concentrated: Rossetti’s engagement with discursive regulation of female sexuality in Lost and Found‚ and the typology and striking sensuality of Rossetti’s paintings. Linda Nochlin’s essay examines Rossetti’s painting Found from three major angles: through Victorian erotic regulation of sexuality‚ in comparison with William Holman Hunt’s painting The Awakening Conscience‚ and through the lens of Rossetti’s personal biography. Nochlin proposes that Found prescribes to the contemporary artistic conventions
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Picasso ’s "Guernica" (1937) and Goya ’s "The Third of May" (1814) are paintings that are created to communicate an issue of concern of the artist. In order to truly understand the impact that these paintings have on people‚ and why that impact is so strong‚ a person must analyse the content of them. The first reaction of the "Guernica" by Picasso is one of mayhem‚ destruction‚ lost souls and death. The entire painting is dark with cool colours and no sign of warmth. There are scattered distorted
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NEW OIL ESSAY Water is a resource lots of people take for granted. When water starts to become more scarce throughout time‚ who should take control over it? Public companies? Or Private? I believe the answer to this dilemma is that public companies should mostly take control of the water system but still work with private companies to benefit the water supply the most. They should mostly control the water supply because I think that private companies won’t be able to handle the water resources properly
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Clement Greenberg‚ “Modernist Painting” In his text entitled “Modernist Painting”‚ Greenberg focuses on the development of painting between the 14th and 19th century and emphasizes on what distinguishes Modernist painting from previous forms of painting‚ particularly those of the Old Masters. Greenberg begins by relating Modernist art to Kantian philosophy claiming that‚ the same way Kant used reason in order to examine the limits of reason‚ Modernist art is when art became self critical because
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ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AS REFLECTED IN PAINTING: THE CONTRASTING VIEWS OF ECONOMISTS AND ART HISTORIANS [1] Manuel Santos-Redondo Universidad Complutense de Madrid [las diferencias con respecto al Documento de Trabajo disponible en la Web estan subrayadas] 1. Introduction The Moneychanger and his Wife is probably the picture most widely used to illustrate economic activity‚ and so it is (supposedly) well known by economists‚ managers‚ and accountants. The accounting book which appears
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Chinese Calligraphy Chinese calligraphy (Brush calligraphy) is an art unique to Asian cultures. Shu (calligraphy)‚ Hua (painting)‚ Qin (a string musical instrument)‚ and Qi (a strategic boardgame) are the four basic skills and disciplines of the Chinese literati. Regarded as the most abstract and sublime form of art in Chinese culture‚ "Shu Fa" (calligraphy) is often thought to be most revealing of one’s personality. During the imperial era‚ calligraphy was used as an important criterion for
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Artist in his Studio Two paintings‚ produced about three hundred years apart‚ of two artists in their respective studios can make for an interesting comparison which could be assumed to have quite a few similarities. However‚ this is not always the case and these two paintings serve as a good example of differences between pieces that might as well share a title. Firstly‚ the time periods of the paintings have a definitive impact on their style. Also‚ one painting was made by a Dutchman‚ by the
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Dan Rebok Art History 100 3/2/2010 Compare/Contrast Paintings at Palmer The Sacrifice of Jephthah’s Daughter 1650 by Pietro Vecchia is a rather unusual painting. The premise is that he must sacrifice his own daughter because of a deal with God. In the painting she has her arms across her chest covering her naked self and is bent over almost in a ball. This cowering is a stark difference to‚ Giovanni Baglione’s St Sebastian healed by an Angel 1603. Sebastian is in repose with his hands behind
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England’s Royal Biscuit Company and Gernnany’s Edeling GmbH are in the final stages of a merger. Will a global culture clash cause the deal to crumble? Oil and Wasser by Byron Reimus M’ ‚iCHAEL BRIGHTON felt as if he’d been slapped. His back stiffened into the cold leather chair as Sir John Callaghan‚ the temperamental chairman of the London-based Royal Biscuit Company‚ angrily brandished the memo. "There is no evidence the two of you collaborated on this leadership development plan!" he
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Wailing Women‚ created by Ken Currie is a large-scale painting that attempts to capture the emotional trauma of war (figure 1). Currently located at the McMaster Art Gallery‚ this oil painting successfully conveys large-scale loss of human life through its expressionistic style. Currie’s choice of style allows for the figures to be more distorted and symbolic‚ making the piece more visually appealing. Rather than merely present the event to the viewer in an art form‚ the Currie creates an emotional
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