The Representation of Fireworks in Early Modern Europe
“Fireworks are intrinsically fleeting, transitory, fugitive. Their power lies in the brutality of their transience: dying the instant of their birth, consumed in the act of consummation. There is something ironic, even poignant, then, in the attempt to render permanent through the medium of art a phenomenon as ephemeral as fireworks.” – Kevin Salatino
Below is a collection of paintings of fireworks. Happy 2017! Enjoy.
Fireworks in Venice, Georges Barbier
Fireworks in Ryogoku Kiyoshi YAMASHITA
Fireworks in Tondabayashi Kiyoshi YAMASHITA
1774-78 Firework Display at Castel Sant’Angelo
Alexander Creswell – Venice Redentore – Fireworks Study 3
William Kentridge is a South African artist best known for his prints, drawings, and animated films. These are constructed by filming a drawing, making erasures and changes, and filming it again. Below are several short videos by Kentridge with a focus on philosophy and his process. Click here for a selection of longer works. The first …
Take a class with SAL – anywhere! PAINTING TECHNIQUES TO GET YOU STARTED Blocking in is the step after your sketch, in which the canvas is covered with flat shapes that indicate where elements will go, and what color or value they’ll be. Move past outlines into shapes. You can easily shift and change things around …
I have been sharing works from Figure in Interior; the most unusual art class I’ve ever been a part of. I talked about Cezanne, and how making small marks distributed around the page (thank you to Fran O’Neill) can be a way to integrate time and change within a drawing. I talked about Kathy Paul and …
[image_with_animation image_url=”7812″ alignment=”center” animation=”Fade In” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Fleur Cowles In dreams, what is supposed to be big is small, and what is supposed to be small is big. Forms shift and change, colors float. There may be symbols, narratives, things that don’t make sense. Or maybe everything makes perfect sense. You’re the one who knows. …
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The Representation of Fireworks in Early Modern Europe
“Fireworks are intrinsically fleeting, transitory, fugitive. Their power lies in the brutality of their transience: dying the instant of their birth, consumed in the act of consummation. There is something ironic, even poignant, then, in the attempt to render permanent through the medium of art a phenomenon as ephemeral as fireworks.” – Kevin Salatino
Below is a collection of paintings of fireworks. Happy 2017! Enjoy.
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