Buying an oil painting from Artisoo is like stepping back in time! Every oil painting we sell is painted by our master artists in the same time-honored traditions utilized by the world’s most renowned artists‚ emphasizing the importance of aesthetics‚ technique and style. Many of our artists have years of training at some of the finest art academies‚ specializing in the medium of oil on canvas. Please read below how our artists‚ step by step‚ paint the oil paintings that are displayed on our website
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of Civilization Report High quality and antiquity make cave paintings a sight to see. With only about 350 of them having been found so far‚ their importance to archaeology is always increasing. Incredibly old‚ they both give insight as to who and what lived in that region’s past‚ and help archaeologists learn about early painting methods. While the most well known is the Lascaux Caves‚ they are all important to understanding the history of various areas. With no written language at the time‚ this
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Art of Forgery History of Art Forgery 4/15/2012 | Abstract The purpose of this paper is to examine the history of Art Forgery and the history of one of the greatest art forgers of our time‚ Tom Keating. The paper will go into the basic history of art forgery from the first recorded art forgery all the way up to the ways forgeries are made today. It will also go into the changes of how forgeries were detected and how forgers are prosecuted. The history of art forgery is
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Art History Museum Paper This past weekend‚ I decided to re-visit the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena and picked out the Reclining Nude by Jean-Antoine Watteau which dated 1713-1717 and its medium was oil on panel. Usually‚ the works of art that are showcased in a museum are hung along the sides of the walls for the viewers to have easy access to seeing them. The work of art I chose was placed in a very small insert along the wall that wasn’t even big enough to fit 5 people in. I would say that
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New Genre of Music Genre paintings have always made bold statements regarding the “everyday life” of whichever time period they were completed in. Scenes could range from parties in a domestic setting in France‚ to bitterly realistic views of street and slum life during the Gilded Age in the United States. In Alfred Kappes’ very real depiction of this time‚ Tattered and Torn was completed in 1886 and sheds light on this both dark and light time in history by painting a character bathed in the Gilded
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interested in art. Our tour guide provided us with more knowledge about art in general as well as different ways to approach and examine art. There are so many pieces of art to look at with not nearly enough time. However‚ the objects‚ sculptures and paintings my tour guide showed us made the day unforgettable. Most art museums specifically only display pieces from hundreds of years ago‚ but this particular museum
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Art History Study Guide for Final Review for final exam‚ Art 2‚ Renaissance to Modern The questions on the test will be taken from the categories below. I have left out some artists entirely and in some cases limited the objects being considered for questions. You will choose ten or twelve questions from 16 or more possibilities. Art of Venice (two questions) Titian Giorgione Palladio (Villa Rotonda only) El Greco (Laocoon [National Gallery‚ DC] and View of Toledo [Met]‚ see Met
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Analysis A current exhibition at The Getty Center in Los Angeles is J. M. W. Turner: Painting Set Free. The name of the artist is Joseph Mallard William Turner and the name of the painting I am analyzing is “The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons‚ October 16‚ 1834”. The artwork is a European painting. It is oil on canvas and the dimensions are 36 1/4 x 48 1/2 inches. The artwork was created in 1834. The painting portrays a national tragedy which was the burning of the houses of Parliament in
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artwork is anything but typical; he often uses random objects and arranges them in a specific way to create a symbolic meaning and calls it art. After studying his technique‚ I have found the meaning behind the paintings‚ “Campbell’s Soup Cans” and “200 One Dollar Bills” by Andy Warhol. The painting‚ “Campbell’s Soup Cans‚” by Andy Warhol‚ was completed in 1962. These 32 soup cans each are 20 inches by 16 inches and arranged in a 4x8 pattern (Fiero‚ 65). Many wondered why Warhol would choose to create
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Venus (1808) a statue carved by Antonio Canova. In David’s painting‚ Madame Recamier‚ the painting is oil on canvas‚ yet the technique of using oil paint was not completed‚ so it does not show the usual highly polished finish that was taught in the salons. Because the painting was not finished with the highly polished surface it shows a more painterly surface therefore brushstrokes are more visible compared to his other works. This painting was never finished purely because Madame Recamier was unhappy
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