BAROQUE NATURALISM IN SPAIN: VELAZQUEZ The greatest master of Spanish painting and one of the greatest painters of the Baroque was Diego Velazquez. Inspired by the simple‚ realistic paintings of Caravaggio‚ his approach to art would fly in the face of the flamboyant trends in his day and go even further in the direction of “naturalism.” Surprisingly‚ when he was twenty-four‚ the honest realist was appointed the court painter to the king. More surprisingly‚ Velazquez succeeded in his new role without
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Not a lot of art works can be considered as masterpieces. Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez‚ a group portrait of the court of Spanish King Philip IV‚ is definately one of them. The painting represents Velazquez’s techniques‚ and is absolutely extraordinary and implies influences Velazques might has had. Also Velazquez had a deeper purpose in his mind when creating this masterpiece. He wanted to earn the title that can ensure him a high position in society. So‚ Velazquez had this desire for an aristocratic
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Omar Saibou Yarrow Mamout During slavery the Portuguese attempted to get rid of Islam in their country. The Portuguese used deportation and forceful baptism to get the job done. When entering Africa the Portuguese killed Islamic Natives from the area. After doing this they put up crosses in different locations and in mosques. Then they began to capture those left behind that were unable to fight. They wanted to take the unexpected humans and planned to
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stephen deadalus – artificer (fake – making own wings for freedom) and cunning‚ flying and freedom. Images of flight. Autobiographical novel – fiction and autobiographical at the same time. Early version of the novel was called stephen hero (bildingsroman) development of a character. (kuntsroman) art novel Joyce is Stephen (from a autobiographical point of view) autobiographical fiction. Stephen is a fictional version of Joyce. In respect of the school stephen went to. Leaving ireland eventually
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PLOT SUMMARIES OF ELEONORA Eleonora is about an unnamed narrator and his love life. The narrator lives with Eleonora‚ his cousin and his aunt. Their valley is isolated from others and no strangers ever enter it. The narrator only knows Eleonora‚ his aunt and the valley. This valley is named as the valley of the colored grasses and it is described as a paradise of fragrant flowers‚ fantastic trees‚ and a "River of Silence”. They live there together for fifteen years before they realize that love
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Reading Art: Understanding Iconographic I chose a painting from Jan Van Eyck‚ a Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife. This portrait hold a lot of symbolic meaning‚ and a lot of hidden symbols. The four roles that the artist Jan Van Eyck uses in the portrait ``The Arnolfini Marriage`` is faithfulness‚ purity‚ Loyalty‚ and love. In order to incorporate deeper meaning to his portrait Jan Van Eyck uses oil to paint this beautiful painting. The main message in this picture I believe is marriage
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I chose to look at Portrait of Isabella de’ Medici (Portrait of a Lady) for my formal analysis. It is thought to be from 1550-1565 and the artist is unknown. It is an oil painting on canvas in the NC Museum of Art. While viewing the photo there‚ I noticed the sharp contrast of light in the paining that is used to direct the eye to follow the lines at work‚ as well as the textures that play a part of the painting. The material is also important to the texture and contrast because the oil paint allowed
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Leonardo Da Vinci. It is said that the painting is a portrait of Lisa Gherardini the wife of Francesco Del Giocondo‚ but also could be portrayed as Da Vinci himself in female form. Researchers claim that Da Vinci used mathematical equations to create the painting such as‚ the golden triangle‚ golden ratio‚ golden rectangle‚ as well as many more. The golden rules of mathematics incorporated in the painting made it possible for Da Vinci to paint the half-length portrait‚ which allowed him to position half
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Dutch Golden Age landscape and seascape painting. A period in Dutch history generally spanning the 17th century‚ during and after the later part of the Eighty Years War (1568–1648) for Dutch independence. At that time‚ the Dutch republic was one of Europe’s most prominent states. It strength was manifest not only in politics and economics but also in the arts and sciences at Europe. II. Land‚ sea and sky paintings of the 17 century: Landscape painting was a major genre in the 17th century.
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and his gaze look at us. This particular Flemish painting became known only in the XVII century‚ so it is impossible to determine who was presented on it. Historians often say that this is a self portrait of the artist . Was it him?I would like to think so. However‚ this is not an allegation. The painting really has distinctive features self-portrait as depicted a man sits as if looking at himself standing in front of him mirror. Thus‚ the portrait deliberately given the similarity with reflection
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