On some visits‚ I spend my time staring at Van Gogh’s Sunflowers while other times I dedicate my time to admiring the Sculpture Garden; but one thing that stays the same through every visit is my shameless staring‚ dare I say gawking‚ at Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s Large Bathers. This 1887 oil on canvas is the epitome of late 19th century European art‚ combining aspects of mid-19th century Impressionism‚ the frivolity of 18th century Rococo‚ and Classical nudes. Though I cannot quite place my finger
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sentences. The content of "The purloined Letter" is an investigation for a missing letter. The whole story happens in two places primarily: one is C. Auguste Dupin’s little back library and the other is the hotel Minister D lives in. There are six characters in the story. Only one is a woman‚ the queen‚ and the others are all men‚ including C. Auguste Dupin‚ a guy who is good at analyzing things and making inferences; his friend‚ the narrator of the story whose name is unknown; Monsieur G‚ the Prefect
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1856/1857 he met fellow artist Eugène Boudin who became his mentor and taught him to use oil paints. Boudin taught Monet "en plein air" (outdoor) techniques for painting. In 1862 Monet became a student of Charles Gleyre in Paris‚ where he met Pierre-Auguste Renoir‚ Frédéric Bazille‚ and Alfred Sisley. Together they shared new approaches to art‚ painting the effects of light en plein air with broken color and rapid brushstrokes.
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Works: http://www.claudemonetgallery.org/home-3-96-1-0.html George Seurat. (2002-2014). Retrieved Feburary 28‚ 2014‚ from The Complete Works: http://www.georgesseurat.org/home-2-96-1-0.html Pierre Auguste Renoir. (2002-2014). Retrieved Feburary 28‚ 2014‚ from The Complete Works: http://www.pierre-auguste-renoir.org/home-1-96-1-0.html The Picasso. (2010-2014). Retrieved Feburary 28‚ 2014‚ from City of Chicago: http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/chicago_s_publicartthepicassountitledsculpture
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classical detective fiction is located further back‚ earlier than the 1930’s of Sherlock Holmes‚ in a previous century. For all the truly educated literary readers of the world‚ classical detective fiction originated with the character Monsieur C. Auguste Dupin‚ introduced in the short story The Murders of the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allen Poe‚ in the early 1840’s. Monsieur Dupin embodied the “Bi-Part Soul...-the creative and resolvent.” (Muir 50 Course Reader. Fall 1999. P.50-51) A blending of
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presentation of Napoleon as he stands in his study but the style of art was represented well. The renaissance and courage were indicated through use of the more classical elements of Neoclassicism. Impressionism was used in the painting by Pierre Auguste Renoir titled The Luncheon of the Boating Party. This work of art was painted using live models that posed when available and pieced into the painting. Renoir was following the techniques that were began by Claude Monet. “In the late 1860s‚ the young
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The piece that I have chosen is L’Estaque‚ 1885-90‚ by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. This painting is composed of oil on canvas. Viewing the piece‚ I believe that the mood it conveys is peace and serenity. The subject of this piece is a calm enclave in France‚ enhanced with a faint sailboat and relaxed fisherman. This is a landscape painting; therefore‚ the subject is relatively straightforward. L’Estaque conveys a tranquil fragment of life‚ one that has since been lost‚ or forgotten. It was 5:15 P.M
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Luncheon of the Boating Party Luncheon of the Boating Party is a European artwork painted in 1880-1881 by French Impressionist‚ Pierre Auguste Renoir. In traditional Impressionist style‚ Renoir depicted a scene from modern life and based it in a place he knew well - the Restaurant Fournaise. Chatou was one of Renoir’s beloved settings and Luncheon of the Boating Party is a romanticized portrait of his friends enjoying a Sunday afternoon on the balcony of the restaurant. His intention was to take
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com/arts-culture/Renoirs-Controversial-Second-Act.html?c=y&page=2#ixzz0fgzIUShl In October 1881‚ not long after he finished his joyous Luncheon of the Boating Party‚ probably his best-known work and certainly one of the most admired paintings of the past 150 years‚ Pierre-Auguste Renoir left Paris for Italy to fulfill a long-standing ambition. He was 40 and already acclaimed as a pioneer of Impressionism‚ the movement that had challenged French academic painting with its daring attempts to capture light in outdoor scenes.
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Detective Fiction Compare & Contrast Every detective has their own style in which they solve the cases that are handed to them. Edgar Allen Poe’s detective character‚ C. Auguste Dupin‚ and Dashiell Hammett’s detective character Sam Spade both use very different techniques and strategies to solve their cases. While they are different in many ways these two characters also share some similarities. Dupin and Spade are alike because they both are extremely good detectives. They both keep their
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