The violent temperament Caravaggio produces in several of his pieces creates a distressing outlook into the murderous fantasies and state of mind he had, the haunting image of a man being beheaded in his bed and the decapitated head of the mythical creature, Medusa, shows his obsession with death and his fascination with murder.
The view that Francis Bacon has of himself is far from narcissistic, the way he perceives himself in his self portraiture is disturbing, although captivating, using a mixture of dark and cold colours, and the facial expressions in his work project the temperament he faces and creates a visual effect of sorrow and grief.
The deformity shown in the majority of his self-portraiture work displays a nature of self loathing, or a disgust of his own physical form.
Egon Schiele was considered to be quite controversial about his work, the nude portraiture he had painted where of a teenage girl, the both of them had been driven out of town they lived in, in Krumau. In the typical
manner of Egon’s self-portraits, he has shown the peculiar and
troubled image he perceives of himself for instance:-
'Self-portrait with Chinese lantern'
1912
oil and gouache on panel
this piece shows a very narcissistic look at Egon show with the facial expression he presents, the energy he shows in the line quality and shading particularly on his jacket emits a slight nervousness or anxiety about him.
chuck close has created many spectacular pieces of artwork, each showing the same level of commitment as the next, such as;
'Mark'
1997-19978
acrylic on canvas
This piece was painted and airbrushed on a series of layers on a massive scale, the painting took almost 14 months to complete.
I believe 'Mark' is a very successful piece, the sheer detail, particularly in the eyes, chuck has definitely captured the detail of the glasses and its reflective light and made the entire piece extremely visually pleasing.
'Self-Prortraitte'
1997
oil on canvas
This piece is an incredible example of expertise chuck close has, even after a blood clot paralyzed him and caused him to resort to strapping a paint brush to his hand to be able to paint. Using simple shapes with different colors and patterns, on an enormous scale, even with the simplistic nature of the pieces he produces chuck still manages to attach a vast amount of detail.
'Big Self-Portraitte'
1967-1968
acrylic on canvas
Big self portrait was chuck's first selling piece of work and is another example of how chuck captures details like a photograph, this piece has to be a personal favorite, just because of the way that chuck has created a visually perfect portrait
