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    The Tube Train

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    Fernando I. Espinoza September 21‚ 2010 ARTS 1301 Essay #1 “The Tube Train‚” by Cyril E. Power is a color linocut painting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. As the title suggest it’s a painting of the inside of a train filled with elegant people from the early 1900’s. The first thing that caught my eye when looking at this painting was the vantage point in the front of the train‚ which the artist used to illustrate the view of the train as if you are sitting in the back looking

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    first formal quality is representing a three dimensional space. In this painting Velazquez creates an illusion of deep space because the objects closer to the viewer seems to be larger then the objects beyond it. The second formal quality is one-point linear perspective. A one point linear perspective occurs when lines are drawn on the painting in such a way to represent lines pointing to a single object. In this painting Velazquez has a focal point‚ which is the

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    Art 101 Formal Analysis

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    mathematically rigorous‚ precise‚ controlled‚ logical‚ and rational. Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawing No. 681 is one of the examples of analytical line. (Sayre‚ 2010). Expressive lines are less logical‚ free‚ loose‚ and somewhat out of control. Vincent Van Gogh’s painting “The Starry Night” is an example of art using expressive lines. (Sayre‚ 2010). Generally‚ analytical lines are very precise and very logical. The characteristics of the analytical lines are more closely associated with a male form while expressive

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    self-taught artist and his first paintings have been described as naïve. His surrealism is referred to as “nonrepresentational”‚ defined as artwork which is not immediately distinguishable and open to much interpretation. In “Mama‚ Papa is Wounded!”‚ we can see a vast‚ open landscape; a beach or simply a flat plane‚ possibly a desert. These objects are fairly abstract in shape and are not particularly recognisable. The object in the top left hand corner of the painting looks like a cactus‚ from which

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    work of art. This Biblical painting is important because it depicts the sequence of events before is Jesus’s crucified. The Last Supper depicts Jesus in the center of a dinner table with his twelve disciples. In the Bible this dinner actually took place as this was Jesus “Last Supper” according to the Holy Bible. At this supper Jesus announces that one of his disciples will betray him. This this piece if art over time has become very controversial. In the Last Supper painting many people have come to

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    Jacques-Louis is a great piece representing sacrifice and patriotism. This painting depicts the Roman legend the two warring cities of Rome and Alba Longa each sending three soldiers to battle instead of starting a full blown war and whoever wins is declared the winning city will be declared the victorious city. This painting shows the three Roman soldiers preparing to go to battle. My initial reaction to this painting says that this painting has a sad‚ fearful but overall a brave tone. We see that there

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    Leading Lines

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    leading lines are also used on the second artwork‚ the painting. The leading

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    Case 7-1 Assigning Art a). Ash decides to allocate $4 million to fund the exhibit. Given the pieces available and the specific requirements from Ash and Celeste‚ formulate and solve a BIP model to maximize the number of pieces displayed in the exhibit without exceeding the budget. How many pieces are displayed? Which pieces are displayed? Decision Variable X1 | 1 | If "Perfection" of Colin Zweibell is displayed | | 0 | otherwise | | | | X2 | 1 | If “Burden” of Colin Zweibell is displayed

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    town of Tuscany‚ in 1452. Leonardo had a brilliant imagination that ran wild with ideas. Although a sculptor‚ architect‚ and inventor‚ today he is known for his paintings. One of his most popular being‚ the Last Supper‚ which is painted on the north wall of the Monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan. The painting was created in 1498 and took Leonardo 5 years to complete. Since then it has been subjected to many different restorations. Leonardo arrived in Milan in the

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    Compare and Contrast Essay In this essay you will be comparing and contrasting two different types of paintings. The same subject matter but different ideas of the same subject. I will be writing about The Last Supper‚ which was painted by Giampietrino‚ after Leonardo da Vinci. He used oil on canvas while painting the piece of art. The year that Giampietrino painted this picture was in 1520. Another work of art that I will be writing about will be The Last supper by Francesco Fontebasso. He painted

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