First Blogging Assignment

  Romantic Vs Realistic For this assignment, I will be comparing Romanticism and Realism style arts. The romantic era was a mixture of different art styles over time. These two styles have similarities but also differ. For the first two pieces of art, I will start with Romanticism style. The first example I have chosen is titled The 28th July 1830,  Liberty Leading the People.  This was created by  Eugène Delacroix . Its size is  260 x 325 cm and it can be viewed in  Paris at the Louvre Museum.  The painting shows a semi-naked woman who is holding up high in one hand the French tri-color flag, while carrying a musket with a bayonet in the other hand. It is like an action shot, where she is charging forwards, with a group of people around her who are also carrying weapons.  On the ground around her are dead soldiers, but I am not sure if they are supposed to be French soldiers.  I think 'Liberty' here must be the human personification of Franc...

 Art and Scientific Discovery in the 1700's With all the topics to choose from, I chose to base this assignment around the theme of Art and Scientific Discovery in the 1700's . I am choosing to go with art that was influenced by the free-thinking people of the 18th century who were influenced by the enlightenment. Painting 1. For the first piece of art, I chose "An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump." This art piece was created by Joseph Wright of Derby in 1768. It depicts a person conducting an experiment on a bird in front of an audience. As you gaze from left to right at the painting you can see a man and woman looking at each other. They may be confused on if the experiment will work out or not. On the right side of the painting, you see a man looking at a woman who has turned her head away from the bird, as if she is upset. There is also a young girl shown in between the man and women on the right who is looking up but seems hesitant and fearful for the bird. Y...