Titian or the commonly known Italian painter Tiziano Vecellio was one of the most famous hands of the Renaissance Period. Born in the small town of Cadore, a northern part of Venice, Titian grew from a family of noblemen. His genius in arts had been evident even at the age of ten that caused his family to enroll him under Giovanni Bellini, who was also a very famous painter then.
Being a beginner, it was inevitable for Titian to imitate others genre. He abandoned the Giovanni method and considered Giorgione of Castelfrancos kind of painting which is more into rich and atmospheric quality. Through experience and learning from several men of the fifteenth century such as Michelangelo and Giorgione him self, Titian learned how to explore his undoubted talent and made an exceptional fame not only in Italy but within the entire Europe through courts and palaces of the monarchs. (Vasari, 1568)
His work Ecce Homo or Christ Shown to the People was one of his masterpieces that had earned him fame and called the attention of many high-ranking officials of the land. This piece of oil canvas dated way back at around 1485-90 to 1576 is an emblem how social stratification had existed during the life of Jesus Christ. It can be seen how eloquently Titian detailed the contrast between Pilates richly fined clothing and the way Christ has being naked.
The humble and emotive aura and the way Christ enfolding his hands depict the fight between the antagonist and the protagonist. It is all shown the way Titian featured the sensitive modeling of Christs torso, the muted definition of his profile, and the evocative demeanor of his hands are characteristics of his brilliant late style.(Saint Louis Art Museum)
Pablo Picassos genius was firstly discovered by his father who also happened to be an art teacher. At the age of 14, he had already demonstrated high level of technical proficiency on his early drawings such as the Study of a Torso, After a Plaster Cast (1894-1895, Muse Picasso, Paris, France).
He was admitted at the Academy of Fine Arts in Barcelona wherein his teacher also taught arts. He studied under advanced classes after completing a series of entrance exams within just a day that were said given for a month to finish. He left Barcelona and came back in Madrid until 1904 when he settled in France and invented cubism and where the rest of his story happened.
Though considered to be the one who pioneered cubism, it was not only Picasso who invented this modern art movement. He was with French artist Georges Braque who made its launching in the mid of 1907 and 1908. Defined as paintings containing ambiguous sense of space through geometric shapes that flatten and simplify form, spatial planes that are broken into fragments, and forms that overlap and penetrate one another thus cubism was born.
One example of painting that exemplifies cubism is Picassos Pitcher and Fruit Bowl. Finished in 1931, the painting made of oil canvas is standing for about 51 14 x 76 34 in. (130.2 x 194.9 cm). The wideness of the painting represents the pitcher, leaves, fruit and table. It as if you are looking in a composition that is made of stained glass but is not. The entirety suggests a decorative different geometric pattern combined while the twisted lines and round forms seen in here infers that this painting serves as a Picassos young mistress-Marie-Thrse Walter. (Saint Louis Art Museum)
It can also be said that being one of the most prominent figures in the history of arts especially in the previous to the latter part of the 20th century, Picasso had been a people-person. Many women became attracted to her and this painting seemed to connote how he was a sweet yet very clever man then. It still amazes everyone how Picasso established his name from the point he made his first paintings until he entered sculpting, in expand of almost 70 years. In the end, his superb intellect born the many art movements including futurism in Italy, suprematism and constructivism in Russia, de Stijl in the Netherlands, and vorticism in England. (Encarta, 2009)
Being a beginner, it was inevitable for Titian to imitate others genre. He abandoned the Giovanni method and considered Giorgione of Castelfrancos kind of painting which is more into rich and atmospheric quality. Through experience and learning from several men of the fifteenth century such as Michelangelo and Giorgione him self, Titian learned how to explore his undoubted talent and made an exceptional fame not only in Italy but within the entire Europe through courts and palaces of the monarchs. (Vasari, 1568)
His work Ecce Homo or Christ Shown to the People was one of his masterpieces that had earned him fame and called the attention of many high-ranking officials of the land. This piece of oil canvas dated way back at around 1485-90 to 1576 is an emblem how social stratification had existed during the life of Jesus Christ. It can be seen how eloquently Titian detailed the contrast between Pilates richly fined clothing and the way Christ has being naked.
The humble and emotive aura and the way Christ enfolding his hands depict the fight between the antagonist and the protagonist. It is all shown the way Titian featured the sensitive modeling of Christs torso, the muted definition of his profile, and the evocative demeanor of his hands are characteristics of his brilliant late style.(Saint Louis Art Museum)
Pablo Picassos genius was firstly discovered by his father who also happened to be an art teacher. At the age of 14, he had already demonstrated high level of technical proficiency on his early drawings such as the Study of a Torso, After a Plaster Cast (1894-1895, Muse Picasso, Paris, France).
He was admitted at the Academy of Fine Arts in Barcelona wherein his teacher also taught arts. He studied under advanced classes after completing a series of entrance exams within just a day that were said given for a month to finish. He left Barcelona and came back in Madrid until 1904 when he settled in France and invented cubism and where the rest of his story happened.
Though considered to be the one who pioneered cubism, it was not only Picasso who invented this modern art movement. He was with French artist Georges Braque who made its launching in the mid of 1907 and 1908. Defined as paintings containing ambiguous sense of space through geometric shapes that flatten and simplify form, spatial planes that are broken into fragments, and forms that overlap and penetrate one another thus cubism was born.
One example of painting that exemplifies cubism is Picassos Pitcher and Fruit Bowl. Finished in 1931, the painting made of oil canvas is standing for about 51 14 x 76 34 in. (130.2 x 194.9 cm). The wideness of the painting represents the pitcher, leaves, fruit and table. It as if you are looking in a composition that is made of stained glass but is not. The entirety suggests a decorative different geometric pattern combined while the twisted lines and round forms seen in here infers that this painting serves as a Picassos young mistress-Marie-Thrse Walter. (Saint Louis Art Museum)
It can also be said that being one of the most prominent figures in the history of arts especially in the previous to the latter part of the 20th century, Picasso had been a people-person. Many women became attracted to her and this painting seemed to connote how he was a sweet yet very clever man then. It still amazes everyone how Picasso established his name from the point he made his first paintings until he entered sculpting, in expand of almost 70 years. In the end, his superb intellect born the many art movements including futurism in Italy, suprematism and constructivism in Russia, de Stijl in the Netherlands, and vorticism in England. (Encarta, 2009)
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