Mona Lisa Leonardo Da Vinci Medium Used: OIL

EXERCISE NO. 4.
Name: ANJELOU D. BRIGOLE

Course and Year: BSED-ENGLISH 1
Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci
Medium used: OIL
Leonardo da Vinci is perhaps the most recognized artist in the

world. Not only was Da Vinci an artist, but he was also a scientist,
inventor, and a doctor. His study of the human form came from the
study of actual human cadavers.
The Mona Lisa is famous for a variety of reasons. One of the

reasons, of course, for the popularity of the painting is the artist
himself. The work was requested by subject’s husband, Francesco
Del Giocondo. Lisa was from a well-known family known through
Tuscany and Florence and married to Francesco Del Giocondo
who was a very wealthy silk merchant. The work was to celebrate
their home’s completion, as well as a celebration of the birth of
their second son. Not until 2005 was the identity of Mona Lisa‘s
subject fully understood, though years of speculation have
suggested the true identity of the painting’s subject.
Baby in His Mother’s Arms, Sucking his Finger

Mary Cassatt
Medium used: PASTEL
Mary Cassatt was one of the most influential artists of 20th-

century American art. Her friend Edgar Degas was the one who
first inspired her to work in pastels and painting portraits using this
medium was eventually how she made a living in Paris. Pastels
could be manipulated with greater speed and ease, had no odor and
allowed for frequent interruptions. For Cassatt, who did many
portraits of children, that was essential. Her pastels are most noted
for their bold linear strokes that create sensitive, substantive forms.
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EXERCISE NO. 4.2

Left Wing of a Blue Roller

Albrecht Dürer
Medium used: WATERCOLOR
Albrecht Dürer was a man of many talents and known

for his paintings, woodcuts, and engravings. In terms of
watercolor, he was considered one of the first
prominent European painters to use the medium in his
work. This took the form of sketches of landscapes and
nature, which we're still able to see today thanks to his
almost-obsessive collection of work.
Wing of a European Roller (also known as Wing of a

Blue Roller) is a nature study watercolor by Albrecht
Dürer.[1] Dürer painted it from a dead specimen in
1500 or 1512
Letting Go
Randy L. Honerlah
Medium used: ACRYLICS
California artist Randy Honerlah grew up in the San

Francisco bay area and currently resides in the Sierra
foothills.
Randy has been painting since he was a boy. He studied

art in college and with various artists and workshops.
His recent retirement from a 30 year career in IT
Management has now allowed him to paint at his
leisure and as inspiration strikes.
After viewing this magnificent painting by Randy the

first thing could be a concept of heavenly trees that
might be releasing there blissful leaves or it can also be
the daring awakening of an individual, this painting
also gives a message of breathing deeply and expanding
one’s awareness. The light play in this painting mainly
helps it to convey the message and its concept. The
vibrant color used in this painting keeps it uplifting and
fresh.
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EXERCISE NO. 4.2

Unemployment (Arbeitslosigkeit)
Käthe Kollwitz
Medium used: CHARCOAL
Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945) was a German

artist, who saw much suffering throughout her
life. Kollwitz depicted her experiences
through expressive art, which included the
use of charcoal. Living in Berlin throughout
the first World War, the events of the time
prompted her to depict her struggles with
hunger and poverty through art. Kollwitz was
primarily a graphic artist, confining her work
to black and white imagery. The world that
she depicts in her art is veiled in shadow, and
rarely touches any sight of colour. As such, it
is no wonder that charcoal was a frequently
used medium of hers throughout her work.
Kollwitz’s art makes such incredible
statements, whilst only using bold strokes of
light and dark charcoal.
Kollwitz dedicated herself to documenting and therefore bringing awareness to all manner of social ills
and particularly to their consequences within the domestic sphere. In Unemployment, the artist depicts a
distraught man in the lower left foreground, his body shadowed and his features sharply delineated with
close, black lines and cross-hatching. We see his eyes widened and his brow furrowed in worry as he sits
by the bedside of his wife and three sleeping children, contemplating his inability to provide for them. For
this family, the distance between sleep and death in impoverishment is visibly slight. Kollwitz rendered
the woman and her children bathed in an angelic light, their forms ill-defined but seemingly physically
interconnected. The mother, between sleep and wakefulness, indicates her knowledge of their dire
situation, as her face, in contrast to her body and those of her children, is darkly shadowed and her eyes
hooded.
The artist also calls attention to the mother's hands cradling her child's head to illustrate the promise of
eternal maternal protection that circumstances may not allow her to give. In here and in other images,
Kollwitz's emphasis on the beauty of her subjects' hands can be traced to fond memories of her beloved
maternal grandfather, the radical preacher Julius Rupp, who the artist recalled had "very beautiful" hands,
and her own mother's similarly beautiful hands.
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EXERCISE NO. 4.

Name: ANJELOU D. BRIGOLE

Leonardo da Vinci is perhaps the most recognized artist in the

The Mona Lisa is famous for a variety of reasons. One of the

Baby in His Mother’s Arms, Sucking his Finger

Mary Cassatt was one of the most influential artists of 20th-

Name: ANJELOU D. BRIGOLE

Left Wing of a Blue Roller

Albrecht Dürer was a man of many talents and known

Wing of a European Roller (also known as Wing of a

California artist Randy Honerlah grew up in the San

Randy has been painting since he was a boy. He studied

After viewing this magnificent painting by Randy the

Name: ANJELOU D. BRIGOLE

Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945) was a German

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