Zoe Zucco Prof. Bertrand-Dewsnap Rembrandt’s Self-Portraits Assignment April 14‚ 2014 I chose 4 self-portraits of Rembrandt’s to discuss- his Self-Portrait in the Studio in 1628‚ his Self-Portrait with Saskia in 1635‚ his Self-portrait in 1658 and his Self-Portrait as Zeuxis in 1662. I chose these 4 because of their representation of how Rembrandt saw himself through the ages and how his style of painting evolved. In his first self-portrait in 1628 he shows himself in the background of the painting
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Formal Analysis of Rembrandt’s Self-Portrait‚ Aged 23 Self-Portrait‚ Aged 23 was painted by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) in 1629. The oil on wood work is on display in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. It was purchased in 1896 from Lt. Col. Sawyer through Bernard Berenson and has dimensions of 89.7 x 73.5 centimeters1. As the title implies‚ Rembrandt as a young man is the only figure in the portrait. He is set slightly off-center to the viewer’s left and his body is angled so
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Ryan Foley Humanities 101 Self Portrait Paper September 28‚ 2013 Born April 15‚ 1452 in the Tuscan hill town of Vinci‚ was born with no surname his full name being "Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci"‚ meaning "Leonardo‚ son of (Mes)ser Piero from Vinci." Little is known of Leonardo’s early up bringing besides him spending his first five years of life in the household of his father‚ grandparents and uncle‚ Francesco‚ in the small town of Vinci. His father had married a sixteen-year-old girl
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CULTURAL SELF-PORTRAIT AND REFLECTION By Manuel Chong Filipino-Chinese. That is what I am. The term “Filipino-Chinese” simply refers to a Chinese descent born and bred in the Philippines. Being a third generation Chinese in the Philippines‚ I did not grow up in a culture that is purely Chinese nor is it purely Filipino. The older generation of Filipino-Chinese is trying their best to pass on to the younger ones the traditional Chinese teachings which they acquired and learned from their ancestors
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The artwork I made for this self portrait project incorporates two approaches of both collage and drawing. It shows a composition of these massive figures of me. And each of them is making a different gestures. Composition is one of the most powerful elements that contribute to build my piece. This is an asymmetrical composition because it has similar visual weights in two sides. Figures in both two sides are filled with decorate tapes‚ each of them has different pattern. They all come together
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Adolescent Self Portrait BSHS/325 Adolescent Self-Portrait Paper Identify specific changes that tend to be the most striking and have the greatest effect on personality. Adolescent differs according to culture and takes place when an individual transitions from a child into adulthood. The term adolescent means “to grow in maturity “and it comes from the Latin verb adolescere. In our society‚ there is not a specific age when adolescent will begin‚ however it usually takes place around
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Adolescent Self-Portrait Paper March 4th‚ 2013 BSHS/325 "When they were young teenagers‚ most of the participants had fairly healthy behaviors. What’s really alarming is how rapidly healthy practices declined by the time the participants reached young adulthood." — Christine Bachrach ("Adolescence Quotes | Quotes about Adolescence"‚ n.d.). Adolescence is a time to dramatic change‚ challenges‚ and growth‚ it is a miraculous that anyone survives
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Self Portrait by Judith Leyster (1630) and Third-Class Carriage (1864) by Honore Daumier are the two paintings I will compare. Since both artists capture everyday life events‚ I will compare the similarities‚ while exhibiting their different styles related to different time periods. Judith Leyster was known for pictures of everyday life and portraits in her Baroque/Dutch Golden Age style artwork. As reported by Mind Edge‚ “The Baroque movement of the 17th and early 18th century was known for its
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art‚ especially self-portraits‚ expressing herself. And‚ most importantly‚ expressing her reality. All‚ that through definitely many of Kahlo’s paintings‚ she communicated a quite large part of it‚ in itself: Mexico. Of course‚ showing it was a shared reality by the Mexican people‚ who shared the basic main environments in her portraits. Talented with her craft based on her outlook‚ Kahlo was able to characterize and detail what primarily made each painting unique: the culture and self-individuality
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In Albrecht Durer’s Self-Portrait‚ made in 1500 using oil on wood panelling‚ we see that the artist regards himself as a great individual worthy of praise. Durer made this painting after he had visited Italy during 1494-95. There he was introduced to the "idealism" associated with art. He was also introduced to the concept that the artist was their own‚ independent creative genius. Durer represents himself as an idealized‚ Chirst-like figure. His pose is harshly frontal‚ looking directly at the viewer
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