Company style

Examples of Company style in the following topics:

• Indian Painting under British Imperialism

  • The Company style of paintings became common, created by Indian artists working for European patrons of the East India Company.
  • The style was mainly Romanticized, with watercolor the primary medium used to convey soft textures and tones.
  • Referred to as the Company style or Patna style, this style of painting flourished at first in Murshidabad and spread to other cities of British India.
  • As more artists began using Western ideas of composition, perspective, and realism to illustrate Indian themes, others rebelled against these styles.
  • Also known as "Indian style of painting" in its early days, it was led by Abanindranath Tagore (1871–1951) and supported by British art teacher E.

• Nayak Painting

  • Ruling from the 16th through 18th centuries in South India, the Nayak Empire was noted for its administrative reforms, its artistic and cultural achievements, and the creation of a unique style of temple architecture.
  • Thanjavur painting originated under the Nayaks of Thanjavur (anglicized as Tanjore) around 1600 CE, and one can see the influence of Deccani, Vijayanagar, Maratha, and even European or Company styles of painting.

• Indian Architecture under British Imperialism

  • The establishment of the British Empire greatly influenced the architecture and culture of India and led to a fusion of styles and techniques.
  • The Company style of paintings, for example, became common, created by Indian artists working for European patrons of the East India Company.
  • The fusion of Indian traditions with European style at this time became evident in architectural styles.
  • Numerous European countries invaded India and created architectural styles reflective of their ancestral and adopted homes.
  • The building is circular in form and is sided by two rectangular sections; the entrance is lined with 12 colonnades and two British lions, with the motto of East India Company engraved on them.

• American Art Deco Architecture

  • Art Deco and Streamline Moderne were two key styles of early 20th century American architecture.
  • Modern American architecture is usually divided into the two styles of Art Deco and Streamline Moderne.
  • Its architectural style emphasized curving forms, long horizontal lines, and sometimes nautical elements.
  • The Hollywood Palladium (in Hollywood, CA) was a dance hall built in the 1940s in the Streamline Moderne style.
  • The Hecht Company Warehouse (Washington, D.C.) is a Streamline Moderne style building.The building uses glass block extensively, culminating in a twelve-pointed star-shaped cupola at the corner, which is illuminated at night.

• Temple Style of the South

  • South India gave rise to the Dravida style of architecture, and is where most of the largest Hindu Temples can be found.
  • The main architectural styles are the Dravida style of South India, the Nagara style of North India, and the mixed Vesara style.
  • Other styles include the Pahari architectures of Kashmir, Himachal, Uttarakhand, and Nepal; the Kerala rainy style, the Goa European style, the Bali style, the Khmer style, and the modern very basic style of a hall with an altar.

• First Romanesque Architecture

  • The First Romanesque style developed in the Catalan territory and demonstrated a lower level of expertise than the later Romanesque style.
  • Romanesque architecture is often divided into two periods: the "First Romanesque" style and the "Romanesque" style.
  • Abott Oliba of the Monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll served as a particularly influential impeller, diffuser, and sponsor of the First Romanesque style.
  • The First Romanesque style, also known as Lombard Romanesque style, is characterized by thick walls, lack of sculpture, and the presence of rhythmic ornamental arches known as a Lombard band.
  • The difference between the First Romanesque and later Romanesque styles is chiefly a matter of the expertise with which the buildings were constructed.

• Japanese Art in the Meiji Period

  • The art of the Meiji period (1868-1912) was marked by a division between European and traditional Japanese styles.
  • In art, this period was marked by the division into competing European and traditional indigenous styles.
  • After an initial burst of western style art, however, the pendulum swung in the opposite direction.
  • In the 1880s, western style art was banned from official exhibitions and was severely criticized by critics.
  • Yōga style painting of the Meiji period by Kuroda Seiki (1893)

• The Opus Anglicanum

  • The Worshipful Company of Broderers was the craft guild that was incorporated in 1561 to represent these workers.
  • As a result, the style of the work was scaled back, and much of the richness and storytelling involved in these pieces was lost.

• Ter Brugghen, van Honthorst, Hals, Leyster

  • Honthorst cultivated the style of Caravaggio and had great skill at chiaroscuro, often painting scenes illuminated by a single candle.
  • Frans Hals the Elder (c. 1582—1666) was most notable for his loose painterly brushwork, a lively style he helped introduce into Dutch art.
  • In his group portraits, such as the The Officers of the St Adrian Militia Company, Hals captures each character in a different manner.
  • The Officers of the St Adrian Militia Company by Frans Hals, 1633
  • This painting demonstrates Honthorst's use of chiaroscuro, a style made popular by Caravaggio.

• Vorticism

  • Glass and iron were used in a similar monumental style in the construction of major railway terminals in London, such as Paddington Station (1854) and King's Cross Station (1852).
  • The human experience of time itself was altered, with the development of electric telegraph from 1837, and the adoption of standard time by British railway companies from 1845, and in the rest of the world over the next fifty years.
  • The movement of Vorticism rejected the typical landscapes and nudes of the time in favor of a geometric style tending towards abstraction.
  • Though the style grew out of Cubism, it is more closely related to Futurism in its embrace of dynamism, the machine age, and all things modern.
  • The cover of the 1915 BLAST demonstrates the Vorticism Movement's use of geometric style and sharp angles in print and design.