Intentions of artists
Claude Monet “water lilies”
>With Claude Monet’s water lily paintings his intentions where to portray the essence of romance through his works through gestural techniques more expressive rather then detailed and sharp also the colour pallet and the reflections in the water. Monet also explored the effects of light in different times of the day and seasons. For example in this painting below you notice that its tonal light stretches from dark to light.
> Another intention of what Monet was trying to portray was as he quoted “The illusion of an endless whole, of water without horizon and bank”.
Chuck Closes “Maggie”
>Chuck Closes intentions of his paintings focus on portraits of him self and his family. Chuck is also known as a modern artist as you can see below in this painting below (Maggie) the image has been painted with a different technique he begins with a photograph of a face and then using a complex grid based reconstruction of the image and then repainting the image in a abstract format.
With techniques of each artist are very different and very similar to each other. With Claude Monet’s painting “water lily” he has used gestural expressive brush strokes using oil paints this gives the paintings more depth and tonal value. This technique that Claude has used has been used a lot throughout his works. In comparison to Chuck closes his paintings are very abstract looking using orbs and shapes as I explained before Chuck uses a complicated grid reconstruction of an image and paints in them creating an abstract image.
“the illusion of an endless whole, of water without horizon or bank."
-Claude Monte.
“Chuck Close is one of the very few modern realists or photo realists who focus on the human face.” - http://www.safran-arts.com/links/close.html
Differences between Chuck Close and Claude Monet is the techniques they have used through there works Close makes work that is about modern art as quoted compared to Monet which is more traditional art and more gestural. Claude Monet focuses on scenery as compared to Close he uses portraits of people. Close also uses more modern techniques using photographic images and reconstructing them. Similarities’ of these paintings would be the colour pallet using bright colours also the scale is similar both are big works. The gestural feel of both paintings feel and the same when looking at both of them.
In my response to both Claude Monet and Chuck close’s works I think are very detailed and both have a modern taste. With Claude Monet’s painting I feel that it shows a lot of emotion through the brush strokes in comparison to Chuck Closes work I feel that it is a modern abstract take on portraits also the bright colour pallet I feel makes the painting more interesting.
I would have to agree with you as both artists use new/modern technqiues to make their work and it makes it interesting that they have the same techniques. But Chuck Close seems to take alot longer as his processes seem to take a year to complete but good work takes time. and I'd have to agree that both artists take each brush stroke very seriously as they are creating masterpieces.
ReplyDeleteI really like how you talk about Claude Monet having a lot of emotion in the way he paints and the techniques he uses. I agree with this very much and think it is a beautiful way to describe his work. I think it is not only show in the techniques that he uses but also the colours and subjects that he chooses to paint.I also agree with you with the similarity with Close and Monets work both being quite modern I also find that they both have impresstionism happening espically Monet of course..
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