the Baroque period‚ Velazquez a catholic and Rembrandt a protestant. Looking at Velazquez’s Self Portrait (c 1640) and Rembrandt’s Self Portrait at the Age of 34 (1640) you can see their similarities in honesty‚ chiaroscuro‚ and naturalism. Both works have such an honesty sincerity in the expression of brushwork and detail. Each has a masterful execution of chiaroscuro‚ but Velazquez’s Self Portrait takes it a step further with its tenebrism‚ making the lighting of the portraiture especially dramatic
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her fascinating way of painting. Her portrait showcases realism and reflect the emotion of each individual through the use of colour and the composition of the placement of the facial features. Here is an example of her work. The coloured fused portrait shows a painting of Marilyn Monroe. The use of the subtle green contrasting to the black outlining surrounding the eye area really make her a vocal point of this portrait. The use of fair colours give this portrait a more feminine outlook. The accurate
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The second Italian piece is the Portrait of a Lady in a Green Dress by Bartolomeo Veneto 1530. This portrait is one of my favorites because of its deep hues and the woman who had been chosen. This woman with her pale skin and odd features has made me remember the portrait of Anne Boleyn‚ one of the wives of King Henry IIIV. The dress seemed as if you were to touch it you would actually be able to feel what the fabric felt like. There is beauty in this dark portrait because the artist has used the
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Francis Bacon - The Portraits Francis Bacon was born in Dublin‚ Ireland to English parents. When F. Bacon grow up and was more independent he then travelled to Berlin were he spent most of his time there. He then moved onto Paris‚ before returning to London and starting out as an interior designer. Bacon never attended art school; he only began his work in watercolours about 1926 – 27. An exhibition of works by Pablo Picasso inspired him to make his first drawings and paintings. The influence
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Christian Gutierrez Dr. Wendy Slatkin ART 213 19 November 2012 The Portrait of Marten Looten There have been many great artists throughout the history of mankind. World famous and household names such as Leonardo da Vinci‚ Michelangelo‚ and Picasso may be the first to come to mind. However there is one artist who perhaps surpasses the aforementioned names in terms of technical skill; a man who is incredibly proficient in the fields of painting and especially etching; a man who’s work symbolizes
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National Gallery myself to see her‚ it was something I wanted to know more about‚ who was she and why was she painted the way she was? I was profusely curious to find the answers to all these questions I had. “Who Was Ginevra de’ Benci? Leonardo’s Portrait and Its Sitter Recontextualized” was a particularly helpful resource in finding information about Ginevra‚ and who she actually is. Ginevra de’ Benci is the only painting in America made by Leonardo da Vinci . She lives in the National Gallery as
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for the portrait of Amadeo I‚ which he presented to the province oil Pampanga. During this time he might already have made the acquaintance of Mons Ignacio Tambungui who introduced him to the wealthy families of several towns of Pampanga‚ for whom he executed many portraits and religious paintings. Simon married the monsignor’s sister‚ Simplicia. Flores must have executed as many as 20 portraits which include the two versions of the Familia Quiason‚ and the portraits entitled
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Title: Diego and IDescription:Diego and I was a self portrait painted by Frida Kahlo in 1949. This work was created in Mexico using the media oil on Masonite. It is 29.8cm by 22.4cm and features an abstract portrait of Frida and Diego. Analysis:The portrait includes a variety of symbols and objects including tears falling down her cheeks‚ a third on Diegos forehead‚ Diegos face on the middle of Fridas forehead‚ hair closing around Fridas neck and her mono-brow. The paint has been well blended and
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Ryan Foley Humanities 101 Self Portrait Paper September 28‚ 2013 Born April 15‚ 1452 in the Tuscan hill town of Vinci‚ was born with no surname his full name being "Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci"‚ meaning "Leonardo‚ son of (Mes)ser Piero from Vinci." Little is known of Leonardo’s early up bringing besides him spending his first five years of life in the household of his father‚ grandparents and uncle‚ Francesco‚ in the small town of Vinci. His father had married a sixteen-year-old girl
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CRITICISM PAPER "The Grafin von Schonfeld with her Daughter" by Elizabeth Louise Vigee-LeBrun In the University Of Arizona Museum Of Art‚ the Pfeiffer Gallery is displaying many art pieces of oil on canvas paintings. These paintings are mostly portraits of people‚ both famous and not. They are painted by a variety of artists of European decent and American decent between the mid 1700’s and the early 1900’s. The painting by Elizabeth Louise Vigee-Lebrun caught my eye and drew me in to look closely
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