Today we will be discussing a painting called “The Boating Party.” To start off let’s first meet the artist. Mary Cassatt was born on May 22‚ 1844 in Allegheeny City‚ Pennsylvania. She was the fourth of five children born to Katherine Kelso Johnston and Robert Simpson Cassat who was a stockbroker and land speculator. During Mary’s childhood‚ her family moved to Lancaster‚ Pennsylvania‚ and then to the Philadelphia area. Her family viewed travel as an important part of her education. During the
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Applied Semiotics Fridas’ paintings analysis September 20th 2007 Identify two paintings of your interest then specify: (The whole assignment is in essay type format). 1. Author: Frida Kahlo. 2. Title of the painting: "La columna rota" and "Las dos Fridas" 3. Date: 1944 and 1939 4. Format: Rectangle and square. My first impressions of these two paintings were kind of painful because sadness and pain are shown in both of them. But at the same time they show the strength that Frida
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was nothing short of a savvy purchase. Hungry for Western currency‚ the painting was sold by the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg in 1930 under the Soviet Regime to the PMA. In their possession is arguably one of the most hotly debated works from that era. Also aptly named “The Triumph of Neptune and Amphitrite” this painting not only highlights Poussin’s trademark ability to allow for an
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In this painting “Nighthawks”‚ by Edward Hopper‚ there is 4 people‚ 3 men and a woman. It looks like there is one man alone and a couple. What this painting literally depicts for me is a lonely man and a couple stop by late at night for maybe a cup of tea‚ or some sort or beverage‚ maybe even to clear their minds a little or something troubling has happened. The couple does not seem to be married but more in an affair. The man by himself seems to be troubled and came to clear his mind. The town is
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prehistoric art. This prehistoric art‚ like the cave paintings in Lascaux and Chauvert‚ is some of the oldest discovered works of art. They might show that even hunter-gathers had creativity and a need to create beauty. They might show the moment humans set themselves apart from other animals. Regardless‚ these first pieces are crucial to understanding how art evolved. Paleontologists and art historians seem to think these cave paintings were used for shamanic or ritualistic purposes. It’s noted
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In Judith Ortiz Cofer’s “First Love”‚ the speaker is opportunistic and infatuated. The narrator is opportunistic because she did not let a sense of morality stop her from taking advantage of whatever opportunity she had to get what she wants. Simply because the narrator wanted a mere glimpse of her crush who worked at a grocery store‚ she hoped her mother “[smoking] with so little enthusiasm”(Cofer 1) did not mean that she’d have to stop going to the store to pick up cigarettes. The narrator did
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Matisse Summaries: Five Paragraphs Paragraph 1 Matisse was an artist that received a contract to paint several large paintings for a Russian industrialist’s mansion. The paintings are done in oil and in full scale. However‚ Matisse considered the painting only a rough draft. Paragraph 2 In Matisse’s painting‚ Dance I‚ the bodies are outlined and there is very little detail. The painting looks thrown together and free. The bodies do not seem to be under any forces‚ psychologically or physically. Each
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A leaf from the richly illustrated rare and unique manuscript Tarikh-iKhandan-i-Timuriyah known for its highly finished excellent miniature paintings by master artists of Akbar’s Court. This painting depicts the death of Timur‚ Hazrat-i-Sahib-i-Qiran. A leaf from the rare copy of the manuscript Padshah Namah‚ Not dated; apparently 18th century. The painting depicts Emperor Shah Jahan sitting for the first time on the Peacock Throne‚ giving rewards to princess and nobles. A leaf from a richly illustrated
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because people have to make difficult choices every day. People choose to do something to fit in with other people. This reason convinces them to choose a specific decision so they can feel better about themselves. In “Abuela Invents the Zero”‚ by Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ it is portrayed that Constancia made her decision so she would fit in and wouldn’t be made fun of. For example‚ when Constancia knew that her friends saw her with her Abuela in the church‚ she thought‚ "I just know that on Monday my friends
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The drastic use of color has been used to depict the mood of the subject‚ with greens and intense reds contributing In the "Human Condition I‚" surrealism is employed to pit reality against its representation to see how closely they match up. The painting of a seaside landscape is placed before the door that opens up onto the landscape and the two appear to line up perfectly‚ except for the nagging suspicion that the so-called reality against which we measure the painted representation is nothing
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