My least favorite painting by Caspar Friedrich.

The painting that I don’t really have a lot of interest toward is called Cloister Cemetery in the Snow. It seems to be painted of the woods and there’s snow everywhere and all the tries seem to be dead and have no life to them and they’re painted dark color and there are crosses stuck in the snow, and there is a destroyed church in the center of the painting and you can tell that it’s only a portion of the church and the rest of it seemed to be knocked down or destroyed. To me this painting doesn’t really give off the best message because it kind of makes the church look unimportant the way that it’s all destroyed and it doesn’t really make the Christian religion look strong. The church could have resembled the Christian religion and then it could have been standing tall in the middle of the forest while everything around it didn’t really have any life, then the church would look powerful. But he made it look like a sad lifeless painting and that’s not what romanticism is about, romanticism is about color and life and expression of romance, but this painting kind of does the opposite because it’s not colorful at all and I would be sad to see a church all by itself abandoned and destroyed.

Caspar Friedrich's powerful painting.

His most popular painting is called Cross in the Mountains. This painting was actually an alter piece. It is a very beautiful painting of dark brown mountains with tall trees on the mountains as well, and on top of the mountain there is a cross, and coming up from behind the mountain there are rays of light and the sky is gray and purplish with some clouds. The cross is the main focus of the painting which then directs your eyes toward the rays of light coming up behind it. There seems to be a very powerful meaning to this painting. Friedrich said that the rays resembled the old pre-Christian world and the mountains symbolized faith, and the trees represent Hope. This painting is very beautiful and I think that it sends off a really strong message just by the way that the cross is the main focus and it is the tallest point in the painting, I see it as showing how strong the Christian religion is, and I like how you can’t see the sun coming up and you can only see the rays because to me it’s saying that although you cannot see the sun, you know it’s there by the rays which are coming up. This could also tie into the belief of God, although you can not see him, he is still there and you don’t have to see him in order to believe in him. The only thing I would change about this painting is the colors he used, the mountain and trees are fine but I think the sky should have been more colorful because the different colors in the sky could resemble the different people that come together to form the Christian community, and it would make the painting even more beautiful.

Tempera paints vs. Oil paint

Temper paints and oil paints seem to be different but actually do have some similarities. They were both used in England as early as the 13^th and 15^th century. The differences between these two paints is that tempera paint is usually applied in multiple layers because it is thin and it doesn’t usually have a deep color saturation unlike oil paint which is really thick and oil paint has a deep color saturation. After years went by, people started to replace tempera paint for oil paint in Italy in the 1500’s. Oil paint allowed the artist to paint not only inside but outdoors which then caused people to give up on tempera paint. Egg tempera painting is slow because you have to add many layers of pure translucent pigment and egg yolk. Although this process takes a while, this medium last for many centuries.

pigments!

Painting related Pigments is a material that creates a certain color mainly depending on what light is reflecting on it, it pretty much absorbs the color. This is used for coloring different material such as paint, ink, plastic, fabric, cosmetics, food and other materials. It is a material that colors plants or animal cells. In order for the pigment to show up it must be dark enough, so it will show up on the surface you’re putting it on. Pigments are dry colourants which are usually grounded into a fine powder and used in manufacturing or any kind of art display. There are different kinds of pigment, another pigment which is not permanent is called Fugitive, this pigment is not very strong because over time it will fade or if it’s exposed to sun light it will fade, or in some cases it could even blacken, this type of pigment would not usually be used in manufacturing or in art displays. Since pigments get their colors from source light, and sunlight is considered white light. Artificial light in some parts have great peaks in parts of their spectrums and deep valleys. Through this you will then see different colors in different pigments.

tempera paints!

Tempera or egg tempera is a type of paint for artists and is also an art technique. This pigment is carried in egg, casein, gum, or glycerine solution in water. Tempera paints are usually made in pots or tubes and only need water or sometimes casein and egg medium. It is kind of dull and is not glossy or clear, so the color lasts longer. It is also buffed so it could have a rich look to it. When making this type of paint you have to make sure that you don’t use too much egg yolk or else it will start to look clumpy, and too much water can make it runny. This paint is usually a little thick.
Tempera is the oldest method of painting in the world. This paint is still seen today such as in the wall paintings of ancient Egypt. The use of tempera paint was being used throughout Europe and Italy, in the 13th and 14th century. Tempera paints where perfect for those times and even now because it is so strong that the color does not die or discolor. In Italy painters of the renaissance grounded their colors by hand and mixed the powdered colors with the medium, unlike now where tempera paints are prepared in tubes or pots and water or some other medium is added and that’s it.

Caspar David Friedrich!!

Caspar D. Friedrich was born in Greifswald, Hither Pomerania. Unfortunatly his mother died when he was only 7, his sister succumbed to Typhus fever and his brother drowned in a frozen lake, while trying to save Friedrich. In 1790 he studied art with Johann G. Quistorp at the University of Greifswald. He usually painted with India ink (black ink also known as Chinese ink), watercolor and sepia ink, and after the age of 30 he got into oil painting. He usually drew landscapes of northern Germany. He also would incporporate crosses into his paintings. Then in 1835 he got a stroke which caused him limd paralysis and after that he wasn never able to paint again. :(

Why did the industrial revolution happen in Europe during the 18t/ 19th century??

Some people might wonder why wasn't China the first to invent all these industrial machines? And after researching, I found that China was so advanced that they had other tools that werent machines to do their work for them, so thats one reason why Europe was the first to create all these innovations. Another reason was because Europe and many other countries are always competing, and so Europe was trying to be ahead so they tried to think of as many new inventions as they could, they were also looking for ways to make jobs easier & that's why they were inventing machines such as the Cotton Gin because they wanted to get more done in a lower amount of time.
But Europe didnt magically start building new inventions in the 18th/9th century, because a lot of their inventions were thought of before but not untill the 18th/19th century did they actually start to work better than before and now they were actually more handy.

PURPOSE OF MY BLOG--->>

If you do not know me, my names is Melissa and i go to High Tech High and I am a Sophomore.I have been attending HTH for 2 years now, and I went to High Tech Middle for all 3 years.
Since it is now the second semester of the school year we are now starting a new project called ARTifacts & through this project we are going to be learning about the history of art & we are also going to learn about the History of the Industrial Revolution, and World War II.
I hope you find my blog helpful and interesting because I am going to try and post as much Info, Websites, and Pictures about my projects as possible. So feel free to read my post and don't hesitate to comment my blog.