anti war mural and a reminder of the tragedies of war. It offers a visual account of the chaotic and devastating impact of war during the Spanish Civil War. It was painted by the cubist Spanish artist‚ Pablo Ruiz Picasso in 1937. The name of the painting "Guernica" refers to a small country town located in the North of Spain which was bombed by the German Luftwaffe‚ under the direction of Adolf Hitler. The bombing was a trained mission designed to test the new weapons. The village was the hub of
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is studying the art elements such as line‚ shape‚ color‚ texture‚ mass and composition; not the story. These elements make up the expression‚ content and meaning of the piece of work chosen. In this particular chosen piece of artwork‚ Ilya Repins’ painting‚ They Did Not Expect Him‚ depicting a story about the return of an exiled convict‚ there are numerous artistic elements and clues in the artists chosen form which convey meaning to the reader. Right off the bat‚ the first object that grabs my eye
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would not be as successful as it is. This can be seen in Gomez’s painting‚ “Beverly Hills Housekeeper.” Here‚ a “foreign” woman has infiltrated the home or domestic
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Girl with a Pearl Earring Johannes Vermeer’s painting Girl with a Pearl Earring is a display a girl and a completely empty dark background. The girl is disconnected from an identity there is no inclination as to who she is but Vermeer has painted some visual signs that could conjure up a hypothesis of what the girl is representing in the painting. The title of the painting Girl with a Pearl Earring immediately brings attention to the pearl earring. The pearl earring elegantly dangles’ slightly below
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On painting Summary and Analysis The selection from Leon Battista Alberti’s On painting is mainly divided into 5 paragraphs numbered 25 through 29. Just as the title suggests‚ the text deals with the art of painting and its virtues. It talks about the benefits painting offers to the artist and why they are valuable‚ as well as showing the importance a work of art gives to the object being painted. While referring to many examples in history‚ Alberti also compares painting to the other “crafts”
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“Eiffel Tower” I’m going to critique a two- dimensional piece of art. This is a painting called “Eiffel Tower” and the artist is Robert Delaunay. It is a French painting painted in 1924. The media is oil on canvas. It was a gift to the Dallas Museum of Art from the Meadows Foundation‚ Incorporated in 1981. This painting consists of mostly curved and diagonal lines. The curved lines appear in the upper left quadrant where it forms a circular park that is broken into four sections. The curved
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misinterpret the Blue Horse I as representational. However‚ Franz Marc’s oil painting cannot be: representational because although the viewer can tell there is a horse in the painting‚ but horses cannot be blue; nonrepresentational because the image refers to something in the natural world; or realism because this painting is not something we actually see on top of the hills. The artist painted a horse and anyone who looks at the painting will‚ without a doubt‚ know it is a horse. In addition‚ a viewer can
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2.Oil painting‚ life-size portrait painting and the use of perspective 3. The history paintings dramatise and recreate various episodes of British imperial history. These paintings celebrated the British—their power‚ victories and supremacy. One such painting is the one shown below. The discovery of the body of Sultan Tipu by General Sir David Baird‚ 4 May 1799‚ painted by David Wilkie This painting‚ like most imperial history paintings‚ aims to project the superiority of the Britishers over
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The Small Boats‚ Houses oil painting art piece was painted by Jennifer Bartlet on 1987 (B.1941). The original painting Is 118 in. x 168 in. x 2 in. and is currently being displayed as part of the Contemporary Art Collection in the Orlando Museum of Art. The artist uses several interesting art elements in this two dimensional piece. To begin with‚ the space within this painting plays a major role when visualizing both pieces of the painting. For instance‚ on your left side the viewer is allowed
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Every morning when I walk by my family’s dining room‚ I see a beautiful painting. It has many colors that all work so well together. There is a mix of pink‚ green‚ blue‚ red‚ and orange. It is an abstract art piece. The artist of the painting is named Pamela Munger. She was an English teacher who showed her creativity while teaching. Being a teacher grew her passion for art‚ so she began to start painting. She mainly uses acrylic paint. She also uses brushes and palette knives. Pamela and her husband
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