Kehinde Wiley was born in 1977 in Los Angeles‚ California. His father is Yoruba from Nigeria‚ and his mother is African-American. His mother supported his love for art since a early age and enrolled him in art after school art classes. When Kehinde was 12 he spent a little time in at an art school in Russia. Kehinde did not grow up with his father‚ at the age of 20 he traveled to Nigeria to explore his roots and meet him. Kehinde earned his BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1999 and his
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Cormac McCarthy gives his story All the Pretty Horses an unique organization. The book only has four chapters within‚ yet each chapter is lengthy. There are also very few flashbacks in this story. This flashback was needed‚ however‚ to show how things did not change after John Grady Cole’s grandfather died. “On the wall opposite above the sideboard was an oilpainting of horses. . . . his grandfather looked up from his plate at the painting‚” shows the painting being there while his grandfather
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The Starry Night is an artwork by Vincent van Gogh. I was created in 1889‚ and it is considered a post-impressionist art work. It has a size of 73.70 x 92.10 cm. The medium used was oil on canvas. Its current location is in The Museum of Modern Art in New York‚ NY. Additionally‚ the art work Reclining Nude by Henri Matisse was created in 1935. Its size is 66 x 92.7 cm‚ and the medium used was oil on canvas. It is currently located in The Baltimore Museum of Art in Baltimore‚ Maryland. Therefore‚
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The Connections of 19th Century Painting and the Stories of Chopin and De Maupassant In terms of art in western civilization‚ the 19th century was truly a transformative time for artists and writers alike. Two writers emerged from the mid to late 19th century that are very influential in their era- Kate Chopin and Guy De Maupassant. Their stories reflect 19th century Europe very well‚ and capture the modernity of that time period. When examining their stories‚ there is an interesting connection
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Blind Beggar I am writing my paper over El-Greco’s Oil painting Healing Blind Bartimaeus‚ a beautiful painting based upon Mark 10:46-47. The biblical passage for this painting shows how close you can be to God without ever meeting him. The artist has displayed the passage in this painting in so many little details. The painting is so exquisite; it shows Jesus’ gracefulness in such an intricate way. In the context of Mark 10:46-47‚ Jesus shows reward to a man’s faith. Jesus does this by giving a
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Every artist has their own personal details they like to add onto each of their pieces. They might like their work to have a specific look or idea. For example most of Leonid Afremov paintings are colorful like the one that is shown above. This particular painting by him is known as Night Fantasy. A person can tell almost right away that even though it looks almost bleak and rainy in some spots like over on the top right side of the painting it is still meant to be taken as euphoric and amative
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On the other side of Rembrandt’s works‚ basically he used the light to create a strong contrast between light and dark in his drawing‚ painting. The light and dark in his works often go alternate or the light just focus on one direction to catch people attention at the points that he wanted to express. In my opinion‚ the ways that Rembrandt showed the light and dark in his painting can express a quiet moments‚ and deeply inside people heart. Whenever I looked at his art works‚ it can bring me a
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I used cardboard because I wanted to be able to poke into it to try and make contour lines and for the textured surface. I started out with drawing in pencil and I had originally planned on using oil pastels and crayons‚ but they weren’t showing up quite the way I wanted them to so I used oil paints instead. After drawing‚ I used a pencil to poke holes in the outlines of the wave‚ cloud‚ trunk of the palm tree‚ and the circle of the sun. Initially‚ I was only going to poke the holes around the wave
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For my museum response‚ I visited Shrem Museum. The first thing that catches my attention are Robert Arneson’s toilets. The toilets look old and disgusting‚ but what is most disturbing about them is that the some of the toilets included random body parts. For instances‚ there were lips on the top of one toilet. Wayne Thiebaud paintings featured everyday scenes. His food services included pieces titles (Double Decker‚ BBQ’d Chickens‚ Cup of Coffee‚ Cottage Cheese Salad). He also had a beautiful landscape
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What I think of when I hear art is expression. Personally‚ I think that the greatest form of expression is through art. Art can be visual art‚ writing‚ drama‚ and music. It’s very interesting because no expression is the exact same ; they are always personally special-made by the artist. The Group of seven is a great representation of personal expression. In their time they created a name for themselves as well as creating a new form of art for Canada. They were very important members of the art
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