> http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=130 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:23:09 EST http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=130 Despite centuries of controversy, no evidence exists to prove that this is not a portrait of the third wife of a successful merchant, Francesco di Bartolommeo del Giocondo. Layers of varnish have darkened the work but cannot hide what is the quintessence of Leonardo’s style. The blending of many thin layers of paint renders the curve...

(Continued on ArtRev.com - Browse Hundreds of Articles on ArtRev.com Fine Art Blog)]]> http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=134 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:54:32 EST http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=134 The identity of the woman who posed for this painting and its companion piece, The Clothed Maja, remains a mystery until today. Romantic gossip claims she was the Duchess of Alba, her features disguised to prevent recognition. Perhaps she was one of the mistresses of Manuel Godoy, Charles IV’s prime minister, to whom the paintings belonged—and who would have been powerful enough to defy the Inquisition's ban on female nudes. When Godoy fell fr...

(Continued on ArtRev.com - Browse Hundreds of Articles on ArtRev.com Fine Art Blog)]]> http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=133 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:36:38 EST http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=133 A puzzle picture, this composition seems to be more than a group portrait of Spain's royal family. Many people are represented here: the Infanta Margarita certainly, and her maids of honour, but equally her two dwarfs. It is also a portrait of the queen’s steward on the back stairs, and of the attendants sketched in the middle. At the same...

(Continued on ArtRev.com - Browse Hundreds of Articles on ArtRev.com Fine Art Blog)]]> http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=129 Mon, 1 Dec 2008 14:40:05 EST http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=129 As in other works of the Blue Period, Picasso’s theme is maternity, but there are suggestions of other themes, perhaps related, concerns. The canvases indicated in the background of the artwork appear to deal with love, sorrow and even solitude. Perhaps this is a commentary on sexual versus maternal love. Or it may be a variation on the Cycle of Life paintings popular at the time with some of
(Continued on ArtRev.com - Browse Hundreds of Articles on ArtRev.com Fine Art Blog)]]> http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=125 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:52:43 EST http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=125 A cel, short for celluloid, is a transparent sheet on which objects are drawn or painted for traditional, hand-drawn animation. Celluloid was used for animation and film production up until the late 20th century, however, it burned easily and suffered from spontaneous decomposition, and was largely replaced by cellulose acetate plastics.

Gener...

(Continued on ArtRev.com - Browse Hundreds of Articles on ArtRev.com Fine Art Blog)]]> http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=127 Wed, 5 Nov 2008 16:45:05 EST http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=127 Abstract Expressionism: American art movement of the 1940s that emphasized form and color within a nonrepresentational framework. Jackson Pollock initiated the revolutionary technique of splattering the paint directly on canvas to achieve the subconscious interpretation of the artist's inner vision of realit...

(Continued on ArtRev.com - Browse Hundreds of Articles on ArtRev.com Fine Art Blog)]]> http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=149 Wed, 5 Nov 2008 11:52:46 EST http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=149 This poster celebrated the opening of a new cabaret with Jane Avril as the star attraction. One of the most exaggerated of Lautrec’s compositions, it owes much to the art of the Japanese woodcut in its large flat areas, abrupt color div...

(Continued on ArtRev.com - Browse Hundreds of Articles on ArtRev.com Fine Art Blog)]]> http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=126 Sun, 2 Nov 2008 16:07:51 EST http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=126 Impressionism was the first of the modern art movements. Although Manet formed the bridge from the art of Courbet to Impressionism, the name was derived from Monet's painting "Impression, Sunrise" (1872: Paris, Musee Marmottan). In th...

(Continued on ArtRev.com - Browse Hundreds of Articles on ArtRev.com Fine Art Blog)]]> http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=124 Tue, 7 Oct 2008 15:39:15 EST http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=124 The original founders of Cubism were Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Juan Gris, Fernand Leger, Henri Matisse, Andre Der...

(Continued on ArtRev.com - Browse Hundreds of Articles on ArtRev.com Fine Art Blog)]]> http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=123 Mon, 6 Oct 2008 19:00:28 EST http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=123 Political events have always influenced art and the artist throughout history. Most art throughout history has been produced under the influence of state, religion and market and political power. This is why politics and art are necessarily connected....

(Continued on ArtRev.com - Browse Hundreds of Articles on ArtRev.com Fine Art Blog)]]> http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=122 Mon, 6 Oct 2008 17:14:47 EST http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=122 Art Deco is a movement in the decorative arts and architecture that originated in the 1920s and developed into a major style in western Europe and the United States during the 1930s. Its name was derived from the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, held in Paris in 1925, where the style was first exhibited. Limited Edition and Original Artworks offered on ArtRev.com ship with a Certificate of Authenticity free of charge. This Certificate is an official and valuable document that most insurance companies now require in order to insure artworks against damage or theft. Note: Unlike most art galleries and retailers who usually charge up to $50 for a COA (Certi...

(Continued on ArtRev.com - Browse Hundreds of Articles on ArtRev.com Fine Art Blog)]]> http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=119 Sat, 6 Sep 2008 13:47:23 EST http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=119 The idea of incorporating fine art to spruce up an existing home or office decor may discourage many, usually due to the high cost associated with it. Transforming the mood of a room or an entire house with fine art doesn't require a trip to a Sotheby's auction or buying an expensive artwork from your local gal...

(Continued on ArtRev.com - Browse Hundreds of Articles on ArtRev.com Fine Art Blog)]]> http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=117 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:31:09 EST http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=117 British artist, Gary Benfield, has released his long-awaited new works of art to resounding acclaim, capturing an expansive subject range of figurative, equine, still life and landscape images.

Benfield’s figurative wor...

(Continued on ArtRev.com - Browse Hundreds of Articles on ArtRev.com Fine Art Blog)]]> http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=118 Sun, 3 Aug 2008 17:34:31 EST http://www.artrev.com/blog/blogentry.asp?bid=118 A comprehensive list of Museums in Florida with fine art collections. Have you visited one of these wonderful museums? Please feel free to share your experience with others!