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    Summative Art Write-Up Acrylic Landscape Painting Where did your idea/image come from? Is it your own image or did you use someone’s artwork or photograph to work from for a practical exercise? Briefly describe the image? (colours‚ the scene itself) (5 marks) My idea/image came from a social media app called instagram‚ and the image was take in Lake Minnewanka in Alberta Canada. I did use someone else’s photograph. The individual who took it remains unknown‚ however their instagram account is

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    to the United States in 1818. Throughout the early years‚ Cole lived in Philadelphia‚ Ohio‚ and Pittsburgh where he worked as a traveling portrait artist. Thomas Cole was primarily self-taught‚ however‚ he stilled worked with members of the Philadelphia Academy‚ and his canvases appeared in the Academy’s exhibitions. In 1825‚ Cole’s exhibition of small paintings of landscapes in Catskill came to the attention of important figures on the New York City art scene. While still in his twenties‚ Cole was

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    Look carefully at Plate 1.3.32‚ Paul Cezanne’s painting Still Life with Plaster Cast‚ c. 1894. How do the form and content of this painting contribute to our understanding of it as a modern work? According to art critic Clive Wilson‚ writing in 1914‚ Cézanne was ‘the Christopher Columbus of a new continent of form (Harrison‚ C‚ 2008‚ p.63). Considered a revolutionist‚ Cézanne helped pave the way for other modern artists and his abstract tendencies contributed to the Cubist Movement. Robert Cumming

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    prehistoric art. This prehistoric art‚ like the cave paintings in Lascaux and Chauvert‚ is some of the oldest discovered works of art. They might show that even hunter-gathers had creativity and a need to create beauty. They might show the moment humans set themselves apart from other animals. Regardless‚ these first pieces are crucial to understanding how art evolved. Paleontologists and art historians seem to think these cave paintings were used for shamanic or ritualistic purposes. It’s noted

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    Matisse Summaries: Five Paragraphs Paragraph 1 Matisse was an artist that received a contract to paint several large paintings for a Russian industrialist’s mansion. The paintings are done in oil and in full scale. However‚ Matisse considered the painting only a rough draft. Paragraph 2 In Matisse’s painting‚ Dance I‚ the bodies are outlined and there is very little detail. The painting looks thrown together and free. The bodies do not seem to be under any forces‚ psychologically or physically. Each

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    2.Oil painting‚ life-size portrait painting and the use of perspective 3. The history paintings dramatise and recreate various episodes of British imperial history. These paintings celebrated the British—their power‚ victories and supremacy. One such painting is the one shown below. The discovery of the body of Sultan Tipu by General Sir David Baird‚ 4 May 1799‚ painted by David Wilkie This painting‚ like most imperial history paintings‚ aims to project the superiority of the Britishers over

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    of Painting Modern art was a reaction to the rigid style set by traditional French institutions. Modern styles emerged starting in the 1860s and continued through the 1970s. This type of art refers to styles of painting that eschewed realism and past traditions. Instead‚ its focus is on experimentation with various materials and styles. The following are some of the popular styles that reflect the spirit of the modern art movement. 1. Abstract Art Abstract art refers to a style of painting that

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    Cave paintings were the first forms of art. These paintings first appeared around 31‚000 years ago. The oldest one known is in the El Castillo cave in Spain. This is not a very well-known cave‚ even though I think it should be. The Chauvet‚ Altamira‚ and Lascaux are the most common caves. Cave art is very interesting and has created multiple theories. The first theory of the purpose of this new outburst was just a way to be decorative. I don’t think that is the sole reason for

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    art Presentation Chinese painting and calligraphy * Introduction: Chinese art So‚ my topic is Chinese painting and calligraphy. Since the topic is extremely large‚ I have chosen to focus on the evolution of both disciplines from their origins to the 13th century (the dates for this semester). But in this chronological presentation‚ I would like to emphasize also on the main principles‚ techniques‚ and methods. My purpose here is to show you how Chinese painting and calligraphy‚ despite

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    IV/ Written work: 2. Waiting for the Shop to Open Waiting for the shop to open (1943) is a painting by L. S. Lowry. Laurence Stephen Lowry was an English painter and became well-known for his oil paintings of industrial and urban landscapes of the North of England in the mid-20th century. The scene of the painting takes place in a street which is in front of a greengrocer’s shop called “fish and fruit”. Furthermore‚ the number of the street‚ 117‚ on the door’s shop was the same as Lowry’s house:

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