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    the group. Degas became known for his description of his subjects‚ which included depictions of ballet dancers and woman bathing which portrayed the ‘Impressionist’ label of experimental and vivid use of color.1 As seen throughout many of his paintings‚ Degas consistently is seen to observe “laundresses‚ milliners and ballet dancers at work.”2 He employs in his artwork unusual perspectives and complex formal structures. His works‚ “Dancers‚ in Pink and Green” and “Woman Combing Her Hair” are

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    John Brack The painting is called ‘Collins Street 5pm’and was painted in 1955. It is an oil painting on canvas‚ sized 114.6 x 162.9 cm. Collins Street 5pm‚ 1955‚ oil on canvas‚ 114.6x162.9cm Collins Street 5pm‚ 1955‚ oil on canvas‚ 114.6x162.9cm John Brack has used dull mainly consisting of black‚ brown and dirt yellow colour. He has used a very limited palette of colours. There was lots of repetition used in this painting: The people in the middle‚ the hats of the people in the

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    Morisot painted what she experienced on a daily basis. Her paintings reflect the 19th-century cultural restrictions of her class and gender. She avoided urban and street scenes as well as the nude figure and‚ like her fellow female Impressionist Mary Cassatt‚ focused on domestic life and portraits in which she could use family and personal friends as models. Paintings like The Cradle‚ in which she depicted current trends for nursery furniture‚ reflect her sensitivity to fashion and advertising‚ both

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    and his friends viewed a magnificent red‚white‚ yellow‚ black‚ brown bulls‚ bison‚ deer and horses. Artists used brushes made from animal hair and plant fiber and with sponges made from fur. The paintings took back to the Magdalenian period‚ which was over 15‚000 years ago. Cro-Magnon people drew the paintings on the caves.The people who lived during 2‚500‚000 B.C. to 10‚000 B.C. were nomadic hunter and gatherers (which means they travel from place to place for survival). Archaeologists believe three

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    ST. DOMINIC COLLEGE OF ASIA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND COMPUTER STUDIES Title of Case Study “The Difference Between Digital and Traditional Painting” Submitted By: Sheena G. Ureta AB Multimedia Arts 4A 2013 ABOUT THE SCHOOL SDCA LOGO Located at the gateway of Bacoor‚ St. Dominic College of Asia (SDCA)‚ a progressive and globally-oriented collegiate institution‚ revolutionizes the higher education

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    Can Art be Limited to Single Categories What is Clement Greenberg’s definition of “modernism”? I do not agree with Clement Greenberg definitions of modernism‚ in his essay ‘Modernist Painting’. Because it is wrong to place artistic limits on artistic expression‚ whether that is painting‚ sculpture or any other artistic work. As Manet’s sad “art for art sack”. Single person cannot be permitted to make decision on what good art is. In doing so he took away the freedom to explore‚ and once needed‚ push

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    I chose for my Italian Renaissance painting the Birth of Venus. It was painted by Sandro Botticelli‚ who lived from 1445 to 1510‚ with Tempera on canvas around 1484-86 and is currently located at the Galleria degli Uffizi‚ Florence. I chose for my Northern Renaissance painting the Arnolfini Wedding by Jan van Eyck‚ who lived from 1395 to 1441‚ Oil on oak panel of 3 vertical boards in 1434 and is currently located in the National Gallery‚ London. Botticelli uses a more two dimensional

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    Applied Semiotics Fridas’ paintings analysis September 20th 2007 Identify two paintings of your interest then specify: (The whole assignment is in essay type format). 1. Author: Frida Kahlo. 2. Title of the painting: "La columna rota" and "Las dos Fridas" 3. Date: 1944 and 1939 4. Format: Rectangle and square. My first impressions of these two paintings were kind of painful because sadness and pain are shown in both of them. But at the same time they show the strength that Frida

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    in 1953 and is an oil on canvas painting. Easter Sunrise depicts a mountain side and shining from the corner of the mountain is a brilliant white cross.   As far as the technical excellence of this painting‚ the colors are varying degrees of browns‚ gold and white. Georgia O’Keeffe uses form really well. Even though she uses one mountain as the main focus‚ in the background there are other mountains and road leading into the distance. In the forefront of the painting there are trees and the road.

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    artwork are you discussing? When did the piece appear? What form was the artwork (painting; sculpture; quilt; etc.)? What artist produced the artwork? How was the artist received by audiences/critics (QUOTE FROM AT LEAST ONE SOURCE)? What was going on in the U.S. (or globally) when your artwork appeared? What aspects of the 1930s were particularly in the foreground during this time? The artwork I picked was the painting “Frozen Assets” (1931-32) made by Diego Rivera. The Art Historian Ph.D. Greta Berman

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