History of Art Final Paper I think the most important part of art is understanding how styles developed over the years and what influenced those developments. Some art movements develop based on political context‚ while others are created as a contrast to the current popular art movement. From a historical standpoint‚ I feel that portraiture is the best way to capture the essence of everything throughout the past. If I were an art director‚ I would choose to a portraiture display to show the progression
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that featured Baroque art as its main movement. As is common of the age‚ Procaccini creates a sense of space and depth not through linear and aerial perspective‚ but rather through varying light and shadow. This is one of the traits of Baroque art‚ as innovated by Annibale Carracci. To further establish the piece’s deep roots in the Baroque movement of 17th Century Italy‚ Procaccini’s use of light and shadow is much like the use of light and shadow by one of the poster boys of the Baroque movement –
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Chapter 16 SECTION ONE: -Who were three major Greek scientists that inspired 16th century Europeans? What/ fields were great scientific advancements made that these scientists represented? Aristotle in physics‚ Ptolemy in astronomy‚ and Galen in medicine. -Why did European scientists have to make adjustment to ancient theories? Scientists did not want to abandon theories. Rather‚ they adjusted them. They were forced to do this because they began to notice things that contradicted ancient theories
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the concert excerpts‚ construct a comparison of these two concerts. For this assignment I chose to compare and contrast two concerts. The first concert is from the modern era‚ while the other is a Baroque Era concert originating from the 17th Century preformed by a modern day orchestra. The Baroque Era Concert takes place in a large modern day Lutheran Church in front of a small crowd of well dressed onlookers. The second concert that I chose for this assignment is a modern day rock concert from
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paintings during the Renaissance‚ and Baroque. Since the Renaissance‚ the nude has remained an essential focus of Western art. Whether approving or modernizing classical ideals‚ artists from the seventeenth century to today have honored the nude form and made it an endlessly compelling means of creative expression. The fascination of the continued classical relic was approached from Baroque artists from the nude to the antique tradition. Among the Baroque era‚ the nude figure in art became much
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for his artistic style and his personified figurative sculptures. Bernini‚ became the first artist to portray a sense of physical intensity and passion in his sculptures. The artist was well-known for the creation and development of the Baroque art style. Baroque art is profoundly linked to the religious and political influences of 16th and 17th century Italy. Bernini‚ was an artist known for carving his sculptures in ways that had not been previously experienced by the church and other artist of
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Philadelphia Museum of Art. The painting was made in Italy in either the year 1635 or 1636. The medium that Poussin used was oils on canvas‚ and the size of the painting is roughly around 38 by 42 inches. This painting is considered to be included the Baroque period. (Philadelphia Museum of Art) Along side of the painting on display is a short description label accompanying it‚ which reads; “The subject of this grand mythological painting remains a topic of lively debate: some see the birth of Venus
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The two art periods that I chose are Baroque and Impressionism. Baroque art refers to the style that would be found in Europe and North and South America during the 17th and 18th century. The Catholic Church heavily influenced their art‚ as well as the Protestant rising up during this time. There was an emphasis on unity and harmony in all of the visual arts that often had themes from the Bible or stories. There was realism and more attention was paid to physical details in portrait paintings‚
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The seventeenth century witnessed of a great reformation in the Catholic Church as a result of the increase in the followers of the Protestant Reformation. All artistic manifestations were influenced by these changes and the artists of the time made echo of them. In this period we can still pensive how most of the art is religious related‚ especially paintings. The mannerism was a tendency characterized by the special complexity‚ artificiality and a new psychology impressed in the painting. Italian
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LA 121 - OL7 Linda Liu David ! In this essay‚ I’m going to compare and contrast sculptures of a biblical hero character found in the old testament; David. David was one of the most anointed man of God found in the bible. Perhaps that’s one of the reasons why there are so many different versions of David‚ that a lot of artists from different periods depicts many different story of David’s life. David become the King of Israel after Saul stepped down. His name become well known as the King
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