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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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    Museum Visit Paper

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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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    The mountain gorillas of Virunga National Park are in serious danger. There around 800 gorillas living in the world and the majority of the gorillas live in the park of Virunga. There are four mountain gorillas located in a gorilla orphanage in Virunga. These mountain gorilla species located here are the only remaining gorillas in the world. The mountain gorillas are in danger because poachers are trying to steal the remaining gorillas and sell them. They would try to kill the parents and take the

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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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    Chapter 19 From Gothic to Renaissance: 14th Century Italian Art The essentially religious view of the world that dominated medieval Europe began to change dramatically in what is called the European Renaissance. Although religion continued to occupy a primary position in the lives of Europeans‚ a growing concern with the natural world‚ the individual‚ and humanity’s worldly existence characterized the Renaissance period. The Renaissance‚ which means “rebirth‚” extends roughly from the 14th through

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    backgrounds include the 1449 painting by Petrus Christus‚ A Goldsmith in His Shop‚ and Dieric Bouts’s Last Supper‚ in which Bouts even painted the floor tiles‚ chandelier‚ and wooden ceiling beams in the background of the central panel of the Altarpiece of the Holy Sacrament in

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    In my own definition‚ fragmentary realism is pieces of artworks put together to tell a story. Jan Van Eyck did the artwork that was described in lecture that display fragmentary realism and it is Called Ghent Altarpiece painted in 1432. There are 12 different pictures grouped together to make a story in his work. In the upper center of the painting there is God the Father‚ Jesus on his left hand side and Mary the mother of Christ seated at his right hand side. At the upper end of the painting there

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    Renaissance Depictions of the Crucifixion The Renaissance was known as a period of revival or rebirth of cultural awareness and learning that took place during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and‚ perhaps most of all‚ as an era of the individual. During the Renaissance‚ art was a branch of knowledge - a way to showcase God and his creations‚ science‚ anatomy‚ discoveries and to inspire people to take pleasure in the world around them. Christian art during this period was produced to enhance

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    El Greco and his artwork

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    Spain El Greco settled into the city of Toledo where he created a magnificent landscape called the View of Toledo. In the ancient city of Toledo El Greco received the opportunity from Diego de Castilla‚ dean of Toledo Cathedral‚ to paint three altarpieces for the Church of Santo Domingo el Antiguo in Toledo. Also‚ El Greco created his a famous work called Espolio (The Disrobing of Christ) while in Toledo. El Greco was a very influential artist of his time. He created a lasting presence in the history

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