The trip to the Nelson-Atkins Museum was an insightful and eye opening experience. It was my second trip to a large art museum‚ the first one being The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Though I am not one you would call an art connoisseur‚ I do take interest in specific art pieces. I often find myself wondering what the artist was thinking about when painting or constructing a piece of work. I wonder what emotions they might have been going through or if someone unknown inspired them
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Alex Skolnik November 23‚ 2013 Art History Outline 1) Title of the piece: Metropolitan Kouros Date: 600-590 BCE Medium: Naxian Marble Dimensions: Heigh 6’4 5/8" Meseum location: The Metropolitan Meseum of Art 2) This free standing sculpture shows signs of egyptian influence on Greek art. The pose has one foot standing forward while one is behind‚ the arms rest at the side with supports attatched to the tehighs‚ and the face shows no emotion and the eyes seem to have no pupils
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Art Analysis What makes a piece of art art? Is it the creation itself or is it a combination of elements that make a piece a good piece of art. Artist use elements to add depth and meaning to the pieces they create. Artist such as Vincent Van Gogh‚ Sol LeWitt‚ Diego Velazquez‚ and Edward Hopper all had pieces that they used different forms to help capture the attention of the viewer and express their true meaning with the techniques they used in their portraits. Van Gogh and LeWitt both used
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Art History Study Guide for Final Review for final exam‚ Art 2‚ Renaissance to Modern The questions on the test will be taken from the categories below. I have left out some artists entirely and in some cases limited the objects being considered for questions. You will choose ten or twelve questions from 16 or more possibilities. Art of Venice (two questions) Titian Giorgione Palladio (Villa Rotonda only) El Greco (Laocoon [National Gallery‚ DC] and View of Toledo [Met]‚ see Met
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Zeitgeist is defined as the spirit or mood of a particular period of history; epitomized in art to express the beliefs and ideas of the time. Throughout history the zeitgeist has changed based on the ideas and cultures within a time period. When watching modern movies one can notice the contrast to the movies made in the previous decade. The same applies when analyzing artwork. It may not be apparent that a hundred years between artworks can produce much contrast or it is not quantitative amount
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This essay will cover the similarities and differences between two Artworks " The Little fourteen -Year- Old Dancer" and " Baboon and young". Discussion about this works of Art will be based on the field man’s analysis‚ thus description‚ analysis‚ interpretation and judgement on the subject matter‚ media and size‚ location and literal qualities‚ social‚ cultural and political issues surrounding the creation of the Artworks but in the form of compare and contrast. I will also discuss how these inspirational
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Neoclassicism was associated with an era beginning from the end of the 17th century and went on through the 18th century. “The Neoclassicism art movement came from a combination of the last half of Baroque art to the burgeoning scientific interest in classical Greek and Roman antiquity”‚ “This new found art of Neoclassicism led to the cause in a rapid growth of collections of antiques” (Sayre‚ 2010). With Neoclassicism came problems for the artist as to whether an image of a famous person or hero
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Art has the ability to tell a story‚ to connect with the pictures‚ and to allow people to express their imagination. Once a person looks at an artwork whether it is a drawing‚ sculpture‚ or pottery the viewer is taken to the artist’s world. This paper will discuss the description‚ analysis‚ and interpretation of a painting called Regatta at Saint-Adresse painted by the French painter Claude Monet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Monet designed this painting in 1867 and applied oil painting on
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Formal Analysis: The Metropolitan Museum of art boasts an impressive collection of art‚ among many other things. One piece that stood out the most was Saint John the Baptist Preaching‚ by Mattia Preti. Though the work has seemingly faded a bit over the last 360 years‚ it remains in superb condition‚ which leads one to believe it has been restored over time. It is this condition that caught my attention‚ surprisingly as dull as the piece appears; it stills pops when you make eye contact with it
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East Indian Sculpture and Baroque sculpture: How are they different and how are they similar? After circling the museum for an hour‚ bouncing from security guard to security guard (trying to find my way to the baroque sculptures) I was finally able to answer that question. The two examples I chose were "Nessus and Dejanira" from the Baroque period and "Loving Couple" from Eastern India. The reason I chose these two specifically is because they both involved a man and a woman‚ making it more interesting
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