12th and 13th century and o Classical Greece artists had striven for idealized but naturalistic three dimentional human for and symmetry Vasari’s Life and the “Framing” of the Renaissance • Mannersit artist and architect Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) constructed the framework for Renaissance art • Biographies of most artists Lives of the Most Excellent Painters‚ Sculptors‚ and Architects o Infancy‚ Adolecence and Maturity 14th‚ 15th and 16th Century o Perfect maturity of the arts embodied
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should be natural and not artificial. Indian Indian women used to be considered attractive if they weren’t too skinny and many parents would try to make their daughters gain weight but now the criteria and definition of beauty has changed. Due to Western influence‚ Indian women‚ especially models‚ have become obsessed with being skinny. In a country where most women are brown or dark in colour‚ the ones considered as attractive are those with pale or lighter skin colour. One of the most attractive
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arranged in a compact matter‚ with much 3-D texture in the body and intricate attention to detail. Dionysos is standing in contrapposto‚ which is a prevalent technique in Ancient Greek sculpture to achieve a life-like representation of the human body through the shifting of weight. He has massive limbs‚ with calves that are very muscular and large in comparison to the rest of his body. The arms are also very large and the forearms‚ very muscular. His fingers are thick and slightly bent attempting to
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Western civ 2 notes 1848 * Known as the hungry 40’s * Industrialization sweeps over Europe * Railroad transforms the world and makes the world “smaller” because news got around quicker * France – 1830-1848 – “july monarchy” Louis Philippe is a bourgeois monarch. The bourgeoisie benefitted from him because of Liberalism * French workers started to get pushed into the streets because of food shortages and rising prices * In fear of violence‚ the royal family flees and goes
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Notes - Sept 15‚ 2013 The Art Institute of Chicago Building was 1893 structure built as the World’s Congress Auxiliary Building and was built for the Columbian Expo. 5The Art Institute of Chicago opened as the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts on May 24‚ 1879. Chicago is a young city. 1577 painting… Artist moves with color El Greko‚ born Doménikos Theotokópoulos‚ was a painter‚ sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El Greco" (The Greek) was a nickname‚ a reference to his national Greek
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science and art. Religion could be exemplified as a spiritual belief and a connection between a god and gods. During the Renaissance people express their opinions and beliefs on their religion through art. Leonardo Da Vinci’s portraits illustrates an important expression of religion the god is the center of the universe. Michelangelo is another famous artist in the Renaissance and his art‚ he expressed a powerful love that god has for us. Pico Della Mirandola and Marcilio Ficino art shows how god
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Gardner‚ Gerald B. (1884-1964) Gerald Brousseau Gardner‚ an English hereditary Witch and allegedly responsible for reviving Witchcraft in the modern Western world‚ was born in Blundellands‚ near Liverpool‚ England‚ on June 13‚ 1884. His father served as a justice of the peace‚ being a member of a family in the timber trade business. The family was of Scottish descent‚ tracing its roots to a woman named Grissell Gardner who had been burned as a Witch in 1610 at Newburgh. Gardner’s grandfather marred
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Carnegie Museum of Art Upon going into the art museum I was very unsure what to expect or find. I figured if I tried to focus more on modern art I would be able to perceive a better perspective of the art work. As I walked throughout the museum there were many different amazing pieces of art but I wanted to wait until I found something that really caught my eye‚ grabbed my attention and drew me in for a further look and interest. After looking at many rooms‚ many paintings‚ sculptures‚ and other
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Doo - wop After the huge popularity of swing music and the big bands that were associated with this genre‚ America’s economics changed meaning the artists could no longer afford to support the large amount of musicians they had in their bands. This led many swing bands to simplify their sound. Until this point the band and bandleader had been the focus point to the audience‚ and although the singer was still important‚ they were not considered to be the ‘title’ of the artist itself. As bands
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name teacher Honors English 2 date Weapons Through the ages! The most famous primitive weapons is the Bow and arrows. Bows and arrows have been in use for about 7000 years. They were originally used for hunting but were adopted as an effective long range weapon. ( Weapons Technology 11 ) Native Americans are the most famous for using the Bow and Arrows. At first there arrows were tipped with stone or bone later European Traders supplied them with iron arrow heads. (Weapons Technology 12)
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