Title: Kristu Rebah l-Mewt
Artist: Antoine Camilleri
Date: 1990
Medium: Glass on wood
Dimensions: 52X80cms
Venue: St. James Cavalier, Valletta Malta
Antoine Camilleri (1922-2005) who was a very known artist in Malta liked to draw a lot of Abstract art. In this painting 'Kristu rebah l-mewt' Antoine Camilleri uses a cold color scheme (blue and purple) to make the viewer feel sympathy towards Christ. Antoine Camilleri makes use of elements and principles on this painting mainly on the body of Christ to give a sense of importance on him.This painting gives a sense of sadness because of the colors which Antoine Camilleri uses.
Title: Wild Horses
Artist: Antoine Camilleri
Date: Unknown
Medium:Oil on Board
Dimensions: 73X115 cms
Venue: St. James Cavalier, Valletta Malta
In this painting once again cold colors are used. The painting shows a sense of movement in it making it look more interesting. Since one horse is painted black and another white, contrast is created, Camilleri could have done this to represent something, such as the yin yang which represents the balance between two objects such as light and darkness. This piece gives out a peaceful scenario because of the techniques and colors used by the artist.
Title: Winter Portrait
Artist: Antoine Camilleri
Date: 1960
Medium:Mixed Media on board
Dimensions: 124X91 cms
Venue: St. James Cavalier, Valletta Malta
In this portrait Camilleri draws a man which might be a self-portrait in the winter. A lot of cold colors are used since it was in winter, the man in the painting doesn't have a lot of detail and the colors were dull unlike the window next to him which shows more bright colors , this gives less importance to the man thus directing the viewers attention to the window rather than the man. This painting shows a sense of sadness because of the colors used.
Title: Girl In Blue Dress
Artist: Antoine Camilleri
Date: unknown
Medium:Oil on Cardboard
Dimensions: 26X40 cms
Venue: St. James Cavalier, Valletta Malta
Unlike other paintings of Antoine Camilleri this piece has more detail in it rather than being drawn in an abstract way. The painting has a mixture of cold and warm colors, the dress and hair on the girl have texture in them making it look more realistic and the viewer would direct their attention on the girl rather than the background. This painting gives a sense of happiness since children are associated with happiness, energy etc.
Title: The Kiss
Artist: Antoine Camilleri
Date:1960/2000
Medium: Oil on Board
Dimensions: 130X98 cms
Venue: St. James Cavalier, Valletta Malta
Once again Antoine Camilleri paints in an abstract way.Unlike other paintings Antoine Camilleri makes made use of warm colors. A lot of elements and principles are used in this piece making it look more interesting thus attracting or keeping the viewers attention. This painting shows a sign of happiness and excitement since the colors used are bright.
Title: Riminexxenzi mill-passat (Reminiscence form the past)
Artist:Stephen Grima
Date: 2013
Medium: oil, wood, metal and ceramic on Canvas
Dimensions: 95X57 cm
Venue: Skyparks
In this art piece Stephen Grima captures the amazing scenery of Malta, this shows the 'Hagar Qim' temples. In this work of art Grima uses a bright colour scheme to attract the viewe more to the piece and also to show a happy atmosphere.
Title: Fil- Qilla Tal-Mewg
Artist:Stephen Grima
Date: 2009
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 100X115cm
Venue: Skyparks
In this piece of work once again by Stephen Grima, the artist captures two boats and a bird which looks like a seagull in the roughness of the sea. One can also notice that on the boats sail there is written 'MLT' which is short for Malta, this could show the great love the artist has for his country as he paints a lot of Maltese scenarios.
Symbolism
'The Scream' by Edvard Munch
Symbolism started towards the end of the 19th century, it first started in France and later spread in all of Europe. Symbolism was created at a time of prosperity and modernity in fact symbolism mostly uses line, colour and firm in its works. This type of style sadly lasted until world war 1 which was between 1914 and 1918. Symbolism also emphasised on the emotions, feelings, ideas and subjectivity of the artist rather than realism thus symbolism mostly focused on imagination and ideas such as mythical creatures (ex. Angles, Demons, Monsters etc.). Symbolism established what would become the most popular themes in Symbolist art such as love, fear, anguish, death and unrequited desire. At that time symbolism was not that
popular since in that era realism was mostly
popular but as time passed this style was starting to be more appreciated. In
an article on Paul Gauguin published in 1891, Albert Aurier gave a
definition for symbolism, describing it as the subjective vision of an artist
expressed through a simplified and non-naturalistic style. However, the
groundwork for pictorial Symbolism was laid as early as the 1870s by an older
generation of artists such as Gustave Moreau (1826–1898) In Scandinavia due to
political change and an increase in international approach, art was also
affected such as a shift from Germanic tradition to French inspiration. At the
end of the 19th century French realism and impressionism remained a great
influence on Britain and the United States, such that some American artists
also traveled to Europe to study certain art styles.
In the painting ‘The Scream’ by Edvard Much one can see a figure
of what appears to be a man with elongated hands on the side of his head. In
this art work a sense of movement is created due to how the lines are drawn creating
a certain flow, whilst in the painting ‘Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I’ by
Gustav Klimt we see a huge difference although it is painted in the same style,
the woman’s face and hands are painted in a realistic way as well as the dress
she is wearing, but the background of the painting doesn’t hold a lot of detail
as to direct the viewers’ attention to the figure rather than the background.
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I by Gustav Klimt
Sources:
Symbolism (Online)
Link: http://www.theartstory.org/movement-symbolism.htm
The Art Story Modern Art Inight
Symbolism (Online)
Link: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/symb/hd_symb.htm
Cubism
'Weeping Woman' by Pablo Picasso
Cubism was one of the most influential art styles of the 20th century.
Cubism started at a point in time were artists felt that the illusion of space
and mass became less important. Artists understanding on art was change by
influences from non-western art which resulted in artists moving away from
Naturalism and Beauty. Cubism started from two very important artists which are
Pablo Picasso(1881-1973) and Georges Braque (1882-1963) in Paris between 1907
and 1914 but later on other artist joined in this movement some of which are
Jean Metzinger, Albert Gleizes, Robert Delaunay, Henri Le
Fauconnier, Fernand Léger and Juan Gris These two artist’s
subjects in painting were mainly taken from cafes in Paris such as still life’s
of objects and portraits of people seen in a café. A French art critic named
Louis Vauxcelles invented the term Cubism after seeing Landscapes drawn by an
artist called Braqua which he painted in 1908.This type of style normally has a
limited range of colours in a painting and concentrates on the form of
different viewpoints. In Cubism objects are analysed and broken up to resemble
an abstract form, also instead of painting an object from one viewpoint, an
artist depicts the object from several sides to show 3-dimensionality and
represent the object in a greater context. Such innovations in Cubism
involved lettering which are a series of words written in different styles of
Collages which are a mixture of different cut outs stuck together to form an
image or phrase. Cubism had spread rapidly worldwide. In France, cubism
developed a lot of styles such as Orphism, abstract art and purism, whilst in
other countries it developed Futurism, Suprematism, Dada. Constructivism and De
Stijl. Futurism and Cubism are similar due to the mixture between the past and
the present, such has the representation of a subject depicted in different
views in the same time. All these movements are linked together because of the
geometric forms, and the association of modern life.
Source:
Wikpedia:
Cubism (Online)
Link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubism
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art:
Cubism (Online)
Link:http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/cube/hd_cube.htm
Cubism (Online)
Link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubism
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art:
Cubism (Online)
Link:http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/cube/hd_cube.htm
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