University of the People History of Art AHIST 1441 Written assignment Unit Seven Anonymous Student Matisse and Picasso are two of the most popular and powerful artists at the early 20th century. For some people they were rival in their styles. Being said‚ Matisse and Picasso’s works are to be highly considered when it comes to you to talk about modernism art. That is why somebody had to say that: along with Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon‚ Le bonheur de vivre is regarded as one of the
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During my visit to the Carlos Museum at Emory University‚ I was amazed by the many works I saw from ancient times. They ranged from ancient Greek/Roman statues‚ Indian carvings‚ Egyptian mummies‚ to even Central American relics which we haven’t learned about in class. The piece that stood out to me the most‚ and what I will focus on for the rest of this essay‚ is the Aphrodite (Venus) statue‚ which is a Roman copy of the Greek original from the 1st century CE. Upon arriving at the Carlos
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Bauhaus is a German school of design established in Weimar in 1919 by Walter Gropius. Its aim was to bring people working in architecture‚ modern technology‚ and the decorative arts together to learn from one another. Realizing that mass production had to be the precondition of successful design in the machine age‚ its members rejected the Arts and Crafts Movement. The school developed a style that was spare‚ functional‚ and geometric. Bauhaus designs are highly prized today‚ but when the school
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Charlotte B. Levy Artist: Henri Fantin-Latour Title of Artwork: Leda Medium: Oil on canvas Date of Completion: 1836-1904 Location of Artwork: San Antonio Museum of Art This Paper is for Professor Jessica DeCuir‚ Arts 1301‚ and Section 070. The Art of Henri Fantin-Latour Henri Fantin-Latour‚ a French painter during 1836 to 1904‚ studied and approached art in his own style of painting. His character from his early childhood resolute the events of his life as a painter and his influence contributed
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JEAN HENRI DUNANT By Johnson Guma Kajara. Introduction: Almost in every century‚ every nation there is war and natural disasters in this world. We cannot count anymore how much sadness‚ injury‚ pain‚ sorrow‚ dread that they get. But with International Red cross many souls can be helped.Redcross decreases their injuries‚ their pain‚ and their sorrows with love. And all of that was started by an inspired man called Jean Henri Dunant
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INTRO Henri Cartier-Bresson is among some of the most influential photographers of the 20th century. His photographs appear in most popular magazines such as‚ Life‚ Harper’s Bazaar‚ Vogue and also co founding Magnum Photo Agency. Cartier-Bresson pursued photography with an impulsive passion that he refined into a photojournalistic art form. He is also well know for coining the phrase “The Decisive Moment” in photography‚ which is capturing the moment something is happening creating a photograph that
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Writing Assignment #1 - Formal Analysis of a Painting. Find the art that you want to write about in an online museumclick on the link below to find a list of museums- choose a "Notable Art Museum" (at bottom of web page) not a gallery. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_museum Directions: Choose one work that particularly engages you. Take time to look at the work in detail; make a simple sketch of the work. Ask yourself: "How does the piece ‘work’? What is the artist doing? Why do I have a
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Germain Henri Hess (August 7‚ 1802–November 30‚ 1850) was a Swiss-born Russian chemist and doctor who formulated Hess’s Law‚ an early principle of thermochemistry. Born in Geneva‚ Switzerland‚ his father was an artist and in 1805 moved the family to Russia to find work. Beginning in 1822‚ Hess studied medicine at the University of Tartu. He qualified as a physician in 1825. Hess turned to chemistry after a meeting with Jöns Jakob Berzelius‚ the famous Swedish chemist‚ and went to Stockholm University
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Running Head: Comparison & Contrast Essay ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !1 A FORMAL ANALYSIS OF MARY CASSATT’S In the Loge ! ! A FORMAL ANALYSIS OF MARY CASSATT’S In the Loge Comparison & Contrast Essay !2 ! Mary Cassatt created her oil on canvas painting In the Loge in 1878. The two dimensional painting measures 81.28 x 66.04 cm / 32 x 26 inches and is currently on display at the Museum
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Comparative Analysis of Les Demoiselles d’Avignon and The Dance The Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907‚ Museum of Modern Art‚ New York)‚ is an oil on canvas painting by Pablo Picasso. This is an image of five nudes grouped around a still life. Of the five figures‚ four of the figures are facing the viewer. There is a disjunction in the fifth figure as she is crouched on the floor‚ her back away from the viewer‚ while her face‚ or mask‚ addresses the viewer. This vertically aligned painting measures
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