Why do artists make self-portraits? Why would someone take the time to create a work of art that merely resembles themselves? To answer this‚ one must understand the famous artists of the past‚ both visual and literary. When analyzing a self-portrait‚ one notices that it often goes beyond the visual characteristics of the author. Minute details that can be easily overlooked frequently delve into the artist’s personality and can sometimes make the viewer look deeper into themselves. To answer
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Art & Design - Expressive Essay – Paintings In this essay I will be looking at three different styles of paintings; two paintings from the famous Vincent Van Gogh and one from the artistic Maurice Vlaminck. I will talk about the seven visual elements – texture‚ shape‚ colour‚ tone‚ line‚ pattern and form - and if they are used in each painting. Also I will talk about the brushwork and if they use small brushstrokes or large brushstrokes. These three paintings are all different and show different
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Patriarchal society and its effect on language and literature. Patriarchy as an ideology: Pam Morris‚ in her book Literature and feminism has defined ideology in two ways. The first is that ‘ideology’ is a consciously held system of beliefs which people knowingly choose or reject‚ like a religion. The second definition says that an ideology is used to refer to the way we perceive reality. The second term rests on the assumption that as we enter society‚ we absorb and assume its perceptions
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loan where interest must be paid monthly‚ and the quoted annual rate is 8 percent. Bank B will charge 9 percent‚ with interest due at the end of the year. What is the difference in the effective annual rates charges by the two banks? 2. In 1889‚ Vincent Van Gogh’s painting‚ “Sunflowers”‚ sold for $125. In 1987 it sold for $36 million. Had the painting been purchased by your great-grandfather and passed on to you‚ how much would your average annually compounded rate of return have been—n=98. 3
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Compare/Contrast of Monet’s Grainstack(Sunset) and van Gogh’s The Sower In this essay I will compare and contrast two paintings. The first is Grainstack (Sunset)‚ painted by Claude Monet in 1891. The second is The Sower‚ which was painted by Vincent van Gogh in 1888. Both paintings were painted around the same time and are very similar in style and subject‚ but their differences illustrate the change that was happening from the Impressionist to the Post-Impressionist movement. Just beginning
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HEADGIRL’S REPORT Each year the school gives aspiring and deserving students an opportunity to lead the school towards excellence in everything it does and in the process it brings out the best in us. A golden tradition indeed this has been‚ to nurture the genius of young adults. It feels good and gives tremendous satisfaction when we look back and see that‚ together‚ we have been able to make a difference and made our alma mater proud that is demonstrated through many shining achievements and
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Van Gogh Essay In this essay I am going to discuss Vincent Van Gogh and post-Impressionism. Vincent Willem van Gogh (March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch post-Impressionist painter whose work‚ notable for its rough beauty‚ emotional honesty and bold color‚ had a far-reaching influence on 20th-century art. After years of painful anxiety and frequent bouts of mental illness‚ he died aged 37 from a gunshot wound‚ generally accepted to be self-inflicted (although no gun was ever found). His work was
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Dutch village. His full birth name was Vincent Willem van Gogh He was the oldest child of 6. Little is known about his early education At the age of 15 with his family facing financial hardship‚ The museum thing did not work out‚ as I found out most of his jobs Van Gogh’s father was a pastor so leaning on his religious upbringing he decided He failed at romance‚ failed at finances and finally committed suicide. So why is he so important? Vincent was a self taught artist that used the
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Vision of the future For many years‚ science fiction writers have challenged readers with visions of the future and future society. These authors offered an insight into what they expected man‚ society‚ and life to be like at some future time. One could divide their visions of future into two main streams: an apocalyptical one‚ with the degradation and demoralization of our society‚ and a utopian world‚ where our civilization turns into a highly conscious and developed one‚ and people live in
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Styles of Art Abstract -- Cubism -- Expressionism -- Fauvism --Impressionism -- Pointillism -- Pop Art -- Postimpressionism Primitivism -- Realism -- Surrealism THE STYLE >> Abstract Abstract artists felt that paintings did not have to show only things that were recognizable. In their paintings they did not try to show people‚ animals‚ or places exactly as they appeared in the real world. They mainly used color and shape in their paintings to show emotions. Some Abstract art is also
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