21st January 2010 Art Trip To The National Gallery This year’s Art trip was really not that inspirational to me‚ as it was rushed and we only had about 2 hours and 15 minutes in the National Gallery‚ which was not enough time to explore the gallery or to find our favourite piece of Art. However‚ with the help of Emily Miller‚ with whom I toured the galleries‚ I managed to find the one Artwork that I really love and admire. The moment we walked in the National Gallery‚ she started looking for
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“stiff”. He is also usually a very funny actor but “The Da Vinci Code” is noticeably short on humor. Having said that‚ It can not be said the movie is devoid of virtues. It’s beautifully photographed on real locations‚ including the interior of the Louvre in Paris. Ian McKellen as Sir Leigh Teabing is a charismatic actor who does much of the talking‚ particularly on historical matters. It is not until the scenes are over that you realize he delivered of a lot of history‚ mostly of Da Vinci and the
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some of these symbols relating to a general but a personal interpretation as well and to outline the ‚‚carrier” of the symbols that motivate the existence of life today. The story opens with the murder of Jacques Sauniere‚ curator of the Louvre Museum in Paris late at night at the hands of a fanatical albino monk. The novel ’s hero‚ Robert Langdon‚ a Harvard professor of religious symbology‚ is awakened after midnight by a visitor to his hotel room in Paris. Earlier in the evening
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Théodore Géricault was a French artist who was a part of the Enlightenment period or Rococo period‚ but more specifically and correctly‚ he was a part of the Romanticist period. Géricault is‚ also‚ an important figure of the Romanticism period. His dramatic themes‚ realistic portraits and haunting portrayals of serious topics helped to pave the way for the themes of rebellion‚ individuality‚ and truth that came with this artistic period. Also without him‚ elements from a pre-existing period‚ the
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was the mighty lion‚ which is depicted throughout numerous art forms. The artifact I have selected is “Statue of a Lion” and has the accession number AO 19520‚ AO 19824. "Statue of a Lion” originated from Mari; however‚ it is currently housed in The Louvre. Showcased in the piece I have chosen are characteristics that aid classifying this object as a 2nd millennium B.C. Mesopotamian art. Characteristics that support its classification are the physical features‚ purpose‚ and comparanda works. Damaged
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especially those in the late Renaissance and Mannerist schools. The inclusion of a gesture similar to John’s would increase the importance of a work with a religious conceit. Virgin of the Rocks (1483-1486) This painting has 2 versions. One is in the Louvre‚ Paris‚ the other is in the National Gallery. Both paintings show the Madonna and Christ Child with the infant John the Baptist and an angel‚ in a rocky setting which gives the paintings their usual name. The significant compositional differences
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centuries without having to be restored‚ which can be credited to the medium used for the painting. ("Facts & History of the Painting.") The “Mona Lisa” is by far the most famous painting in the world. Every year‚ nearly 6 million people visit the Louvre Museum and nearly all of them stop to admire the painting. ("Interesting Mona Lisa Facts.") But why is the “Mona Lisa” such a popular
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ORIGINS OF NATIONALISM IN FRANCE In terms of the origins of national identity in France it is agreed that the French Revolution was the single most important period of radical social and political upheaval and was henceforth a catalyst for the spread of nationalism in France aswell as throughout the rest of Europe. Despite the fact the French Revolution occurred over 200 years ago‚ in present day France‚ there remain various symbols of the revolution which have become deeply embedded in the national
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the most scholarly and technical. The measurements of the portrait are thirty inches by twenty inches. The painting is in a humidified concrete box‚ protected by a triple bulletproof glass in the museum of Louvre in Paris. It is estimated that over six million tourists a year see her in Louvre. It would surprise many people to know that the Mona Lisa was once regarded as nothing special (Clark‚ 1999‚ pp 210-220). As mentioned before many theories on the identity of the woman in the painting and
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Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci I visited the Louvre in Paris‚ France and the one thing that I knew for sure that I wanted to see was the Leonardo Da Vinci masterpiece. I took the metro that led me into a mall where I walked down a very long hall of shops on each side. Finally‚ we reached the large inverted pyramid on the middle of a large room. If facing the pyramid with the long hall of the mall to your back‚ you can look forward and to the left and you will see an entrance to Comedie-Francaise
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