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    B.C. The Temple of Zeus was built with carved metopes and triglyph friezes. There’re many sculptures in the Temple of Zeus. These sculptures were curved between 480 B.C and 450 B.C‚ when the severe style was popular. The pediments and metopes on the top of the temple clearly showed the typical supreme and unparalleled creation of severe style at that age. On the west pediment of the temple‚ the sculptures showed a picture of chaos. It presented a battle between the Centaurs and Lapith people. The

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    Oil Paintings

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    Oil Painting The oil painting technique traces its roots all the way back to a time between the fifth and ninth century when it was first used in Western Afghanistan‚ yet it was made famous and the premier means of expression by the Renaissance movement in the 15th century by men like Leonardo Da Vinci and Raphael (Davide 46). The reason the oil painting technique gained this newfound popularity was due in large part to its ability to convey things such as human flesh more accurately while also

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    a beauty

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    beautiful Other people think Charles is beautiful The beauty the writer sees in Charles is not hindered by anything he says or does Charles has soft blonde hair and blue eyes Charles is unmarried "The thing I liked least about Charlie was his way of carrying on with several women at a time..." P.56 Charles has a steady girlfriend Charles has a side girlfriend Although Charles is imperfect the writer expresses still seeing the beauty in Charles The writer rates the Subject in a way to present

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    painting styles

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    Week 5 Assignment – Painting Styles Leanne Diliberto Art/101 2/2/2014 Lynn Wocell Painting Styles Neoclassicism‚ Impressionism and Abstract Expression all have their own style. Each is from a different era and reflect on different subjects. Neoclassicism was part of the European art movement during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The inspiration for this movement comes from thr classical art and culture of ancient Greece or ancient Rome. Neoclassic Artwork

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    The Doryphoros is one of the most iconic and well known sculptures from the classical period in Greek. It exhbits the characteristics of Classical Greek art all too well‚ as it shows a baby-faced man with a grown man body. Greece at the time tried to idealistically show what a “true man” would look like‚ as shown by the Doryphoros. The man in the sculpture is supposed to symbolize a Greek soldier‚ as Doryphoros means‚ spearbearer. The Greek would idealize all of their soldiers and held them to high

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    Beauty

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    Draft:  Beauty is a strong word that could be defined in many possible ways. Not only can we say that a person is beautiful‚ but also nature could qualify as beauty and many other things. Beauty for me is anything that attracts my attention in any way. Though‚ beauty doesn’t mean the same thing for everyone. For some people beauty is only physical beauty for others is nature‚ for other beauty is only in paintings but at the end everyone has one thing in common‚ we all value beauty. Beauty could be

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    The Kiss Painting

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    His work was constantly criticized for being too sensual and erotic‚ and his symbolism too deviant. Klimt established the vienna session with the purpose of rising of level of the arts and crafts in austira through close ties to art nouveau. Today‚ they stand out as the more important paintings ever to come out of Vienna. The Kiss‚ painted in 1907-08 was a oil canvas‚ 180x180cm ‚ During his golden period‚ Its probably klimts most famous work. It depicts a couple‚ bound up in various shades of gold

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    CheckPoint: Comparison of Three Sculptures Brianna Setzer Art/101 June 20‚ 2014 Kristy Yau CheckPoint: Comparison of Three Sculptures Learning that there were actually different versions of David came as a surprise to me. I am not a fan of art and never expected to be interested in learning about sculpture. The three artists featured in this checkpoint all have a different styles for this same sculpture. I will cover each in an order that seems more logical because in a sense‚ I believe that

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    Sculpture Unit Lesson Plan

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    Unit Title and Theme: Exploring Identity through Sculpture Finding meaningful links between students’ self-discovery and individual identity and the way they relate and interact with society as a whole‚ while building on their current knowledge of 3D art and introducing new ways to think of sculpture. Key Vocabulary: Universal Identity Symbolism Diversity Metaphor Tolerance Interdependence Stereotypes Discussion Topics: Over-arching ideas that will be addressed throughout

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    without actually noticing it‚ thus what they see is overlooked. For example‚ in a sculpture named “The Thing‚” detail is written all over it‚ but without a close observation of the details‚ all that is seen is a piece of junk and no longer useful items stuck together to make a shape. With a closer look‚ though‚ The Thing is a unique piece of art that will not easily be forgotten. In my opinion‚ The Thing is a sculpture that represents a lady‚ I use this term loosely‚ in the welding profession. She

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