In his painting The Lacemaker‚ Louis Valtat presents us with an image of a young woman working on a lace. The style of the painting reminds me of the impressionist paintings that were painted at a slightly earlier date. The painting has a lot of white in it from the dress‚ the wall‚ and the fireplace on the left side‚ but Valtat likes to mix in a bright yellow and red into this painting‚ mostly in the lace but also just scattered throughout the picture. The lacemaker is sitting down with the lace
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Edward Hopper (1882-1967) Edward Hopper grew up and lived in the inter-war period. He grew up in a well-off middle class family and decided he was going to be an artist as early as 16 years old (Smith‚ 1986). His parents supported him however pushed him towards commercial art because it had more promise and structure. He first attended the New York School of Illustrating but later transferred to the New York School of Art in 1900. At this school he worked under artists who influenced him to
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mathematically rigorous‚ precise‚ controlled‚ logical‚ and rational. Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawing No. 681 is one of the examples of analytical line. (Sayre‚ 2010). Expressive lines are less logical‚ free‚ loose‚ and somewhat out of control. Vincent Van Gogh’s painting “The Starry Night” is an example of art using expressive lines. (Sayre‚ 2010). Generally‚ analytical lines are very precise and very logical. The characteristics of the analytical lines are more closely associated with a male form while expressive
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On A Portrait Of A Deaf Man. Structure and language Form This poem is an elegy. Structure This poem is eight stanzas written in ballad metre. Lines one and three also have more beats in them than lines two and four. (If you want to get a bit more technical‚ one and three are tetrameters‚ two and four trimeters! Tetrameters have four stresses‚ trimeters have three stresses). Sound As a reminder of ballad metre‚ think of the Christmas carol O Little Town of Bethlehem. Using ballad metre means
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Candida showed Bitoy the painting of their father‚ the splendid masterpiece painted by their father for them‚ the strange thing about the painting is that it shows the burning city of Troy‚ with a man carrying an old man‚ on which the two men represents their father‚ he is carrying himself also‚ and behind them is the burning city. It was magnificent as Bitoy described it‚ Candida then told him about the several media men and artist who visit and look at their father’s painting. Paula then asked if
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Institutionalization of the "fine arts” and the nature of academic instruction * The academy set the standard for what was art. * Very specific criteria * Only allowed to do History Painting: an event out of history‚ the bible‚ or mythology * Other than history – portrait‚ still lives‚ genre painting * Subject matter: history/mythology/politics * Studying in Rome was the high point of artistic development * Mengs‚ Parnassus‚ 1761 * Theme: the origin of poetry-
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Mark Rothko Mark Rothko is one of the important figures in the generation of painters. His work still draws attention to many people around the world. Born in Dvinsk‚ Russia (in what is now Latvia)‚ Marcus Rothkovich was the fourth child of Jacob Rothkovich‚ a well to do pharmacist and his wife Anna Rothkovich. As Russia was a hostile environment for Zionist Jews‚ Jacob immigrated to the United States with his two older sons in 1910‚ finally sending for the rest of his
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Building‚ would entail social‚ political‚ industrial‚ and scientific possibilities of the twentieth century. Rockefeller did approve Diego’s mural. However‚ Rockefeller did not approve Rivera’s tie in of communism. In the painting Rivera included a scene of a giant May Day Portrait of Lenin leading the demonstration. (A Russian
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artists. “The Music Lesson” a painting by Vermeer and “Las Meninas”‚ a painting by Velazquez‚ compare significantly but also share contrasted traits. While both “Las Meninas” and “The Music Lesson” are defined by their use of mirroring‚ light and realism‚ the fundamental differences of both works are outlined by the artists use of subject matter‚ room decor or set up and the shift in foreground and background reflection; using indirect and direct perspective. Both paintings express great contrast and
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was to Egyptians and that their paintings were very accurate to how they were living. Renaissance style art is classical and most known for their religious pieces. A characteristic Renaissance art had that Egyptian did not was mannerism. Mannerism in Renaissance art included unusual poses of figures and the body language. Compared to the Egyptian’s stiff style‚ Renaissance art contained much movement and was very soft to look at. Below is a mannerist painting. As you can see the poses seem strange
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