May 30th‚ 2008 Per . 5 Painting George Seurat Georges-Pierre Seurat was born on December 2‚ 1859‚ in Paris‚ France. He was the youngest of three children in the family. His father was a wealthy lawyer‚ Chrysostome-Antoine Seurat‚ and his mother named Ernestine Faivre‚ she came from a prosperous Parisian family. During the early 1870s‚ Seurat was taking private drawing lessons from painter and uncle Paul Haumonte. His uncle took him on regular art expeditions. From 1875‚ he studied drawing
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"Is that a Monet?" As a nine-year-old boy with minimal knowledge of the arts‚ I wasn’t exactly sure what I was being asked. I turned around to look at the painting on my grandparents’ wall and saw the writing "Claude Monet 1903" in the bottom right-hand corner. I politely answered my aunt’s question‚ "Yes‚ I believe so." After we both looked at the painting for a few moments‚ she commented on its beauty and praised Claude Monet as a "great artist." I liked the painting myself. The different shades
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Analysis of Selected Works by Claude Monet Claude Oscar Monet‚ the famous impressionist painter was born on November 14‚ 1840. Even though his birthplace was Paris‚ he grew up in Le Havre‚ a port town located in North Western France. In his childhood phase‚ he didn’t have any contact with anyone who would play a significant role as an artistic influence in Monet’s life. Monet’s parents were completely against the arts‚ and because of that‚ he had to deal with a lot of sacrifices in life‚ from earning
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During his short life‚ Georges-Pierre Seurat was an innovator in an age of innovators in the field of art. This french painter was a leader in a movement called neo-impressionist in the late 19th century. Unlike the broad brushstrokes of the impressionist‚ Seurat developed a technique called pointillism or divisionism. In this method‚ he used small dots or strokes of contrasting color to create the subtle changes contained within the painting. Seurat was an art scientist in that he spent much of
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ressionism monet The work of Monet (1840-1926) and Renoir (1841–1919) epitomized the visual characteristics of Impressionism. Discuss this statement making detailed reference to one painting by each artist. Illustrate your answer. Impressionism was the name given to one of the most important movements in art history. It was the first of modern movements. Its aim was to achieve ever greater naturalism by a detailed study of tone and colour and‚ by an exact rendering of the way light falls on different
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68 ½ in. Acrylic on Canvas boardered with printed‚ painted‚ quilted‚ and pieced cloth. Viewed at Guggenheim Museum‚ New York (1988). Compare and Contrast Essay of The Hunt of the Unicorn‚ and Tar Beach In the art work of Franco Flemish‚ The Hunt of the Unicorn‚ and Faith Ringgold Tar Beach‚ there are some similarities and some differences. The two pieces were very interesting to study and I learned a lot about them each. When you compare them side by side you can see all the similarities
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Libby Sacco Art History 320 Professor Bonnell 2/1/2010 Compare and Contrast Though overwhelmed while visiting the contemporary wing at the Baltimore Museum of Art‚ I was able to narrow my interests to two particular artworks. The two works I have chosen to compare and contrast are Robert Indiana’s No. 7‚ and Frank Stella’s Abra Variation III. At first glance‚ one might make a far-fetched assumption as to how these two paintings are similar‚ but with further examination their similarities
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of Claude Monet on November 14th 1840 in Paris Claude Oscar Monet the founder of impressionist art was born. On 1857 was the Death of his mother Louise.1858 Claude Monet meets Eugène Boudin who encourages him to paint outdoors. 1859 Monet comes to Paris and enters the Swiss Academy.1860 Monet meets Pissaro and Courbet. In 1861 monet joined an army for a seven year time in Algeria. 1863 Monet discovers Manet’s painting and paints "en plein air" in the Fontainebleau forest. 1864 Monet stays in Honfleur
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its twists and turns. Twain trying to persuade you that you both gain and lose something while learning‚ not only learning a profession‚ but rather learning about anything. By finding out how and why something functions as it does‚ you learn better ways of dealing with and manipulating Figurative language Twain uses figurative language to effectively describe his sense of rapture and awe of the river when he is beginning his journey on the road to knowledge of steamboating. Twain gives the river
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Grenouillere Born in Paris‚ France‚ Claude Monet began to develop as a young and inspiring artist in the town of Le Havre. After briefly serving in the military‚ Monet returned to Paris and continued to explore different forms of art‚ as well as‚ developing friendships with painters including Édouard Manet‚ Frédéric Bazille‚ and Auguste Renoir. After marrying his wife‚ Camille in 1870‚ the two were constantly traveling until they settled in Argenteuil‚ where Monet produced his most famous and well-known
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