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    Art Enhances Our Environment

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    Art Enhances Our Environment Ask me what art is and I could give you at least a hundred different answers. That is how wide art can be. It is the same as our environment‚ vast and unpredictable. I chose this purpose of art because I love how art gives more “touch” to a certain environment. Our environment is already stunning‚ art makes it `more striking. But what really amazes me in this certain purpose of art is how artists make people interested in their works by going beyond the easel. They associate

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    as saying ‘ Genius is eternal patience” which he proved since it took him four and half years to complete the Sistine Chapel (blech). When Michelangelo was done‚ the project would be greater than what the Pope originally asked him for and would be considered a masterpiece. His extraordinary paintings in the chapel contained over 300 powerful and dramatic figures. However‚ the Sistine Chapel was much more than just beautiful works of art because hidden among the frescos were philosophical thoughts and

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    Art is contemporarily defined as the product or process of deliberately arranging symbolic elements in a way that influences and affects the senses‚ emotions‚ and/or intellect. It encompasses a diverse range of human activities‚ creations‚ and modes of expression. The renaissance is the rebirth of classicism; classicism comes from the ancient Greece and Rome; they portray art to captivate perfection‚ harmony and order. Italian High Renaissance artists achieved ideal of harmony and balance comparable

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    1. Nayip Puente-N 2. Art History II‚ 1304‚ 12-Week Session 3. Essay #1 Section 1: DESCRIPTION Part 1 of The Videotape #3 entitled The Early Renaissance Italy; depicts the Masaccio’s Holy Trinity (1425-1427). This work of art is painted in fresco in the Dominican Church of Santa Maria Novella‚ in Florence‚ Italy. This is one of the first paintings to depict deep space‚ uses one-point linear perspective to create a “tromp l’oeil” (French for "deceive the eye" ) or an effect that fools the

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    We Can Do It

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    Autumn Gabrielson Image Analysis WBIS 019 Professor Deering 11/5/12 We Can Do It! “All the day long whether rain or shine‚ She’s a part of the assembly line‚ She’s making history‚ working for victory‚ Rosie the Riveter.” These are a few lyrics from Redd Evans and John Jacob Loeb’s “Rosie the Riveter” song. This song came out in 1942‚ and was the first time the term Rosie the Riveter was used. Representing the women who worked in factories during WWII‚ Rosie is a cultural icon of the U.S. Many

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    School of Athens Fresco

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    Oil painting - The School of Athens (after Raphael) Object: Oil painting Place of origin: Rome‚ Italy (painted) Date: 1752-1755 (painted) Artist/Maker: Mengs‚ Anton Raphael‚ born 1728 - died 1779 (artist) Raphael‚ born 1483 - died 1520 (after‚ artist) Materials and Techniques: oil on canvas Credit Line: Given by the Duke of Northumberland‚ 1926 Museum number: P.36-1926 Gallery location: In Storage Public access description Anton Raphael Mengs (1728-1779) was born in Bohemia now Czech Republic

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    of colorito‚ forms don’t have to be Leonardo looks down on Michelangelo because of the harsh contours‚ color choices with the lack of shading. 2. Who was Julius II and what did he want artistically? What is the meaning of Michelangelo’s Sistine Ceiling? What is the special nature of Michelangelo’s figure style? 3. What was the Stanza della Segnatura and what did Raphael represent there? How and why did Raphael present his self-portrait in the School of Athens? How did Raphael engage with

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    Michelangelo

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    visit the Sistine Chapel. This occurrence was a once in a lifetime experience where I fell in love with the gorgeous architect and beautiful paintings by one of the most admired artists‚ Michelangelo. Michelangelo was known throughout his years as one of the best. He was ordered to not only paint the Sistine Chapel‚ but also to make Pope Julius II tomb. For almost three years‚ Michelangelo painted these most significant artworks on the ceiling and west wall behind the altar. The ceiling portrays

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    Disegno and Colore

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    Disegno and Colore Painting in the 16th Century Venice was still caught up in a regional debate which pitted the idea of colore against the much more formal emphasis on disegno. This held sway in the rival Florence. By exploring this philosophical and provincial debate‚ I have drawn contrasts between the use of colour and outline in selected works by Michelangelo and Titian. I have also looked at to what extent are these attitudes to materials reflective of the social and spatial conditions in

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    painted the Sistine chapel ceiling between 1508 and 1512‚ it was requested by pope Julius the second that Michelangelo would paint the ceiling of the chapel to help Rome rebuild its self to its former glory. One off the most famous sections of the Sistine chapel is ‘the creation of Adam’ it is thought to illustrate the narrative from the biblical book genesis in which god breaths life into Adam. This is an example of religious‚ and political ideologies‚ because the Pope Julius wanted the ceiling to promote

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