Umbrella Sky

This is another painting that is done digitally. The artist is unknown. The first thing that struck out about thias painting when I glanced at it was the beauty of this girl. Her features are pleasing but the look on her face is not content as far as I can tell. If you noticed, the main color theme of this painting is red and orange or a mix of both. Everyhthing in this painting is in this color renge from the girls dress, her hair, and even her umbrella. THhe fish and the sky are also of these colors. Another thing that caught my eyes was the oreange sky shining down its light on the scenery below. Judging by the look on this girl's face and the awesomeness of the sky, I envision that something grand is about to happen(good or bad I can't tell), that's also why I think the fish are jumping up and down to, to show that something is up an d unusual. I dont know if the girl is protecting herself from the fish or something that might falling from the sky.

Acceuil

This is a digital painting done by an unknown artist. It is called Acceuil. I really admire art depicts realism. I like this one because this painting does a good job at capturing a setting that looks like it could have been hundreds of years ago or at least before technology era. I feel this painting is just telling what life was like fo this small village in a far away place. Personally I think this painting is depicting China or some other East Asian setting. I think so because of the roofs of these structure and the towers remind of Japan. The mountains emphasize the mysteriousness of this place and it gives me a feeling that I wish I could be there in person.

Natural Painting

I really appreciate this painting. This painting to me epitomizes my idea of natural beauty. This setting looks too beautiful to even exist on this planet. I could not find the artist who drew this, but I can tell by looking at this that the he/she had some beautiful and pure thoughts as this painting was being painted. There are many shades of greens used which also gives this painting a very natural look. The little river flowing from the waterfall also compliments very nicely with all the greenery.

Soft Construction with Boiled Beans

Soft Construction with Boiled Beans-Premonintion of Civil War

by Salvador Dali

Oil On Canvas, 1936

This painting is centered around the Spanish Civil War which occurred the same year this painitng was done. Salvodor Dali was against war so I knew to expect anti-war tones in this painting. I think that this disfigured figure is representaive of Spain during this Civil War. The figure seems to show signs of internal conflict, hence the upper hand is grasping trying to control the upper limb and the head. The lower hand seems like it has given up and looks more lifeless than the other hand. I don't truly understand the beans on the floor and what they have to do with the title, maybe if I lived in Spain in 1936 I would know what the beans meant, but by merely looking at the painting it is hard to determine.

The Lovers

The Lovers by Rene Magritte

1928, Oil on Canvas

What I feel when I see this is that these two lovers are ignited by passion, but do not know each others true identites. It looks like from the painting that the two characters in this painting are not even looking at each other, which may symbolize that they don;t actually love each other. Since Magritte is a surrealist, I wouldn't be surprise if he wanted to throw off the audience by calling this piece "The Lovers", I think he wants to confuse the audience by calling it this even though I think the painting does not depict lovers. Knowing Magritte, he would probably laugh at my interpretation.

The Elephant Celebes

This is a painting by Max Ernst, 1921, oil on canvas. This is from the surrealist era and is part of the Dada cultural movement. The Dada movement was from 1916-1922 and alot of the art in this period was focused on anti-politics and anti-war. When looking at this painting, I try and find political references. The one that was obvious to me is the orange and yellow gloves that the headless mannequin is wearing and the overlapping of the gloves on the elephant's light black skin tone, which make the complete colors of the German flag. Ernst was a German. The colors of the background suggest a kind of depressing mood. I could not make out what the random objects on top of the elephant were, but the colors are red, blue, orange, and green. This could represent the prominent countries of these colors (France, UK, and Italy, maybe Ireland) and how their fates could rest atop the decision of Germany and their Nazi antics. It was hard to figure out what the elephant represented but I concluded it symbolized Germany and the massive power they held at this time. Ernst disproved of war and this could be his depiction of what Germany was like, hence the disfigured and ugly looking of the elephant. Maybe also the two tails of the elephant could mean that Germany was two-faced. I couldn't understand the coat rack looking thing next to the elephant and how it fit into my political theory of what this painting means. Given the time period of this painting, and the impact of war, I really believe this painting has politcal connotations similar to what I think.

Rene Magritte

This piece is from the series of paintings called The Treachery of Images. Year 1928-1929.

Oil in Canvas. Its is an image of a pipe and in Frech, the text says "This is not a pipe". I think what he was trying to say is that even though this is a very realistic painting of a pipe it is still not a pipe, just an image of one. You caould not pick it up and stuff tobacco in it.