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  • Roads And Highways
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    Because roads, streets, highways, boulevards, and freeways are an everyday part of our life, they understandably are part of our art. In the foreground or the background, they secure our art to reality, serve as symbols, or twist and turn in ways never dreamed by the imagination. Raymond Neher used roads and highways as his subject in many of his paintings. He began painting for his own benefit, because he "Enjoyed putting brush to canvas". Raymond George Neher was born in Orange, New Jersey on ...
  • David's Painting Career
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    Jaques-Louis David The story of modern art begins with Jaques-Louis David. He became a dictator of the arts and designed huge propagandas. He painted such pieces as, The Oath of the Horatii that was a claimed in Rome and a series of sensational paintings. David painted figures are parallel to the picture-plane. Each stroke of his brush or pencil occupies an unambiguously defined spatial position, which has won him the Prize of Prix de Rome [Canaday 7]. He marked the begining of French modern art...
  • Used Art As A Way
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    Essay written by Stephen San chagrin The Renaissance was "A revival or rebirth of cultural awareness and learning that took place during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, particularly in Italy", according to Art In Focus. It followed the Middle Ages, and was basically a time of the revival of learning after the Middle Ages, or Dark Ages, a time with little increase of ideas, inventions or developments. During the Renaissance, art was a branch of knowledge. It was a way to show God and his ...
  • Illusionistic Web Abstract Art
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    There are "Three Degrees of Subject Matter", known as representational, abstract, and nonrepresentational. Every piece of art can be classified into one of these. It might be a good idea when referring to a particular painting to state it's Degree of Subject Matter (Johnson). Representational or Naturalistic images in art look much like real images in the world (Gilbert 28). It is similar to a photograph (Johnson). Some artists use images refered to as illusionistic, meaning the images are so na...
  • Colours Throughout The Painting
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    The Artwork. ' Madam Matisse' is a rather famous portrait of Matisse's wife, and is a great example of a fauvist artwork, using many bold, bright and contrasting colours throughout the painting. This painting was created using oil and tempura on canvas; tempera being a glutinous water-soluble material such as egg yolk, which is added to painting medium. The paint has been applied in bold, thick and vigorous brushstrokes, in several layers, along with added texture. The green line in the centre o...
  • Colors In The Paintings
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    During my second time visiting the museum, I looked at paintings from the 15th and 19th centuries. Two of the art works that I choose is "The Story of Joseph" from the Renaissance period and "The Marketplace" from the modern art period. Both of these paintings were from different time periods but they were also very similar in content and style. The first pieces that I choose were from the Renaissance period. It is titled "The Story of Joseph" by Biagio d' Antonio. The card states that it is Ita...
  • Real Love For Renaissance Art
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    I have a real love for Renaissance art. The reason I chose this topic is because I took a class on art a freshman, and really enjoyed it. The book I read was 'The Art of the Renaissance. ' After the fall of the Western Roman Empire in about the 5th century A.D., Europe remained poor and in poverty until the 11th century. By then, Europe began to grow and flourish. While surrounding countries of Italy, such as France, Spain, and England were powerful centralized nations, Italy was still full of c...
  • Example Of Symbolic Art
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    The Importance of Art Throughout the ages art has played a crucial role in life. Art is universal and because art is everywhere, we experience it on a daily basis. From the houses we live in (architecture) to the movies we see (theatre) to the books that we read (literature). Even in ancient culture art has played a crucial role. In prehistoric times cave dwellers drew on the wall of caves to record history. In biblical times paintings recorded the life and death of Christ. Throughout time art h...
  • Beautiful Forms Of Art
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    Art is Hugs and Kisses In society today, we as citizens of the world have to face the day to day reality that coexisting with mother natures' natural beauty is a hate imposed ugliness. Every day we are force fed a horrible dosage of crime, hate, pollution, and bad attitudes that if not balanced out by beauty, would be to overbearing to partake. In my mind, art is everywhere. It's more than just paints and brushes. It's the way the dusk sky looks after a hard day, or a baby jerking their chubby l...
  • Contrast Of The Whole Painting
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    Salvador Dali was a very important Spanish painter. He was born on May 11, 1904 in Figueras, Spain. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid and was expelled from the academy for indiscipline reasons in 1923. He as also a sculptor, graphic artist and a jewelry designer. His unusual pictures made him one of the most publicized figures in modern art. Dali passed through many phases of art. He painted his art in Cubism, Futurism and Metaphysical painting, and he joined the Surrealists in 19...
  • Period Of Art
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    People from all eras have communicated what they value through art, architecture and style. This statement is obvious. The first example I will discuss is that of the ancient Egyptian society. Their society was one that was based upon death. Everything in their lives revolved around preparing themselves for the afterlife. Included in that is their paintings; they contained the entire figure of the human, making sure their was no limb left unseen, for fear that it would not be their in the after ...
  • Literalist Art
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    Michael Fried is one of the very prominent people of art of the 20th Century. In this essay we are going to evaluate some of his well-known works in order to figure out the answer to the question of why is duration considered to be so troublesome to the category of art-as-such for Michael Fried? The artist actually thought that duration has a very strong influence upon the perception of the artworks whether it is a novel story or a painting masterpiece. We may find the reasons to this assumption...
  • Same Form Of Art As Paul Delvaux
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    Paul Delvaux (1897-1994) Venus Asleep 1. What Does the art work look like describe it. This piece of art work in my opinion looks like a dream. The art work has a certain disoriented charm. It has mainly all dark colors and uses these dark colors to contrast with the light skin pigment of the people in the painting. The painting has a calm erotic nude lady sleeping on a very formal looking couch or day bed. If the picture is read as this ladies dream then it appears as if she were dreaming of de...
  • Importance Of Symbolism In Chinese Art
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    Chang Dai-Chien is known for his skill of imitating traditional Chinese historical artists. He borrowed techniques from the diversity of Chinese art. Upon my arrival at the gallery the atmosphere of ancient epoch created by the paintings presented at the art show impressed me very much. The atmosphere of a different era was utterly amazing considering the fact that Chang Dai-Chien was a modern painter. The brush paintings, seen at the exhibition, were very interesting for several reasons, howeve...
  • Jacques Louis David's Neoclassical Style Of Art
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    Art as an Influence During The French Revolution And Post Revolution The French Revolution (1789-1799) was not only a time for political and social changes, but also a place for art to develop and influence the revolution as well. Art was such an influential factor on the public that the paintings were able to change and strengthen the revolutionary movement. The artist's main focus before the revolution was romanticism, but Jacques-Louis David's neoclassical style of art was used as a method to...
  • Professor Kim Opinion In Korean Art Being
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    The Aesthetics of Korean Art First and foremost, I think Korean art is realized by its love for naturalness. In everything from architecture to everyday furniture and ornaments to paintings, this aspect of Korean aesthetism is shown. If you look at the furniture pieces made of wood from the Kory o and Chosen period, you can see that most of the furniture, except for some of the luxurious ones used in court, have their natural wooden texture to it, unlike the furniture or ornaments of China or Ja...
  • Modern Art Styles
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    Modern Art Essay Modernism refers to a series of successive art movements and the particular artistic tendencies that unite them. It also refers to the era that included the omission of previous art styles and a rebellion against the past. Van Gogh was a significant figure in the modernism era, as was Edouard Manet, who was considered to be the "Father of Modern Art" in his own right. Modernism began as a European phenomenon and its roots can be traced back to the romanticism and realism of the ...
  • Three Different Paintings By Andy Warhol
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    Andy Andy Warhol Andy Warhol Andy Warhol was considered a legend during his lifetime, as he brought thought to the everyday gossip and concepts of life. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1928 and studied at Carnegie Institute of Technology. After receiving his bachelor in fine arts he moved to New York City to become a commercial artist. In New York City he did work for the magazines Harper's Bazaar and Vogue. As he entered into the New York culture scene he began painting celebrity portraits. His ...
  • Northern Renaissance Style Of Painting
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    Art Critic – Arnolfini And His Bride Art Critic – Arnolfini And His Bride Art Criticism Essay Jan Van Eyck's "Giovanni Arnolfini and his Bride' An Essay by Joe Public Jan Van Eyck's painting entitled "Giovanni Arnolfinni and his Bride' was painted in 1434 in the Northern Renaissance style. It is incredibly detailed something that is typical of Jan Van Eyck's work and creates the illusion of depth, directional light, rich textures and outstanding likeness of particular people. The Nor...
  • Asher's Devotion To Painting
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    A ruling passion in an individual's life has the ability to demonstrate an effect on a person's life including the atmosphere surrounding them. In the novel My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Poto k, the author traces the making of a great painter from the time of Asher being an ordinary boy, to his response to his ruling passion, leading to his successful yet controversial exhibitions of being a distinguished painter. The book centers on the growing separation between Asher and his family and his co...

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