John Singleton Copley‚ an 18th century American painter‚ was best known for his portrait paintings of middle-class New England colonists. Daniel Crommelin Verplanck (1771) and Midshipman Augustus Brine (1782) are prime examples of his neoclassicism work from the time period that display his talent of creating an illusion of people and objects within a space with dramatic contrasts between light and dark. The portrait of Daniel Crommelin Verplanck displays a well dressed young boy sitting on the
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Isolation in light and shadow The painting “New York Movie” is an incredible painting with significant use of light and shadow and the contrast of warm and cool colors. It’s not just a painting of a nicely dressed lady in a theater. It’s very intense and strong. Edward Hopper defines the isolation of urbanites by the design of this painting. The arrangements of figures and settings capture the moment of “not belonging”. By the composition‚ contrast of colors and the use of light and shadow‚
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Henri Cartier-Bresson is a famous French photographer. Henri Cartier-Bresson was famous for his humanist photography‚ but he was also considered the master of candid photography. He was born August 22‚ 1908 in Chanteloup-en-Brie‚ he died August 3rd‚ 2004 in Vaucluse‚ France his death was because of natural causes. His mother and father were Andre Cartier-Bresson (his father) and his mother was Martha Lavender (his mother). Henri Cartier-Bresson Fix this in all places applicable was 95 years old before
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Gyula Halasz‚ known as Brassaï was one of the most renowned photographers of the interwar period. Gyula Halasz was born in 1899 at Brasso‚ in Transylvania‚ a part of Rumania where at the time belonged to Hungary. He went to Paris in 1924 to become a journalist; moreover‚ he adopted the name Brassaï from the town of his birth‚ in 1925. He loved Paris and started to learn French by himself. During the time‚ he met lots of intelegnet artist‚ such as Salvador Dalí‚ Pablo Picasso ‚and Alberto Giacometti
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The first painting in consideration is Picasso’s 1937 oil painting‚ “Guernica.” Picasso was commissioned by the Spanish republican government‚ to paint a piece for the 1937’s world fair. Picasso’s piece was the cubism work‚ Guernica‚ an anti-war painting in response to the bombings of Guernica the 26th of April 1937. Deciphering this piece is not an easy feat‚ the black and white and gray colors give off a gloomy feel‚ death and commotion are apparent in this painting. The space is compressed and
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5. Describe the most significant challenge you have faced and the steps you have taken to overcome this challenge. How has this challenge affected your academic achievement? The moment the words escaped my mouth I knew my life was going to change‚ what I did not expect was how drastic the impact would be. Not so long ago‚ on December 18‚ 2013‚ life‚ as I had known‚ had become upended‚ as my family and friends first discovered how I had been molested‚ for years by not only one but two family members
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Wolfgang Schivelbusch’s Disenchanted Night delineates the history of the industrialisation of light from the candle through the incandescent light bulb‚ demonstrating the relationship between the development of artificial light and the social‚ political‚ and economic milieu from which it emerged. This process was dependent on two social contexts which were integral to the pace and direction of the development of lighting technology‚ the Industrial Revolution and the Enlightenment. The Industrial
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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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Look at Pablo Picasso’s Girl in a Chemise (Illustration Book‚ Colour Plate 40). In no more than 300 words‚ write a descriptive analysis of this painting. Pay particular attention to the positioning of the figure and to features such as lighting‚ colour and brush work‚ and say how you think these contribute to the effect of the work. In this painting Girl in a Chemise‚ Pablo Picasso uses a variety of artistic techniques to portray the girl in the impressionism and mood she is set in . The most
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Starry‚ Starry Night “Starry‚ starry night‚ paint your palette blue and grey‚ look out on a summer’s day‚ with eyes that know the darkness in my soul.” (Don MacLean) I chose to write about the painting‚ The Starry Night by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh. Van Gogh painted the view outside his sanitarium room window located in southern France at night. But Van Gogh painted it from memory during the day. I feel that this painting has Asymmetrical Balance. From our handouts – “In this case
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