1. The Last Supper is a mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci for his patron Duke Lodovico Sforza. It represents the scene of The Last Supper from the final days of Jesus as depicted in the Bible. The painting is based on John 13:21‚ in which Jesus announced that one of his 12 disciples would betray him. The painting is one of the most well known and valued in the world; unlike many other valuable paintings‚ however‚ it has never been privately owned because it cannot be moved. Тhe painting measures
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citizen Francesco Del Giocondo‚ as everyone had believed. Mona Lisa’s has an enigmatic smile and it remains that her smile is a subject of speculation. She was to believe to be a middle class woman who lived in Florence. The painting is still at the Louvre Museum in Paris‚
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Venus of Willendorf from Willendorf‚ Austria 28‚000 – 25‚000 BCE Limestone Naturhistorisches Museum‚ Vienna Paleolithic - representation of a woman - female anatomy is exaggerated - serves as a fertility image - no facial features‚ just hair/hat - freestanding sculpture Statuettes of 2 worshipers from the Square Temple at Eshnunna (Tell Asmar)‚ Iraq 2700 BCE (early dynastic/Sumerian) Soft gypsum and inlaid with shell + black limestone Iraq Museum‚ Baghdad - represent mortals praying
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Young Male Apprentice the Model for That Famous Enigmatic Smile?" Mail Online (2011). Web. 9 Apr. 2011. Da Vinci‚ Leonardo. St. John the Baptist. 1513-1516. Oil on walnut wood. Louvre‚ Paris. "Da Vinci Biography." Leonardo ’s Da Vinci ’s Life. Web. 9 Apr. 2011. . Da Vinci‚ Leonardo. Mona Lisa. 1503-1506. Oil on wood. Louvre‚ Paris. Lee‚ Krystek. "The UnMuseum - Leonardo ’s Secrets." The Museum of UnNatural Mystery. The UnMuseum‚ 2005. Web. 10 Mar. 2011. "Color & Culture Matters." Color Matters Welcomes
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on her own‚ firsthand. Despite her family’s strong objections (her father declared he would rather see his daughter dead than living abroad as a "bohemian")‚ Mary Cassatt left for Paris in 1866. She began her study with private art lessons in the Louvre‚ where she would study and copy masterpieces. She continued to study and paint in relative obscurity until 1868‚ when one of her portraits was selected at the prestigious Paris Salon‚ an annual exhibition run by the French government. With her father’s
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Shariah Copeland Professor Knotts Arts 1101 19 January 2013 Renaissance: Leonardo da Vinci Known as the Renaissance‚ the period immediately following the Middle Ages in Europe saw a great revival of interest in the classical learning and values of ancient Greece and Rome. Against a backdrop of political stability and growing prosperity‚ the development of new technologies–including the printing press‚ a new system of astronomy and the discovery and exploration of new continents–was accompanied
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Gianlorenzo Bernini "Apollo and Daphne" The statue "Apollo and Daphne" was made by the artist Gianlorenzo Bernini‚ the statue was commisioned in 1622 by the Borghese family and was completed in 1625. The statue is roughly 243 cm tall and is located at the Galleria Borghese‚ Rome. Bernini was a Italian sculptor‚ architect and painter who lived from 1598 till 1680. At first he worked in the late Mannerist tradition but left this style and helped create a new style that had more emotional and psychological
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Prior to starting Art History course‚ frankly speaking‚ the impression I have about the ancient Greece and Roma art culture was not mature because of my inability to read in-depth about both Greece and Rome art. But I do know that both ancient Greece and Rome has a rich and sophisticated culture when it comes to art and classical architecture‚ the Greek peoples has at once a romantic and spiritual energy to it that was copied by the Roman‚ however‚ the Roman blended the Greek style with Rome unique
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Cited: “Madonna and Child (Duccio di Buoninsegna).” The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Web. June 2nd‚ 2013. “Madonna and Child.” Louvre Abu Dhabi: Birth of a Museum. Print.
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In Paris with You is recounted by a (thenarrator) whose relationship has just ended and who is now in Paris with someone else ("I’m on the rebound"). This suggests a long-term relationship has ended and the speaker is currently enjoying a less serious liaison. The narrator doesn’t want to examine the aftermath of the serious relationship: he doesn’t want to talk things over or even visit galleries or landmarks; he just wants to enjoy the moment rather than thinking of the future or the past. Structure
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