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    Musicians is a painting which was created by the great Italian artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio in 1595. It is currently held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. This masterpiece is an example of the Italian Baroque style of painting‚ and was crafted as oil on canvas with dimensions of 36 1/4 x 46 5/8 in 36 1/4 x 46 5/8 inches. The painting was created for Caravaggio’s first patron Cardinal Francesco del Monte who had a great interest in music. The picture displays four young

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    Kehinde Wiley Analysis

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    Kehinde wiley is one artist I admire so much and I’ve never had the opportunity to really go into details who exactly he is other than what’s on the surface. I choose this article from GQ.com because it explains in detail the creative process of one of the most celebrated painters in the world. Wiley is not your regular painter‚ he’s in a world of his own and his uniqueness sets him apart from his contemporaries. He is well known for portraits of young African-American men staged in heroic poses

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    Josiah Mcelheny Analysis

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    Josiah McElheny Artists today have countless types of mediums available to them today. Josiah McElheny is known mainly for handblown glass‚ a tedious craft; creating sculptures in assorted shapes. An artist born in Boston‚ MA in 1966‚ he attended Rhode Island School of Design. Later‚ McElheny was the winner of the MacArthur Fellowship award. He currently works and lives in New York City‚ New York. McElheny is also known for working with such mediums as wood‚ mirror‚ glass‚ paint‚ still videos and

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    Donatello (Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi) was born in Florence‚ Italy in 1386. His father was Niccolo di Betto Bardi. As a child‚ Donatello was educated at the home of the Martellis‚ a wealthy influential family of bankers and patrons‚ and during this time‚ he received artistic training from a local goldsmith. Later in 1403‚ around the age of 17‚ Donatello apprenticed with Florence metal smith and sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti. A few years later‚ Donatello assisted Ghiberti to create

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    Michelangelo Buonarroti (Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni) was born on March 6‚ 1475‚ in Caprese‚ Italy. His father worked for the Florentine government‚ and shortly after he was born his family returned to Florence‚ the city Michelangelo would always call his true home. His mother past away when he was 6‚ and at first his father did not approve of his son’s interest in art as a career. At 13‚ Michelangelo was apprenticed to painter Domenico Ghirlandaio‚ mainly known for his murals. A year

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    Who Is Raphael Sanzio?

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    The importance of the Renaissance painter Raphael Sanzio is that his paintings went beyond the previous work of his contemporary‚ Michelangelo‚ by combining subtleties‚ a greater clarity of form and softer shading to create a more realistic rendering of his figures. He also infused his own sense of grace into his figures and avoided the air of tension often found in Michelangelo’s depictions. Raphael’s work is known and admired for his ability to visually capture the Neoplatonic and Renaissance ideal

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    Paragraph 1. The painting was created by the one of the most popular artist Leonardo Da Vinci. It was painted in 1494. Vinci painted the work directly on the dining hall wall of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie. People think that it was produced through a technique called Fressco Secco( pigments are mixed with lime water or lime milk and are applied to a dry plaster)‚ but infect in order to be perfect in every detail‚ da Vinci invented a new technique using tempera paints on stone. First

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    Michelangelo Di Lodvico Buonarroti Simoni was born on March 6th‚ 1475 in Caprese‚ Italy. He was the second born of five boys to his parents‚ Leonardo di Buonarrota Simoni and Francesca Neri. He died February 18th‚ 1564 in Rome‚ Italy‚ just weeks before his 89th birthday. He was a sculptor‚ painter‚ and architect during the Italian Renaissance period and had the nickname "Father and Master of All the Art.” Italian Renaissance was the time of the great revival of art‚ literature‚ and learning in Europe

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    Many believe Da Vinci and Edison are among the greatest inventors of all time‚ but which has done more for society and the world. Both having created world changing inventions life altering. Leonardo da Vinci has invented so many neat things! One thing he invented was a 33 Barend organ.According to "how stuff works"‚ it couldn’t fire multiple bullets rapidly out of a single barrel.It could‚ however deliver punishing volleys of gun fire at rapid intervals." This invention helped come

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    “Art is never finished‚ only abandoned.” Leonardo da Vinci stated this‚ and can be applied to many aspects of his many carriers. It was both a literal and philosophical quote‚ as he was an artist‚ along with being an inventor‚ a scientist‚ an aviator‚ a geographer‚ a sculptor‚ and a military engineer‚ along with many other professions. Leonardo da Vinci was an important figure in the world of aviation because he was the man who invented the first concept for the first helicopter‚ as well as building

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