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    Las Meninas Essay

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    Meninas (painted in 1656)‚ they can experience the avant-garde aura of its time as the Baroque painting displays both candidness and movement. In the way that Velázquez painted his work of art‚ Las Meninas can be classified as Baroque Naturalism (Stratton-Pruitt 5)‚ suggesting influence from Caravaggio who painted with realism and strong chiaroscuro (“light-dark” spotlighting tones). The shift from Mannerism to Baroque developed a thematic motto for artists at the latter movement. According to Dutch poet

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    Artemisia Gentileschi

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    The Baroque Era and Today: Anti-antics of Artemisia Gentileschi Analyzed There is no historic age admired more then the Renaissance. This epic period defined the meaning of art and its connection to humanism in the past and present. It was an explosion of ideas and knowledge. It was a rebirth of learning based on the rediscovery of ancient texts‚ and a rebirth of the European culture as a whole. When the Renaissance ended the Baroque period emerged‚ that conveyed different ideas. There was a sense

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    art essay

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    which art is created‚ clearly reflects its history and where it is from. Society’s values are further highlighted by the piece and give us insight into what life was like. This is interestingly interpreted by Juan Bautista de Espinosa’s exuberant baroque style painting‚ with a heavily catholic influence from Spain in the late 1500’s‚ as well as Margaret Olley’s contrasting and simplistic sensibility of the mid 20th century. Each artist’s aesthetic‚ although significantly different; equally allow us

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    was well aware of the bible’s content. He excelled in Baroque style and 17th century arts. He then moved to Italy in 1600 and saw inspiration in paintings throughout Venice that caught his attention. He learned Roman and Greek art with taking what he could from Italian paintings. He learned from many Italian greats like Leonardo da Vinci‚ Raphael and Michelangelo who shaped his painting style. He was considered one of the most influential baroque painters ever. Peter Paul’s most famous works include:

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    Interior Design

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    A Brief History of Interior Design Credit for the birth of interior design is most often given to the Ancient Egyptians‚ who decorated their humble mud huts with simple furniture enhanced by animal skins or textiles‚ as well as murals‚ sculptures‚ and painted vases. Beautiful gold ornaments found in Egyptian tombs (such as that of King Tutankhamen) revealed the importance of more lavish decoration for wealthier and powerful Egyptians. The Roman and Greek civilizations built upon the Egyptian art

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    Image A depicts a Renaissance style painting‚ which was heavily focused on during the 1400s to the 1600s. The Renaissance form usually focused on religion and in this painting‚ it is clear that the artist used religious influence for the painting. We can see that the woman appears to be praying and also has a subtle halo around her head. Also‚ the painting uses various different techniques to make it look three-dimensional‚ something that Renaissance artists often did compared to earlier works. Foreshortening

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    Music

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    method is Pachabel’s Canon and Claudio Monteverdi‚ Zefiro torna. The first video I watch of Emma Kirkby singing the aria with baroque instruments was very depressing. Even if she was singing in a other language other then English‚ I still understood she was very upset. She portrays plenty of sorrow and pain. I did not enjoy the video. However‚ I do think the baroque instruments helped her get her pain across to who ever were watching. Jessye Norman’s version was more intense. Her terrific voice

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    Bibliography: Maximus‚ Valerius. The Story That Inspired Roman Charity. http://stargatelibraries.com/CimonPeroStory001.html (accessed 04 13‚ 2012). Ringling Museum. "Peter Paul Rubens and the Baroque." Virtual Library of The Ringling Museum. http://ringlingdocents.org/pages/Galleries1&2.pdf (accessed 04 13‚ 2012). Rubens‚ Peter Paul. Roman Charity . The Hermitage‚ St. Petersburg. Rubens‚ Peter Paul. The Triumph of Divine Love. Ringling Museum

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    The film Tous les Matins du Monde‚ produced in 1991‚ stars Jean-Pierre Marielle‚ Gerard Depardieu and Anne Brochet as the main characters of the film (IMDB). This film is set in seventeenth century France where music was a prominent part of French culture and was a part of everyday entertainment everywhere from the great palace of Versailles to the small countryside villages. At the time‚ orchestral music was very popular and the learning to play the violin and or cello were of the utmost important

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    In what ways are San Andrea al Quirinale by Bernini‚ and San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane by Borromini similar‚ and in what ways do they differ significantly from each other? Baroque architecture was a development of Romanesque motifs used in renaissance architecture‚ often expressed in dynamic and theatrical ways to express the triumph of the Catholic Church. It was developed during the seventeenth and eighteenth century as a response to a need; this being because even though the Catholic Church

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