artwork are you discussing? When did the piece appear? What form was the artwork (painting; sculpture; quilt; etc.)? What artist produced the artwork? How was the artist received by audiences/critics (QUOTE FROM AT LEAST ONE SOURCE)? What was going on in the U.S. (or globally) when your artwork appeared? What aspects of the 1930s were particularly in the foreground during this time? The artwork I picked was the painting “Frozen Assets” (1931-32) made by Diego Rivera. The Art Historian Ph.D. Greta Berman
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The Harbor of La Rochelle is a 50.5 x 71.8 cm oil on canvas painted by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot in 1851. In this painting‚ the artist depicted a picturesque scene of the everyday life in a placid harbor city in a sunny warm day. Corot was the leading painter of the Barbizon school of France in the mid-nineteenth century. He is a pivotal figure in landscape painting. His work simultaneously references the Neo-Classical tradition and anticipates the plein-air innovations of Impressionism. The
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Two Paintings from the Renaissance Period Introduction This paper will compare the themes found in the paintings "Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist and an Angel" by Domenico di Bartolomeo Ubaldini (Puligo) and "Madonna Enthroned" by Giotto. Both paintings deal with fables from the Christian faith but were executed during different periods in art. The Giotto painting was created around 1310 and the Puglio painting was executed between 1518 1520. Here‚ these two paintings have
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WE tend to forget that our lifestyle and mindset have largely been influenced by our colonial past. The British influence has changed the way we look at ourselves and has stripped us of a confidence that comes naturally to a people belonging to an ancient and great civilisation. Colonisation coerces people from subordinated culture to denigrate themselves. A kind of a virtual reality is created to expedite this attitude of self-hate among the native population. An alternate reality is created
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<center><b>Are Asher ’s paintings of the Cruxifixion an ultimate act of disrespect towards his parents?</b></center> <br> <br>Asher Lev paints against the values of his family and community. He disregards Jewish traditions and observance by pursuing his passion for art. His individuality has him disobeying the Rebbe‚ the mashphia‚ his mythic ancestor as well as his parents. Asher does not intend for his artwork to be harmful‚ but that they convey truths and feelings. Yet‚ the Brooklyn Crucifixions
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Word Count: 800 Under the Influence Scott Russell Sanders’s "Under the Influence" is about a son’s perspective of growing up with a father‚ who was controlled by alcohol. Sanders was only around the age of ten when his father changed into a drunk. Now‚ his son is around that age‚ so he wrote this story sparing the heartache and feeling responsible for other’s actions. Being a drunk has many effects on the people around you‚ and Sanders does a respectable job painting an image of those effects.
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Kahlo’s own painting “The Broken Column” inspired this interpretation where she has painted a particularly distressing scene full of needles stinging with desertion and gaping cracks filled with despair. This scene is piercing and lacking in cheerful colors. The statuesque figure in the painting fills up a good portion of the space
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is studying the art elements such as line‚ shape‚ color‚ texture‚ mass and composition; not the story. These elements make up the expression‚ content and meaning of the piece of work chosen. In this particular chosen piece of artwork‚ Ilya Repins’ painting‚ They Did Not Expect Him‚ depicting a story about the return of an exiled convict‚ there are numerous artistic elements and clues in the artists chosen form which convey meaning to the reader. Right off the bat‚ the first object that grabs my eye
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Girl with a Pearl Earring Johannes Vermeer’s painting Girl with a Pearl Earring is a display a girl and a completely empty dark background. The girl is disconnected from an identity there is no inclination as to who she is but Vermeer has painted some visual signs that could conjure up a hypothesis of what the girl is representing in the painting. The title of the painting Girl with a Pearl Earring immediately brings attention to the pearl earring. The pearl earring elegantly dangles’ slightly below
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Ancient Romes’ government was constantly modified to fit the needs of the ruler at the time. Starting out as monarchy‚ then changing to a republic and lastly ending with an empire. With the rise and the fall of the Roman Empire came the fervent influence of Roman art and literature. Just look at the Roman Aqueduct in Segovia‚ Spain‚ without the knowledge in engineering and the fine arts this structure wouldn’t have been built. While Romans were heavily influenced by the Greeks‚ the way the Romans
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