What was unusual about the oval portrait? a) The oval portrait was so unusual because it had been hidden in the dark near the bedpost. The painting is of a young girl who looks like she is about to become a woman. The painting startled the narrator because it looks so real that he almost thought the girl was in front of him in real life. 3. What did the gentleman find out about the portrait from the book he had found? a)The gentleman read about the portrait in the book he had found in the
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The Slavenka Drakulic essay “He Would Never Hurt a Fly” is about a young man named Goran Jelisic‚ a Bosian Serb‚ who is on trial for executing thirteen prisoners in a Breko police station and Luka prison camp in 1992. Drakulic portrays Jelisic as a handsome young man with a “serene face‚ lively eyes‚ and [a] big reassuring grin… the kind of person who would give up his seat‚ on a street car‚ for an invalid to sit down (1117). Drakulic is surprised that the man with such boyish features could be
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Francis Bacon - The Portraits Francis Bacon was born in Dublin‚ Ireland to English parents. When F. Bacon grow up and was more independent he then travelled to Berlin were he spent most of his time there. He then moved onto Paris‚ before returning to London and starting out as an interior designer. Bacon never attended art school; he only began his work in watercolours about 1926 – 27. An exhibition of works by Pablo Picasso inspired him to make his first drawings and paintings. The influence
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Christian Gutierrez Dr. Wendy Slatkin ART 213 19 November 2012 The Portrait of Marten Looten There have been many great artists throughout the history of mankind. World famous and household names such as Leonardo da Vinci‚ Michelangelo‚ and Picasso may be the first to come to mind. However there is one artist who perhaps surpasses the aforementioned names in terms of technical skill; a man who is incredibly proficient in the fields of painting and especially etching; a man who’s work symbolizes
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Ryan Foley Humanities 101 Self Portrait Paper September 28‚ 2013 Born April 15‚ 1452 in the Tuscan hill town of Vinci‚ was born with no surname his full name being "Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci"‚ meaning "Leonardo‚ son of (Mes)ser Piero from Vinci." Little is known of Leonardo’s early up bringing besides him spending his first five years of life in the household of his father‚ grandparents and uncle‚ Francesco‚ in the small town of Vinci. His father had married a sixteen-year-old girl
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Formal Analysis of Rembrandt’s Self-Portrait‚ Aged 23 Self-Portrait‚ Aged 23 was painted by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) in 1629. The oil on wood work is on display in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. It was purchased in 1896 from Lt. Col. Sawyer through Bernard Berenson and has dimensions of 89.7 x 73.5 centimeters1. As the title implies‚ Rembrandt as a young man is the only figure in the portrait. He is set slightly off-center to the viewer’s left and his body is angled so
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A Portrait of Mona Lisa Courtney Wilder ENG121: English Composition I Prof. Laloni Christenson July 22‚ 2013 A Portrait of Mona Lisa Art is a traditional work that is painted in many different pattern of objects. Many people create portraits of art as an expression of how they feel. In the modern world‚ art is shown in different cities‚ subways‚ parks and etc. The greatest art was created in the early century and was called a masterpiece. This portrait was
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realism movement‚ his Portrait of Marevna c. 1915 is vulnerable to the assumption of being an outlier to Rivera’s more well-known style and to the reduction of being merely evidence of experimentation. Though Portrait of Marevna cannot be linked at first glance to the politically charged‚ indigenismo-influenced work he created during the Mexican Mural Movement of the 1920s‚ inklings of this era are present within the portrait’s construction. This paper explores how Portrait of Marevna
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Portrait of Augustus as General Roman portraiture was one of the most significant periods in the development of portrait art. The characteristics of Roman portraitures are more modest‚ realistic‚ idealized‚ and natural. Also‚ the body compositions‚ muscles and facial expressions of portraits and sculptures are more advanced. Many roman portraits are directly linked to specific individuals‚ such as gods and emperors. They were often used for propaganda purposes and included ideological messages
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“A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino” Nick Joaquin Act I ”Bitoy Camacho‚ an old friend of the Marasigans‚ pays them a visit one afternoon after many years of absence. He is greeted by the two daughters of Lorenzo Marasigan‚ a famous painter‚ who in his declining years has been living in isolation and abject poverty. Recently‚ he finished his latest and perhaps last major work of art‚ a painting he entitled Portrait of the Artist as Filipino. The sisters Paula and Candida welcome Bitoy. They
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