It is a slideshow about the life and works of Thomas Cole and the painters of the Hudson River School. It also includes his painting series on The Course of Empire and Voyage of Life. Apart from paintings by the Hudson River School, the slideshow also touch upon the European Romanticism painters. Thomas Cole was an American artist known for his landscape and history paintings. He is regarded as the founder of the Hudson School of painters. Cole’s work is known for its romantic portrayal of the American wilderness. This is one of a series of Powerpoints on the American Painters.
Jacques Louis David (1749—1825) was a very important painter during the late 18C and the early 19C painting. He was the master of Neo-classicism and later Romanticism. At time he was somewhat artistic Czar of the time. Neoclassicism was a ‘modernising’ artistic movement of the time after the decline of the aristocratic art of Rococo. In 1782 he became an Academician and in 1784 he returned to Rome to paint the Oath of the Horati (1785), an important painting in the history of painting. It was more like the underground art of its days. During the French Revolution, he became a Deputy and involved with the politics of the day. Many well-known painters of the early 19C were his pupils, including Gerard & Ingres. As a painter, his portraits were supreme. Due to the changing politics of France, he imposed self-exile and cut off from the main stream of Romanticism in France.
The staunch champion of French official art, Ingres began his career in the studio of the Classical painter David. After winning the Prix de Rome, he spent many years in Italy, where he discovered his peculiarly sensual ideal of beauty through a study of Renaissance masters, particularly Raphael. Patronized by Napoleon, be scrapped a reasonable living until his lifestyle was devastated by the fall of the Empire.
On his return to France, Ingres was acclaimed at the Paris Salon, and was plunged into rivalry with the Romantic painter Delacroix. Although extremely sensitive to the criticism he aroused, Ingres was delighted to find himself held up as the greatest exponent of Classicism. Now happily married by the second time, he was famous for his society portraits and erotic nudes. He died in Paris, at the age of 86.
Jacques Louis David (1749—1825) was a very important painter during the late 18C and the early 19C painting. He was the master of Neo-classicism and later Romanticism. At time he was somewhat artistic Czar of the time. Neoclassicism was a ‘modernising’ artistic movement of the time after the decline of the aristocratic art of Rococo. In 1782 he became an Academician and in 1784 he returned to Rome to paint the Oath of the Horati (1785), an important painting in the history of painting. It was more like the underground art of its days. During the French Revolution, he became a Deputy and involved with the politics of the day. Many well-known painters of the early 19C were his pupils, including Gerard & Ingres. As a painter, his portraits were supreme. Due to the changing politics of France, he imposed self-exile and cut off from the main stream of Romanticism in France.
The staunch champion of French official art, Ingres began his career in the studio of the Classical painter David. After winning the Prix de Rome, he spent many years in Italy, where he discovered his peculiarly sensual ideal of beauty through a study of Renaissance masters, particularly Raphael. Patronized by Napoleon, be scrapped a reasonable living until his lifestyle was devastated by the fall of the Empire.
On his return to France, Ingres was acclaimed at the Paris Salon, and was plunged into rivalry with the Romantic painter Delacroix. Although extremely sensitive to the criticism he aroused, Ingres was delighted to find himself held up as the greatest exponent of Classicism. Now happily married by the second time, he was famous for his society portraits and erotic nudes. He died in Paris, at the age of 86.
Realism in France during the XIX century , the paintings made by DAUMIER and MILLET,New subjects and new themes, Nature and life in the coutryside, the changes with industrialisation, the new working class
Norman Rockwell is beyond doubt the most popular painter of the United States of the 20C, not just in America but elsewhere as well. His popularity probably lies in his ability to tell a story, supported by a wealth of details for viewers to discover and his skill to capture moods and expressions. Often his painting is humorous too, the awkwardness of youth, the embarrassment of courting couples, pride in country, history and heritage, reverence, loyalty and compassion. He painted the American Dream. He also has the skills of accuracy and of observation, as the old masters did. Like the Durer, Titan and the Rubens, he is also very successful commercially. Like Michelangelo throughout all his professional career, awarded with many private and public commissions. Like the Van Dyck, Gainsborough, Holbien, he painted the rich and famous. Because of his longevity, he had painted the Boy Scout movement, the technological advances, social developments, the Civil Rights movement and wars of the 20C. Norman Rockwell was demonized by a generation of critics who not only saw him as an enemy of modern art, but of all art. He was an outside the art establishment. The most common criticism of his works is that he chose to depict only the good side of the American experience. This is not altogether true, his works on the Civil Movement, bear witness to that. At times he acted as a social campaigning artist. His used the ordinary American as his subject. He genuinely like people and painted them with benevolent affection. Today a mosaic of one of his painting (Golden Rule, 1961) is hung at the entrance to the Headquarter of the United Nations, in New York. A recognition of his dream of a peaceful world between all races. Using achievements and compare to those achievements made by the old masters, I come see why Norman Rockwell as the greatest American artist of the 20th Century. Centuries from today, his works will still be remembered while others have long been forgotten. This is part of a Powerpoint series on the American painters.
Art by its nature is subjective. Its main driving force is the creativity of the artist. Abstract art in the 20C have isolated the artists from their environment and left their spectators wondering ‘what is going on?’. But most artists live in society and have to confront the reality of living in it. Here is a story of how a very influential group of artists were inspired by the technological development of the 19C, namely the coming of the railways. This linked the urban artists to a simpler ways of life and to the nature of the coastal environment. This experience was the source of their inspiration, which created such memorable images of Impressionists by the Sea.
Realism in France during the XIX century , the paintings made by DAUMIER and MILLET,New subjects and new themes, Nature and life in the coutryside, the changes with industrialisation, the new working class
Norman Rockwell is beyond doubt the most popular painter of the United States of the 20C, not just in America but elsewhere as well. His popularity probably lies in his ability to tell a story, supported by a wealth of details for viewers to discover and his skill to capture moods and expressions. Often his painting is humorous too, the awkwardness of youth, the embarrassment of courting couples, pride in country, history and heritage, reverence, loyalty and compassion. He painted the American Dream. He also has the skills of accuracy and of observation, as the old masters did. Like the Durer, Titan and the Rubens, he is also very successful commercially. Like Michelangelo throughout all his professional career, awarded with many private and public commissions. Like the Van Dyck, Gainsborough, Holbien, he painted the rich and famous. Because of his longevity, he had painted the Boy Scout movement, the technological advances, social developments, the Civil Rights movement and wars of the 20C. Norman Rockwell was demonized by a generation of critics who not only saw him as an enemy of modern art, but of all art. He was an outside the art establishment. The most common criticism of his works is that he chose to depict only the good side of the American experience. This is not altogether true, his works on the Civil Movement, bear witness to that. At times he acted as a social campaigning artist. His used the ordinary American as his subject. He genuinely like people and painted them with benevolent affection. Today a mosaic of one of his painting (Golden Rule, 1961) is hung at the entrance to the Headquarter of the United Nations, in New York. A recognition of his dream of a peaceful world between all races. Using achievements and compare to those achievements made by the old masters, I come see why Norman Rockwell as the greatest American artist of the 20th Century. Centuries from today, his works will still be remembered while others have long been forgotten. This is part of a Powerpoint series on the American painters.
Art by its nature is subjective. Its main driving force is the creativity of the artist. Abstract art in the 20C have isolated the artists from their environment and left their spectators wondering ‘what is going on?’. But most artists live in society and have to confront the reality of living in it. Here is a story of how a very influential group of artists were inspired by the technological development of the 19C, namely the coming of the railways. This linked the urban artists to a simpler ways of life and to the nature of the coastal environment. This experience was the source of their inspiration, which created such memorable images of Impressionists by the Sea.
In the history of Paris, the city has seen a lot of terror and a lot of bloodshed. The city was once occupied by the Roman in 52 BC and it was occupied again as recently as the Second World War, 70 years ago. Paris is always a vibrant city. It was the city of the Enlightened Philosophers and it was the city of the Impressionists. Today it is one of the most favourite tourist destination in the world. It is a city of light and romance and we will return to reclaim the city, its cafes, its theatres, its museums, its concert halls, its monuments, its streets and its squares. Viva la Paris.
Frederic Edwin Church is the most well-known member of the Hudson School of painters, who were primarily landscape painters. The word 'sublime' describes the emotional response to immensity or boundlessness, when faced by phenomena of great magnitude. This feeling of sublimation often occurs when confronted by the grandeur of the American wilderness. There is no better American artist to portrait this feeling than Frederic Edwin Church. This was in a time of when America was opening up. Forests were cleared for farming. Factories were being built in the east. Canals connected waterways and railway tracks were laid. This was also a time of the Second Great Awakening, with the founding of new religious sects. In the arts, it was the time of Romanticism, which saw the futility of humankind up against the overwhelming power of nature. Lastly, it was also the time of the American Civil War. It was during period that Frederic Edwin Church celebrated the grandeur of the American Wilderness in his paintings. This is part of a series of Powerpoints on American painters.
Hagia Sofia was built between 532 and 537, as a Christian church. It has influenced architects ever since. The circular dome covering a square base was developed at the same time as the Basilica plan of the Early Christian churches, in Italy. The Byzantine dome was later adopted into Islamic architecture. However, the Roman dome was constructed differently. Romans placed their dome over a solid circle of walling, best seen in the example of the Pantheon in Rome, instead of using the pendentives (an architectural feature).
However, one shared feature of the time between the two styles was the use of opaque glass mosaics in the interior decoration, covering the walls.
The Hagia Sofia plan is basically an inscribed Greek cross. The hall has four piers at the corners of the square rising in circular arches to support a central dome by means of four pendentives. The upper galleries were used by the women, and were reached by steps inside the building. Much of Hagia Sofia's appeal comes from its size. The inside is dominated by the central dome over 30.5 metres in diameter.
Today after about 1500 years of continue used, Hagia Sofia still dominates the skyline of the Bosphorus. It is truly a milestone, among the world’s greatest architectural achievements, a testament of the sophistication of the 6C Byzantine Empire.
In 2.0 version of the presentation, I have added several slides on the Srivijaya and of the Chola Empire and reconstruction of the Borobudur ship.
To cover over 2 millennium of maritime trade, in the Middle East, India, SE Asia and China under 50 slides, can only give us the briefest gleam into the course of history. To get the benefit of the slides, you will need to set aside some time to read through the contents. Our perceptions on the maritime contacts are changing too. The discovery in particular of dozens of ancient shipwrecks in Southeast Asia has built up a picture of the historic trade and the technology.
The voyage of the Chinese mariner Zhenghe and his voyages to the Indian Ocean. Until recently it is relatively unknown in the West. When I get started, I found that these spectacular Zhenghe's voyages were only the last brilliant chapter of the Asian Maritime book, before the arrival of the European by sea. As I dig deeper, I discovered dozen of shipwrecks and the achievements went far into the past.
The Srivijaya was the Asian equivalent of the European maritime power, like Venice. Their power was based on the control of the sea-lanes, with a series of ports and they rarely ventured into the hinterlands. This and other powers in Southeast Asia were in turned seeded by an even older maritime power in south India, the Cholas Empire. From India the journey took me further west to the lands of the Arab and Persian, the maritime world of Sinbad the Sailor. Until the arrival of the European and before the development of the Chinese maritime network in the Tang Dynasty, Arab dhows sailed across the ocean and the seas from ends to ends, linking distance people of China to the European. At last, I arrived in Alexandria, the ancient trading hub of the Mediterranean world, a bridge between the East with the West.
In the slides, I have included three incidences of overseas traders being massacred in Chinese history. This is not to put black marks on an otherwise successful Chinese civilisation, but to remind ourselves how history have been sanctified one way or another. History should be a honest account of the past, without distortions and omissions. History is the witness. I hope in these few slides, would help to understanding an aspect of human civilization on Earth. Too often our own ego-centric interest becomes a source of our own ignorance.
The Huntington is more than a gallery or a museum. The stated aim of the institution is devoted to both public education and academic research in the humanities and sciences. The site included, The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, including the Chinese and the Japanese Gardens. It is located in Los Angeles, County of San Marino. It houses an extensive art collection with a focus in 18C and 19C European art and 17C to 20C American Art. The most impressive room houses the finest 18C English full size portraits by the best of the portrait artists of that time, including Gainsborough, Thomas Lawrence, John Reynolds, George Romney. On that room alone, it would worth making a visit to The Huntington
“Antonio da Canal (1697-1768) - More than any other artist, Canaletto has immortalized the architectural beauty of Venice. His topographical views of the city were immensely popular especially with foreign gentry, who treasured them as mementoes of their Grand Tours. At the peak of his career, during his 30’s and 40’s, Canaletto was overwhelmed with commissions, and many lesser artists filled the demand for his work with inferior copies. Although admired in his native city, Canaletto’s main patrons were always the English. When work was scarce in Venice, he spent the best part of the decade from 1746 to 1756 in England, painting views of the River Thames and country houses. He had a great influence on the English school of topographical watercolourists and secured a longstanding reputation which has not diminished over the years.” The Great Artists Volume 3, parts 47, page 1473.
The world’s oceans and seas cover 71% of the surface of the Earth. It makes the Earth unique within the Solar System. It is also where life first began. Today the ocean is regarded as the last major frontier on Earth for exploration and development of resources to sustain mankind in the future. The sea also has an irresistible attraction on us, drawing nearer to the shores. The sound of the waves lashing on the sandy beaches, the gentle breeze of a hot summer evening, the shimmers of silver lights, the fisherman coming home with their catch, the long voyages of container carriers that link the world economy are all part of our acquaintance with the sea. In its fury, it can unleash power that can destroy cities, sending ships and army to the bottom of the sea. Apart from our scientists, the seas is often a tropic for artists, poets and musicians. The song La Mer was an example, composed and sang by Charles Trenet’s in 1946 offers us a romantics version of our encounter with the sea.
Further to the previous version released in 2011, this version of ‘Dawn and Dusk’ includes some more photos taken in the last few years. The presentation covers wider scope and has more diversity of colours. This is also my first attempt using the wide screen format (1920 x1080). The presentation is best view with Powerpoint 2010 on a wide screen monitor. It also includes some new animations offered by Powerpoint 2010, which has not been adopted by Powerpoint internet websites. It is best if you download the latest Microsoft Powerpoint viewer, which is free.
Amongst many artists, Norman Rockwell is one of the most loved. He created many warm images of Christmas in America. Christmas is a family occasion for us. Our Christmas is often quiet but our hearts are often filled of the joyous time of our life. This is the season of good wishes. Thanks everyone for another lovely years. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Keep in touch. Jerry
The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition is a unique kind of art exhibition. It began in 1768, about 250 years ago. Anyone can submit their works for display. The majority of the exhibits come from amateurs or budding artists, as well as established artists and academicians. The submitted works are selected by the Hanging Committee, which also decides how the works are to be seen. In 2015, a total of 1131 works were selected.
Artists, if they wish, can put prices on their works for sales. An unkind critic calling it, ‘a high-end junk shop’.
This slideshow consists of photos taken in the year 2014 February to 2015 January, documenting the flowers in our garden and in our neighbourhood in London.
Illustrated Talk On Frederic Church And The Conservation Movement, by Sara J....saragriffen
Frederic Church and other Hudson River School painters as Catalysts for the Conservation Movement and their Legacy Today, a talk given for the University of Albany at the Albany Institute of History and Art, September 2009
This presentation is for students of English literature. This presentation contains, History(social, political and economic) and literary features of Romantic age, poets, novelists and prose writers of the age.
This lecture will be a comprehensive overview of the historic art movement of Romanticism in the 17th Century. The influences and pioneers of this movement have been discussed so students can understand the core concepts of Romanticism,
Romantic period in English Literature. Focuses on romantic poets like Blake, Wordsworth, Colridge, Shelly, Keats, Byron. Includes a brief history and meaning of Romanticism.
Claude Monet (1840-1926) was the leading member of the Impressionist group and the one who longest practised the principles of absolute fidelity to the visual sensation and painting directly from the object, in necessary out of door. Cezanne is said to have described him as ’only one eye, but my God what an eye!’. Monet is also the one who took impressionism into new contradictory way to become, in the 1940s, a major influence on Abstract Expressionism.
Galicia is a green rain-swept region remarkable for its coastal cliffs and bays (rias). Traditionally, it was seen as a poor agricultural region whose economy did not lend itself to modernization. It was never conquered by the Moors. Bordering Portugal to the south and enclosed by the waters of the Atlantic, Galicia could offer its inhabitants little on the way of new land for cultivation. Overpopulation and unemployment forced many to emigrate. Galicia has always maintained strong links with the sea, with A Coruna, a port for commerce and industry. However fishing is vital to the economy and Galician seafood is the best in Spain.
Clara Peeters (1594-c1659) was active between 1607 and 1621. Unlike many of the women painters of her time, she specialized on Still-life. She was a pioneer female painter. Early female painters were mostly portrait painters. There is not much known about her life as well. Her paintings of tables of food and other objects ware early manifestations of naturalism. As far as we know, her paintings of fish are the first that were dedicated to this subject.
Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614) lived in Bologna, Italy. She was a contemporary of Sofonisba Anguissola, who was internationally known. Her father was a distinguished printed of the School of Bologna. Her earliest work was printed in 1575, ‘The Child of the Monkey’, At 23. She specialised in painted portraits and mainly on women of nobleman and of high society. She was particularly skilled in painting dresses. Her relationships with female clients were often warm and some became godparents of her children.
Fontana married artist Gian Zappi in 1577. She gave birth to 11 children. After the marriage Fontana continued to paint to support her family. Zappi cared for the household and served as assistant agent in selling his wife’s painting. He also depicted small elements of her pictures such as draperies and another details.
Lavinia was elected an honorary member of the University of Bologna and was honoured as a doctorate in 1580.
In 1603, she and her family moved Rome on the invitation of Pope Clement VIII and appointed as a portraitist in the Vatican. Her career flourished in Rome. She was elected to the San Luca Academy in Rome. She died in 1614 and left behind over 100 of her work.
Anguissola was the first Western female painter that had gained an international fame. At an young age, she was introduced to Michelangelo, who immediately recognized her talent. In the late 1550s, she established herself, as a professional painter, in her native Italy. She was recruited to the Spanish court about 27 year ago. Her marriage was arranged by the Spanish King Philip II, to a Sicilian nobleman. Two years later her husband died and she remarried again to a sea captain Orazio Lomellino. In later year, she became quite famous and many young artists came to visit her and to discuss the arts with her. Amongst them was the young Anthony van Dyck, who painted one of Anguissola last portrait. More importantly she was a pioneer who had shown other women to pursue serious careers as professional painters.
The world’s oceans and seas cover 71% of the surface of the Earth. It makes the Earth unique within the Solar System. It is also where life first began. Today the ocean is regarded as the last major frontier on Earth for exploration and development of resources to sustain mankind in the future. The sea also has an irresistible attraction on us, drawing us nearer to the shores. The sound of the waves lashing on the sandy beaches, the gentle breeze of a hot summer evening, the shimmers of silver lights, the fisherman coming home with their catch, the long voyages of container carriers that link the world economy are all part of our acquaintance with the sea. In its fury, it can unleash power that can destroy cities, sending ships and army to the bottom of the sea. No wonder, apart from our scientists, the seas is often a favourite subject for artists, poets and musicians. The song La Mer was an example, composed and sang by Charles Trenet’s in 1946 offers us a romantics version of our encounter with the sea.
“Caravaggio (1571-1610) is one of the most revolutionary figures in art. His intense naturalism almost brutal realism and dramatic lighting had a wide impact on European artists, including Orazio Gentileschi, Valentin de Boulogne and Gerrit van Honthorst. Each absorbed something different from Caravaggio, propagating his style across Europe. But by the mid-17C, Caravaggism was at odds with a prevailing preference for classicism and the reputation of these artists waned, not be revived until the mid-20C.” Beyond Caravaggio Introduction.
The British Isles are situated at the edge of the European continent. Historically the Roman invaded Britain in 43 AD and ruled for 350 years. This was followed by successive settlements by northern European. The last successful invasion was by the Norman from France in 1066. Today Britain is administratively divided into four main regions – Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England. Culturally, British influence has been very important in the world. Many former colonies have inherited the political culture and the social practices from Britain, in particularly the English speaking countries of the world. Economically, Britain was the first country to begin the process of Industrial Revolution. Britain is rich in energy resource but poor in material resources. As an island country, maritime trading has been and important development in its economy. Geological its landscape is varied with many types of habitats.
In 1794. during the French Revolution, the commissioners appointed in our country seized art works of every kind from churches, monasteries, abbeys guildhalls and the houses of so-called emigres, i.e. the French bourgeois residing in Belgium. Whilst many of these conquetes artistiques were taken away to the Louvre in Paris and in Versailles, some 1500 items, mainly paintings, considered to be less valuable, were left in Brussel. Even if there were no masterpieces among them, they were to form the basis of what is now the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.
Van Dyck was among the greatest and the most successful portraitists who has ever lived. He dazzled 17C contemporaries not only in his native Netherlands but also in Italy and above all in England. His influence on subsequent portrait painting in Britain proved so great that it lasted to the beginning of 20C.
P Bruegel’s greatness is so widely acknowledged today that it is hard to imagine that in his life his supremacy was not recognised. He was immensely popular, but many contemporaries regarded his work as old-fasioned.
The greatest Flemish artist of 16th century. This realistic and landscape painter, gives us a gleam of life in the Low Country 400 years ago. His paintings are full of details & messages and so interesting to look at. Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c1525/30-69), nicknamed ‘Peasant Bruegel’, was the most important satirist in the Netherlands after Bosch and one of the greatest landscape painters. After he became Master in the Antwerp Guild in 1551, he went to France and Italy, travelling as far south as Sicily. He was impressed by the landscape of Italy but not so on the Italian paintings. From his painting, he gave us insights to the peasant life and their relationship with nature of 16C in the Low Countries. He was an educated man, well able to associate with his distinguished clients and sophisticated enough disguised his political opinions as a biblical story.
The greatest Flemish artist of 16th century. This realistic and landscape painter, gives us a gleam of life in the Low Country 400 years ago. His paintings are full of details & messages and so interesting to look at. Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c1525/30-69), nicknamed ‘Peasant Bruegel’, was the most important satirist in the Netherlands after Bosch and one of the greatest landscape painters. After he became Master in the Antwerp Guild in 1551, he went to France and Italy, travelling as far south as Sicily. He was impressed by the landscape of Italy but not so on the Italian paintings. From his painting, he gave us insights to the peasant life and their relationship with nature of 16C in the Low Countries. He was an educated man, well able to associate with his distinguished clients and sophisticated enough disguised his political opinions as a biblical story.
British Museum has a “permanent collection of eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence. It documents the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present. The British Museum was the first public national museum in the world.
The Museum was established in 1753, largely based on the collections of the Anglo-Irish physician and scientist Sir Hans Sloane. It first opened to the public in 1759, in Montagu House, on the site of the current building. The museum's expansion over the following 250 years was largely a result of British colonisation” Wikipedia.
London is one of the financial centre of the world. It is also an important centre for performance, arts, museums, theatres and fashion. What is particularly noticeable is that London is made up of two city centres. The City of London for finance, the West End for entertainment and the political entre of Westminster.
Yellowstone is US first National Park. It is also the world’s oldest. The park was created in 1872. Today National Parks are established for purpose of conservation. These are designated areas of natural beauty, an island in a developing world.
Today, Yellowstone National Park is probably the best known in the world and easily accessible. Wildlife abounds from the smallest to the largest mammals found in North America. The wolf, here, is a recovery story that is a major restoration of the balance of nature. There large herd of bison roaming in park, following their migration routes. Black and brown bears are frequently seen here. The park lies in the heart of the the Rocky Mountain Range. Here, powerful volcanic forces erupted 2 million, 1.3 million and as recently as 640,000 years ago, to create three of the world’s largest volcanic depressions, or calderas.
Native Americans have lived in the region for at least 11,000 years. Today with large number of visitors, the management and control of the park is vital to ensure its long term future.
The Rijksmuseum is a major European treasury of art. It houses the world’s greatest collection of Dutch paintings of 17C, the Golden Age. It is also a museum for Dutch history, art objects, drawings, sculptures and furniture. The building was opened in 1885. Its building was one of the first to be constructed specially as a museum. In 2004 the museum largely closed for 10 years to undertake a major renovation. The major features of the renovation were the of construction two large atriums covered by glass roofs to provide more amenity spaces for the visitors. The garden was also modified, statues were added, for the visitors to relax and enjoy the summer sun.
Human civilization has existed for a very short time on Earth. If we take the existence of Earth as equivalent to one year in time. Then human civilisation only appears on the last second of the last hour of the last day in the Earth’s year. Human has been fighting each other since the beginning of history. In the last century, we had two World Wars, when millions were killed. But I am the luck generation that miraculously never experienced wars, although the drums of wars are never too far away. We have arsenals of weapons that could destroy the world many times over. In my life time, I have also seen many of our children, marrying people of different races too. Our greatest enemy is ourselves. If we can survive this, there is the whole universe to explore. Finally, just remind ourselves that the longest Ice Age on Earth lasted for well over 1 billion years long and our civilisation is only 10,000 years old. 16 Jan 2022.
Paolo Veronese (c1528-88) was born in Verona and trained under several minor artists. The Chief influence on him was Titian. He worked in Venice probably from 1553, when he began his ceiling for the Doge’s Palace, with daring Sotto in Su (from below to above) perspective and Mannerist nudes in complicated poses filling up the picture space. He went to Rome for the first time in 1560, probably after he painted the frescoes in Villa Maser. He specialised mainly in huge pictures of Biblical, allegorical or historical subjects. With vast crowd and of accessory figures. Golden hair women, children, horses, dogs, apes, courtiers, musicians and soldier in armours.
For Sweden 13th December is an important day. It is the beginning of Christmas. It is the festival of Santa Lucia or the Festival of Light. On that day the eldest daughter of the family traditionally dresses in a white robe and wears a crown of candles, bringing lights to the dark winter. It is also a festive reason with specially dishes, foods and drinks for the occasion. Santa Lucia Festival is celebrated in Italy, Norway and Swedish Finland.
It is very scenic and the chosen location for The Roman Holiday, La Dolce Vita and There coins in the Fountain. It has many famous sites, rich in architecture and paintings – Pantheon, RoRome is known as the Eternal City because of its long history. man Forum, Colosseum, castel sant’ Angelo, Vatican, Basilica of St Peter, Trevi Fountain, If Gensu, the Spanish steps, Piazza Navona. Rome is shaped by two important artists Michelangelo and Bernini. This slideshow sketch the development of architecture from the Ancient, to the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque to the modern age.
Explore the multifaceted world of Muntadher Saleh, an Iraqi polymath renowned for his expertise in visual art, writing, design, and pharmacy. This SlideShare delves into his innovative contributions across various disciplines, showcasing his unique ability to blend traditional themes with modern aesthetics. Learn about his impactful artworks, thought-provoking literary pieces, and his vision as a Neo-Pop artist dedicated to raising awareness about Iraq's cultural heritage. Discover why Muntadher Saleh is celebrated as "The Last Polymath" and how his multidisciplinary talents continue to inspire and influence.
Hadj Ounis's most notable work is his sculpture titled "Metamorphosis." This piece showcases Ounis's mastery of form and texture, as he seamlessly combines metal and wood to create a dynamic and visually striking composition. The juxtaposition of the two materials creates a sense of tension and harmony, inviting viewers to contemplate the relationship between nature and industry.
2137ad - Characters that live in Merindol and are at the center of main storiesluforfor
Kurgan is a russian expatriate that is secretly in love with Sonia Contado. Henry is a british soldier that took refuge in Merindol Colony in 2137ad. He is the lover of Sonia Contado.
2137ad Merindol Colony Interiors where refugee try to build a seemengly norm...luforfor
This are the interiors of the Merindol Colony in 2137ad after the Climate Change Collapse and the Apocalipse Wars. Merindol is a small Colony in the Italian Alps where there are around 4000 humans. The Colony values mainly around meritocracy and selection by effort.
2137ad Merindol Colony Interiors where refugee try to build a seemengly norm...
Thomas Cole
1. Thomas Cole
and the Hudson River School
The Titan’s Goblet (Detail). 1833. Thomas Cole.
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3. An early works
Cole was born in 1801 and brought up
in Bolton, Lancashire, England. He
was trained as an engraver in textile
design shop but he read a great deal
and would be familiar with the poetry of
Wordsworth, Coleridge and Thomson.
4. Many of his early works were views of Catskill area.
5. Picturesque Landscape - Catskill and the Hudson River
Thomas Cole subscribed to the concept of a picturesque landscape by Gilpin, meaning an unexplored wilderness, primitive forests, rugged
mountains and impetuous river. Cole had all these elements in many of his painting.
7. Last of the Mohican Details
Details of Screen from “The Last of the Mohicans”, Cora Kneeling at the Feet of Tamermund, 1827.
8. The Dead Tree
There is always a dead tree in his early painting. It may used to convey a sense of wilderness . Dead is often used as a symbol of
mortality.
10. Europe was an inspiration
The Cascatelli, Tivoli Looking Toward Rome. 1832. Oil on canvas 82x113 cm. Thomas Cole. Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus. Ohio.
13. The Course of Empire
It is his most famous work which depicts the
same landscape over the fortune of an empire
from its beginning to its eventual destruction.
Was this a warning to the developing America?
On his first trip to Europe, he visited Rome,
which inspired Cole to consider the development
of The Course of Empire.
Pastoral
Savage
Consummation
Destruction
Desolation
14. The dawn of an empire without monuments or records.
The Course of Empire: The Savage State. 1836. Oil on canvas 100x162 cm. Thomas Cole. New York Historical Society. New York.
15. The beginning of culture and technology. Lives without want and greed.
The Course of Empire: The Pastoral or Arcadian State. 1836. Oil on canvas 100x162 cm. Thomas Cole. New York Historical Soc. New York.
16. Empire building – Nature almost disappeared.
The Course of Empire: The Consummation. 1836. Oil on canvas 100x162 cm. Thomas Cole. New York Historical Society. New York.
17. Order replaced by chaos and destructions.
The Course of Empire: The Destruction. 1836. Oil on canvas 100x162 cm. Thomas Cole. New York Historical Society. New York.
18. Cole was not a very good portrait painter. He gave up portrait for landscape.
The Course of Empire: The Destruction (Detail). 1836. 100x162 cm. Thomas Cole. New York Historical Society. New York.
19. ‘Violence and time have crumbled the works of man’, as nature reasserts itself.
The Course of Empire: The Desolation. 1836. Oil on canvas 100x162 cm. Thomas Cole. New York Historical Society. New York.
21. Techniques &
Styles
Small human figures.
Detail painted foliage.
Middle ground
with lots of details
Bright & dark areas
provided a more
dramatic setting.
Leaning tree on
near ground.
Dramatic sky.
23. Voyage of Life
Cole had long been fascinated with the idea of
the cycle of life and the cycles of history and in
its decaying grandeur. Rome represented in
both symbol and reality of old Europe.
This suite of religious paintings was done in
1842. It is an allegory journey of a man down the
river of life. We may feel indifferent to these
paintings, but these were deeply moving to the
viewers at the time. Nearly half a million
American flocked to see the paintings in an
exhibition, in 1848. The religious overtone of the
paintings simply fitted to the piety of its American
viewers.
Childhood
Youth
Manhood
Old Age
24. Voyage of Life was commissioned to depict a pilgrim’s path through life.
Voyage of Life : Childhood. 1839-40. 132x198 cm.
25. Voyage of Life - Each painting corresponds to a season in a year.
Voyage of Life : Youth. 1840. 133x199 cm.
26. Voyage of Life – A turn in manhood with turbulence, danger and uncertainty.
Voyage of Life : Manhood. 1840. 132x198 cm.
27. Finally in Old Age, the man reaches the sea and the promise of eternal salvation.
Voyage of Life : Old Age. 1840. 132x198 cm.
31. Hudson River School
Several members of the Hudson River School were instrumental in founding the Metropolitan
Museum, New York, including Church, Kensett and Gifford.
The Hudson River School was a informal association of American landscape painters, working in the
middle of 19C. Founded by Thomas Cole and influenced by European painters. They gave
Romanticism a new theme, by adding moral values and historical subjects.
Cole Durand Kensett Church
Gifford Cropsey Bierstadt Moran
39. Thomas Moran – Well-known as a member of a team that explored Yellowstone.
40. Comparison with European Landscape
19C American Landscape
According to the art critic, Robert Hughes the
development of American landscape painting was
a logical direction. By early 19C, the American
Republic was no longer new. The iconic founders
of the nation were all dead and very old.
The nation was on a territorial expansion. The
unique and marvellous American landscape
became the nation’s myth. The landscape painting
became an assertion of the national identity.
The first noticeable difference with the European
landscape is the very large canvas commonly used
by the American landscape painters.
A closer inspection would show that the American
landscape paintings is part of the Romanticism
movement.
The 19C American landscape style was described
as the Luminism. It emphasized on the effects of
light on landscape and played close attention to
details and the brushstrokes were hidden.
42. Thomas Cole Biography
Cole was born in 1801 and brought up in
Bolton, Lancashire, England. He was trained
as an engraver in textile design shop but he
read a great deal and would be familiar with the
poetry of Wordsworth, Coleridge and Thomson.
In 1818, his family emigrated to the United
States, when he was 17. He was able to begin
to earn a living by making wood-engraving.
Soon, he took up painting and began his interest
in painting landscape.
By 1825, he moved to
New York city and sold 3
paintings to George W
Bruen, who financed a
summer trip to the
Hudson Valley, where he
visited the Catskill
Mountain and painted the
Kaaterskill Falls.
Cole influenced his artistic peers, especially
Asher B Durand and Frederic Edwin Church,
who studied with Cole from 1844 to 1846.
Thomas Cole is often regarded as the founder
of the Hudson School of Painting.
In 1829 he travelled to
London, where he met
Thomas Lawrence and
Turner. In 1831 he
travelled to Paris and to
Florence. He stayed in
Europe for 3 years
before returning to the
US.
From 1841 to 1842, he revisited Europe, staying
in London, Paris and the Alps.
In 1848, Cole died at Catskill. The 4th
highest
peaks in the Catskills is named after him. He
was the best-known American artist at the time of
his death and mourned by everyone who had the
slightest affiliation with arts.
Thomas Cole. 1838 by Asher B Durand
43. Thomas Cole Timeline
Cole was the first American painter, who saw
the power of landscape painting to elevated
the spirit of morality and bring humankind
closer to the Creator. This approach to
painting is uniquely an American invention.
This lies the contribution of Thomas Cole to
the development of American painting.
44. Conclusion
In the early 19C, in contrast with Europe’s anti-clericalism, American was experiencing a religious
revival, which saw millions of followers and led to the formation of new churches. Linked to the idea
of Awakening was the return to a ‘purer’ or ‘primitive’ form of Christianity, based on the Bible alone.
Many saw this, the Second Great Awakening heralded a new age before the Second Coming of
Jesus Christ.
The Second Great Awakening
The philosophy of Romanticism is essentially a reaction against the Age of Reason, with its
foundation on the Enlightened philosophy. It also a rejection of the Industrial Revolution, which was
build on the scientific methods and on objective measurements.
Romanticism
Romanticism is label given to a group of artists, musicians and literary writers, that spanned around
1790 and 1830.
Romanticism emphasizes the view of emotion as a authentic source of experience, which help
humankind to see the greatness beyond calculation, measurement or imitation. Romanticism also
sees the futility of humankind up against the overwhelming power of nature. Nature is not there to
be tamed.
The Hudson River School of painting should be seen as an artistic movement, developed under
these cultural environments.
Amongst the newly founded churches were the Disciples of Christ, the Mormons, the Seventh Day
Adventist and the Evangelical Christian Church in Canada.
45. Music – Excerpt Antonin Dvorak, New World Symphony,
Symphony No 9 in E minor. Op 95. Second Movement – Largo.
Written during his visit to the United States from 1892 to 1895.
The End
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It is a slideshow about the life and works of Thomas Cole and the painters of the Hudson River School. It also includes his painting series on The Course of Empire and Voyage of Life. Apart from paintings by the Hudson River School, the slideshow also touch upon the European Romanticism painters. Thomas Cole was an American artist known for his landscape and history paintings. He is regarded as the founder of the Hudson School of painters. Cole’s work is known for its romantic portrayal of the American wilderness. This is one of a series of Powerpoints on the American Painters.