know that‚ yes‚ it’s true I’m here‚ and I’m just as strange as you.” ― Frida Kahlo “I paint flowers so they will not die.” ― Frida Kahlo “My painting carries with it the message of pain.” ― Frida Kahlo I am not sick. I am broken. But I am happy to be alive as long as I can paint. ― Frida Kahlo Really‚ I do not know whether my paintings are surrealist or not‚ but I do know that they are the frankest expression of myself. ― Frida Kahlo www.fridakahlofans.com BIOGRAPHY Frida Kahlo
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There are different kinds or types of painting and for the ordinary indivudal‚ it can be rather confusing. You probably have come across oil paintings‚ watercolor paintings‚ body painting‚ face painting‚ and many others; but did you know about tole painting? Tole painting is considered as folk art. It is the painting of wooden and tin utensils‚ furniture‚ and other objects in a decorative way. Objects may refer to metallic objects like coffee pots‚ kitchen utensils‚ and other household items. The
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OIL PAINTINGS One of the images that I’m most fond of is the “Madonna and Child with the Chancellor Rolin” by Jan and Eck. This piece is one my favorites because it uses oil. When using oil the images of the paintings seem to realistically speak to me. This particular painting enables both fusion of tones and crisp effects and is unsurpassed for textural variation. The standard consistency of oil paint is a smooth‚ buttery paste. In this scene it depicts the Virgin crowned by a hovering Angel while
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What is a miniature painting? GUIDE-LINES TOWARD A DEFINITION OF A MINIATURE PAINTING There are many way of defining a miniature painting. Each culture has its own rules. Here we offer some Hilliard Society guidelines towards a definition of miniature painting and the criteria set by the Society: * A high standard of draughtsmanship and composition. * Mastery of miniature technique in chosen media and palette. * No subject larger than life‚ portrait head no larger than 2” (5cm).
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Painting Styles ART 101 April 1‚ 2012 Painting Styles Neoclassic Art‚ Impressionist Artworks and Abstract Expressionism are very identifiable by their form‚ painting style and the era they speak of. All three have some comparisons and some very evident contrasts. The Neoclassic era of art reflected resurgence in the interest of the Greek and Roman Eras. People of this time were interested in seeing woman as more upstanding. They were also going back to a high moral tone‚ recognizing
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“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt‚ and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.” ― Leonardo da Vinci. There is an art in writing poetry‚ for you must embed meaning within it while not just blatantly writing the message. In poetry there are many different ways of doing this‚ so it is up to the poet’s stylistic choice how to deliver these messages. Seamus Heaney‚ in translating the poem Beowulf from it’s original dialect is able to use stylistic choice to bring out different
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"I just paint things I always thought were beautiful‚ things you use every day and never think about I just do it because I like it. (Beckris 110) I just do it because I like it is Andy’s philosophy on life. Andy might just be the most interesting and and at the same time the most confusing individual you will ever read about. Andy’s work is like none others. His art brought common day people together and showed the impact of contemporary society and the idea of mass media on values. Andy’s father
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Goldsworthy was born 26 July 1956 and he is a British sculptor‚ photographer and environmentalist producing site-specific sculpture and land art situated in natural and urban settings. He lives and works in Scotland. Andy Goldsworthy is a brilliant British artist who collaborates with nature to make his creations. Besides England and Scotland‚ his work has been created at the North Pole‚ in Japan‚ the Australian Outback‚ in the U.S. and many others. Goldsworthy regards his creations as temporary
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Yvonne G. March 16‚2015 Digital Painting & Painting by Hand Now a days‚ we are able to create art in ways that others might have not thought of. One of the methods that is becoming popular and known is digital painting. The oldest and most traditional method is painting by hand. Digital painting and painting by hand do not have to be with just a brush‚ it can be accomplished by other materials such as chalk‚ water colors‚ airbrush‚ and so on. Many have seen the outcomes to be very similar
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Andy comes back - Andy‚ or Andrew who is his real name‚ is an middle aged man‚ who is suffering from a rare disease. He had survived it‚ but has now lost his mind. A lot of medical experts have tried to cure him‚ but it didn’t worked as hoped. He ’shouted down’. Then he lied in a hospital bed for some weeks‚ until the hospital needed his bed‚ that’s why he has been shifted to a nursing home. In five years he have been drooling around and checked for bowels everyday‚ but now he is recovering
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