REACTION PAPER: PAINTINGS As we enter the National Museum of the Philippines "Spoliarium" 1884‚ oil on canvas A National Cultural Treasure by Juan Luna surprise us upon entering the hall. The super- sized painting depicts dark hollow beneath the Roman arena referred as the Spoliarium where the bodies of slain gladiators are being dragged away for disposal. For Luna‚ the lifeless gladiators represent the Filipinos during the Spanish period. Across the Spoliarium is the stunning painting by Hildalgo
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Marcia Douglas Electricity Comes To Cocoa Bottom Electricity Comes to Cocoa Bottom takes the reader on a journey of light‚ from the flicker of the firefly in rural Jamaica‚ through the half-moonlight of the limbo of exile in the USA to the point of arrival and reconnection imaged by the eight-pointed star. It is also a journey of the voice‚ traversing back and forth across the Atlantic and across continents‚ pushing its way through word censors and voice mufflers and ending in tongues of fire
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The Lascaux cave paintings On September 12‚ 1940 in Dordogne‚ France‚ four men named Marcel Ravidat‚ Jacques Marsal‚ Simon Coencas‚ and Georges Agniel‚ came upon a long forgotten cave- Lascaux. The Lascaux cave‚ now a World Heritage site‚ has been called the Lascaux bestiary. A revolution occurred in the creation of art during the Upper Paleolithic Era in Europe. Beginning around 40‚000 B.C.‚ records shows that modern humans replaced Neanderthals and remained the only hominid inhabitants across
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Federal Trade Commission Protecting America’s Consumers 66 Ways to Save Money THIRD EDITION For most kinds of purchases‚ you can get valuable advice and comparisons on the Internet. Ask a librarian or friends which Internet sites they think are helpful‚ or you can use a search engine like Google or Yahoo. Be aware that information you find is often biased. At many websites‚ the only products or sellers listed are ones that pay to advertise. Before buying anything on the Internet‚ check several
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Sansui-ga is a form of Japanese monochrome landscape paintings‚ the preferred genre among Zen painters in the 14th-16th century. Sansui-ga painting is done in Chinese-inspired sumi-e or suiboku-ga‚ an ink wash painting style‚ which uses black ink in various concentrations. Gradations of ink are used to create a sense of light and shade‚ as well as modulated brushstrokes and lines to create a sense of volume and rhythm. (Parent) Vast landscapes on screens and sliding doors set a serene and contemplative
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Once I had written the dream‚ I thought about it trying to memorize minutiae‚ then I drew the landscape then I added more detail to give it a meaning. Afterwards I generated the colors according to the impressionist movement inspired by Mary Cassatt painting “Poppies in a field” and then I used them in a playful manner. I thought about what I wanted to paint‚ with the sense of the texture and the color‚ I mixed the palette‚ and then I filled in the objects. After that with different shades of the base
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cloth goes through about 20 washes. The specialty of Kalamkari paintings is that after the long tedious process‚ when the painting is completed‚ the finished products look rich. Even though the colours used are bright but the final look of the art is classy and not gaudy. The textile looks better and better with every wash; and the designs stand out even better next to the background.
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Electricity has had a huge impact on our lives since the day it was discovered. It has changed the way we do everything. Electricity is used today with everything‚ just think about how many things you use everyday that need electricity. Everything that being used in todays world is electricity from an iphone to the internet to a tv. There is a statement out there that says if all the worlds electricity was turned off for 24 hours the whole world would fall apart. This is true‚ for about 95% of everything
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ELECTRICITY I. DISCOVER OF ELECTRICITY About 600 B.C.‚ Thales‚ a Greek philosopher and scientist‚ observed that a piece of amber attracted small bits of “paper” or very thin wood shavings after it was rubbed with wool. He had discovered‚ in effect‚ static electricity. William Gilbert‚ an English scientist in the sixteenth century‚ found that many other different materials could be made to act like amber. Whenever these objects were rubbed against each other‚ they were able to attract each other
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ART 101 Week 5 Individual Painting Styles Resource: Appendix B Review pp. 504–518 in Ch. 20 & Ch. 21 of A World of Art View the Neoclassic piece The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries by Jacques Louis David‚ on the National Gallery of Art website‚ located in Appendix B. To access the piece‚ do the following: · Type The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries into the Search This Site box. · Click The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries. View
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