Matthew Barney

Matthew Barney was born in San Francisco in 1967. When he was six years old he moved to Idaho with his family. His parents got divorced and he went to live with his father in Idaho. He will also visit his mother in New York City, where he was introduced to art and museums. In the video, I saw on 21 art website Matthew Barney considers all the things he works with attractive to him, even if it disgusts him it would still have some type of attraction. In the video, it shows him directing a film called " CREMASTER 3" in where he would use different things in order fir the film to have a meaning. Matthew Barney would create customs for the horses he uses on the project. He also made his father participate in the film he is working on. Robert Barney, his father said that Matthew Barney wanted to be a plastic surgeon before becoming an artist. Matthew Barney said "A system that has an internal object, Freudian narratives—consumer and producer, violence, sexually driven, NFL films—these are the things I think about,".

Impressionism

Impressionism is a style in which the artist captures the image of an object as someone would see it if they just caught a glimpse of it. The artists paint their pictures with a lot of colors. Also, landscapes and ordinary scenes were among the subjects of the artists during the period of impressionism. Moreover, the impressionists would capture the optical effects of light. One example would be the artwork called "Vetheuil in the Fog" by Claude Monet. This painting offers a subtle, albeit distinct impression of a figural form. It is also an Impressionism style because it's a landscape.

Post-Impressionism

Post-Impressionism is a predominantly French art movement that developed roughly between 1886 1905. During this era what was very important were the symbolic and highly personal meanings. The artists would focus a lot on abstract form and pattern in the application of paint. The color used in the paintings would be very bright. Also, these paintings had structure and order. One example would be the artwork called "Portrait of Doctor Gachet" by Vincent Van Gogh. In this painting, the artist Van Gogh strove to elicit a complex mixture of emotions within the viewer, rather than portray a naturalistic description of the sitter.

Baroque 

The title of this artwork is "Judith with the Head of Holofernes" and the artist's name is Massimo Stanzione and he is from Italy (1585-1656). The date that this artwork was made is ca. 1640. The theme in here is an accomplishment for Judith. Judith was very brave to make the general Holofernes drunk and then cut off his head accompanied by a servant. We see symbolism in this artwork since the head symbolizes successfulness because that would be Judith's trophy. We see asymmetry in the painting and the primary colors used which would be one formal element. The primary colors stand out and we see darkness too. This artwork has the dramatic contrasts between light and dark. The lines look very clean and the shadows make the painting look more realistic.  This artwork is a very good example because the Baroque era was very dramatic even the use of colors is very dramatic. Also, it's emotionally intense. 

Renaissance 

The title of this artwork is " Venus and Cupid" and the artist's name is Lorenzo lotto and he is also from Italy (1480-1556). The date that this artwork was made is ca.1540. The theme in here is happiness, love, and marriage since we see that this painting is very humorous and very symbolic too. We see Venus and his son Cupid  peeing on her. This artwork was most probably painted to celebrate a wedding and Venu's features may be taken from the bride's since Venus is the goddess of love, sex, beauty, and fertility. This painting has a lot of symbolism. For example, the conch shell  represents of her birth from the sea and the rose petals are a symbol of love.  The ivy is symbolic of fidelity and the myrtle wreath was worn by the bride. Also, cupid's urination refers metaphorically to the sexual act, but one that is pure. The colors in this artwork look very vivid and also the lines are very well done since it makes it look very realistic. This artwork is a good example because in the Renaissance era each figure is placed in isolation from each other.  This era was a time of cultural change,  social change, and happiness. Also because the knotted ribbon around her wrist is a symbol of love, an object alluded to in Renaissance poetry.