I chose for my Italian Renaissance painting the Birth of Venus. It was painted by Sandro Botticelli‚ who lived from 1445 to 1510‚ with Tempera on canvas around 1484-86 and is currently located at the Galleria degli Uffizi‚ Florence. I chose for my Northern Renaissance painting the Arnolfini Wedding by Jan van Eyck‚ who lived from 1395 to 1441‚ Oil on oak panel of 3 vertical boards in 1434 and is currently located in the National Gallery‚ London. Botticelli uses a more two dimensional
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movie is titled every child is special that refer to Taare Zamen Par‚ a Hindi Film. It is a bollywood movie that the cast mostly came from 3 idiots. Taare Zameen Par is a must-watch movie. It just not told you that every child is special; it also leads you to think the pressure building upon young generation by their so called parents‚ relatives‚ teachers and all. It is a one heart touching movie. The movie deals with a boy suffering from dyslexic or dyslexia. As a dyslexic child‚ the boy has difficulties
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Menil Collection: Virgin & Child A. Identification Having never visited the Menil Collection before‚ I was awed by the size and beauty of this private collection. Founded by John de Menil and Dominique de Menil‚ the Menil Collection houses all of the pieces that are the focus of this paper. The piece of art I chose to write about from the Menil Collection is the Virgin & Child. Originating from Northern France in the early to mid-fourteenth century‚ the Virgin & Child is completely sculpted in wood
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Painting number one is titled “Boundless”. The artist is Steve Hanks. He is one of the best watercolor artist in the United States. The painting is a hand painted watercolor painting. Hanks was an artist who loved women and children. He painted them with such a tender caring-ness. Hanks grew up in Southern California. Hanks felt like the ocean made strong and lasting impression on him growing up. After high school Hanks went to the Academy of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Than he transferred to the
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Kollwitz was a German expressionist‚ she was born in Germany‚ during the 1920’s Europe was hit really hard by the World War. The horrors of the World war impacted European artists a lot. Their artworks were now much darker than they were before. The painting BROT! by Käthe-Kollwitz shows two young children pulling on their mother and asking for food. The mother looks very distraught and saddened. This artwork was created during the world war by Kathe as an anti-hunger statement. Kathe used no color
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In several spots on the painting‚ the audience can see a bull and a horse. I believe there is a deeper meaning as to why there are animals in Picasso’s work. I think the animals represent humans and animals intertwined on this planet. Picasso could have thought that animals and
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that was admired by art lovers all over the world (Brown & Velázquez‚ 2008). His painting “Las Meninas”‚ translated to simply mean maids of honor is a painting that gives the viewers a glimpse into the lives of the royal family. Velazquez had worked closely with the royal family at the court of Philip IV. This was the center of power during the time of the artist worked on his painting (Stratton-Pruitt‚ 2003). The painting was hailed by many as a masterpiece that was able to explore the power relations
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mission to find a painting that either caught my eye or would stop me dead in my tracks‚ I discovered “The Anger of Achilles.” This oil painting seemed to call me hither to take a closer look. As I walked closer‚ the painting became more clear and vivid. It was as if Jacques-Louis David was oil painting in high definition. This is a stunningly clear oil painting. So clear‚ it resembles a modern day photograph. The expression on the faces of each character in this painting drew me in even more
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Reproduction Businesses of 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
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Siegman 1Prompt: Casta paintings‚ produced for elite criollo audiences (i.e.‚ those of Spanish ancestry born in the Americas)‚ bolstered economic and social inequality and legitimized a racial hierarchy that kept criollos at the top. The development of a highly complex and somewhat variable Casta system in the Spanish colonies and at home is a way of encoding economic hierarchy onto the body of colonial subjects produced through population contact in Spanish colonies. These paintings were produced for
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