Rubens’ 1612 masterpiece‚ Massacre of the Innocents. The oil painting stands at approximately 150 x 200 cm‚ a size offering the viewer a window-like gaze into a historical scene of twisted‚ bloody carnage. Formally‚ there is much cohesion with the overall disastrous theme of human chaos and disorder. On a compositional whole‚ the anguish and psychological suffering compliments scattered lighting‚ vivid color‚ and clustered space. The painting is a good example of how the combination of form and narrative
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and Daughter) Artist: Hung Lui Medium: Oil on Canvas Description I chose to write about Hung Liu‚ Mu Nu (Mother and Daughter). The painting by Hung Lui in 1997; Liu used oil on canvas as her medium. The result is a timeless 80 x 140 inch by inch painting that is currently housed in Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art‚ Museum. The roughly 7 by 11 foot painting shows two women hunched over‚ ropes tied around their waist‚ strain on hands and knees to pull a heavy load. The point of this searing
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ART101 - Art History Module 1 Introduction to Art; Renaissance Art In what ways does Fran?ois Clouet’s Lady in Her Bath painting reflect the ideology and culture of the Renaissance Era? The woman bathing in front of the painting is seating in cold water. The painting shows how she is being pampered by her family. She has fruit in front of her so she can eat while bathing. The woman bathing has a shower cap on her with a pear dropping from it. The pear on her shower cap matches her earring
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Art History Henri Matisse: Goldfish Henri Emoile Matisse‚ born in 1869‚ is regarded as one of the "great formative figures in 20th-century art"‚ as well as the leader of the Fauve group. Fauvism is defined as "an early-20th-century movement in painting begun by a group of French artists and marked by the use of bold‚ often distorted forms and vivid colors." Matisse was associated with this group due to his use of vivid colors‚ as well as his unusual style of presenting objects. Many critics
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art? This is a question that if you ask one hundred people you would get one hundred different answers. Art to some is scribbles or junk to another. I find that I enjoy paintings that are realistic. I do not like paintings that are unrealistic in that subjects are too large or small for their surroundings. One of my favorite paintings is “The betrothal of the Arnolfini” is realistic and shows the love between a husband and a wife‚ or a man and a woman who are ready to vow their lives to each other.
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highlight at this point that this piece of art does not possess a tittle‚ but was created in the year of 1992. The painting is located in El Paso Museum of Art located‚ in the downtown arts district El Paso‚ Texas. The painting focuses in my opinion in two aspects that are connected together to share a historical message. The Native American and the horse two iconic figures of the U.S history gathered together in one image. As a Native American image‚ the Horse image implications consolidate
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The Birth of New Expressionism and an Intermezzo Bambang Bujono Award but Not the Grand Prix Affandi was musing in front of Max Ernst’s painting‚ Polish Rider‚ which won the grand prix in Venice Biennale 1954. Max Ernst was one of Dadaist activists and surrealists whose works were deeply imaginative and fantastic‚ blurring the boundaries of near and far‚ the real and the imaginary. Max Ernst’s works‚ writes Paul Eluard‚ “[were] no far – through the bird – from cloud to the man; [were]
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and her sister Edma began painting as young girls. Despite the fact that as women they were not allowed to join official arts institutions‚ the sisters earned respect in art circles for their talent. She was born into a family that‚ according to family tradition‚ had included one of the most prolific Rococo painters of the ancien régime‚ Fragonard‚ whose handling of color and expressive‚ confident brushwork influenced later painters. By age twenty‚ she had
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Renaissance it also rejected the Renaissance style. Mannerisum favored a more emotional approach to art. Northern Mannerisum survived into the 17th century. Northern Mannerisum was also called anti-Mannerisum because it followed more of a Renaissance style painting. People believed that Mannerisum was related to all of the turmoil in Europe at that point in time. It started right after the low Renaissance; Mannerisum had time to spring up right before the High Renaissance started. It ended right
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single tool that has the ability to stop time‚ record history‚ generate art‚ tell stories‚ and communicate messages that transcend language like nothing else ever conceived.” (Red Camera) I agree with this statement and the depth within it. The way it changed art is still unexplainable with its eternal lasting impact. The invention of the camera was completely necessary in order for original art to grow and change its direction throughout history and present time. (Berger 16-20) When the camera
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