Cassidy Dolan Art F200

 Romantic Era: Romantic vs Realist Art; A Comparison of 4 Arts      Romantic era art is not just romanticism style art, but a mixture of many art styles that have evolved over time. The two styles that caught my eye the most when looking at this week's lectures were the romantic and the realist styles. Each portrays life and art in their own way, while also having similarities that tie them together. Let's dive into the Romantic style first with Turner's Fisherman at Sea.  Romanticism  Joseph Mallord William Turner, Fishermen at Sea, United Kingdom, 1796, Oil on Canvas.     The first thing I see when looking at this painting is the lighting. Only two sources of light can really be seen in this painting, from the boat as a small lantern, and from the moon that reflects on the water's surface. This ties in heavily with the contrast in this painting as Turner went with a heavier contrast instead of the more whimsical light colors one might think when...

 Art and Scientific Discovery in the 1700s For this week's Clasical Art, I decided to go along the works of scientific discovery and showcase a couple of the more famous works and a more buried artist with many works of the same name but different paintings. I am pursuing a degree in a science-based field as well as a minor in art and felt an immediate connection with this topic. I wanted to delve into how these two very different areas of study have melded together to create some truly masterful art that not only tells a story about history, but also the discoveries made along the way in this era. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Joseph Wright of Derby, An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump (1768), Derby, England In Wright of Derby's An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump , we are shown both the celebration and critique of the pursuit of knowledge in the people's faces and body language. On the left, a woman and a man a...