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    the group. Degas became known for his description of his subjects‚ which included depictions of ballet dancers and woman bathing which portrayed the ‘Impressionist’ label of experimental and vivid use of color.1 As seen throughout many of his paintings‚ Degas consistently is seen to observe “laundresses‚ milliners and ballet dancers at work.”2 He employs in his artwork unusual perspectives and complex formal structures. His works‚ “Dancers‚ in Pink and Green” and “Woman Combing Her Hair” are

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    Liberty Leading the People Analysis Painting Analysis Ideas of freedom are represented in this painting (Liberty Leading the People‚ Eugene Delacroix) in many different ways. Freedom is represented very plainly in the title as Liberty means being free or being free from society. The woman wants her people to be free from the government and free from oppression. The image of the woman rising above the enemy in a powerful stance upon the body of her people represents freedom and liberty because

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    When you first look at the painting‚ you see the inside of a room but your eye is directed at a window with a tree outside. The image is a still-life painting‚ with the canvas oriented portrait-style. The artist is depicting a scene from his daily life. In the foreground‚ you see the inside walls of a room‚ with a woman petting a cat in the corner‚ and the background illustrates a tree through the window. The painting has been arranged in a way that the main focus - the window - takes up a large

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    He painted it in 1937 and it is considered a Surrealist painting depicting the horrors of war and one of his most moving works. The painting is 25 feet long and 12 feet high‚ it’s vivid and shocking imagery holds the viewer’s eyes. He used no color in the painting‚ only black‚ whites and grays. It grabs at the viewer to show the atrocities of war. The abstract bodies on the ground‚ the look of a mother weeping

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    months before returning home to England for more supplies. He made a series of paintings of indigenous people‚ plants and animals almost over seventy paintings. The purpose of his paintings he thought was to give the people back home an idea of what the new world was like. Despite the significance the watercolor paintings were not published until the twentieth century. Theodore De Bry made engravings on John Whites paintings so they could be printed in Thomas Hariot’s account of the journey. A second

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    I chose for my Italian Renaissance painting the Birth of Venus. It was painted by Sandro Botticelli‚ who lived from 1445 to 1510‚ with Tempera on canvas around 1484-86 and is currently located at the Galleria degli Uffizi‚ Florence. I chose for my Northern Renaissance painting the Arnolfini Wedding by Jan van Eyck‚ who lived from 1395 to 1441‚ Oil on oak panel of 3 vertical boards in 1434 and is currently located in the National Gallery‚ London. Botticelli uses a more two dimensional

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    Painting number one is titled “Boundless”. The artist is Steve Hanks. He is one of the best watercolor artist in the United States. The painting is a hand painted watercolor painting. Hanks was an artist who loved women and children. He painted them with such a tender caring-ness. Hanks grew up in Southern California. Hanks felt like the ocean made strong and lasting impression on him growing up. After high school Hanks went to the Academy of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Than he transferred to the

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    Kollwitz was a German expressionist‚ she was born in Germany‚ during the 1920’s Europe was hit really hard by the World War. The horrors of the World war impacted European artists a lot. Their artworks were now much darker than they were before. The painting BROT! by Käthe-Kollwitz shows two young children pulling on their mother and asking for food. The mother looks very distraught and saddened. This artwork was created during the world war by Kathe as an anti-hunger statement. Kathe used no color

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    In several spots on the painting‚ the audience can see a bull and a horse. I believe there is a deeper meaning as to why there are animals in Picasso’s work. I think the animals represent humans and animals intertwined on this planet. Picasso could have thought that animals and

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    that was admired by art lovers all over the world (Brown & Velázquez‚ 2008). His painting “Las Meninas”‚ translated to simply mean maids of honor is a painting that gives the viewers a glimpse into the lives of the royal family. Velazquez had worked closely with the royal family at the court of Philip IV. This was the center of power during the time of the artist worked on his painting (Stratton-Pruitt‚ 2003). The painting was hailed by many as a masterpiece that was able to explore the power relations

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