influential Italian poet‚ because he was striving for a different and more heartfelt way of singing poetry. His idea was that the text should reflect in the music on a deeper level‚ hence the concept of “word-painting” and also madrigalism. Madrigals were often written about pastoral or mythological ideas. Also‚ they were mostly homophonic‚ with a common 4 voice texture. A valid example of this first generation madrigal is “O bianco e dolce cigno” by Arcadely because of it’s use of word-painting‚ also
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thinking of me too. Well‚ I hope that if you are out there and read this and know that‚ yes‚ it’s true I’m here‚ and I’m just as strange as you.” ― Frida Kahlo “I paint flowers so they will not die.” ― Frida Kahlo “My painting carries with it the message of pain.” ― Frida Kahlo I am not sick. I am broken. But I am happy to be alive as long as I can paint. ― Frida Kahlo Really‚ I do not know whether my paintings are surrealist or not‚ but I do know that they are the frankest expression
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GHIBERTI 1378-1455 ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ARTIST Lorenzo Ghiberti was born in 1378 c.‚ in Pelago‚ Italy and died Dec. 1‚ 1455 in Florence. Ghiberti was an important early Italian Renaissance sculptor‚ whose doors (Gates of Paradise 1425-52) for the Baptistery of the cathedral of Florence are considered one of the greatest masterpieces of Italian art in the Quattrocento. Other works include three bronze statues for Or San Michele (1416–25) and the reliefs for Siena cathedral (1417–27). Ghiberti
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Chinese Painting is one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions in the world‚ it is also known in Chinese as Guohua. Traditional painting involves essentially the same techniques as calligraphy which is done with a brush dipped in black or colored ink. Compared with the western style of painting‚ oils are not used in Chinese Painting. Chinese paintings were usually painted on paper or silk; Traditional painting can also be done on album sheets‚ walls‚ folding screens‚ and other media. Chinese
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established the vienna session with the purpose of rising of level of the arts and crafts in austira through close ties to art nouveau. Today‚ they stand out as the more important paintings ever to come out of Vienna. The Kiss‚ painted in 1907-08 was a oil canvas‚ 180x180cm ‚ During his golden period‚ Its probably klimts most famous work. It depicts a couple‚ bound up in various shades of gold and symbols‚ sharing a kiss against a bronze background. The dusky featured man dominates the woman‚ holding
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Drawing to Painting ART/230 November 10‚ 2014 Berta Stead Drawing to Painting Just as writing needs a rough draft‚ painting needs a drawing before expressing his or her ideas through the final product. Brainstorming is imagination‚ and drawing is putting it all down on something a little more concrete. Through drawing‚ an artist can see what roams around in his or her mind. It is a way for a painter to understand his or her inspiration as well as a painter’s first connection with the subject. By
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In the period between 1943 and 1950 Italian cinema was dominated by Neorealism which became the most significant film style of post-war Europe. Formation began back in 1936 when propagandists opened modern Cincitta studios and the film school name ‘Centro Sperimentaledi Cinematografia’. Along with the opening of schools such as this was a movement that placed a group of cinematographers under full-year contracts‚ among them was Carlo Montuori who used his classic techniques in creating ‘Bicycle Thieves’
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Italian Architecture Abstract Nowadays‚ under the effect of industrial civilization‚ more and more modern cities choose towering skyscrapers as their landmark buildings‚ and tend to build in the city centers practical but tedious buildings‚ which made all the metropolis looks very similar. However‚ in Europe‚ a lot of countries committed to conserve their heritage of domestic old-style buildings. Among them‚ Italy acts as bellwether. This essay takes into consideration three typical masterworks:
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Italian Unification The Italian unification also called the Italian Risorgimento is the series of political and military events that led to a united Italian Peninsula under the Kingdom of Italy in 1861. The Italian Unification can be separated into five (5) stages. There was the Pre-Revolutionary‚ Revolutionary‚ Cavour’s Policy and the Role of Sardinia‚ Garibaldi’s Campaign in Southern Italy‚ and the creation of the Italian Kingdom. Before 1850 Italy was divided politically and was a battle ground
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Marie Curie Marie Curie was one of the most famous female scientists in history. She was born on November 7‚ 1867 in Poland during the Russian Occupation (“Madame Curie”). Madame Curie was the youngest out of five children. She was a bright child that loved to learn‚ and was always the top in her class. Her discovery of Polonium and Radium led her to be the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize. Madame Curie passed away at age 67 on July 4‚ 1934‚ due to over exposure to penetrating radiation
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