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    man at the top of the survivors that is waving a rag or piece of cloth in desperation for rescue. The raft is full of saddened emotions for everyone involved. There is also Baroque treatment of light in the painting “Le Dejeuner sur L’Herbe” by Edouard Manet. The ways the colors of light and dark are used are reminders of the Baroque period. The woman that’s nude seems to be the focus of the painting and has an illuminating glow of her body surrounded by a dark background as she looks at the viewers

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    from Realism‚ in large part due to a prominent painter of the time‚ Edouard Manet” (p. 11) one of the foremost artists of the style. Impressionism‚ in this sense can be seen as a reaction against “the flamboyant opulence and ostentation‚ the meaningless eclecticism of the Neo – Renaissance Neo – baroque extravaganza‚ with its lavish sculptural decorations…” (Honour‚ Fleming 2005‚ p. 712) that was part of the Third Republic. While Manet may be one of the important artists of the period‚ some of the other

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    Titian is an Italian Painter who lived during the Renaissance period. He is well- known for his paintings and is considered a master. He primarily painted landscapes of religious and mythological scenes‚ though he also painted portraits of royalty and aristocrats. Titian is believed to be born around 1487 in Pieve di Cadore‚ Italy. As a boy‚ he moved to Venice to study painting. While in Venice he was apprenticed to Gentile Bellini but soon changed to be the apprentice of Gentile’s brother

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    Impressionism Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement that began as a loose association of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence in the 1870s and 1880s. The name of the movement is derived from the title of a Claude Monet work‚ Impression‚ Sunrise (Impression‚ soleil levant)‚ which provoked the critic Louis Leroy to coin the term in a satiric review published in Le Charivari. Characteristics of Impressionist paintings include visible

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    examined a specific aspect of dance — such as the elements of the human form in motion or the impact of theatrical context — and helped bring about the era of modern dance. In the visual arts the roots of Modernism are often traced back to painter Édouard Manet‚ who beginning in the 1860s broke away from inherited notions of perspective‚ modeling‚ and subject matter. The avant-garde movements that followed — includingImpressionism‚ Post-Impressionism‚ Cubism‚ Futurism‚ Expressionism‚ Constructivism‚ De Stijl

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    A Discussion on Realism and Impressionism Kendall Brast A Discussion on Realism and Impressionism The world was changing dramatically in the late 18th century. In North America‚ the British colonies had successfully revolted against the English empire and formed the United States of America. Fueled by this success‚ Europeans began to feel a strong desire for change‚ most notably in France‚ where the search for liberty led to the bloody French Revolution‚ which lasted from 1788 until 1799.

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    same way about political‚ social and cultural issues. Concepts are usually reused but shown in different ways. Chosen artists that display this theory and have affected the development of modern art in particular are‚ Edouard Manet‚ Paul Cezanne‚ Pablo Picasso and Marcel Duchamp. Manet (b.1832-1883) focused on light and shadow‚ rebelling against the idea of ‘ideal art’ created by the academies. Cezanne (b.1839-1906) was interested in the simplification of naturally occurring forms to their geometric

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    female artists and the encouragement he gave them was different from what other artists’ views on women were during this time. He is often compared against with Renoir and Manet views of women in their works of art. “..Whose interest in women seems to have been confined to their sexuality and their suitability as models”‚ while with Manet it was “... Whose behavior towards women was conventionally chivalric.” She is not the only female friend of his social circle he painted portraits of‚ i.e. Marie Dihau

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    The human figure‚ especially unclothed‚ has fascinated artists since times of antiquity. The western tradition of “The nude” began with Archaic Greek sculptures of standing male nudes known as kouros. Nude was synonymous with freedom and integrity. Legendary heroes‚ ideal figures‚ mythological personalities‚ and triumphant warriors were characterized as being “in the nude” and were regarded for their masculinity and strength. The kouros had a female equivalent known as the kore‚ and were always

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    beauty of the Black woman as well as sexuality and power. She creates works of portraiture‚ landscapes‚ still life and female nudes. Her style of paintings are inspired by movements like the Impressionist era and artists such as Henri Matisse‚ and Édouard Manet; she blends this style with visions of Black women and Black women that often appear in pop

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