Summative Art Write-Up Acrylic Landscape Painting Where did your idea/image come from? Is it your own image or did you use someone’s artwork or photograph to work from for a practical exercise? Briefly describe the image? (colours‚ the scene itself) (5 marks) My idea/image came from a social media app called instagram‚ and the image was take in Lake Minnewanka in Alberta Canada. I did use someone else’s photograph. The individual who took it remains unknown‚ however their instagram account is
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Introduction The paper aims to trace the development of painting through the following periods: baroque‚ neoclassicism‚ realism‚ impressionism‚ post-impressionism‚ cubism‚ geometric abstraction‚ and surrealism. They make up the history of painting and help to understand the stages of its development and why modern painting looks like it looks. Baroque: (1600 - 1750) Baroque was a characteristic of a style in art and architecture developed in Europe from the early 17th to mid-18th century. Baroque
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Look carefully at Plate 1.3.32‚ Paul Cezanne’s painting Still Life with Plaster Cast‚ c. 1894. How do the form and content of this painting contribute to our understanding of it as a modern work? According to art critic Clive Wilson‚ writing in 1914‚ Cézanne was ‘the Christopher Columbus of a new continent of form (Harrison‚ C‚ 2008‚ p.63). Considered a revolutionist‚ Cézanne helped pave the way for other modern artists and his abstract tendencies contributed to the Cubist Movement. Robert Cumming
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Matisse Summaries: Five Paragraphs Paragraph 1 Matisse was an artist that received a contract to paint several large paintings for a Russian industrialist’s mansion. The paintings are done in oil and in full scale. However‚ Matisse considered the painting only a rough draft. Paragraph 2 In Matisse’s painting‚ Dance I‚ the bodies are outlined and there is very little detail. The painting looks thrown together and free. The bodies do not seem to be under any forces‚ psychologically or physically. Each
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of Painting Modern art was a reaction to the rigid style set by traditional French institutions. Modern styles emerged starting in the 1860s and continued through the 1970s. This type of art refers to styles of painting that eschewed realism and past traditions. Instead‚ its focus is on experimentation with various materials and styles. The following are some of the popular styles that reflect the spirit of the modern art movement. 1. Abstract Art Abstract art refers to a style of painting that
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Surviving Paintings of Baroque Period *Works Cited Not Included Baroque style conveyed the dynamic spirit of the entire age. Derived from the Portuguese word barocco‚ which describes the irregularly shaped pearls commonly featured in the ornamental European decoration. Asymmetric compositions‚ strong contrast of light‚ dark‚ and bold illusion effects characterize baroque style. This style originated from Italy and came to dominate artistic production in the years between 16th and middle of 17th
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art Presentation Chinese painting and calligraphy * Introduction: Chinese art So‚ my topic is Chinese painting and calligraphy. Since the topic is extremely large‚ I have chosen to focus on the evolution of both disciplines from their origins to the 13th century (the dates for this semester). But in this chronological presentation‚ I would like to emphasize also on the main principles‚ techniques‚ and methods. My purpose here is to show you how Chinese painting and calligraphy‚ despite
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Chinese Calligraphy Chinese calligraphy (Brush calligraphy) is an art unique to Asian cultures. Shu (calligraphy)‚ Hua (painting)‚ Qin (a string musical instrument)‚ and Qi (a strategic boardgame) are the four basic skills and disciplines of the Chinese literati. Regarded as the most abstract and sublime form of art in Chinese culture‚ "Shu Fa" (calligraphy) is often thought to be most revealing of one’s personality. During the imperial era‚ calligraphy was used as an important criterion for
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to create art is a defining sign of humanity‚ the body may well have been the first canvas. Alongside paintings on cave walls visited by early people over 30‚000 years ago‚ we find handprints‚ ochre deposits‚ and ornaments. And because the dead were often buried with valuable possessions and provisions for the afterlife‚ ancient burials reveal that people have been tattooing‚ piercing‚ painting‚ and shaping their bodies for millennia. All of the major forms of body art known today appear in the
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IV/ Written work: 2. Waiting for the Shop to Open Waiting for the shop to open (1943) is a painting by L. S. Lowry. Laurence Stephen Lowry was an English painter and became well-known for his oil paintings of industrial and urban landscapes of the North of England in the mid-20th century. The scene of the painting takes place in a street which is in front of a greengrocer’s shop called “fish and fruit”. Furthermore‚ the number of the street‚ 117‚ on the door’s shop was the same as Lowry’s house:
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