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    The Meaning of Family Photographs By Charles Williams |[pic] | |Vanek family members dance. | The family is on vacation. A father takes out his point-and-shootcamera‚ poses his wife and kids and takes a quick snapshot. Eventually‚ the photograph is filed away in the family photo album. Ameaningless activity? Maybe not. Everyday‚ thousands of familyphotographs are taken with little regard for the meaning of therecorded

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    A Portrait of Life‚ Self-Schema & Defense Mechanisms George Mitchell PSY-255- Personality Psychology May 26‚ 2013 Professor Rob Lane Abstract: Capturing a portrait of life reveals the keys to unlocking the potential or positive self-schema of emphasizing knowledge of your self-worth and the worth of others‚ utilizing your own interpretations of the world through life situations‚ film‚ spiritual enlightenment and our own perceptions. Which questions us to decipher the defense mechanisms

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    Why are Photographs important in my life? Photographs are important to me for several reasons. I will cover every aspect of why my photos even share an amazement that have enriched my life. My photos are a part of my true legacy. I love seeing how the recording of history as changed since the invention of photography’s. My photos have the power to move me when it seems like I am not in reach of my true feeling at some points in my life journey. My photos have caused a priceless enrichment that

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    Contrastingly‚ Labille-Guiard also uses naturalism in her portrait with the Rocco style. In the Self-Portrait with Two Pupils‚ Labille-Guiard has painted herself in a very vibrant posh blue dress that immediately catches the eye of the viewer and makes her the focal point of the painting. In comparison to her two pupils‚ Mademoiselle Marie Gabrielle Capet and Mademoiselle Carreaux de Rosemond‚ Labille-Guiard is in the foreground and in a more extravagant and intricate outfit compared to their dull

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    “The Portrait of Eleanor of Toledo” vs. “Self-portrait with Isabella Brandt” Bronzino’s Portrait of Eleanor of Toledo well known by its delicate thus realistic description of the lady and her son. The oil on panel painting depicts Eleanor of Toledo resting her hand on the shoulders of a boy presumed to be one of her sons. Eleanor is presented as an example of a good mother thus the painting presents the theme of good motherhood for prosperity of the society. Pieter Paul Rubens’ Self-portrait with

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    DESCRIPTION: Literal qualities ABOUT THE WORK: Frida Kahlo created the painting Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird in 1940 in Mexico City. The painting is an oil on canvas and is currently at Harry Ransom Center‚ The University of Texas at Austin. FROM THE WORK: 1. Line Several vertical lines occur within the leaves behind Frida herself. The strongest lines are created on her thorn necklace that hangs on her neck and down her chest. 2. Light & Value The light

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    Portrait photography What is portrait photography? Portrait photography is photographs of a person or a group of people that shows the expression‚ personality‚ and mood of the subject. Like other types of portraiture‚ the focus of the photograph is usually the person’s face however‚ the background and setting may be included to make the image more effective and meaningful. What portrait photographers main aims are to focus on the person’s face. They aim to give emphasis on the face of the person

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    No artist has left a loftier or more penetrating personal testament than Rembrandt van Rijn. In more than 90 portraits of himself that date from the outset of his career in the 1620s to the year of his death in 1669‚ he created an autobiography in art that is the equal of the finest ever produced in literature even of the intimately analytical Confessions of St. Augustine.1 Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (15 July 1606– 4 October 1669) was a Dutch painter and etcher. He is generally considered

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    The three works that I have studied are all works of portraiture‚ not just portraiture but all the works are self-portraits. These artists use color to emphasize the tone and mood of the art. Van Gogh uses various cool blue tones in “Self portrait with Bandaged Ear” to set the visual path and give rise to rhythm. Frida uses repeated golds and warm browns to harmonize the “Self Portrait Dedicated to Dr. Eloesser”. She also uses vivid colors to emphasize the flowers and “beautiful” things. As far of

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    My mother‚ who is seventy years old‚recently sent me a photograph of herself that I had never seen before.While cleaning out the attic of her Florida home‚she came across a studio portrait she had had taken about a year before she married my father.This picture of my mother as a twenty-year -old girl and the story behind it have fascinated me from the moment I began to consider it. The young women in the picture has a face that resembles my own in many ways.Her face is a bit more oval than mine

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