The two artists‚ Picasso and Velazquez‚ both painted a painting called Las Meninas. They have some similarities and differences‚ but each artists were portraying something different. Also every painter has a motivation. They can be the same motivation or another motivation for an artwork. In Velazquez’s artwork‚ he was portraying the attendants doing hard work for the little princess. There were many more attendants in the painting than anyone else. Also he uses realism to show the real life of
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The untitled Picasso at Daley Plaza is the iconic symbol of Chicago to the rest of the world‚ but Pablo Picasso himself never visited Chicago. While Picasso seemed pleased to gift Chicago with artwork as he was also doing a piece for another “gangster city‚” Marseille‚ France‚ all else is shrouded in mystery. Any analysis needs to consider that there can be no definitive conclusions; only suppositions about the true meaning of this work. The “abstract form” of the untitled Picasso will always provoke
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The incredible inspiration‚ Pablo Picasso once said‚ “He can who thinks he can‚ and he can’t who thinks he can’t. This is an inexorable‚ indisputable law.” Pablo Picasso was a very successful painter‚ sculptor‚ printmaker‚ ceramicist‚ stage designer‚ poet and playwright who led a very odd life with some extremely interesting aspects. Picasso was an artist with many fields but painting was his forte. His most famous masterpiece is the Guernica‚ which is a very abstract and surreal painting. Another
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shadow‚ the darkness‚ and the paleness of Olga are a sign from Picasso that their relationship was not always so good. I assume this because from the site http://www.sapergalleries.com/PicassoWomen.html I found that their marriage had its ups and downs and they were two different people. This painting is well painted. It gives me a feeling that Olga was present when Picasso painted this portrait. This woman is beautiful and I think that Picasso would paint his wife beautifully. The imperfections in
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make strong statements. They often times want their artworks to have a certain meaning behind them. During the Spanish Civil War in 1937‚ the Nazis bombed the Basque town of Guernica. This bombing left tragedy and despair throughout the country. Pablo Picasso was inspired to create a work of art to represent the devastation that happened at Guernica. He created a scene that perfectly describes what war is like. He wanted to be a symbol for peace‚ and to show the world what civilians have to go through
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used as unity that I can see. The point of emphasis is the guitar player in the middle. The clothing of the outside characters leads you into the middle where the guitarist is wearing plaid‚ very colorful clothing. I believe the meaning of this to Picasso is that people of very different walks of life can come together with such a simple idea or action. In this three very different looking characters are enjoying playing music together despite their differences that once may have influenced them to
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distance us from the commonalities of everyday life. It makes us feel rejuvenated and you can even lose yourself in its beauty! Studying and admiring artwork also develops our critical thinking skills. One of the greatest artists who ever lived is Pablo Picasso. He had contributed so much in the name of art. He had demonstrated extraordinary artistic talent in his early years while painting in a realistic manner through his childhood and adolescence. During the first decade of the 20th century‚ his style
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this portrait‚ he seems to have succeeded to deliver the essence of her visionary and influential personality. He reached the essence of Stein‚ valued her past and foreknew her future. Henri Matisse created his Young Sailor II the same year as Picasso finished his Gertrude Stein‚ 1906. It was the beginning of the formation of Matisse’s style that later would2 See Stein‚ especially 18-25‚ for more of her discussion of the evolution of Picasso’s style and the beginning of
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Comparative Analysis of Les Demoiselles d’Avignon and The Dance The Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907‚ Museum of Modern Art‚ New York)‚ is an oil on canvas painting by Pablo Picasso. This is an image of five nudes grouped around a still life. Of the five figures‚ four of the figures are facing the viewer. There is a disjunction in the fifth figure as she is crouched on the floor‚ her back away from the viewer‚ while her face‚ or mask‚ addresses the viewer. This vertically aligned painting measures
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LISA ELLIS ART 2.3 DECEMBER 2‚ 2011 A CRTIQUE OF STOKSTAD AND COTHREN’S COVERAGE OF PABLO PICASSO’S “GUERNICA” Located on pages 1062-1063 of the 4th Edition (Volume II) of our textbook -Art History- are five paragraphs of commentary on Pablo Picasso’s “Guernica‚” perhaps his most well known painting. In those five paragraphs‚ Stokstad and Cothern offer a fairly accurate and concise description of the historical events leading to the creation of the masterwork and a description of some of
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