Raft of Medusa

One of the most famous piece by Theodore Gericault, a French Romanticism painter; the Raft of Medusa was a popular icon for the Romanticism Art. It shows both, the importance and the concept of Romanticisn which was the break through of Neoclassical Art. This magnificent piece painted by Gericault was telling an adventure of the crews on a French warship that was struck into the Bank of Aguin in 1816. There were 150 people on board and only about ten survived. It was told that the people survived consumed the corpses of the dead in order to survive.
This painting by Gericault was published in 1819, three years after the tragic event. Gericault wanted to paint this piece to shows and publicly remind people of the horrific event that happened to the crew members of warship Medusa. People in the 21st century are able to get news and can see the events through media or the internet. However, back then people were only able to get the news through storytellers, because of this, The Raft of Medusa was the piece of art that portrayed the tragic event to the crew members on the ship to public.

Napoleon Crossing the Alps

This piece of art, painted by Jacques Louis David shows one of France's most popular ruler during the 18th century. Unlike the Baroque or Rococo period of art, this piece was painted with the ruler of France looking at the viewers. This was the time during the France Revolution and everyone in Europe was questioning the authority about the purposes of life using the idea of the philosophers during the Enlightenment period. This painting was painted as a Neoclassical piece, but it also has another important purpose it it; the other purpose was to use it as a propaganda to shows the might of France ruler and to illustrate to the world the powerful France.
Many leaders show their power through propaganda and media. Adolf Hitler, Hirohito, and Mussolini all of these three fascist leaders were able to put the feeling of fear to its people through propaganda and media. It's sadly to see the world today still has the same problem, terrorism, and dictators around the world are still able to threaten people through media just like the painting of Napoleon. He was able to hide the fact that he rode a weak donkey across the alps and changed it to become a strong horse.

Fragonard's The Swing foreshadows 21st Century society

Painted during the Roccoco Period of art by one of the famous artists of that time Fragonard. As a student of Boucher, another famous Rococo artist Fragonard's paintings were approximately forty years after his teacher Boucher. However much of Fragonard's works were rather popular than Boucher's. Boucher's works brought the fsentiment of nature and expressed the playful feelings within his paintings to the audience.
Boucher's paintings were much different than his student Fragonard. Although the viewers can see the nature within Boucher's, people can sense the sexual theme in Fragonard's art style. One of Fragonard's magnificent peice of art " The Swing" illustrated to the audiences a scenery of two men and one woman grasping a rope swinging from a tree and one of the two male individuals in the painting was peeking under her dress while the other man pushed the rope to go higher to give the other person a clearer view. This relate to the 21st century as sex is just a normal subject in our everyday's life. This picture was painted in the 18th century which was just before the Victorian period. The woman in this picture represent the female individuals in our society today. The women in our society today are more open to the subject of sex which the audiences can see through " The Swing" by Fragonard during the Rococo Period.

5 images represent me #5

This photo shows the scenery of sunrise in the morning. This represents my style of living. No matter how long night is, morning will comes. Everytime I face conflicts in life, i think that time will eventually lead me out of conflicts in life

5 images represent me #4

This painting of the soccer ball, at first glance it's a normal picture. There's nothing special about it, but to me, I have a love for soccer madly. Whenever i look at this paiting, it represents me because it shows my love for this sport.

5 images represent me #3

This painting shows the calm river and the forest in autumn. It shows my love for nature really well, and I just love outdoor activities. I'd love to go camp somewhere like this.

5 images represent me #2

This piece of art was drew by Leonardo Da Vinci, the famous Italian artist. This picture shows the relationship of art and science. This image represents me in terms of my interest, I love to study art and science and this image amazed me the first time I saw it.

5 images represent me #1

This ancient piece of art was scultped into Buddha, the founder of Buddihsm. This picture represents me because I'm a Buddihst and it reminds me of a big statue of everytime i step into a Buddhist temple.