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Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 18:48, 4 February 2014: 3,222 × 2,388 (1,017 KB): Wmpearl {{Information |Description=''Butterflies, Other Insects, and Flowers'' by Jan van Kessel, 1659, oil on copper, High Museum of Art |Source={{own}} |Date=1659 |Author=Jan van Kessel |Permission= |other_versions= }} [[Category:Flemish paintings in the Hi...
Unsigned, the painting is attributed to de Arellano due to the wide variety of flowers scientifically portrayed, the precise underdrawing and the quite free arrangement of them with the petals (especially those of the red and white tulip at bottom left) seemingly troubled by a breeze, though the inclusion of a dahlia and orange blossom is rare ...
Flower Garland with Butterfly; Flower Garland with Dragonfly; The Flower Girl (Ingham) The Flower Girl (Murillo) Flower Still life with a watch; Flowering Plants of Summer and Autumn; Flowers in a Crystal Vase; Flowers in a Glass Vase; Flowers in a Wan-Li Vase; Flowers with Two Lizards
For example, sometimes the butterfly is resting on a flower stem, or on the edge of a table with a flower vase, or on a book. The butterfly was used as a device to draw the viewer's attention into the painting and into van Oosterwijck's artistic vision. [8] The butterflies are also symbolic of Christ's resurrection. [17]
Wen Shu was the great-granddaughter of Wen Zhengming, a leading Ming dynasty painter of the Wu School whose family were also highly respected in the movement. [4] [5] Her father was Wen Congjian, a landscape painter, and taught both his children to paint from a young age.
The traditional block prints in this art largely use Persian motifs like interlacing pattern of leaves and flowers , the cartwheel, different forms of the lotus flower, creepers, birds like parrots and peacock, and other intricate leaf designs. One very popular subject with them is the tree of life.
Strand was particularly influential in her development of cropped, close-up images. She received unprecedented acceptance as a female artist from the fine art world due to her powerful graphic images. [6] Depictions of small flowers that fill the canvas suggest the immensity of nature and encourage viewers to looks at flowers differently. [2]
Although composed of natural motifs, Van Gogh's layering of pattern in Butterflies and Poppies suggests a decorative quality like that of a textile or a screen." Mancoff compared this study to the Japanese prints he admired. [21] Butterflies and Poppies is an artwork by Vincent Van Gough, Vincent completed the artwork in 1889.