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Victorian Use Of Color
1,913 wordsVictorian Life Through Color The use of color in Victorian literature and art has gone far beyond simple description to form it's very own sort of diction. Whether reading Victorian prose or looking at a Pre-Rapaelite painting one is drawn in and deeply affected by the arrangement and combination of it's colors. In the two of these mediums, each color is both powerful and used precisely either to represent a trait or emotion or to compliment other colors to form a greater representation of an id...
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Look In The Painting
1,143 wordsPicasso vs. Perugino The Painting Of The Female The Picasso and the Perugino paintings in the art book are in no way really similar; they are infact very different aside from the fact that the main piece of the painting is a female. The colors used in Picassos Weeping Woman are a lot of Brights. But the colors in Peruginos The Virgin and Child with Saints uses nice colors, neither bright nor dull but there are many different colors in both of the paintings. I feel as though that there is much mo...
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Blue And Green Landscape The Landscapes Painting
528 wordsChinese Painting Genres Painting Featuring Taoist, Monk and Supernatural This kind of painting described the figure of Taoist, Buddist, ghost or supernatural in legend. Painting Featuring Aquatic Animals This kind of painting described the figure of aquatic animals, such as dragon or insect, etc. Male This kind of painting described the figure of man. It was corresponded with Painting Court Lady. Painting Featuring Birds and Animals This kind of painting described the figure of bird. Court Lady ...
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Bevy Of Warm Colors In Open Window
817 wordsThe Views from Matisse's Windows The menagerie of emotions that Henri Matisse evoked in his paintings spanned from enchanted enthusiasm to somber contemplation. In his paintings, Open Window and French Window, the artist depicted two vastly different views from possibly the same window, each nearly opposite in value, yet both impetuous in color. Various research studies have explored the psychology of color and have found that humans do relate color with emotion instinctively. One such study fou...
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Regnault's Automedon With The Horses Of Achilles
817 wordsRegnault's Automedon with the Horses of Achilles Henri Regnault's Automedon with the Horses of Achilles looms large in the East wing of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts. The painting is over ten feet by ten feet in area and is truly spectacular. It is impossible to miss this massive work of art when walking through the hall. The painting is encased by a beautiful wooden frame and hangs in between many other outstanding paintings. This paper will cover a description of the paintin...
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Picasso's Paintings
354 wordsThe Mystery of Picasso The strokes, the marks, the black, the white, and of course the colors-amazing! Pablo Picasso was a true genius in his artwork. I have always thought of Picasso as a great canvas painter, but in this video he proved and exceeded my expectations in being able to work with anything and everything on a very tight schedule set by the camera man. Art should not have such strict settings, especially when they are placed on an artist of Picasso's stature. In The Mystery of Picass...
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Kiefer's Paintings Of March Heath
963 wordsAnselm Kiefer was born in Donaueschingen, Germany on March 8, 1945. In later years he became one of the most prominent figures in the Neo-Expressionist art movement. He studied law at the University of Freiburg until 1966. In 1966 he became an artist and was a student of Joseph Buys who is another German artist (Sara pg. 139). In the painting March Heath Kiefer uses a variety of color. However the color's that are used are dark colors and earth tone color. The center of this painting is the road...
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Virgin Mary Paintings
1,122 wordsThe Assumption of the Virgins I walked through the halls of the Art institute, I saw many paintings and sculptures. One painting that stood out the most was called, "The Assumption of the Virgin", by El Greco. As I stood in front this huge painting I was trying to figure out what was going on in the painting. Right away I could tell that oil was used to paint this portrait because there was a shine on the painting. I refused to read the description of the painting until I came to a conclusion. I...
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Painting Captures A Moment In Time
349 wordsThe Swing by Pierre Renoir The impressionist movement started when Claude Monet and other artists held an exhibition in Paris in 1874. People like Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Pierre Renoir, Camille Pissaro created their most important work between 1870 to around 1910. The critics gave the exhibition the worst reviews possible. "The critics considered Impressionist paintings an insult to viewers because they were expected to accept apparently unfinished art as a 'real' painting". The name was take...
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Color Dominance And Unity
607 wordsIn this research I would like to choose the painting of the world famous and one of the most expensive artists Picasso, Woman with Stiletto. This painting is actually also called The Death of Marat. Marat was one of the historical figures during those times. So now let us try to apply the major principles of design in evaluating this masterpiece. Principles of design actually involve the manner in which artists and designers put together virtually everything they create. According to my mind thi...
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Similar To The Dutch Genre Paintings
1,573 wordsDuring this last semester I enjoyed learning about the Dutch and their ideas within their artworks. The best part of the Dutch artwork is the genre paintings. These paintings are like a story or a picture book that show's the lifestyle of the people during that period. These paintings depicts their environment, entertainment, lifestyle, cloths, work, and society; in other words the everyday life style. The two paintings which I have chosen are Dutch paintings from the 17th century. These two pai...
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Renoir's Color Range On The Painting
913 wordsPierre Auguste Renoir was a late nineteen- century French impressionist painter whose works were often ridiculed throughout his life, because of his sensuous celebration of women and nature. He was considered to be one of the most famous artists of his generation, due to his representation sensuality and pleasure in his paintings. When his paintings were first exhibited, they were considered to be shocking and culturally taboo, however after time society became more accepting of Renoir's style a...
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Bright Colors Of His Painting
1,599 wordsGainsborough, A Story of a Painter and an Era To be able to appraise the originality of eighteenth century English art, one must recognize its importance in history. A great painter to research is Thomas Gainsborough. His artwork was an important aspect of the art community of the middle seventeen hundreds. His paintings seem to bring brightness and color to a period in art that needed his creative boost. His combination of portrait paintings along with beautiful landscapes was not recognized in...
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Three Painting From Different Time Periods
899 wordsDuring the tour, the leader lectured on particular paintings. She told the know history behind each shown painting. She also gave the history of the period in which the painting was painted. The lecturer also helped everyone to understand what the colors in the paintings brought to each painting. While viewing the many paintings, the first one that caught my eye was Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier and His Wife by Jacques-Louis David. This portrait was painted when David was at the peak of his powers a...
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Simple And Modern Image Of The Painting
554 wordsSpecific colors were used in this painting, which are desaturized. There were no varieties of colors and the whole image carried a simple tone of environment. Boldness and smooth colors expressed an image of vague and abstract form. The shape of the jugs are mostly symetrical except for the large dark one in the center. The mouth area of the large jug seems to be attached to the pole of the wall. The sharp but bold curve at the tip of the mouth piece of the jug illustrates an image of a wave. Th...
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Paintings By Guido Reni
932 wordsGuido Reni was an Italian painter of popular religious works and mythological scenes. He was born in Bologna and began to study painting at the age of nine; he joined the Carracci Academy when he was 20. His studies were rounded off by a trip to Rome in about 1600. He worked with Annibale Carracci (another Italian painter) in Rome, helped in the decoration of the Farnese Palace, the Quirinal Palace, several of the churches of Rome, but his greatest painting in that city is the ceiling decoration...
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Middle Of The Painting
634 wordsThis is a painting done by William Harnett. The name of this portrait is called "A Smoke Backstage". This is an trompe l'oeil painting. The painting is made to look real. It's french for "fool the eye". Paintings like this impress me because they look real. It's dimensions are 7" 8.5". Some of the elements I'll be talking about are line, shape, texture, color, emphasis, and movement. These aspects are covered in chapter four and five. The first element of art I will be telling about is line. In ...
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Raphael's Painting Displays Subtle And Light Colors
738 wordsRaphael's "The Small Cowper Madonna" painting is 59.5 x 44 cm, oil on panel. The painting displays Madonna as a very young woman with her child. The picture takes place outside. In the background we can see the beautiful nature, trees, lake, mountains and a rich looking house in the right side of the canvas. Madonna and Child are centered in the middle of the canvas, and take up most space in the painting. Perugino's "Madonna and Child" painting is 70.2 x 50 cm, oil on panel. Madonna in this pai...
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Ancient Society The Art Of Paint
317 wordsPrehistoric paintings were often descriptive of an important event or story though, it is also said that many cave dwellers used paintings as decorations. Unlike today painters of early civilizations and cave dwellers had to manufacture their own paint by grinding colored materials such as plants and clay into powder and then adding water. In ancient society the art of paint-making and painting was often taken to the grave by the master. In Europe some such cave paintings have been found that da...
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Marvelous Painting
454 wordsStarry Night Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night is a marvelous painting in which Van Gogh paints a picture that is colorful and descriptive. This painting can be described as mysterious and intriguing. It can signify a variety of moods, objects, and atmosphere. Van Gogh portrays a small French town located in the countryside. This town is characterized by rolling mountains, big starry sky, small houses, green fields, a large tree, and a church. He uses these details to paint a story full of color a...
