Thursday 27 March 2014

Renaissance
Renaissance period is one of the most famous as it created many amazing pieces such as the  Mona Lisa, Donatello, and The creation of Adam.
During this period Christianity was big and many paintings were based off their belief or an event in their religion such as the creation of Adam which depicts Heaven reaching out to Adam, this was famously painted on the Sistine chapel ceiling by Michelangelo.
The father of all famous paintings Leonardo da Vinci furthered the idea of pictorial art (lighting, linear and atmospheric perspective, anatomy, foreshortening and characterisation.
With his lifetime of studying and observing the beauty of nature. He then adopted the style of oil paintings as his primary outlet style; this made it easier for him to depict light in his paintings and its effects on the landscape of nature and also man-made objects. This achieved more natural and life like paintings.

Monday 10 March 2014

Chinese Paintings.

Chinese
When the Tang Dynasty began Chines culture grew greatly, Chinese painting developed and changed in many ways, both in what they would paint and the technique they would use such as brush strokes.
An example would be here.
This advancement of the chines techniques and lasting style that pictured Tang Dynasty painting had massive influence on the art of many other countries around Eastern Asia Which include Korea, Japan, Vietnam and also central Asia.
One of the most famous paintings style used by China would be ink paintings. These are beautiful paintings using a mix of ink and water.
This style was practiced by highly educated scholars.

Friday 28 February 2014

The geography of paintings around the world.

Hi my name is Andrew Nally.
This is my blog about the different type of styles of paintings around the world.