Hieronymus Bosch

Ascent of the Blessed attributed to Hieronymus Bosch 1500-1504. This painting relates to the photographs of Robert Mapplethorpe earlier in the blog as it uses a similar composition and way of framing the figures.

http://sirjohnlawesart.blogspot.com/2008/01/robert-mapplethorpe-and-others-human.html

Pieter Bruegel Trees and barriers

16th Century painting of a landscape by Pieter Bruegel

Piet Mondrian Trees as barriers

Piet Mondrian Gray Tree 1911

Piet Mondrian Red Tree 1908

Here the trees are barriers that we are looking at the sky through. They are also a beautiful paintings.

Fernand Leger Scafolding as a barrier

Anselm Kiefer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anselm_Kiefer wikipedia website

Trees creating barriers Andrew Wyeth

Andrew Wyeth paintings of trees with the branches and leaves creating a screen or barrier that we are looking through

Edward Hopper Outside Looking In

Excellent paintings looking into spaces. Elements of Pop Art with hoardings, signs, lights and street furniture with atmospheric spaces. The windows are the barriers and we are looking into bright uptouchable spaces.

Edward Hopper website http://www.artchive.com/artchive/H/hopper.html

Edward Hopper http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Hopper

Excellent website on Edward Hopper exhibition http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2007/hopper/introduction/index.shtm