decapitates Holofernes‚ to save the Jewish people‚ her brow is furrowed in concentration‚ Judith and her maid forearms are tensed‚ and blood spurts wildly from Holofernes neck. The startling naturalism of the scenes owes much to the influence of Caravaggio‚ Artemisia followed his technique of painting directly from life‚ the use of sharp contrasts color (dark and light) and size ( between the subjects) and using of tenebrism dark style manner with shadow in the background creating shallow space highlighting
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freedom or truth (points he used to begin his teachings with) without having love. To have freedom and truth one must have the respect for humanity that love brings. Further‚ Keenan emphasizes his last point with the comparison of the Michelangelo vs. Caravaggio paintings of the conversion of Paul. The last main point that Keenan makes about love is the “threefold love”‚ stemming from agape‚ eros‚ and philia. From the reading we learn what each type of love is‚ but to bring this full circle to Keenan’s
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painting (There will be 15. I will provide the names of the artists.) Chapters 10- 11 1. El Greco: The Burial of Count Orgaz [pic] 2. Diego Velazquez: Las Meninas [pic] 3. Bernini: Colonnade of St. Peter’s; David [pic] [pic] 3. Caravaggio: The Calling of St. Matthew [pic] 4. Peter Paul Rubens: Henry IV Receiving the Portrait of Marie de Medici [pic] 5. Johannes Vermeer: The Milkmaid [pic] 6. Rembrandt: The Nightwatch [pic] 7. Fragonard: The Swing [pic]
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Artist: -Théodore Géricault who was an influential French painter and lithographer -he was one of the founders of the Romantic Movement even though he died at the age of 32 Patron: -there was no actual patron for this work but this work was meant to rather give him a boost of popularity -a controversial and well known event depiction like this he thought might help him garner a lot of public interest and start his career in a grand debut Original location of work: -it’s first appearance was in
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In 1855‚ an artist by the name of Gustave Courbet submitted fourteen paintings to be shown at the Exposition Universelle. Three of the paintings submitted for exhibition were turned away for lack of space. Including two of his most famous paintings “Burial at Ornans” and “The Artist’s Studio”. Determined to showcase his works‚ courbet withdrew his eleven accepted submissions and erected The Pavilion of Realism (Pavillon du Réalisme)next door to the official International Exhibition (Exposition Universelle)
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John Ruskin said‚ “I always said that no woman could paint.” This quote from John Ruskin is nonsense. If women can give birth and raise their children to live their own lives‚ women could do everything anyone else can. In this era‚ some of the most powerful positions in governments are being held by women. Maybe I have an untrained eye‚ but if no description for a work of an artist is provided‚ I would not be able to tell if a piece of art was created by a man or a woman. Art or all entertainment
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color to depict an object‚ no matter what it is in reality. Fra Angelico was famous for using cangiante. Chiaroscuro technique plays with lights and shadows of exceptional intensity. The source of light is only one‚ the shadows are sharp and dark. Caravaggio contributed to the development of chiaroscuro greatly. 4. Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543) was a famous artist‚ born in Germany and worked
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Judith Slaying Holofernes Artemisia Gentileschi was not the first to paint Judith Slaying Holofernes. Her father had painted Judith. Michelangelo‚ Botticelli and Caravaggio had painted Judith. Donatello had sculpted Judith. But she was the first to interpret the story of Judith‚ in a time when women had few rights‚ as an allegory for female dominance. In comparison with other contemporary versions‚ the composition‚ dramatic style‚ and emotions of the characters present a violently feminist
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16th centuries in the North of Europe. One of the most popular and renowned artists of the time was Peter Paul Rubens‚ a Flemish artist‚ who spent many years in Italy studying the stylings of antiquity as well as more contemporary artists such as Caravaggio and Michelangelo. Peter Paul Rubens would go on to adopt the method of figura serpentinata from Michelangelo and the Northern European style of showing the clear appearance and texture of things into his works as well as Caravaggio’s use of bold
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Did you know Medusa appears on the flag of Sicily? She appears on the Dohalice village of Czech Republic’s flags coat of arms also. Pablo Picasso‚ Rubens and Caravaggio have portrayed her in their work. Leonardo da Vinci once painted an oil canvas called Medusa. Medusa is considered a monster because she has the face of an ugly woman‚ hair of snakes‚ and if anyone looks into her eyes she turns them to stone. She is the daughter of Phorcys‚ god of the sea‚ and Ceto‚ a female sea god. Phorcys
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