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    spin on the stereotype to give a more uplifting message. Motley is commended for his vibrant palette‚ through vibrant color and flowing shapes‚ along with his dazzling effects of the skin tones and apparel‚ his art is able to go beyond just being a painting alone‚ and embody the inner emotions and feelings of the characters. Motley’s art is aimed to capture the people’s movement‚ energy‚ and soul. Out of many African American artists‚ Motley was one of the most successful

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    was meant to "imitate nature justly" and make "paintings feel alive" (Dolce 138). If I am interpreting the readings correctly‚ it seems as if the "debate" between Venetian color and Florentine design was whether to imitate or correct the natural in painting. This regional difference has been mentioned in prior readings‚ where we have learned that very realistic paintings were highly valued within Venetian society‚ such as Titian’s lifelike portraits.

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    American artist who exhibited during the 1970s. Technically‚ you are looking at Big Self Portrait (1968) – a painted self-portrait of the artist. The original version of the picture measures just less than nine square metres‚ and in it Close’s eyelashes and pores are individually visible. Close worked in a technique that came to be known as ‘photorealism’‚ in which artists produced astoundingly life-like paintings‚ that presented ‘reality’ as closely as photographs could. Where the modernists had exalted

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    Hombre Controlando el Universo (The Man Controller of the Universe) This painting by Diego Rivera was started in 1933 for the Rockefeller Center in New York. He was asked to paint a mural on the second floor in the Palace of Fine Arts. John Rockefeller wanted this painting to get people to stop and think. Rivera included a portrait of Vladimir Lennon in the mural which upset Rockefeller. He asked Diego to remove the picture of Lennon and add one of Abraham Lincoln. Diego refused to do so. When

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    Susan Kern Painting Analysis 1 Willem Kalf (1619–1693) Oil on canvas 86.4 x 102.2 cm Still Life with Drinking-Horn of St. Sebastians Archers’ Guild‚ 1653 National Gallery http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/upload/pdf/notes_stuff-of-life.pdf (Enlarge the link to see detail) Just a bit about the artist Willem Kalf‚ he was a Dutch artist in mid-1700’s who was known for painting called ’Pronkstilleven’ in Dutch‚ meaning ‘ostentatious still life’. He used lavish objects for his paintings that were

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    could make more or less visible the color of the underlying layers. Even the dark background is painted over a black base; Vermeer has then applied a final green translucent glaze that time has long darkened. Two of the most important elements of the painting by Vermeer are the pearl earring and headdress girl‚ consisting of a yellow cloth held in place by a strip of blue cloth that surrounds the front. The yellow-green jacket is painted so summary that is not easy to distinguish the tissue in which it

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    There is the painting of “The Last Supper” which was an emotional yet interesting version of events in history as we know it and he portrayed it very well to show the leadership and authority Christ had over individuals who believed. He was an early-renaissance artist that was not only a painter he was also an architect and he incorporated anatomically correct statues as well as still-life paintings and portraits of popular religious figures. Example 1: “Leonardo

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    Flemish and foreign citizens. Memling was known for his portrait work and depictions of the Virgin Mary. In his 1487 painting‚ named Diptych of Martin van Nieuwenhove‚ Memling combines both of his skills to create a painting that is similar to Campin’s Merode Altarpiece‚ done between 1425 and 1428. The many comparisons of these paintings show that the Northern Flemish paintings during the Early Renaissance held a persistent style‚ but Memling’s painting shows progressed style differences in his use of atmospheric

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    Similarly self pity is evident throughout time but is the manifestation of isolation due to an individual’s inability to maintain mental stability. Though written in different periods of T.S. Eliot’s life the poems ’The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock’‚ ’Portrait of a Lady’ and ’Preludes’ uses a variety of poetic devices to portray these thematic concerns. Through the portrayal of his numerous protagonists Eliot explores the effects of exclusion and its tendency for the individual to feel self pity. In the

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    Furthermore‚ Raphael mainly used warm colors in his painting. The colors were light and they created a serious tone for the scene. Some hidden interpretations might be disclosed through the use of color. For instance‚ one of the men in the center was dressed in red. Red demonstrates wisdom and power in the color theory. The use of red might symbolize the importance of the

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