A Short guide to Art Movements - 19th Century

Art Nouveau

 

Beginning in the 1890s and spread to all art forms including architecture, interior decoration and graphic arts characterised by  curved lines and asymmetrical organization.

Barbizon School

 

A group of 19th Century of French painters who rejected the traditional, idealized landscape and tried to achieve more realistic, natural portrailes of nature. They were greatly influenced by the Dutch landscape painters of old. Theodore Rousseau one of the fore figures in this movement.

Impressionism

 

A French school who was dedicated to capturing the transitory visual impressions painted directly from nature with the light and colour being of utmost importance. It was completely reliant on mood and setting that no place was ever the same on moment to the next. The fathers of this movement would be Monet and Pissarro.

Neoimpressionism 

 

Again started in France and pioneered by the likes of George Seurat who strived to make impressionism more formal and precise. They used juxtaposing the primary colours in order to make the secondary colours brighter and more radiant, with the mixture of the two colours left the the eye of the beholder - Pointillism. 

Post Impressionism

 

This applied to a group of artist living in France around 1885-1900. Post impressionism rejected the absence of form which became popular with the impressionists and stressed more formal qualities and the importance of the subject. This is more of an ideal as the artists who followed this movement have a great variation in style and technique. Such as Cezanne and Van Gogh.

Realism 

 

Lead by Gustave Courbet in France its principle aims were to capture the ideal, beliefs, customs and thoughts of their age though everyday scenes.

Romanticism

 

A Western movement in art that is in opposition to Neoclassicism. Romantic works have bold colours, soft outlines, interesting compositions and often depict a hero. 

Symbolism

 

In the late half of the 19th century symbolism was gain popularity through the ideals of painting no loner being about observation but turning objects into symbols of inner experience, Gauguin for example. 

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Art Movements - A short guide 500 A.D - 1800

Medieval Art

 

Classifies the art of the middle ages 500 A.D to the late 14th Century.

Romanesque

 

This style dominated Art and Architecture in Europe between the 9th and 12th centuries. This is based on the ideals of ancient Rome.  

Renaissance

Madonna and Child - Raphael.

Is the renewal of interest in the older classical art for the Greek etc. This begin in Italy in the 14th century and began to spread across Europe until the  16th Century. Its most famous leaders being Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael.

Mannerism 

El Greco

 An Italian movement started around the mid-16th century. It mainly focused on the human figure with distortion and elongation - El Greco is a great example of this style.

Baroque

 

A European Movement during the 17th and 18th centuries. Its main characteristics are of opulence, drama and to overwhelm with spender - This was not only a movement in Art, with Artist such as Giovanni Bernini being a great example of this but also of Architecture, an example of this would be the Palace of Versailles.  

Rococo

The Swing - Jean Honore Fragonard

Predominately a French Style mainly used for interior decoration developed during Louis XV. Once again quite opulent, golds and silvers, with an interest in curves, prettiness and gaiety. This also transposed to Art.

Neoclassicicm

 

Is an 18th Century reaction to the flamboyance and excess of Baroque and Rococo, this tried to recapture the art of Greece and Rome by reinterpreting the ancient classics both in style and matter. 

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David Bellamy

 

David Bellamy specialises in painting beautiful watercolour coastal scenes, mountains and bleak landscapes, this areas inspire him due to there wild characteristics and isolation. His painting have reached private collection around the world. A full time Artist, Author and Teacher he is hugely active and respected for his contributions to the Artistic community and a member of the British Watercolour society.


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A Perfect Fit - A Guide to Men Suit Patterns.

Here is a quick guide to assist the identification of suit patterns - Essential information to any stylish or metro-sexual man.

Twill (or block colour patterns)

Gabardine

Fabric is weaved with a pattern of diagonal parallel ribs.  Twills generally drape well and are a widely accepted and popular choice for all types of suits. Examples of twill fabrics are gabardine and tweed.Solid block fabrics are usually made in twill pattern, especially gabardine. 

Pinstripe

 

Regularly spaced, parallel stripes of a lighter/variant colour woven into the fabric. Stripes vary in size from thick to thin, and may be widely or tightly spaced. Pinstripes are a very popular selection for all types of suits and jackets, especially for business suits. Chalk stripes are often bolder, more widely spaced white stripes on a dark fabric background.  

Glen Check or Prince of Wales Check

 

A simple, elegant and popular pattern that uses  alternating small checks within larger checks often involving a small amount of Houndstooth alongside the Checks. This pattern is equally as good for a sports jackets as it is for a business suit. A good all rounder.

Herringbone

 

Uses alternate diagonal lines making a distinct V pattern across the fabric. The herringbone pattern is very popular and can be used for almost any type of suit or jacket. 

Houndstooth

 

It is a dual-tone pattern characterised by broken checks or four-pointed shapes much resembling a dogs tooth (hence the name). Usually found in black and white, other colours are sometimes used. Houndstooths are usually chosen for more casual jackets rather than formal or business suits.

Windowpane

 

Finer and less lines create large open squares creating a checkerboard effect across the fabric. This pattern could be considered either sophisticated or daring however this would depend on the boldness of the overall pattern. 

Nail Head or Bird's Eye.

 

Somewhere between solids and stripes is called the nailhead or bird's eye pattern. When examined closely, these patterns have the appearance of tiny dots of a lighter colour on a darker background giving the appearance of an overall solid colour somewhere in between the two colours. Nail-heads are versatile and are appropriate for almost all occasions. 

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Updates! Queen Elizabeths Coronation Invitation. On sale!

On Sale NOW

Here are some more pictures of Queen Elizabeth's Coronation Invitation.

This item is now on sale at www.justpipit.co.uk. A wonderful item for collectors, buying a piece of history. 

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Diamonds - A quick guide.

When talking about diamonds you are entering a minefield, with the different terminology and language used it is hard to know if what you are being sold. Here is a quick guide to understanding you diamonds and the sellers.

Lets begin with the facets. The facets simply means every cut edge taken off the diamond. Thus every Edge is a facet. The way the Facets are cut it to show off and bring out the best qualities of every diamond.

Below is a diagram of a diamond with its various parts labelled.

 

The Pavilion.

The Pavilion is the bottom half of the diamond - the Facets cut below the Girdle - The Pavilion is made from 3 different types of facet: the lower girdle facet, pavilion facet and the cutlet.  

There are 16 lower Girdle Facets (In purple) they are called this because they sit just below the Girdle of the diamond. While the 8 Pavilion facets (In green) lay between the girdle facets and the cutlet (In blue) which the the point at the bottom. 

The importance of these facets is they redirect the light to exit the diamond through the crown into the eyes of the beholder. 

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Rare Corgi Models

 

Here are some of the Rarest and most desirable Corgi models. Unfortunately, Just Pip it does not have any of  there items currently. We do have two other Corgi models on offer; the flying Scotsman and the Heavy Haulage Alleys. We do hope to be getting more Models so watch this space.




  Corgi Toys 1126 Ecurie Ecosse

 Corgi Toys 261 James Bond DB5

 Corgi Toys 267 Batmobile

 Corgi Toys 336 James Bond Toyota

 Corgi Toys 471 Smith's Karrier

 Corgi Toys 474 Wall's Ice Cream Van

 Corgi Toys 238 Mk X Jaguar



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