Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Visual Artists Transmit the Values and Beliefs of Society :: Visual Arts Paintings Art

Visual Artists Transmit the Values and Beliefs of SocietyEuropean artists have communicable the values and beliefs of thesociety in which they worked, through the art they produced. Thevalues of the society at that time include the establishment anddevelopment of the colonies, the exploration of the country, as heartyas day-to-day living and hard work.The establishment and development of the colonies was important to thepeople at the time, as it was crucial for their survival and theadvancement of the British Empire. Paintings make by artists wereoften sent back no England to attract and persuade people thinking ofmigrating to the new land. W.S Blakes painting, entitled A DirectNorth General linear perspective of Sydney Cove in 1792 shows the advancement ofthe colony and its app arnt success.The exploration of the country was greatly documented by artists ofthe time. Augustus Earles painting, A Bivouac of Travellers inAustralia in a Cabbage tree diagram Forest, Day Break, depicts the scene ofthe explorers. A group of travellers, accompanied by their nativeguides, presents the life of the colonial frontiersman.The painting Overlanders by ST Gill, also depicts the image of thefrontiersman The explorers are on their donkeys and Australiaslandscape of dead timber and stunted grass trees is shown,representing the harsh and cruel land.The paintings Australian Landscape with Cattle and My Harvest MyHome, by John Glover depict the Australian rustic and working scene.Australian Landscape with Cattle shows the rural landscape ofAustralia. My Harvest My Home shows the bountiful harvest that hasbeen reaped. This painting represents a pioneers paradise and thegrowing prosperity of the land.The hard work that was undertaken around the opulent fields is alsoexpressed through the painting Gold Diggings, Ararat by E. Roper.Roper shows the life of the people at these diggings, communities of

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