May 30th‚ 2008 Per . 5 Painting George Seurat Georges-Pierre Seurat was born on December 2‚ 1859‚ in Paris‚ France. He was the youngest of three children in the family. His father was a wealthy lawyer‚ Chrysostome-Antoine Seurat‚ and his mother named Ernestine Faivre‚ she came from a prosperous Parisian family. During the early 1870s‚ Seurat was taking private drawing lessons from painter and uncle Paul Haumonte. His uncle took him on regular art expeditions. From 1875‚ he studied drawing
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deep bright colors and expressive spontaneity that gave the paintings real vibrant emotion. He broke his paintings down in line‚ color‚ and composition‚ creating a unique style that made use of flat color‚ brilliant hues‚ and graceful fluid lines. Fauvism placed emphasis on large‚ simplified forms and bright‚ "unnatural" color (the ’actual’ color of objects). This approach concentrated on color relationships and how colors affected one another visually. These elements combined to create the ’reality’
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Artist Georgia O’Keeffe was born on November 15‚ 1887‚ on a small wheat farm located in Sun Prairie‚ Wisconsin. From the young age of ten she developed a passion for art and knew that that is what she wanted to do in life. As she once said “I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way - things I had no words for. Meaning that art was an outlet for her to express feelings and emotions she had a hard time dealing with.When she became older she left her agrarian home and
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Van Gogh‚ Starry Night and the Influence of Many Post-Impressionist Vincent Van Gogh was an inspiring artist‚ whose unique techniques and styles captured the attention of many artists and critics. Van Gogh’s emotions and surroundings was what interpreted his paintings. When it comes to the topic of Van Gogh’s artistic approach‚ each of his pieces displayed a brilliant use of color along with molding color and harmony with applying the elements and principles of art. While developing his techniques
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During his short life‚ Georges-Pierre Seurat was an innovator in an age of innovators in the field of art. This french painter was a leader in a movement called neo-impressionist in the late 19th century. Unlike the broad brushstrokes of the impressionist‚ Seurat developed a technique called pointillism or divisionism. In this method‚ he used small dots or strokes of contrasting color to create the subtle changes contained within the painting. Seurat was an art scientist in that he spent much of
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One of many Daniel Chester French’s most famous works was the 1920 statue of Abraham Lincoln. The statue weighs 170 tons and is composed of 28 blocks of white Georgia marble. Its dimensions are 30 feet from the floor‚ 19-foot seated figure (with armchair and footrest) upon an 11-foot high pedestal. This figure of Lincoln gazes out as if he is looking at you and is constructed a slightly downward expression. Lincoln has his hands resting on the sides as well as his coat unbuttoned. From observing
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My first impression of this pair of paintings is that Matisse’s View of Collioure is more pleasant‚ lighthearted and naturalistic visually‚ while Picasso’s Factories at Horta de Ebro is more heavy‚ rigid and unnatulistic. I’d say View of Collioure is like a classic plein air oil painting done in a different way. The colors are not realistic at all. They are much more vibrant and warm ---- the mountain in the background is straightforwardly pink with some strange green patches‚ the foreground
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ARTS 1301 Exam 1. Question 001-18 (Points: 1) The drawings from Ardèche Gorge are located in southern France at: a. Chauvet cave. b. Lascaux cave. c. La Villedorphe. d. Nomadic cave. Save Answer 2. Question 007-18 (Points: 1) The "Toreador" fresco was created by the ________ culture. a. Neolithic b. Roman c. Minoan d. Greek Save Answer 3. Question 011-18 (Points: 1) Neolithic culture developed quickly in the world’s fertile valleys. By 4000 bce‚ urban societies had developed
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METHODS OF PRESENTING ART SUBJECT 1. ------------------------------------------------- REALISM “ANTIPOLO” FERNANDO AMORSOLO This oil painting on canvas depicts a rural scene where a group of people are shown celebrating a fiesta in Antipolo. ZUCCONE DONATELO It was commissioned for the bell tower of the Florence Cathedral. It is also known as the Statue of Prophet Habakkuk. -------------------------------------------------
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Henri Matisse Henri Matisse (3 November 1954-31 December 1869) "What I dream of is an art of balance‚ of purity and serenity‚ devoid of troubling or depressing subject-matter‚ an art which could be for every mental worker‚ for the businessman as well as the man of letters‚ for example‚ a soothing‚ calming influence on the mind‚ something like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue." – Henri Matisse-
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