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    PART 1    1a) Identify the image of Jesus you have selected.  During the 14th to 16th centuries‚ a time known as the Renaissance period occurred. During this time  Jesus was seen as a human being‚ a normal man. Artists expressed their emotions and spirituality in their  portraits of Jesus‚ emphasizing on humanism and naturalism.    b) Identify the historical period that you have selected..  The Renaissance was a time of great social and cultural change in Europe. It was a period  characterised by innovation

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    polychromy term used to describe painting or painted decoration on the surface of sculpture polyptych An altarpiece or devotional work of art made of several panels joined together‚ often hinged so that its wings can be opened and closed as appropriate during Christian religious worship.  post and lintel a basic type of architecture in which upright elements (posts) support a horizontal member (lintel).  With this type of construction‚ the distance between the supports is determined by the weight

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    (1480–1515). The Garden of Earthly Delights measures about 13 feet by 7 feet when all three panels are open. This painting is housed in the Museo Del Prado in Madrid since 1939. Another triptych painting with the more traditional values for atriptych altarpiece is The Raising of The Cross by Peter Paul Rubens. This painting is from Flemish baroque time period and was painted during (1610-1611). Each are respectfully different in there on specific ways. The reason I have chosen to compare these paintings

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    Hieronymus Bosch Analysis

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    secluded life in a town that is well outside the mainstream of established Dutch painting; ’s Hertogenbosch. What is known is that he was married‚ owned a house‚ and died at the age of sixty in 1516. He is also said to have contributed several altarpieces and stained glass window designs to the Cathedral of St. John in his native city. Therefore‚ it is through his work that one is forced to try to further examine the

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    From the mid-13th to 14th century the interaction of the Gothic‚ Byzantine‚ and antique Roman art‚ in the work of many outstanding individuals ‚ created a recognizably national culture in Italy (Barasch 14). In his frescoes and panel paintings‚ Giotto di Bondone revolutionized Italian art‚ developing a naturalism and drama that marks the first signs of the Renaissance (Marx). Though many artists were influenced by Giotto‚ such as Bernardo Daddi‚ his advances were not fully developed for a century

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    both are paintings. One symbolizes religion‚ while the other symbolizes the Indian Heritage. The two I choose was Figure 6 in chapter one and was painted by Jan Van Eyck known as a God Panel known as the Ghent Altarpiece‚ made around 1432 c‚. My second one is that of the Treaty Signing at Medicine Creek Lodge‚ painted by Howling Wolf between 1875- 1878. That painting is figure 43 in chapter two of the text.

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    Nicolas Poussin

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    other artist painting similar scenes. That same year Poussin became in contact with Casino dal Pozzo who was a collector at the time. And a year later Pozzo helped him secure the commission for The Martyrdom of St. Erasmus and the altarpiece for St. Peter’s. This altarpiece didn’t meet the criteria this lead to the end of his public painting career in Rome. Poussin devoted much of his art of the late 1620’s too romantic mythological stories where he took inspiration from Titian and other contemporary

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    Brittany Hewing Art of the Renaissance 222-01 11/10/2014 In this essay I shall discuss two paintings I observed at the Art Institute of Chicago and compare the two as well. During our field trip to the Art Institute of Chicago even though we did not have enough time to properly view the pieces along with a large portion of the museum with pre-renaissance pieces in them were closed off to the public. Two pieces that really stuck out to me during the trip were: “Mater Dolorosa (Sorrowing Virgin)”

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    ART 108 Assignment 1

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    Assignment 1 Answer the following questions and submit through the Assignments icon. 1. How does the word Renaissance reflect the changes in the world of art during the time period discussed in Chapter 12? The word Renaissance‚ the French word for “rebirth”‚ denotes a selfconscious revival of interest in ancient Greek and Roman texts and culture that is reflected in the work of most of the artists. 2. How does Nicola Pisano in the Pulpit‚ Pisa Baptistry show the influence of Roman style? The Nicola

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    Ghent Altar Masterpiece

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    The Ghent Altarpiece ‚created by Hubert and Jan van Eyck‚ consists of many sections/shutters that have oil paintings on in the interior and the exterior. When the shutters are closed‚ the images on the outside use muted colors and have shading behind the characters creates an illusion that the shutters are actually a doorway you can step inside. The characters within the painting are cast a shadow that make them seem realistic. The interior of the shutters are more vibrant with saturated colors.

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