This picture was taken on the 22nd October at 12:45 PM and is found at the National Museum of fine arts at Valletta.
This painting was made by Emvin Cremona in the 1919-1987 period. Its an abstract made from oil on canvas. At first glance the painting gives you the impression that the artist was inspired by the Maltese boat the Luzzu due to the color choice and the black colored "eye" found near the middle of the painting this also helps because the colors chosen are all complimentary. Hard lines in black and brown and even the white of the canvas is used to give effect. The value is really apparent in the blue area were it starts out light and darkens the more it moves towards the outer part of the canvas to add depth to the painting. This paintings is also filled with irregular shapes there are regular shapes accept for the black circle in the middle which also gives Emphasis on it due to the placement and the color choice. The painting shows a lot of sharp movement throughout.
This picture was taken on the 22nd October at 12:50 PM and is found at the National Museum of fine arts at Valletta.
This painting was made by Frank Portelli in the 1922-2004 period. He called this painting "Agony of Christ in the Garden of Olives" and was made with oil on canvas. Its quite easy to notice that this painting falls under the religious category even the name of the painting gives this impression. It has hard lines throughout the whole painting it is divided due to the high contrast of the the black and dirty white that cuts in the middle so tonal values are a huge part of the painting. Detail is mostly seen on the main figure which is that of Christ and the background isn't all that refined so it gives emphasis on him, even the size of him compared to does around him gives that effect. This gives the viewer more ease to recognize the main figure of the painting which really inspires me in my drawings because of the fact that there is something about disproportion in the perspective of a painting that i really have come to like and has effected a lot of my ideas.
This picture was taken on the 22nd October at 12:57 PM and is found at the National Museum of fine arts at Valletta.
This painting was done by Albert Bierstadt in the 1830-1902 period. This painting was called the " The Iceberg" and was also done with oil on canvas like the others. Realism is the category that such a painting would fall under and credit to the artist for such amazing attention to the detail, either its seen in the reflection in the sea or the detail on the iceberg its self it is a highly detailed landscape with a heavy usage of blue that's why the dark red boat which gives the proportion difference between it and the iceberg stands out which gives emphasis. The artist uses cool colors to give the effect of the cold atmosphere. Rough white was used to bring out the texture of the iceberg. Despite the high contrast of the black and light black there is also a texture contrast between the texture of the rough iceberg and the smooth light blue sea which also gives the effect of movement. So there is a Technic difference splitting the image. Due to the paintings calmness and the fact that there is not that much going on in it, it is very balanced.
This picture was taken on the 22nd October at 12:52 PM and is found at the National Museum of fine arts at Valletta.
This Painting was made by Cesare Dies between the 1830-1889 period. This drawing is called Pilgrims Kissing the Foot of the Bronze statue of St Peter in the Basilica of St Peter and is also done with oil on canvas. This is an illustration since the title of it explains the whole image so it has a set of information from just seeing it which is also highly detailed and falls under the religious category. The colors aren't all that bright they are warm and dull colors. Detail is equally distributed throughout the whole painting. The emphasis is mostly on the woman that is kissing the bronze statue this is created by the red piece of clothing which sticks out from the rest of the dull colors. Hard lines and shapes are also apparent in the background.
This painting was done by Antonie Camilleri in the 1922-2005 period. This painting is made from resin on a panel and is called "The Internal Self Artist In front of a Mirror". This painting unlike the other drawing is not an illustration but it leaves the viewer in a sea of imagination since there is no specific information that can be viewed to think what the artist had on his mind whitest drawing it. There is a lot of contrast since there is only the use of one color which means its a monochrome. Hard lines and shapes are used instead of shading. The figure is not at all detailed and is quite dull and has no realistic effect and proportions here are not a factor since the figures head is not proportional to his body so the artist here shows that he just wanted the head to be the main focus.
The flattened effect of the figure is shown so much that it looks as tho there is a profile and a front facing portrait since the roundness of the head is absent.
