Author Question: Consider Lam's The Jungle and Sargent's Mountain Stream. These works represent views of nature. ... (Read 63 times)

cmoore54 · **on:** Jun 23, 2018

Consider Lam's The Jungle and Sargent's Mountain Stream. These works represent views of nature. Explain how each artist uses the characteristics of his selected medium to express or represent his subject and his view of nature.

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Question 2

Consider Christus's A Goldsmith in His Shop and Sillman's Nut. These two paintings present two very different styles of oil painting. Analyze the works and the stylistic differences between them.

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kxciann · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Sargent's Mountain Stream is an example of a classic watercolor technique, controlled yet spontaneous in feeling. Lam uses gouache, a watercolor paint with white pigment, and exploits both the transparent and opaque possibilities of this medium.

Answer to Question 2

When oil paints were first introduced, most artists, including Petrus Christus, continued working on wood panels. Christus employed a slow and time-consuming technique of glaze building that yielded a meticulous, detailed image. Gradually, however, artists adopted canvas instead of wood, as in Sillman's work. Further, Sillman's piece conveys a more spontaneous approach of laying paint down on the canvas, including showing the underlayers of paint.