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    clients that visit the areas these are being put on display. They are the impressionism and the post-impressionism eras. These periods have been touched by a variety of artists that use new techniques in order to paint what they were interested in painting. Impressionism Impressionism was the late 19th-century art movement that sought to capture a fleeting moment‚ thereby conveying the elusiveness and impermanence of images and conditions (Kleiner‚ 2013‚ p. 1087). In late 1841 and the beginning

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    choses to depict. ‘I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.’ I have decided to analyse the ways in which Kahlo’s own experiences shaped the creation of two pieces ‘The two Fridas’ (a painting that has been useful in my own project) and ‘the broken column’. When I first saw the painting ‘The two Fridas’ I was most interested in the two women’s hearts linked by clasped hands and a single artery. In the context of my project I jumped to the conclusion that the two women were twins or

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    Frida Kahlo

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    Coyoacan‚ Mexico City. Still considered one of Mexico’s greatest artist who began painting after a severe bus accident. She also suffered from polio and it was said she also suffered from spina bifida. The pain she felt inspired her to paint while she waited for her whole body to recover. Despite being immobilized for several months painting gave her the opportunity to represent her reality through visual art. Painting was

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    major role in the African society. Their fine art is a significant part of African culture and history of the world. Their art influences other artists in the civilization to create their own art as a way to express their stories and traditions. Their art can be interpreted in many different ways; however‚ they all tend to be based on the same situations. Those situations go back to the early African history. Although some people do not believe that art can influence how people act‚ African art influences

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    My Notes

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    its creator it is a master piece. Simply put‚ art is an expression of a person’s feelings through his creative mind. ARTISTS CREATE WORKS OF ART TO: Make us feel an emotion; Tell a story; Make a point; or Awaken our senses. Art includes paintings‚ photographs‚ sculpture‚ movies‚ plays‚ music‚ dance‚ Fashion‚ books‚ poetry and design. Talk about art you have seen in these different categories. What kinds of art do you and your family enjoy? What kinds would you like to discover or learn

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    Pop Art vs. Abstract Expressionism • Characteristics of Abstract Expressionist Paintings-optical buzz‚ all-over composition‚ Matisse sometimes painted images on large canvases‚ as did Picasso but paintings still retained an object like character- the viewer needed to stand back to see the complete composition. Abstract expressionist paintings‚ on the other hand‚ draw the spectator into them. The field of vision is thus larger than the field of vision of the spectator‚ who finds himself in a world

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    The image Keith by Chuck Close is a large and detailed painting with a plain background. The artist includes texture by drawing the pores and wrinkles that were on his friend’s face. In addition‚ there is a single strand for every hair on Keith’s head and eyebrows. Chuck Close even included black holes on the subject’s chin‚ which is where hair stubble was starting to grow. The image has a 3-d appearance and it is in black and white. Therefore‚ there are different shades of gray depending on where

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    Primitivism

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    Forest Combat of a Tiger and a Buffalo‚ 1908-1909‚ Hermitage Museum‚ St. Petersburg Primitivism is a Western art movement that borrows visual forms from non-Western or prehistoric peoples‚ such as Paul Gauguin ’s inclusion of Tahitian motifs in paintings and ceramics. Borrowings from primitive art has been important to the development of modern art.[1] The term "primitivism" is often applied to other professional painters working in the style of naïve or folk art like Henri Rousseau‚ Mikhail Larionov

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    Gordon Bennett Artist

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    Culture and Aboriginal History‚ he wanted to change the way Australia and the world saw Indigenous Australians. Bennett includes a focus on the role and power of language‚ including visual representations‚ in shaping identity‚ culture‚ social issues and history. Bennett’s work alludes to visual and verbal violence of history of black and white relations‚ his scenes from outside Australia‚ deconstructing history and exposing the ideologies and structures that shape history. Bennett works both

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    totally new approach to art history never got it back‚ the have lost it )-: How have women been depicted in modern art (1860-1960). How do these depictions reflect changing attitudes? Select a range of examples by both male and female artists to illustrate your answer. As I flicked through the heavy pages of the traditional and authoritative book on art history in my search of women seen through both male and female eyes and painted with the skills of a man’s and women’s hand most of what I

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