commissioned in the year 1530 by an artist known as Pieter Coecke van Aelst. Aelst was a Belgium artist and was about 28 years of age when he crated Saint Jerome in His Study. Aelst was on a high during the 16th century in the Netherlands. He was a court painter for both the Holy Roman Emperor‚ and for Mary of Hungary. Saint Jerome in His Study is a good sized panel oil painting showing St. Jerome thinking in his room on what to do next or what to learn next. St. Jerome is the greatest Christian scholar of
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Velazquez Portrait of Philip IV at Fraga 1644 Philip IV at Fraga was painted in 1644 during his Argonese campaign to take back the city of Lerida from the French. It was painted by the Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez who was Philip’s court painter who accompanied him to Fraga. Velázquez used oil paint on canvass to create an impressionist portrait depicting Philip IV in his military uniform holding his sword and baton of command. It can now be located in The Frick Collection in New York.
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French Music: The Past French Music‚ Musicians‚ and composers have both influenced and been influenced by the world with mass quantities of styles of genres. Among the earliest of these styles are those of the Church. The earliest French influence on western music is found in the plainsong of the Christian Church. It is believed that Gregorian chant as it is known today is an 8th- or 9th-century Gallican interpretation of Roman chant‚ but it is difficult to distinguish the Gallican work from
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Subordination: the opposite of emphasis; it draws our attention away from particular areas of a work Abstract: art imagery that departs from recognizable images from the natural world Color field: a term used by a group of twentieth-century abstract painters to describe their work with large flat areas of color and simple shapes Color: the optical effect caused when reflected white light of the spectrum is divided into a separate wavelength Positive shape: a shape defined by its surrounding empty space
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VLB was born on April 16th‚ 1755 in Paris. Her father was a pastel painter not very well recognized but greatly encouraged VLB’s interest and talent in painting. As a child‚ she was constantly drawing‚ so much so that she would get in trouble with the teachers for decorating her school work. At home‚ she had plenty of opportunity and support to experiment and create. She could draw alongside her father in his studio‚ and friends of her father would give her lessons in drawing‚ as well as invite her
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make a lasting impression. One such event was the crucifixion of Christ‚ a subject dealt with by many Renaissance artists. One of these artists‚ Tommaso di Ser Giovanni de Simone Guide Cassai‚ better known as Masaccio‚ was perhaps the first great painter of the Italian renaissance. His innovations in the use of scientific perspective inaugurated the modern era in painting. Born in San Giovanni Valdarno on December‚ 21‚ 1401‚ Masaccio
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The Renaissance Moves North Around what time did the Renaissance begin to move north? We can say Renaissance began in the mid-1400s to 1450 in Italy‚ when a German printer named Johannes Gutenberg began a work on a project that would create a new way of printing books. He would develop a system of movable type that are individual letters and marks that could be arranged and rearranged quickly‚ and through this new machine the availability of books would change the way information and ideas traveled
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The enduring nature of legend has made this form of tapestry design a classical and tasteful form of furnishing. The Triumph of Apollo was designed by Bernard van Orly‚ a Flemish painter and created into a series of tapestries themed with the god of music and poetry. Developed in a classical style and with the muses surrounding Apollo this is a piece designed for the grand palaces of Europe and exudes joy and harmony through the
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Running Head: Baroque Works of Art IP 5 Running Head: Baroque Works of Art 1 Baroque Works of Art The Baroque period of art was from the 1600’s to the 1700’s. This period in art history began with the Catholic Church launching an internal reformation to establish clear definitions of the church’s theologies‚ as well as their doctrines. A sector of the church’s reform was to educate the members
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I. INTELLECTUAL‚ RELIGIOUS‚ & POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE 15TH & 16TH CENTURIES A. Chapter 17: European Renaissance and Reformation‚ 1300-1600 A.1. Italy: Birthplace of the Renaissance A.1.a.i. Setting the Stage The late Middle Ages saw a suffering Europe. The plague and war took their toll‚ and the survivors began to question the Church‚ and their spirit of survival inspired northern Italian writers and artists to begin experimenting with different styles. a. Italy’s Advantages The Renaissance
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