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    work with the audience in mind An artist will always create a work with the audience in mind‚ this is a false statement as most great artists contradicted what was socially acceptable in their period. Artist such as Edouard Manet‚ Artemisia Gentileschi and Francis Bacon‚ all created much discrepancy with their works through the themes in which they portrayed‚ and the meanings they gave. Hence no‚ artists do not create their works with the audience in mind. Édouade Manet was a French painter

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    Caravaggio's Life

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    “Nec Spe‚ hec meto‚ without hope and without fear” was the famous motto of Michelangelo Caravaggio noted by Schama in his film‚ Simon Schama’s Caravaggio. This statement was Caravaggio’s life in five words; although bold and brash these words were steadily held true. Caravaggio was a man of vexation and it often was expressed with acts of hostility and violence. There could be many reasons for the artist’s estranged life‚ one being that his father and grandfather died during a critical part of Caravaggio’s

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    The artwork I selected is Lot & Daughters by Orazio Gentileschi. The piece is on display at the Getty Museum and was painted in 1622. This piece is a dynamic‚ wonderful example of the baroque style. Gentileschi’s strong use of chiaroscuro makes the painting seem to be a living scene being viewed from the other side of a window. His use of the three primary colors for the three subjects clearly defines each of them; while still creating color harmony. The subject matter is the story of the city

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    The English Patient

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    expose the secrets of the desert. While this was going on a thief named Caravaggio came upon some nurses where he was staying talking about Hana and her burn victim. Apparently Caravaggio had grown up with Hana and it seems like he senses that he knows the patient‚ so he makes a trip to go see them. When he arrives Hana seems skeptical about him staying because of the lack of food‚ but lets him stay anyways. This is when Caravaggio notices how much Hana looks like his wife so he becomes interested in

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    Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was born 28th September 1571 in Milan Italy. He was a dynamic painter whose vibrant artist techniques of tenebrism and dramatic realism caused uproar throughout his career. He is known today as one of the most innovative artists of his time. Caravaggio’s father‚ Fermo Merisi was a known to be an architect/decorator to the local merchants. His mother‚ Lucia Aratori was the daughter of a baker and came from a well established family within the same region. In

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    U37649838 Michelle Slaughter HUM1020.521S15 January 19‚ 2014 Chapter 2 Assessment In Judith Beheading Holofernes‚ created in 1599‚ Michelangelo Mensi da Caravaggio uses high contrast and vivid lines to capture the dramatic essence of the beheading of Holofernes. In this rectangular oil painting done on canvas measuring 57 inches by 77 inches‚ the realistic view of the physical and emotional human state is depicted in a vulgar manner. Caravaggio’s painting illustrates a book in the catholic Bible

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    PRESENTATION ON CHIAROSCURO: The English Patient by M. Ondaatje I will talk about the use of chiaroscuro in The English Patient. First‚ I will speak about the character of Caravaggio in connection with the painter. Then‚ I will make a realistic reading of chiaroscuro‚ giving concrete examples of chiaroscuro effect in the text. Finally‚ I will make a more symbolic reading of Chiaroscuro in the novel as a whole. THE THIEF AND THE PAINTER According to Bachelar‚ fire encompasses contradictions:

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    The Role of a Woman During the Renaissance‚ 1300 to 1600‚ the role for women of the upper and lower classes were very straightforward. Women had limited participation in the world to a great extent in this time because the men were the primary factors. For example‚ men were the ones who got a education‚ had little to no repercussions for crimes and had great jobs. Women had the dos and don’ts of the Renaissance; do have a moral home‚ don’t shame your husband or family in anyway. Some people might

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    because of how important they were to their perspective eras‚ using biblical scenes to further the ideology of the perspective eras. With the Supper at Emmaus painting‚ Caravaggio furthered his tenebrism technique‚ the deep contrasts of light in dark‚ which helped develop the great works of the Baroque period. In the painting‚ Caravaggio took the words of the Gospel of Mark (16:12) as it said that Jesus appeared to them “in another form”‚ and depicts Christ without a beard which as very unusual at the

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    postmodern era. 1). Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio; 2) Rembrandt van Rijn; and 3) Peter Paul Rubens‚ these three artists were known for their religious theme in their art work. The naturalism that was visibly demonstrated in each of the artist work with high contrast of lighting that noticeably appeared in these paintings. Each artist was well known and respected for their work. The three artists Works of Art that I have chosen are: Michelangelo Caravaggio: The Calling of St. Matthew c. 1599-1602

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