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    bison‚ deer and horses. Artists used brushes made from animal hair and plant fiber and with sponges made from fur. The paintings took back to the Magdalenian period‚ which was over 15‚000 years ago. Cro-Magnon people drew the paintings on the caves.The people who lived during 2‚500‚000 B.C. to 10‚000 B.C. were nomadic hunter and gatherers (which means they travel from place to place for survival). Archaeologists believe three possibilities why the animals were painted on the cave walls. They believe

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    often times want their artworks to have a certain meaning behind them. During the Spanish Civil War in 1937‚ the Nazis bombed the Basque town of Guernica. This bombing left tragedy and despair throughout the country. Pablo Picasso was inspired to create a work of art to represent the devastation that happened at Guernica. He created a scene that perfectly describes what war is like. He wanted to be a symbol for peace‚ and to show the world what civilians have to go through during war time. Because

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    Thomas Kinkade’s painting When I read the article by Susan Orlean‚ I am very aware of the big business Thomas Kinkade is trying to create by reproducing his original paintings mechanically using digital technique‚ but I have also carefully examined whether this article which discusses about the reproduction of his art works has a correlation with Walter Benjamin’s essay "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction". A certain emotion or an "aura" is said to be present when an artist

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    detailed. There were many great inventors in this time as well. Many famous artists‚ such as Michelangelo‚ and Leonardo da Vinci lived in this era as well. Each piece showcases each artist’s skill. Jan Van Eyck’s painting; “The Arnolfini Portrait” depicts Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini and his wife. Arnolfini was a merchant from a city in Tuscany‚ Italy‚ called Lucca. The Arnolfini family was very powerful. People often say that the woman in the painting is pregnant‚ but that is not the case. In fact

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    — Bruegel among them. This style of painting and Bruegel’s integration of social values in his paintings helped create many masterpieces. In Holland‚ the seventeenth century is known as the Dutch Golden Age‚ in which trade and art is nourished at an unprecedented level. Being born in this era‚ Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn created many masterpieces‚ especially portraits. He was exceptionally skilled at capturing the personality of other people in his paintings. He also applied different lighting

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    John Brack The painting is called ‘Collins Street 5pm’and was painted in 1955. It is an oil painting on canvas‚ sized 114.6 x 162.9 cm. Collins Street 5pm‚ 1955‚ oil on canvas‚ 114.6x162.9cm Collins Street 5pm‚ 1955‚ oil on canvas‚ 114.6x162.9cm John Brack has used dull mainly consisting of black‚ brown and dirt yellow colour. He has used a very limited palette of colours. There was lots of repetition used in this painting: The people in the middle‚ the hats of the people in the

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    The 1920s was a decade of exciting social changes and reflective cultural conflicts. For many Americans‚ the growth of cities‚ the rise of a consumer culture‚ and the so-called “revolution in morals and manners” represented a liberation from the restrictions of the country’s Victorian past. But for others‚ the United States was changing in undesirable ways. The result was a veiled “cultural civil war‚” in which a pluralistic society classed bitterly over such issues as foreign immigration‚ evolution

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    African Face Painting His face is covered in rich‚ dark luminous tones‚ of raw minerals dug from the earth. The designs are elaborate and painted with extreme detail‚ showing his striking features. Shades of yellow surround his cheekbones leaving his eyes bare‚ full of power and masculinity. The festival has begun and he must prove to her that he alone is the most beautiful and captivate her with his vigorous moves. Like many other tribes of Africa the Wodaabe tribe uses face painting to draw beauty

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    played an important role in human history‚ from cave paintings to masterpieces on the ceiling. They have displayed emotions‚ shown victories and defeats‚ as well as boasted major events. There are multiple paintings that display events during Paul`s life. Three major paintings that have shown important events during Paul`s life are; the Vision of Cornelius‚ the Death of Ananias‚ The Conversion on the Road to Damascus. They all display prominent events in Christian history. Eeckhout uses methods that

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    important role that events play in the communities and countries. Events have contributed to the strengthening and development and also the promotion of togetherness within the local population. As stated by Arcodia & Whitford “festivals are emerging worldwide as a growing and vibrant sector of the tourism and leisure industries and are seen to have significant economic‚ socio-cultural‚ and political impacts on the destination area and host groups” (Arcodia & Whitford‚ 2008). Events are very important

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