the well known artists of the Baroque were Caravaggio‚ Rubens‚ Rembrandt and Velazquez. From the Impressionist period were Monet‚ Renoir‚ Cezanne and Degas. Velazquez was a Spanish artist and was one of the most important artists of the Spanish Golden Age. His works of art primarily took place in during the contemporary Baroque period during the 17th century. He was known for his portrait paintings and was influenced by the naturalism of Caravaggio. In addition to numerous renditions of scenes
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One of the major themes dominating this novel is the theme of nationality and identity. This book mainly revolves around 4 characters all of different nationalities and backgrounds. All of them are in a foreign land coping with the harsh after affects of a brutal war. First we have Almasy the lead character and the main protagonist‚ he is Hungarian by birth‚ but has been raised and educated in England and thus his habits and mannerisms are English and so he is referred to as the English patient
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Time Capsule: The Renaissance and the Age of Baroque The European Renaissance was a time of cultural transition in Europe from a society rooted in religious focus and compliance to humanism and artistic expression. Although the majority of Europe remained loyal to the Papacy and Catholicism‚ the Renaissance brought about scholars that encouraged human artistic expression and self-fulfillment. Prior to the Renaissance‚ devout Catholics led simple lifestyles‚ with few amenities or luxuries. They believed
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Peter Paul Rubens perfectly represents artistic traditions and philosophical beliefs of the Baroque period because of Ruben’s techniques and subject matter. These techniques include the strong contrast between light and dark‚ the usage of rich‚ flamboyant colors which is offset by a dark background‚ the depiction of motion and facial expressions‚ the rendering of high detail‚ the naturalistic rather than ideal figures‚ the enlarges sense of space‚ the aim to create a dramatic effect‚ the theme of
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Judith Leyster‚ she completed “The last Drop” in 1609. The style of the painting is Dutch style‚ which takes place in the European region‚ and it also reflects the origins on what her art style really is. Leyster’s style painting was adapted to Caravaggio‚ giving her a moralistic themed painting. But due to the strict laws that women can’t attend to the art school‚ she wasn’t being given the credit for‚ instead people
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figures show true grief and pain. Their emotion helps us to feel emotion‚ bringing us into the painting. Drama can also be created through the intense lighting that became popular in the Baroque time period. The tenebristic lighting ‚ invented by Caravaggio‚ is where the contrasts of light and dark are taken to the extreme. It is described as the light from a flash of lightning. This lighting‚ and the contrast it causes‚ creates a heightened feeling of tension in the painting‚ making it more interesting
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身披狮皮 (In the Skin of a Lion) by Michael Ondaatje (英国病人作者) The joyful will stoop with sorrow‚ and when you have gone to the earth I will let my hair grow long for your sake‚ I will wander through the wilderness in the skin of a lion. THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH Never again will a single story be told as though it were the only one. JOHN BERGER This is a story a young girl gathers in a car during the early hours of the morning. She listens and asks questions as the vehicle travels through darkness. Outside
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still-life‚ and genre scenes were painted by such artists as Claude Lorrain‚ Jacob van Ruisdael‚ Willem Kalf‚ and Jan Vermeer” (Bartleby). One work from Baroque period to analyze is The Conversion of St. Paul (1600-1601) by Caravaggio. As can be seen in this painting‚ Caravaggio used light and shadow to show off his subjects (Katya Gifford). This
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Periods and their Artists * Chapter 3 Egypt * Old Kingdom (2700-2190 BCE) * Imhotep – Stepped Pyramid of Djoser * Chapter 5 Ancient Greece * Archaic (600-480 BCE) * Andokides Painter –Achilles and Ajax * Ergotimos –[and Kleitius] Fracois Vase * Euphronios –Death of Sarpedon * Exekias –Achilles and Ajax; Suicide of Ajax; Dionysis in a Boat * Polykleitos –Doryphoros * Classical (480-320 BCE) * Kalikrates
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Roman architecture has become a symbolic meaning of Roman Culture. It has been influential by Greek building such as It has been established in 3 orders: Ionic‚ Doric‚ and Corinthian. The most order that has been influential is Corinthian because of its slender fluted columns and capitals that are decorated with acanthus leaves and scrolls. Many Roman temples have been categorized in the Corinthian order‚ including the Pantheon. The Pantheon is located in the modern business district of Campo
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