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    Formal Analysis A musical company The painting A Musical Company‚ part of the leiden collection‚ painted in 1642 by Dutch painter Gerard ter Borch is now on display as part of the vermeer suite exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Art. The painting depicts a young woman playing the virginal accompanied by two men: the one on her left is plays a viol da gamba and the other plays a violin. Gerard ter Borch is widely known for his small scale paintings of everyday peasant life known as genre scenes

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    The Lacemaker

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    In his painting The Lacemaker‚ Louis Valtat presents us with an image of a young woman working on a lace. The style of the painting reminds me of the impressionist paintings that were painted at a slightly earlier date. The painting has a lot of white in it from the dress‚ the wall‚ and the fireplace on the left side‚ but Valtat likes to mix in a bright yellow and red into this painting‚ mostly in the lace but also just scattered throughout the picture. The lacemaker is sitting down with the lace

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    Portrayed in the Baltimore Museum of Art is Mysteria #1‚ 1926 by John D. Graham‚ who was born in Ukraine in 1881 and died in Maryland in 1961. This particular painting of Graham’s presents three white horses surrounded by shades of darker colors. Graham chooses to portray the horses dancing‚ because he is presenting the theme of a circus act. He then chooses a dull background with loose strokes‚ presented as shadows‚ in order to draw attention to the act being presented by the animals. Also‚ the

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    Cleveland‚ Ohio‚ is nestled unassumingly in the American Modern section of the museum‚ and even just a quick glance can confirm that this painting has earned its home. This is America on canvas. The painting depicts Cox’s view of the pastures and harvest lands surrounding the time and place he called home‚ Terra Haute‚ Indiana in the 1940’s. Despite this‚ the painting could very easily represent just about anywhere and anytime across the American Prairie.

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    Open Casket Painting Recently a painting by Dana Schultz called Open Casket has received harsh criticism over the picture that she painted‚ but the original photo was of fourteen-year-old boy that was beat by two white men over whistling at white woman that turned out to be false later and was to obscene to have open casket at his funeral. Unlike‚ the young man in the photo is not obscene‚ but represents the deep hated in the south for African Americans‚ this certain hatred is best characterized

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    one lives in. One Dutch artist‚ Pieter Bruegel is known for painting about peasant life in the 16th century. Bruegel puts this concept at the forefront of his painting‚ The Peasant Dance. To some it is a painting displaying peasants dancing at a carnival. To others‚ it makes a statement showing the differences in individuals behaviors in religious settings compared to secular situations. Four Centuries later‚ a poet uses Bruegel’s painting as an inspiration of his own work. This physician/poet‚ William

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    There are some types of texture found in the Holy Trinity by Masaccio‚ which are simulated texture and repetition or patterns. In the painting‚ simulated texture is found. Due to the research‚ “simulated texture is the type that is intended to create a realistic illusion of texture and depth in a work of art.” It can be seen from the halos from God Father‚ Jesus Christ‚ Virgin Mary and St. John. There is a halo on the head of each of them. However‚ from the audiences’ eyes‚ the halos look real but

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    What Is Jesus Crucifixion

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    crucifixion. In the painting‚ Jesus is attached to the cross by four nails; with a nail on each hand and foot. His feet are together and supported by a wooden ledge allowing the arms to form a slight curve. Jesus’ head is crowned with a halo while the face rests on the chest allowing the piece’s audience to see a glimpse of his facial features (Collins). Half of Jesus’ face is covered by his hair depicting the mystery of the incarnation and also provides a veil to his death. The painting shows that Velázquez

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    Massacre of the Innocents

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    other than Jesus Christ. And upon careful observation‚ one can see that among all of the chaos occurring in this painting‚ there is one mother and child who do not seem to be frightened like the others‚ so one may conclude that this is Mary and her son‚ Jesus. However‚ this couple is actually Mary’s cousin‚ Elizabeth‚ and her son‚ John the Baptist. Their presence in the painting is important‚ because they are the two main subjects‚ yet‚ ironically‚ they‚ at first‚ are the least noticeable. Their

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    he painted different portraits for the Spanish royal families. ‚velazquez did a lot of paintings but he did a phenomenal paint which is Las Meninas (1656). And this is what am I going to talk about now Las Meninas was made in 1656‚ The work is complex ‚ the composition give us a questions about reality and illusion‚ and creates an uncertain relationship between the viewer and the figures depicted. The painting is a large room in the Royal Alcazar of Madrid‚ and shows different figures‚ according

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