The main characteristics of Romanesque art:  simple compositions and very linear‚ elongated designs  There is very little sign of figurative imagery or any effort towards naturalistic depiction.  characteristics were meant to inspire the viewer to devout‚ religiously inspired awe and fear of the Creator and of course‚ of His representation here on earth in the body of the Holy Church  religious devotion- scenes of hellish creatures and tormented bodies abound
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“Arnolfini Marriage” is a very famous painting by Jan Van Eyck painted in the early 15th century‚ which is in the National Gallery in London. According to the Catalogue of the National Gallery‚ the painting is just a portrait of the couple Arnolfini that is showing their marriage. Waldemar Januszczak‚ an author and presenter‚ believes that this portrait was wrongly named and it should have been called “the Arnolfini Pregnancy”. Januszczak believes that Mrs. Arnolfini is pregnant and she is dead at
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“The Line. A Line is a basic element of art‚ referring to a continuous mark‚ made on a surface‚ by a moving point” I wish to investigate how mark making and the use of the line has changed over the course of time from the renaissance era of Leonardo Da Vinci to artist Cy Twombly from the modern movement of Abstract Expressionism. I wish to explore the question of what has changed in our understanding of the line and mark making. I will look at the earlier historical work of Leonardo Da Vinci
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The Creation of Adam is a painting of Michelangelo’s fresco Sistine Chapel ceiling 1511 years. It is take to illustrates from the Binlical story from the Book of Genesis in which God the Father breathes life into Adam‚ the first man come to the new world. In the painting‚ the man who is the Adam is painted at the right side of the painting‚ he is naked‚ body shows more muscular‚ looks feel relax‚ laening against rock‚ and giving his to old man. Next‚ the old man in the painting who is the
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Beginning in the 1300s‚ a period of artistic changes called the Renaissance took place in Europe. Many of the most famous paintings and sculptures were made during this time. Leonardo da Vinci‚ who lived in Italy‚ was among the men who created many beautiful works of art. However‚ there was at least one project that Leonardo never finished. In 1482‚ the Duke of Milan hired Leonardo to make a statue of a horse. The Duke wanted the horse to be 24 feet tall. Creating such a large statue would not be
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Filippo Brunelleschi was an aid to the Catholic Church‚ for he built the dome of the Florence Cathedral and made many advancements to the architecture of the Church. Humanists of Medieval times were philosophers that believed in the importance of poetry‚ writing and forms of art. Humanists aimed to spread eloquence fluidity among the citizens‚ to create a society full of knowledge and unity through introducing the people to literature‚ writing and art. Filippo
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1. The title of the work is La Cattura di Cristo (bacio di Giuda) aka Kiss of Judas‚ The dimensions of the work is 185 x 200 cm the work of art is located at Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel‚ in Padua‚ Italy. The date it was created is 1304-1306 and the art medium used is fresco Painting meaning that painting in which color pigments are mixed solely with water (no binding agent used) and then applied directly onto freshly laid lime-plaster surface. 2. There are 18 people in the foreground
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Donatello Donatello ‚an artist of unfathomable intelligence ‚was inspired ‚or devilishly driven ‚to play out in stone a spiritual peril inherent in art(web). He is one of the most famous artists in history. He sculpted numerous objects and statues that have inspired other artists. Donatello was an innovator who was influenced by statues he saw in his time and by his teachers. His passion for art made him the great artist he became. He was one of the most influential individual sculptor of
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Italian artists during the fifteenth-century were part of a movement formally known as the Renaissance. Altarpieces were crafted for religious purposes and served as individual or communal devotional pieces. They commonly depicted scenes from classical antiquity. Neri di Bicci’s first important commission‚ The Assumption of the Virgin (1455-1456)‚ was an Italian altarpiece. It is composed of numerous recurring forms and lines that serve to unify the composition. This results in the spiritual bridge
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Within the long span of the history of mankind talented individuals generated innovative ideas and new forms of arts on behalf of humanity. Despite the crucial importance of the role of genius people‚ their artistic creativity and the source of their talents have been always mysterious. Though in ancient times they were considered as gifts given by gods‚ nowadays scientists reveal special brain mechanisms underlying the sophisticated phenomenon. Neurologists have noticed that after the damage in
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