Louis X1V was not pleased with his home the Louvre. So the king set out to find land that is more suitable for him one that would blow all of the other mansions or palaces out of the water. He decided to move into Versailles‚ a beautiful country home away from the away from the city of Paris on a remote land. Louis started hand picking the best workers to start working on his new home‚ Le Notre was chosen for gardens‚ Le Vau for architecture‚ Le Brun for painting and decorating. They started working
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The Virgin with Chancellor Rolin‚ Paris Muse du Louvre Oil painting by the Flemish master Van Eyck‚ dating 1435 commissioned by Chancellor Nicolas Rolin himself shows the chancellor knelling at a prie-dieu clothed in a luxurious elaborate robe of gold lined with fur trimmings‚ before him the Virgin Mary and baby Christ. Between the two central figures is several arched openings revelling the detailed background showing the city of Ghent and all of the surrounding country. The detailing of the background
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Architecture Examples of Different Styles and Dynamics Gothic cathedrals are embraced for their elegance and beauty. Several famous gothic cathedrals are St. Denis Notre Dame Chartres Salisbury Durham Amiens. Gothic cathedrals point to the shifting ideologies of the time. Gothic architecture mirrors an aesthetic sensibility and dynamic mindset. Gothic cathedrals‚ with slight structural frames‚ flying buttresses‚ and pointed arches‚ display a more artistic sensibility and dynamism uncharacteristic
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Over 6 million people go to see the Mona Lisa at the Louvre every year. Da Vinci had an amazing talent at portraying light and shadow in his artwork‚ as well as physical objects and their landscape. He may have not be credited with the ideas of many inventions‚ but his sketches were the basis of many future
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Supper’ was created. Another famous painting by Leonardo was the Mona Lisa. The Mona Lisa was another privately commissioned item but was never properly delivered to the unknown buyer. Thus‚ Leonardo kept it until his death and now belongs in the Louvre Museum in Paris behind plexiglass. The Mona Lisa resembled Lisa Gioconda‚ a real-life wife of a merchant‚ but even that is yet to be
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Eugène Delacroix was largely indifferent towards politics for the greater portion of his life. He admitted‚ forth willing‚ to be bored by politics. However‚ by July 1830‚ the political crisis in France became hard to ignore. Battles for liberty‚ which were left over from the Revolution‚ bloodied the streets of Paris. After Louis XV’s execution in 1793‚ France struggled to form a functioning Government. In 1814 Louis XV’s brother‚ Louis XVIII‚ was summoned from exile in England to rule. The principles
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ROMANTICISM AND NEO-CLASSICAL Romanticism a word that makes one think that it is a piece of art that shows love‚ a man and a woman. But it is not quite that‚ romanticism can mean freedom‚ rebellion‚ it could symbol intuition‚ emotion‚ the individual‚ and truth. It refers to art work that states feelings‚ moods‚ and dominates. An individual expression of experiences which cannot and could not be evaluated or assessed in purely rational or materialistic terms. Romanticism was one of the most unique
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Eva Hill Ms. Peagler English 10 April 21‚ 2014 Introduction and Thesis The Renaissance era began around the 1300’s in Northern Italy. It means the “rebirth” of the Greco-Roman culture. If you look around‚ you notice that you are surrounded by that culture. Whether it is the art‚ the architecture‚ and or the culture in general you can find Renaissance in your daily life. Back in the day‚ art was a very important aspect in Italy. Art was centered on humanism‚ and putting man first. Now‚ the artistic
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The Nike of Samothrace‚ discovered in 1863‚ is estimated to have been created around 190 BC.[2] It was created to not only honor the goddess‚ Nike‚ but to honor a sea battle. It conveys a sense of action and triumph as well as portraying artful flowing drapery through its features which the Greeks considered ideal beauty. Modern excavations suggest that the Victory occupied a niche in an open-air theater and also suggest it accompanied an altar that was within view of the ship monument of Demetrius
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global speculators. We can not let that the financial reserves serves to burn down entire nations according to the whims of speculation. Even before Amazônia‚ I would like to see the internationalization of all the big museums around the world. The Louvre can’t only belong to France. Each museum of the world is guardian of the most beautiful peaces produced by human genius. We cannot let this cultural heritage‚ as the Amazônia natural heritage‚ be manipulated and treated by the style of its owner or
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