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'Chance
Meeting' is a dry point etching print by Martin Lewis and was created in the
early 1930's. The subjects are two figures, male and female, who have happened
upon each other in the setting of a public sidewalk at the entrance of a
storefront. It may be a dichotomy in terms to call the piece, "Idealized
Urban Realism," though Lewis' work does harmonize well with the Urban
Realist m... Full-text essay
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times people tend to look at a work of art and only see a picture. Later, if one
looks closer a clear message or meaning is depicted by the artist. Thomas Hart
Benton’s work, Cradling Wheat, for example is just a picture at first glance,
but as one examines the painting closer, the story behind it becomes evident.
This tempera and oil on board composition illustrates four men in a field
threshin... Full-text essay
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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 th... Full-text essay
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People may ask, what other than a tornado can come out of Kansas? Well, Aaron
Douglas was born of May 26, 1899 in Topeka, Kansas. Aaron Douglas was a
"Pioneering Africanist" artist who led the way in using African-
oriented imagery in visual art during the Harlem Renaissance of 1919- 1929. His
work has been credited as the catalyst for the genre incorporating themes in
form and styl... Full-text essay
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Abstract expressionism is a movement in American painting of the late 1940s and
early 1950s acclaimed throughout the world. The dominance of American art dates
from the success of the Abstract Expressionists, their formal innovations and
new techniques were crucial to the development of Western art, and many artists
today still make use of their ideas or react against them. Abstract
Expressio... Full-text essay
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The painting “Adoration of the Magi” by di Nardo portrays the three Magi
approaching the baby Jesus and the Virgin Mary. However, there is much more to
it than just this familiar scene from Judeo-Christian lore. When approaching
this painting in order to analyze it iconographically, it is necessary to first
look at all aspects of the form. If this aspect is ignored, it provides for an
incomplete a... Full-text essay
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Albrecht Durer was born in Nurembourg in May 21, 1471. His father, Albrecht
Durer was a goldsmith, he had come from Germany to Nurembourg in 1455 and
married Barbara Holper. Barbara's father was Albrecht's master. Albrecht was his
father's third son. He was named Albrecht because of a family tradition which he
has been the third representative so far. Albrecht had three brothers named
Laszlo,... Full-text essay
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Every company has what is known as a “signature piece,” that is, a work
which expresses something about the artistic direction and the spirit of the
company. For the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater that piece is Revelations.
Choreographed and set to traditional music, Revelations was first performed at
the Ninety-second Street YM-YWHA New York, NY., January 31, 1960. The lead
dancers were Joan Derb... Full-text essay
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In the years following the Civil War, American art underwent a fundamental
shift. The traditional Romantic style of painting, which focused on portraying
majestic scenes in stark, vivid lines and shapes, gave way to a new concern for
light and atmosphere. It was the age of Impressionism. Impressionism was not
indigenous to America. In fact, its origins lay in France, which had long been
at th... Full-text essay
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“The Scream” was painted in the end of the 19th century, and is possibly the
first Expressionist painting. The Scream was very different from the art of the
time, when many artists tried to depict objective reality. Munch was a tortured
soul, and it certainly showed in this painting. Most of his family had died, and
he was often plagued by sickness. The Scream was not a reflection of what was
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The
first pottery pieces found in Peru were made somewhere between 1500 and 1000 b.p.
The pieces were found in the central Andean region where a religious cult lived.
This cult was called Chavín, after the best known ceremonial center, Chavín de
Huántar. The religious center was the home to massive temples that were highly
embellished with low relief sculptures of gods, animals, and symbols. ... Full-text essay
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"I just paint things I always thought were beautiful, things you use every
day and never think about… I just do it because I like it. (Beckris 110) I
just do it because I like it is Andy’s philosophy on life. Andy might just be
the most interesting and and at the same time the most confusing individual you
will ever read about. Andy’s work is like none others. His art brought common
day ... Full-text essay
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Arnold Mesches uses a direct and outspoken type of art to present the work, Art
In Public Places I. He is an abstract expressionist who’s work has become less
literal in the past few years. Mesches started exhibiting in 1945 with the
support of his wife. Meshes has a very original way of making his work. He takes
a very famous painting, paints it on the canvas, then he blends over it... Full-text essay
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A Culture Still Cultured art n. the quality, production, expression, or realm,
according to aesthetic principals, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more
than ordinary significance. –The Random House Dictionary “Josh, you just
have to see the new GAP Khakis commercial!” proclaimed my excited brother. I
even went as far as watching the same channel until I finally saw the
commercial. I sat in f... Full-text essay
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Art is an expression of life, which means it expresses emotions. Creation that
allows for interpretation of any kind is art. I have read that art is a human
skill as opposed to nature, a skill applied to music, painting, poetry etc... I
believe that nature is art as well. If something is made a certain way, it is
beautiful in its own right. In my opinion, I believe there is a God who is an
artist ... Full-text essay
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I’d
like to inform you about the great deal of budget cuts happening everyday in our
public school systems. One of the hardest hit is in our arts and music
departments. The battle over NEA funding and other important foundations that
are set up to benefit our youths are being challenged by the government at an
alarming rate. Cutbacks in our schools budget force students in these
departments ... Full-text essay
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As a student of art history, going to a museum is the only way to
fully experience a work of art. By only looking at a painting or sculpture in a
book or on a slide, you cannot fully experience the work of art. By going to the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, I was able to look at paintings that dated from
centuries old, to recent times. Bruges, The Life and Miracles of Saint Godelieve,
15th Cent... Full-text essay
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Realism, Naturalism, and Symbolism were popular modes of expression by writers
of that era. Such modes of expression were the use of nature in their writings.
Two poets that really stand out among the rest are Charles Baudelaire
(1821-1867) and Paul Verlaine (1844-1896). Baudelaire was referred to by many as
the "first Modern Poet" and the "father of modern
criticism". Verlaine... Full-text essay
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Like
some artists, Rodin was not an overnight success. Even though he was rejected
numerous times from art schools because of his art style, he prevailed in the
end. Rodin, like many artists, got their inspiration from other great and famous
artists. In Rodin's case, his inspiration came from Michelangelo. In Rodin's
more famous works, one can see the similarities between the two artists'
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Art can be used to study the progression of a civilization
through time. Art is usually used to express one’s beliefs religiously,
politically, and sometimes as a source of communication, which is accomplished
through imagery. Symbols in works of art can be related to nature and myths.1
From the beginning of Chinese history, art and philosophy worked hand-in-hand
with the creation of a work o... Full-text essay
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During the Baroque period, new ideas and views of society and of religion
spurred up. To express these new ideas many artists used the ideas of past
artists to further expand their own motives. " If I have seen further (than
you and Descartes), it is by standing upon the shoulders of Giants." Sir
Isaac Newton, 1676 The artists of the baroque period were using past ideals as a
ladder... Full-text essay
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In the
1980's art punk movement, the only thing the market liked better than a hot
young artist was a dead hot young artist, and it got one in Jean-Michel Basquiat,
whose working life of about nine years was truncated by a heroin overdose at the
age of twenty-seven. His career, both actual and posthumous, appealed to a
cluster of toxic vulgarities. The artist was"instinctual," someo... Full-text essay
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Botticelli’s masterpiece, Primavera, depicts a scene of slow moving grace in
what appears to be a mythical garden. The actual subject of this masterpiece is
unknown, but there are volumes of ideas concerning the purposes and meanings the
painting could have. Despite the confusion the painting is widely admired and
revered as Botticelli’s finest works. The scene appears to be a spring
morning,... Full-text essay
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The
renaissance was a time of wonderful art, though one artist in particular stood
out, that was Sandro Botticelli. This man created some of the most renowned
pieces of art in European history; one great painting was Allegory of Spring.
This mythological artwork was an amazing change from the normalcy of past times.
Botticelli’s Allegory of Spring, painted in 1482, is one of the most
remarkable a... Full-text essay
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Botticelli is one of the most famous artists during the Italian Renaissance. He
was very well know for the portrayal of the female figure and his ability to
incorporate femininity as a symbol of life itself and/or nature illustrated by
the changes of seasons. Botticelli most famous figure was that of Venus, the
goddess of love. She was incorporated into two of his most famous works, The
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Although George Braque (May 13, 1882
- Aug. 31, 1963) was one of the most influential painters of the twentieth
century his name is all but forgotten. He has received little credit for his
efforts towards the creation of analytic cubism. Many art historians believe
that his prestigious role as father of analytic cubism was cut short because of
Picasso’s fame. Many arguments have arisen aski... Full-text essay
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As
intangible as heaven lies a place where flowers bloom through the feathered
cavities of clouds, clouds which support the inspirations of the pulchritude of
sound, music. The perpetual composers lay there surrounded by an ongoing sea of
billowing smoke towering above them, just as the Parthenon gazes down apon the
people of Athens. The cherubs with their omnimence prepare, one after another
the... Full-text essay
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Capoeira is the common name for the group of African martial arts that came out
of west Africa and were modified and mixed in Brazil. These original styles
included weapons, grappling and striking as well as animal forms that became
incorporated into different components and sub styles of the art. In 1500's the
Portuguese, led by explorer Pedro Alvares Cabral, arrived in Brazil. One of the
first m... Full-text essay
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One of
this century’s icons in photography Henri-Cartier Bresson, thought to be the
Father of modern day Street Photography, transformed the field through his
concept of “the decisive moment.” He defined it as “the simultaneous
recognition in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well
as a precise organization of forms that give that event its proper
expression.” In other wor... Full-text essay
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At the
foot of a cliff in the Ardèche Gorges, in south-eastern France, amateur
speleologists discovered the world's oldest painted prehistoric cave. Discovered
on December 18, 1994, this cave features art that dates back thirty-one thousand
years. Jean-Marie Chauvet, Eliette Brunel-Deschamps and Christian Hillaire, were
the amateurs who discovered the cave that has come to be known simply as the
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Although lithography was invented in 1798, it was at first too slow and
expensive for poster production. Most posters were woodblocks or metal
engravings with little color or design. This all changed with Cheret’s
"three stone lithographic process," a breakthrough which allowed
artists to achieve every color in the spectrum with as little as three stones -
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Are you anti-Chief or pro-Chief? Before I answered that question I decided to
educate myself on the topic and saw this research paper as the perfect
opportunity. What I wanted to know was when was the Chief Illiniwek introduce,
what the deal is with the dance, and who and why did this anti-Chief movement
start. The tradition of Chief Illiniwek was started on October 30, 1926, during
a football gam... Full-text essay
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Born in Monroe, Washington, in 1940, Close studied painting at Yale University
before moving to New York in 1967. Although he greatly admired Abstract
Expressionist painters such as Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock and, especially,
Willem de Kooning, he wrote, "They nailed it down so wellthat I couldn't do
anything but weak impersonations of their work. . . . Once you kno... Full-text essay
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During the 1800’s Great Britain’s empire stretched around the world, and
with raw materials easily available to them this way, they inevitably began
refining and manufacturing all stages of many new machines and other goods,
distributing locally and globally. However, despite being the central
‘workshop of the world,’ Britain was not producing the highest quality of
mercha... Full-text essay
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Picasso’s development toward cubism reached its climax with the monumental
justly celebrated Demoiselles d’Avignon (1906). This painting, named for a
brothel in Barcelona’s Avignon Street, depicts, in a highly stylized form,
five angular nude or partially draped women grouped around an arrangement of
fruit. This final, condensed version, developed through many preparatory works,
was attained by g... Full-text essay
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Cubism was one of the strongest art movements in the 20th century that gave
birth to many other movements such as futurism and suprematism. The Forefathers
of this revolutionary way of painting were Pablo Picasso and George Braque.
Although it may have seemed to be abstract and geometrical to an untrained eye,
cubist art do depict real objects. The shapes are flattened onto canvas so that
differen... Full-text essay
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In the
world of art, Cubism is probably the most important art movement in the history
of 20th Century Art. Cubism brought in new ways of composing pictures and also
showed new ways of representing nature. New movement also brought in new
attitudes towards the picture surface and the application of paint. The ideas of
colour theory were all changed. This caused a liberation of these elements from... Full-text essay
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Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the greatest and most ingenious men that history has
produced. His contributions in the areas of art, science, and humanity are still
among the most important that a single man has put forth, definitely making his
a life worth knowing. Da Vinci, born on April 15, 1452, is credited with being a
master painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, and scientist. H... Full-text essay
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The good design nuances of Colors magazine ‘lend’ well to the Macsystems
advert. Maybe this comes from the similar design goal that a magazine and advert
share. Their functions are to clearly and effectively communicate information,
whilst also to visualise an identity for itself. As a chief social function of
design is to visualise the identity of institutions and audienc... Full-text essay
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Edgar Degas was a French artist, some people would refer to him as the expert of
drawing the human figure in motion. He was known as an Impressionists, and was
different from all the other artist of his type. Edgar Degas was a person who,
at certain times, brashly defied propriety and common social practice. Although
he could be the nicest person, at times he would go into... Full-text essay
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“Weston is, in the real sense, one of the few creative artists of today. He
has recreated the matter-forms and forces of nature; he has made these forms
eloquent of the fundamental unity of the work. His work illuminates man’s
inner journey toward perfection of the spirit.” --Ansel Adams, Date Unknown
Edward Weston (1886-1958) may seem like he was a confused man in trying to find
his photographic ... Full-text essay
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For
many centuries people have been fascinated by ancient cultures and treasures.
During the last two centuries the science of archeology and modern inventions
allowed people to get inside of the Egyptian and Mayan pyramids and discover the
treasures of Egyptian pharaohs and Mayan rulers. Most of what we know about
Egypt we owe to the pyramids. Thanks to Egyptian bel... Full-text essay
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When most people think of Ancient Egypt they think of Pyramids. To construct
such great monuments required a mastery of architecture, social organization,
and art that few cultures of that period could achieve. The oldest pyramid, the
Step-Pyramids, grow out of the abilities of two men, King Djoser and Imhotep.
Djoser, the second king of 3rd dynasty, was the first king to ... Full-text essay
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This painting is the Burial of Count Orgaz by El Greco (the Geek) his real name
Domenikos Theotocopoulos. It hangs on the wall in the vestibule of the church of
Santo Tome in Toledo, Spain and was painted in 1586. It is oil on canvas and was
made to fit the very wall it hangs today. The painting does have a Round top
making it a very odd fit for anywhere but the church for it to... Full-text essay
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Maurits Cornelius Escher was born on June 17th, 1898 in Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
His father was a civil engineer. Escher’s great skill for art and drawing was
realized at an early age. This led his father to decide to send him to study at
the School of Architecture and Decorative Arts in Haarlem. But, when he was 21
years old, Escher gave up architecture to study in the fi... Full-text essay
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of perspective in art finds its root in one man, Filippo Brunelleschi. Although
we don’t know for sure, it is likely that Brunelleschi also invented linear,
or scientific perspective. Donatello’s “The Feast of Herod” is the
earliest surviving example of scientific perspective, which is established
through the use of a “vanishing point”, an imaginary single point on the
page in which all the parall... Full-text essay
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The object in question is marked as a Syrian, Bronze Age, stone label seal (c.
3rd- 2nd millennium). Most of the seals I have viewed have much more
representational forms on them than this object has. I have not been able to
find any books which have pictures of items with this name, which leads me to
believe that it has been marked wrong. The object resembles a small, ova... Full-text essay
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Francis Bacon (1909-92) Beginning on the early 1950s, despite the dominance of
Abstract Expressionism in both the United States and Europe, there were
recurring waves of insistence on a return to the figure, a new naturalism of
naturalistic fantasy. Crucial to the new figuration were Alberto Giacometti and
Jean Dubuffet. The only other figurative Expressionist powerful eno... Full-text essay
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With
the coronation of the two Catholic rulers, Ferdinand and Isabella in 1479, the
country of Spain slowly began to unite. Piece by piece, the King and Queen
recaptured once lost lands and built their empire. In 1516 Carlos V rose to
power, establishing the Hapsburg reign. The Hapsburg ruled for nearly two
hundred years until the death of Charles II. With him died a Golden Age for
Spain that the... Full-text essay
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During the first decade of the twentieth century, a group of young Italian
painters united together, under the influence of poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti.
Before creating their new style, these painters embraced the ideas of
Marinetti’s The Foundation and Manisfesto of Futurism which appeared in the
newspaper Le Figaro on February 20, 1909 (Tisdall 7). His manifesto of fu... Full-text essay
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