Jean-Michel Basquiat was a young‚ yet talented artist of the 1980’s. His works were paintings that were considered to be unique in comparison to others. He took art to a whole other level and made people really think about what they were looking at when they saw his work. Basquiat struggled with many things during his life because he was raised without his parents. Although he was on the street most of the time‚ he was still one of the most successful painters of his time. Unfortunately‚ Basquiat’s
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1. Find and post a picture of a piece of art from the Post Impressionism‚ Symbolist‚ or Art Nouveau periods‚ that is not on your list of "Required Art". Include the work ’s title‚ artist‚ medium‚ period and date . (1 points) Le Chahut‚ Georges Seurat‚ oil on canvas‚ Post Impressionism‚1889-90. 2. Are there horizontal‚ vertical‚ and or diagonal movements in the work? Describe what you see. (3 points) The painting depicts a scene in a music hall. There are two male and two female dancers doing
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On March 30‚1853 in Groot Zundert‚ Netherlands a legendary artist who will forever change art is born;his name is Vincent Van Gogh. Van Gogh lived a tragic life facing many struggles and several triumphs‚but he will always be remembered in history for being one of the most inspirational artists. Growing up Van Gogh’s family was fairly big:his family consisted of his parents‚three sisters‚two brothers‚ and of course Van Gogh himself. Van Gogh was also a troubled child‚ however‚ he noticeably was attached
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In the 19th century‚ many changes of art took place. It started with a new "realism" approach‚ where artists did no longer want to paint what they were told to paint. The things that they previously had to paint were religious‚ Greek‚ or aristocratic. They were many art students that had the desire to step out of the box and paint "real life"‚ or the lives of regular people. This was a stark difference and shocking to people as all of the sudden their servants were depicted working hard in the fields
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There are many artist and architects throughout history who have made enriching pieces of art. There is no one artist greater than the other‚ art is made to impact people in different and powerful ways‚ so there is no one best of the best. You have the greats that most people know at least one or two art pieces like Picasso‚ Van Gogh‚ or Michelangelo‚ but these artist are not the best ever‚ this is because art is very subjective. So who should a paper on an artist be about? The most famous of them
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Art is a way of expressing one’s imagination‚ creativity and skill usually in a visual form such as a drawing‚ painting and or sculpture. Recently I was admiring a painting by Spencer Davey called “Hunting by Moonlight”. The highlight of this painting is a barn owl. The barn owl is painted flying in the center of the canvas. Its wings are spread from the top left corner of the canvas to the bottom right corner of the canvas. The underneath of the wings are very detailed so that you can see each
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Late 19th Century Artists always tried to rebel against the artistic traditions of the past. Before the 1800s‚ the arts all changed‚ but most of these changes still followed a common theme of expressing beauty. Art was not really ever political or representative of everyday common life. In the 19th century‚ all of that changed. The impressionists‚ realists‚ and post-impressionists all sought to change the course of art history. The realists specifically rebelled against traditions by representing
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Many paintings from the early 1400’s start noticeably portraying two different categories of art: the “head” and the “heart”. It is a belief that a piece of art is either portrayed to entice a viewer’s intelligence or their “head‚” or their emotions which is the “heart.” We can look at great painters from centuries ago and compare their works into these two classifications. Additionally‚ there are numerous factors and different styles artists use to make their works of art either intellectual or
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I chose The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh because it is a very well known piece of art. People throughout time have always looked at this piece of art as one of the most fascinating pieces. Vincent van Gogh is one of the most famous artists of all time. Vincent van Gogh was born on March 30‚ 1853‚ in Groot-Zundert‚ Netherlands and died July 29‚ 1890. He was staying in an asylum at Saint-Remy. Starry Night is believed to show the view from his bedroom window. The theme of evening and nighttime
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The Starry Night Co.1889 is considered the most famous piece of painting by Dutch post-impressionist artist‚ Vincent van Gogh. The masterpiece was painted during van Gogh’s stay at the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole lunatic asylum in France after a mental breakdown in 1889. The painting shows a small village under a wild night sky. A large cypress tree stand in the foreground while rolling mountains subject in the background. Considered as the finest artwork the famous artist had composed‚ van Gogh used multiple
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