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    sacrifice‚ Jeanne Hebuterne‚ who was also a very talented young artist . She met Modgliani at her age of nineteen and they soon fell deeply in love. She was gentle‚ shy‚ quiet‚ and delicate and became a principal subject for Modigliani ’s art. His portraits of Jeanne show some real tenderness whereas many other depict subject to be impassive. Jeanne Hebuterne in Red Shawl illustrates the fact that she was tender and graceful. He was influenced by many artists such as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec‚ Paul

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    The political and the personal process in portraiture: Juno Gemes In Conversation— National Portrait Gallery‚ August 2003 Juno Gemes Hawkesbury River NB: Ms Gemes asks that this caution be brought to the attention of our readers: Warning: Please be aware that this article contains portraits and names of Indigenous persons no longer with us. [Editor] As an historian and as a filmmaker‚ I am struck by the strong historical significance of this exhibition…It reflects just what Senator Aden Ridgeway

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    Nefertiti Bust Analysis

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    which was during the new kingdom. The bust was created around 1340 BC. The crafter Thutmose created the bust in his workshop‚ but the reason why the bust was made is unknown. It’s assumed that it was made to be a model to be used as a base for other portraits. The Nefertiti bust has become a cultural symbol of Berlin as well as ancient Egypt. Nefertiti herself has become quite an icon. The technique the sculptor used was starting with a block of limestone which was the medium

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    wings and feathers are eliminated‚ the swell if the body is elongated‚ and the head and the beak are reduced to a slanted oval. b. Elongation Portrait Of Pablo Picasso Amadeo Modigliani Artist’s impression of painter Pablo Picasso upon meeting him at the first time in Paris. Tete Amadeo Modigliano Portrait Of Pablo Picasso Amadeo Modigliani In June 2010 Modigliani’s Tête‚ a limestone carving of a woman’s head‚ became

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    photography what it is today. Avedon used women as his subjects in imaginative portraits. These images impacted society because they showed women in a new light. His work had a hard influence on other photographers in the world because he set tone a new style. When walking into the exhibit‚ the first photo I saw was a colored close up of a woman from the neck up. Around the crown of her face was a florescent pink oval with the artists name written in bright green cursive. The model named Jean

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    actual locations in which the plot is centered‚ as well as‚ the atmosphere and metonymy used. In this work‚ there are locations used by Wilde to evoke a sense of horror and trepidation. One noted location is the room in which Dorian Gray conceals his portrait. This room‚ formally his play and study room as a child‚ was kept locked and not maintained. The only reason why this room was reopened by Dorian was to provide him with a place to hide the painting that displayed his soul. As we read‚ we can note

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    . Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472) rediscovered and made linear perspective popular. Although the principle of the linear perspective was found first by Fillipo Brunelleschi‚ Alberti disclosed and explained it in the book On Painting. Precisely Alberi explained mathematically what proportions of the objects’ size had to be used in linear perspective. Alberti was born in Genoa in the noble family‚ studied in Padua and Bologna‚ lived in Florence and Rome. Aside of working on linear perspective‚ Alberti

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    Portfolio ­ In my art project‚ I did a self portrait of myself where I had to show a little bit about my cutlure also. My face is black and white‚ but everything else is colored. My lips should be the first thing that people notice when they look at my work of art‚ they are painted red. The details on my lips make them actually look like my actual lips. I’m wearing a green button up that has these oval-ish shapes. In the background‚ I drew a Nicaraguan flag and the little

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    The Persistence of Memory

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    elaborately. Completed in 1931‚ The Persistence of Memory became one of his well-known paintings. This famous artwork is called “Dali ‘s hand painted dream photographs”‚ and it is simultaneously read as a painting depicting landscape‚ still life‚ and self-portrait. As I find curious in this abstract‚ I use many researches in reference book and Internet in order to look for the meaning of this picture so far. One interesting idea is about the melting watches that inspire randomly. In one hot August afternoon

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    sunken relief ‐ the backgrounds are not cut back and the points in highest relief are level with the original surface of the material being carved low/bas relief ‐ they are shallow high relief ‐ the forms stand far out from the background. sculpture‐in‐the‐round – is sculpture you can go around. subtractive process – the act of removing. Carving ‐ The technique of cutting and abrading the surface of a block of material to shape it into a particular form. additive process ‐The process of producing

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