week10

Topic is a picture of clouds

The last week came at last. I write the blog about clouds for ten weeks. Finally I introduce the pictures of clouds.

About Magritte and its empty. Many skies appear in Magritte's work. Isn't there any painter who adhered to empty this much, either? Many pictures of only a blue sky and clouds are also merely drawn. Magritte's work is told from surrealism and the unpredictability of an idea in many cases. While a blue sky symbolizes "everyday brightness", it also symbolizes "empty" "It is bright and empty" It is said that it was also Magritte's life.

Starley Knight is the work drawn on the year before Gogh passes away. The clouds which whirl, the star which twinkles, and the cedar which it stands and sways are in a picture. A thing like passion and conflict is felt into the intense touch. It is a very forcible work.

In Japanese modern pictures, sticking gold leaf and expressing clouds is often performed.

This is called "kinnun" gold clouds. A photograph is "rakuchurakugaizu" drawn so that it might look at the situation of the town in Kyoto from a high position. The whole town is covered with golden clouds. From between golden clouds, the castle in Kyoto, a temple, etc. can be seen and the situation of people's life is drawn.

The paper of Ruskin's clouds was quite famous also for Japan to the Meiji term. Some men of culture are touched off by it and are observing clouds. Especially Touson Shimazaki inquired to the maniac also in them. When starting for one's new assignment to the school of Shinshu, Shimazaki carried Ruskin's "modern painter theory" 5 volume, during Shinshu stay, observed clouds every day and was writing the diary.

Maxfield Parrish is an American national popular painter, and is illustrator. He is also one person who was subject to the influence of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. A work with this most famous probably. "Ecstasy"

Blue empty and clouds are the impressive works which have impact very much. The cobalt blue which Parrish uses is so famous that it is called "Parrish blue", and sees this language in various places.

On November 5, there is famous fresco painting of painter Giotto in the Francis cathedral in central Italy Assisi. It became clear that the evil spirit was secretly drawn on it. The evil spirit is drawn on the photograph central portion. An evil spirit means "raw and death".  And it is drawn into the clouds of the 20th scene of fresco painting. An art historian, Mr. Chiara Frugoni, discovered this.

Many clouds come out in Studio Ghibli of anime of Japan. "kurenaimobuta" "kazenotaninonausika" "totoro" "majonotakkyuubinn" etc. Characters often fly in the sky. The white clouds floating in a blue sky are very beautiful, and may be the features of the Studio Ghibli work.

Many people are drawing clouds by various methods.
It is not all the same. I would also like to draw clouds mainly.

Postscript
I am sorry that updating is overdue.