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    demonstrate the effects on art of the secularization of humanity through time. In temporal order from earliest to the most resent. Three paintings will be used to illustrate the progression from more to less pious forms of expression until the final expression of self-worship or what is commonly called humanism. The earliest work that will be discussed is a painting called Ghent Alarpiece. This oil on panel from ca. 1425-32 AD. by van Eyck consists of twelve panels‚ eight of them being hinged shutters

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    photography displaced painting. Evaluate the arguments for and against this position. * Arguments of Photography displaced painting For: * As technologies improve simultaneously‚ photography become more easy to use and common * In 19th Century when Camera Obscura improved‚ photography became a preferred alternative for portrait because it is less time consuming manner with minimal financial expenses. * A better documentation tool because photography is considered more real and accurate

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    the transitory can live. Henry Cleenewerck’s painting of the Chinese Fishing Village of 1880 has these qualities and Baudelaire would

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    “modern” techniques in order to apply more life like and three-dimensional characteristics to their paintings. Artists started to study human and animal anatomy in order to really understand how to best portray their subject in their painting. Despite the fact that in the article Painting and Experience in Fifth Century Italy‚ Baxandall would say that in the early renaissance paintings that were painted with higher quality and material were thought to be more valuable than an individual’s skills. The creation

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    The Significance of Word-Painting in John Keats’ Poetry Word-painting as one of Keats’ unique techniques of creating poems‚ is an art form of creating pictures in words. Each word‚ like the strokes of a brush on a canvas‚ shape an image that talks to the eyes. Word-painting‚ of course‚ reflects a poet’s attitude toward nature. Keats was not only the last but one of the sweetest romanticists. He was greatly affected by his solitude. Keats was mostly in the calm bosom of nature‚ far from the

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    Since the creation of the first language words have been used to signify our wants and needs. Words today have many different meanings and are used in abstract ways. “An abstract term is like a box with a false bottom; you may put in it what ideas you please‚ and take them out again without being observed (Tocqueville).” The first part of this quote is talking about how words are used to trick people into believing something or to tell a lie (“false bottom”). The word “ideas” in this quote means

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    This large painting by William Bouguereau depicts a scene from Dantes inferno. It is set on the banks of the river Styx which formed the boundary between earth and the under world. Dante is with Virgil who is his guide through the nine circles of Hell. The circles are concentric‚ representing a gradual increase in wickedness‚ and culminating at the centre of the earth‚ where the devil himself is held in bondage. This painting depicts Dante in the fifth circle which represents Wrath and sullenness

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    DOUGLAS B. SAMUEL AND THOMAS A. WIDIGER(2000). A comparison of obsessive–compulsive personality disorder scales. Department of Psychology‚ University of Kentucky. Lexington Department of Psychiatry‚ Yale University School of Medicine. Psychiatrists‚ psychologists‚ and social workers have conducted many studies gathering information on many disorders. Most of these disorders can be diagnosed using a variety of scales to measure the altitude of affectiveness‚ the disorders may have to the indvidual

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    Two Paintings from the Renaissance Period Introduction This paper will compare the themes found in the paintings "Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist and an Angel" by Domenico di Bartolomeo Ubaldini (Puligo) and "Madonna Enthroned" by Giotto. Both paintings deal with fables from the Christian faith but were executed during different periods in art. The Giotto painting was created around 1310 and the Puglio painting was executed between 1518 – 1520. Here‚ these two paintings have

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