The human form is often the foundation of academic artistic training—but accurately depicting anatomy is no easy feat. Many works show the artist’s admiration for the beauty of the human body. Others try to accurately capture a person in motion.
Some artists explored the human form and emotions through portraits of loved ones
Which words describe your emotions right now?
Cubism takes apart the traditional language of visual representation and then puts it back together. The resulting images are fractured and disorienting, but not fully abstract. Invented by painters Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso, the style dominated French avant-garde art between about 1908 and 1914. Its influence then spread across the globe.
Some artists explored the human form and emotions through portraits of loved ones
Taking an in-depth look at the historical experiences and cultural formations of Black and African people since the 17th century, this exhibition includes works of art like paintings, sculpture, photographs, and time-based media by artists from Africa, Europe, the Americas, and the Caribbean.
What emotions do you feel when you look at this portrait?
Photographs by Carrie Mae Weems make us look and think twice. At first glance, this seems to be a 19th-century sepia-toned print of three girls in an idyllic pastoral setting.
Previous slide Next slide 2 3 May Day The girls’ faces show a variety of emotions
A close look at the sculptor’s clay models reveals his extraordinary working process . . . and his thumbprints.
Instead, he conveyed their emotions through dynamic gestures.
Peter Paul Rubens’s enormous painting, based on the Old Testament story of Daniel, puts us right in the lions’ den. The Jewish youth was condemned to spend the night with the brutal beasts for worshipping his God rather than the Persian king Darius.
And certainly these cats evoke emotions, and one of the emotions is man versus the
Artists have long used everyday or natural objects—from a silver platter to a blooming bouquet—to create still lifes. Through these works, they experiment with new styles and convey symbolic meanings.
Some artists explored the human form and emotions through portraits of loved ones
Social media influencer Holly Pan’s fashion-forward visit to National Gallery spaces that remind her of spring.
My hot pink tweed jacket and shorts draw on those emotions.
visual components and cultural associations suggested by images influence ideas, emotions
