Through the Mirror: Realism in Courbet’s Portrait of Jo— Jo, La Belle Irlandaise, Gustave Courbet , 1865–66 By Juan Valenzuela When I first saw Gustave Courbet’s Jo, La Belle Irlandaise (1865–66), I was struck by how quiet the moment felt. Jo, the woman in the painting, is looking into a […]
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The Double Secret (Le double secret), René Magritte, 1927 By Ayleen Castellanos René Magritte’s 1927 painting The Double Secret (Le double secret) shows a figure from just below the shoulders to the top of the head, with a blank expression. A large part of the left side of the face […]
Violin and Palette, Georges Braque, 1909 By Anna Lozynska In a similar way, the violin creates elegant yet powerful melodies; a painting of this musical instrument can evoke viewers’ emotions and produce music in their minds. In Georges Braque’s painting Violin and Palette, by way of using geometric shapes and […]
Manet’s Olympia: Composition, Confrontation, and Cultural Context Olympia, Edouard Manet, 1863 By Anonymous Édouard Manet’s painting “Olympia,” created in 1863, is one of the most talked-about artworks of its time. It shows a nude woman lying on a bed, looking directly at the viewer with a serious, confident expression. Unlike other […]
Guernica, Pablo Picasso, 1937 By paola(atheris) My chosen artwork is Guernica, painted by Pablo Picasso. Painted oil on canvas between May 1 and June 4, 1937 in Paris. This artwork is a representation of Pablo Picasso’s outrage against war. Imagine an enormous painting that is 11 feet tall and 25 […]
