Tony walsh

This pieace of art was drawn by Jusepe de Ribera. Jusepe de Ribera  was a Spanish Tenebrist painter and printmaker, better known as Jusepe de Ribera or Giuseppe Ribera. He also was called Lo Spagnoletto ("the Little Spaniard") by his contemporaries and early writers. Ribera was a leading painter of the Spanish school, although his mature work was all done in Italy. This art work was supposed to be Onuphrius. Onuphrius  was  venerated as Saint Onuphrius in both the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Catholic Churches; Venerable Onuphrius in Eastern Orthodoxy and Saint Nofer the Anchorite in Oriental Orthodoxy, lived as a hermit in the desert of Upper Egypt in the 4th or 5th centuries.this art work was drawn in 1642 it was a oil canvas. This was one of many of jusepe's half length images of catholic patron saints which were probably used for private use.it depicts the hermit saint Onuphrius in nothing but a leaf loin cloth. His dirty fingernails, hollowed cheeks, and flesh sagging emaciated frame showed he had no care for his health but only that of Christians trying to seek salvation in the deserts.the cristians would have try and survive in the dangerous dessert which was filled with robbers and many dangerous animals and the weather conditions were very hard to live in so they needed the help of at least one of the dessert fathers.

This a full pink suit made and designed by Ralph Lauren. Ralph Lauren born Ralph Lifshitz October 14, 1939 in New York City is an American fashion designer and business executive, best known for his Polo Ralph Lauren clothing brand, and a global multi-billion-dollar enterprise. He has become well known for his collection of rare automobiles, some of which have been displayed in museum exhibits. As of September 2012, Forbes estimates his wealth at $6.5 billion dollars, which makes Ralph Lauren the 162nd richest person in the world. Ralph made the full pink mans suit in 1967. The suit was made for Harrison Bowels. This was supposed to be a recreation of the fully pink suit worn by Robert Redford in the 1947 version of the great gatsby this suit was also made by Ralph Lauren. The suit is made of wool the shirt is a plain cotton weave shirt and a taffeta tie. In the great gatsby the suit is supposed to signifi Gatsby's mysterious past and lack of respectability. They say in the book " an Oxford man!... Like hell he is he wears a pink suit!".today men's dress is society embracing more of fluid ideas of gender and color.

This is a painting of king Lear drawn by Benjamin west in 1788. Benjamin west was an Anglo-American painter of historical scenes around and after the time of the American War of Independence. He was the second president of the Royal Academy in London, serving from 1792 to 1805 and 1806 to 1820. He was offered a knighthood by the British Crown, but declined it, believing that he should instead be made a peer. He was born on October 10,1738 and died march 11, 1820. King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The title character descends into madness after disposing of his estate between two of his three daughters based on their flattery, bringing tragic consequences for all. The play is based on the legend of Leir of Britain, a mythological pre-Roman Celtic king. It has been widely adapted for the stage and motion pictures, and the role of Lear has been coveted and played by many of the world's most accomplished actors.The play was written between 1603 and 1606 and later revised. Shakespeare's earlier version, The True Chronicle of the History of the Life and Death of King Lear and His Three Daughters, was published in quarto in 1608. The Tragedy of King Lear, a more theatrical version, was included in the 1623 First Folio. Modern editors usually conflate the two, though some insist that each version has its individual integrity that should be preserved.

This work of art is the model boats of the Egypts. They used these boats to travel the Nile river.the Nile river isa major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa, generally regarded as the longest river in the world. It is 6,853 km (4,258 miles) long. The Nile is an "international" river as its water resources are shared by eleven countries, namely, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Sudan and Egypt. In particular, the Nile is the primary water resource and life artery for Egypt and Sudan.the Egyptians may not have been such a successful race of people if not for the Nile it allowed them to get resources and other useful things they couldn't get on land. Egyptian identity is closely tied to geography. The population of Egypt is concentrated in the lower Nile valley, the small strip of cultivable land stretching from the First Cataract to the Mediterranean and enclosed by desert both to the east and to the west. This unique geography has been the basis of the development of Egyptian society since antiquity. If regarded as a single ethnic group, the Egyptian people constitute one of the world's largest.

Haileigh Stathopulos. Vertical Landscape

Vertical Landscape Painting

Haileigh Stathopoulos 

This unique piece of art is created by Jason Middlebrook, an American artist who was born in 1996. It was created in 2011, and Middlebrook called it the Vertical Landscape Painting. This piece of art, is half of a tree, and was painted on the cut side.

The reason this artwork is so different and unique is because it is made out of a part of nature itself. The cute half of this tree was then painted with multiple different paints and is now a very beautiful and popular piece of art. It was created on a plank of wood, like all of Middlebrook's sculptures, with acrylic on a black walnut plank.

Almost all of Jason Middlebrook's artwork is made with wood and he has a special technique with how he does his own work. Since this was so recently made, it does not have much to do with his culture or with his religion. 

This sculpture caught my eye, from the height and colors. It was very tall, and I knew immediately that it was made out of a tree. Which made me want to know a lot more about the process and making of this special piece of art. The way Middlebrook had made this is very different than most of the art I have seen before. 

Haileigh Stathopoulos Paul IV

Paul IV 

Haileigh Stathopoulos

This specific oil painting is very unique. This painting is of Paul Cadmus, and he was well known to create social realist paintings. It was created by Chuck Close and I think the reason he created this was because Cadmus inspired Chuck very much.

This painting is created with oil, but the painting is a lot more than just oil on a canvas. It is created to look like Cadmus, but is created with very small listings to look like one very big piece of art. 

In my opinion, this artwork was created because the man who painted it very much admired the man who is in the painting. Paul Cadmus was a very popular artist at this time, and Chuck Close painted him, because he was very much inspired. At an early point in Chuck's life, he was diagnosed with a disease that causes someone to have a very bad memory when it comes to recognizing faces, also known as "Face Blindness". 

This painting was very big compared to all the ones around it, but as I was stepping closer and closer I realized it wasn't a regular painting, but a painting made out of small paintings. This intrigued me to read the description and I am very surprised that Chuck could finish this painting even while struggling with this disease. That is why I picked this painting to write about, it has a very deep meaning besides just being another piece of art in this world. 

Haileigh Stathopoulos Bolsjer

Bolsjer

Haileigh Stathopoulos 

This sculpture was created by a woman, from Denmark, named Gugger Petter. She made this to show different candies she had eaten as a child, as you can see from the name of this art called Bolsjer which is translated to "hard candy". She even made the different parts of this sculpture in different colors to show the excitement and joy from the candy itself. 

Bolsjer was created out of newspaper. This newspaper is printed in color to achieve vibrant hues that allude to childhood happiness. Each candy printed in a different color to show an individual candy. It is woven newspaper and hemp.

Gugger Petter made this to represent the candies she had when she was very young, the candy was Danish candy and was made into a sculpture to show her joy for the candies she had eaten when she was a young girl.

This Danish sculpture caught my eye, from far away. I walked closer expecting to see a quilt because of the pattern. I realized it was a sculpture made out of newspaper and I was really interested in how it was done and why this certain piece was made. The reason this was made is very extraordinary. 

Infanta Maria Theresa. Haileigh Stathopoulos

Infanta Maria Theresa Portrait

Haileigh Stathopoulos

The portrait, of Infanta Princess Maria Theresa was created in Spain, to be brought to France. Princess Maria Theresa's father requested the painting to be made, to bring it to France and show it off to find his daughter a husband. 

This painting was made with oils on a canvas, by Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velázquez. The freshness of the colors and brushwork stress the fifteen year old infanta's desirability, and suggest that Velázquez was very close in the making.

This painting was made for a very specific reason. Spain and France were very big and popular countries in the 1600's, so the king of Spain, had a painting of his daughter made at age 15, and sent it to France so they would find a husband in France for her and the two countries could be close and have more power. Princess Maria Theresa ended up marrying Luis XIV of France. 

The reason this painting made me want to know more about it just from looking at it, was from how young she looked, yet professional. She has a very big dress on and her hair is done up. When I read the description of this portrait, I was even more interested in this story. The painting is painted very well and the reason it was made was even more interesting. 

Haileigh Stathopoulos black river

Black River

Haileigh Stathopoulos 

The sculpture "Black River", made by El Anatsui. This was made to symbolize Africa's long history of slavery, hint the long black streak of what people are questioning is, oil or ink, or maybe alcohol? The long strip of black is also representing colonialism, and over today's conflicts over natural resources, especially oil.

This sculpture was created by bottle caps and copper wire. It was created as "contemporary work". A thin black strip is going from the top to bottom, and is guessed to be either, oil or ink, or even alcohol. It is also called the black river for looking quite much like a river, going along the border.

Black river has a lot to do with the culture from which it emerged from. The sculpture was created to symbolize Africa's very long history of slavery. The black strip is very symbolic, representing a river going along the border, and also showing colonialism. 

This particular sculpture caught my eye at first, being made out of bottle caps. As I read through the plaque it made me actually think of how religious this piece must be in Africa, showing the hard times of slavery and making me think of the worlds problems today, over the natural resources. Black river caught my eye from look, but made me feel much deeper about it as I read on. 

Ann Hamilton Seth Davenport

Ann Hamilton born June 22, 1956 Lima, Ohio is a visual artist known for large-scale multi-media installations, as well as her work in video, sculpture, photography, textile art, and printmaking. Hamilton has been the recipient of the Heinz Award, United States Artists Fellowship, NEA Visual Arts Fellowship, Anonymous Was a Woman Award, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award, Skowhegan Medal for Sculpture and the Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship. She has represented the United States in the 1991 São Paulo Bienal, the 1999 Venice Biennale, and has exhibited extensively around the world. In 1992, Hamilton established her home and practice in Columbus, Ohio. Since 2001, she has been a Professor of Art at The Ohio State University.