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    The artwork known as The Picnic created by passionate African American artist Archibald Motley Jr in 1936‚ is one of the many of his art pieces that displays African American culture in a stereotypical way. However‚ through his artistic creativity he is able to put a positive spin on the stereotype to give a more uplifting message. Motley is commended for his vibrant palette‚ through vibrant color and flowing shapes‚ along with his dazzling effects of the skin tones and apparel‚ his art is able to

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    Throughout the ages‚ as artists portrayed images of war‚ attitudes have changed. Guernica by Pablo Picasso and The Battle of San Romano by Paolo Uccello are both about war‚ and are both regarding a specific incident in war‚ the images produced are very different. Due to the differing styles of these battles‚ the nature of the artistic movement of the time‚ as well as political and cultural influences of the time‚ Picasso ’s Guernica and Uccello ’s Battle of San Romano portray remarkably contrasting images

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    Sara Kielbasinski 20th Century Art Lannette Mullins January 31‚ 2013 “Weeping Woman” In the painting‚ “Weeping Woman” by Pablo Picasso is a thematic continuation of the tragedy portrayed in Picasso’s epic painting “Guernica”. The focus of the image is of a woman crying. In www.pablopicasso.org‚ I found that Picasso the woman has the features of a specific person‚ Dora Maar‚ whom Picasso described as "always weeping". She was in fact his partner in the time of his life when he was most involved with

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    In Kendall Walton’s “Categories of Art‚” he uses a thought experiment involving guernicas in order to help the readers realize the necessity of non-aesthetic properties when making judgments on works of art. Walton does this by pointing out the differences between standard and variable properties‚ while also displaying the consequences of interchanging the properties. These terms‚ along with contra-standard properties‚ are crucial for understanding the basis of his argument. Walton defines standard

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    English Composition II April 10‚ 2013 Picasso’s works were influenced by Many of Picasso’s works are influenced by his father who was a painter‚ for the death of his close friend Carlos Casagemas‚ and also for the World War I (Spanish civil war-Guernica). Picasso’s love for art was somewhat genetic. His father‚ Jose Ruiz Blasco‚ was a painter as well and he loved art. Picasso was quick to express his desire for art. Picasso’s father began teaching him to draw and paint from early childhood‚ and

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    the Humanities (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River‚ New Jeresy: Prentice Hall. Harris‚ Mark and Banton‚ Simon (1996) Picasso ’s "Secret" Guernica. Retrieved on July 31‚ 2010 from‚ http://web.org.uk/picasso/secret_guernica.html Mona Lisa. (1987). In The Encyclopaedia of the Renaissance. Retrieved from http://www.credoreference.com/entry/mheren/mona_lisa PBS (n.d.) Guernica: Testimony of War. Retrieved on July 31‚ 2010 from‚ http://www.pbs.org/treasuresoftheworld/a_nav/guernica_nav/main_guerfrm.html Renaissance

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    world as we know it is torn apart and shredded. Normality explodes into atrocity as we see the depths of depravity that man can sink to. Even though their reasons for painting the pictures are different‚ Goya’s Third of May‚ 1808‚ and Picasso’s Guernica are testaments to the violence of war using specific events and symbolic features as their vehicle while their representations and styles are different. Goya and Picasso both depicted actual events‚ though their reasons for painting the scene

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    20th-century art. He is best known for co-founding the Cubist movement and for the wide variety of styles embodied in his work. Among most famous Pablo Picasso paintings are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907) and Guernica (1937)‚ his portrayal of the German bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. Picasso demonstrated uncanny artistic talent in his early years‚ painting in a realistic manner through his childhood and adolescence; during the first decade of the twentieth

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    destruction. In “By the Waters of Babylon”‚ the city of New York is in absolute ruins. You cannot tell much by looking at it. The death count was many‚ as the character John could see bodies on the pavement walking through the streets. The bombing of Guernica however‚ was a true story about a town that was bombed‚ machine-gunned‚ and set on fire because they wouldn’t surrender. The death count was never added up‚ but there were burned‚ shot‚ and dismantled bodies as far as the eye can see. You would have

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    wasn’t properly recognised in art until the late 1950’s. 2 Artworks- the Weeping Woman series features the most famous artworks in which Pablo Picasso painted. One of these artworks ‘Guernica’ is featured throughout the series. Guernica is mural sized‚ oil on canvas which Picasso painted in 1937. Guernica displays the chaos and tragedy of which individuals and innocent civilians‚ even animals and building

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