Paul Wilson wanted to see how good their security was while everyone was at the show; so he called up a couple of his friends‚ Jason‚ Lisa‚ and Jennifer‚ and they mapped out a plan so they could steal someone’s painting while replacing it with a portrait that looks the same. So they ended up catering the event‚ serving food and drinks to people that were at the show; then they would put everyone in a different room across the other room and that’s where they would have a toast from the main artist
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styles. From 1494 to 1549 the countryside was an area of war and Italy lost many of these areas to northern countries. The occupation of the northern powers helped spread the Renaissance throughout the rest of Europe. Moretto da Brescia’s painting “Portrait of a Lady in White” depicts how women’s fashions of mid 16th century Italy was influenced
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Leonardo Da Vinci‚ the famous Italian artist‚ painted the Mona Lisa between the years of 1504 and 1519 when Leonardo was living in Florence. The painting is believed to be a portrait of Lisa Gheradini‚ the wife of Francesco Del Giocondo‚ who was a Florentine cloth merchant. It is said that he commissioned Da Vinci to paint the portrait of his wife. It is also known by another title as La Gioconda. There are many reasons why the Mona Lisa was a famous painting. One of the reasons it was so famous was not
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century was dominated by the Rococo style that was aristocratic in nature‚ sensual and elegant. From stylistic point of view‚ it had soft colors in its palette‚ free brushstrokes and complex surfaces. Created for rich patrons‚ Rococo concentrated on portraits of aristocrats and mythological themes‚ often performed in a plyful and erotic manner. Greuze’s moral dramas (one of which is the Broken eggs) reacted against Rococo. By pronouncing feelings and emotion they were also opposed by the rational and
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her use of it to communicate intense personal emotions. The first step in any art criticism is to observe and analyze the visual facts. The visual facts‚ in this particular case‚ are in the actual painting The Two Fridas. The painting is a self-portrait containing two women that are symbolic of Frida Kahlo. The women have completely different appearances‚ but are linked in this picture. The women are sitting side-by-side in identical sitting formation. The two are also physically connected through
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Portraiture Research 1. 5 Famous Portrait Artists a. Diane Arbus b. http://portraitinspiration.com/famous-portrait-photographers/ c. I chose Diane Arbus because of her intriguing work. I like in Child with Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park because of the expression captured in not only his face‚ but his clothing and body language as well. It makes you wonder how exactly this photo became to be. a. Dorothea Lange b. http://portraitinspiration.com/famous-portrait-photographers/ c. I chose Dorothea
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the Mona Lisa As Donald Sassoon emphasizes in Becoming Mona Lisa‚ the Mona Lisa has managed to maintain its status as the world’s most recognizable work of art. The author notes that many who visit the portrait find themselves wondering just what makes it so special. The lady in the portrait is not particularly beautiful and the painting itself is beginning to look its age. Yet despite all this‚ art historians continue to write and argue over the painting‚ and tourists continue to visit it in
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in the XVII century‚ so it is impossible to determine who was presented on it. Historians often say that this is a self portrait of the artist . Was it him?I would like to think so. However‚ this is not an allegation. The painting really has distinctive features self-portrait as depicted a man sits as if looking at himself standing in front of him mirror. Thus‚ the portrait deliberately given the similarity with reflection. The size and position of the head is roughly equivalent to what the viewer
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believe. The painting standing only 30 inches by 21 inches is a portrait of a woman‚ on poplar panels done with oil acrylic. This piece created a lot of ground breaking techniques for the period in which it was painted for the art world. It was said that there was a possibility this piece was at first a commission piece of Lisa Gherardini who was the wife of a famous businessman in Florence. Some also believe it was a self portrait of the painter himself as feminine. He supposedly never finished
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Sargent caught my eye with its beautiful poised portraits of mostly sisters‚ wives‚ and daughters. He seemed to enjoy capturing family relationships. Coming across this particular painting‚ I noticed its differences from the rest of the gallery. This was intended to be a family portrait of Boit’s four young daughters‚ however it became an interpretation of what Sargent saw the girls’ personalities as‚ contrasting from many of his other works of portraits. I interpreted his strategic placement of the
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