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    that these paintings share are evident. One of the most evident of these similarities is the meaning or primary focus of these paintings. These figures seem to both be portraits‚ most likely with the intent of showing off wealth or status. The reason as to why I think that these portraits where both made for the reason is because they both seem to be trying to “show off” to the viewer‚ showing the figures in expensive and opulent clothing‚ in image number two the sitter for the portrait is wearing

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    Francis Bacon - The Portraits Francis Bacon was born in Dublin‚ Ireland to English parents. When F. Bacon grow up and was more independent he then travelled to Berlin were he spent most of his time there. He then moved onto Paris‚ before returning to London and starting out as an interior designer. Bacon never attended art school; he only began his work in watercolours about 1926 – 27. An exhibition of works by Pablo Picasso inspired him to make his first drawings and paintings. The influence

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    richness and lavishness. The viewer will observe a fusion of the realistic tradition of Flemish painting with the imagination and freedom of Italian renaissance painting. The painting expresses Neoplatonic views while also providing the viewer with endless topics for discussion and analysis‚ making it a true conversation piece. The “Garden of Love” depicts a scene of passionate festivities. In the painting‚ a group of aristocratic lovers decorated in the most extravagant of satins and lace are placed

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    realism movement‚ his Portrait of Marevna c. 1915 is vulnerable to the assumption of being an outlier to Rivera’s more well-known style and to the reduction of being merely evidence of experimentation. Though Portrait of Marevna cannot be linked at first glance to the politically charged‚ indigenismo-influenced work he created during the Mexican Mural Movement of the 1920s‚ inklings of this era are present within the portrait’s construction. This paper explores how Portrait of Marevna

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    Ryan Foley Humanities 101 Self Portrait Paper September 28‚ 2013 Born April 15‚ 1452 in the Tuscan hill town of Vinci‚ was born with no surname his full name being "Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci"‚ meaning "Leonardo‚ son of (Mes)ser Piero from Vinci." Little is known of Leonardo’s early up bringing besides him spending his first five years of life in the household of his father‚ grandparents and uncle‚ Francesco‚ in the small town of Vinci. His father had married a sixteen-year-old girl

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    PAINTING Painting – is among the fine arts‚ which creates meaningful effects‚ depicting different intrinsic human values‚ by the use of clustered imagination of lines and color. Painting is placed on a flat surfaced by the use of pigments. Painting expresses the artist’s perceptions and feelings on a particular selected subject. Usually‚ the artist’s selection of a subject comes from the understanding and interpretation of his feelings and emotions. Some artist may love country scenes‚ like landscape

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    better depict each subject’s individuality to a degree never seen before. The purpose of Roman portraiture is to address the audience and convey specific messages to them. Ea. Roman portrait is an imperial commemorative relief and are representations of each subject’s ideology in ruling. The Roman portraits allegorically communicate these ideologies through the veristic image of the ruler. The portrayals of their emotions are also pragmatic. The way the leader’s image is portrayed‚ (i.e. by

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    Cézanne Oil on canvas (31.5 x 25.25 in) Located in Metropolitan Museum of Art Gallery 822‚ New York The artwork‚ which is vertical in its organization‚ it is a sight spot in somewhat suburban at dusk. An old and small house is in the center of painting‚ surrounded by several little trees. It is built on some big rocks. Artist paint from one side of the house from a low angle‚ so we cannot see what is its front look. The house is painted in light khaki with dark orange eaves‚ just as the title

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    Rembrandt’s painting style changes from ‘smooth’ to ‘rough’ when he moves from Leiden to Amsterdam. Explain these stylistic differences and developments and set them against the context in which these works were produced. Amelia Bolton 2041751B Word Count: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn was born in Leiden on July 15‚ 1606. One of the most important artists throughout Dutch history‚ he was a painter and an etcher of very high merit. This study shall look at his years

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    Eyck’s Arnolfini Portrait‚” The Burlington Magazine 64 (1934): 117-127 Arnolfini Wedding Portrait Controversy Erwin Panofsky was a prominent art historian of the twentieth century. He also was one of the foremost proponents of iconography‚ and attributed symbolic meaning to the various elements of the Arnolfini scene. He attributed the scene to be a document of the marriage between Giovanni Arnolfini and his wife in 1434. Panofsky argues that there are symbols in the painting that point towards

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