is a photograph or a painting‚ for some people female nude is often looked at in negative ways. Many people argue that female nude is degrading the power of women. It makes women look like they are nothing but an object of male desires. The characteristic of the women in the paintings‚ their large breast and bottoms‚ it all appears to be designed for male voyeur. Nudity is a uniform for “I’m ready now for sexual pleasures”[i] In my opinion‚ the nude in European paintings is an expression of beauty
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When I first glanced at this painting I didn’t think much of it. My first interpretation was nothing more than a little boy wearing a Batman costume while trick or treating on Halloween. However‚ as I looked closer‚ the meaning jumped out at me. Not only was the little boy dressed up as Batman‚ he believed he was Batman. When we are kids we believe we can do anything‚ such as becoming Batman when we grow up. Thesis: In understanding this painting‚ I believe this painting represents a child’s never-ending
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that I have chosen to work with is the David by Michelangelo. Yes‚ this is one of the‚ if not the most famous sculpture in the world but that is not my reasoning for choosing it. Before seeing the actual David inside of the Galleria dell’Accademia‚ I visited the copy of it outside of the Palazzo Vecchio. After getting my first taste of the fake version‚ I thought it was a cool sculpture but didn’t see what all of the hype about Michelangelo’s could possibly be about. However‚ as soon as I went into
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of watching this painting‚ I feel greatly relieved from the burden from heavy study‚ which really ease my mind and relax my body. This is a beautiful painting‚ and now I will analyze this painting‚ talking about 3 art elements and 3 principle of design about it. First‚ the art element I would like to talk about is color. As we all know‚ color acts as a very role in so many paintings‚ and as for this painting‚ color also plays an important part. The reason is‚ in this painting‚ all the objects are
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University of Phoenix Material Painting Reflection Worksheet Visit a local art museum‚ or search the Internet for images of paintings created from the 1920s to the present day. Insert an image of each painting into this assignment‚ and cite each image consistent with APA guidelines. Reflect on the paintings related to the social and cultural events taking place at the time‚ and answer the following questions. Each response must be between 50 and 100 words. 1. Painting title‚ artist‚ date: A Showery
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Genders Role in Modern Paintings I believe that gender role in modern paintings is varied. it was very difficult for women to enter the academy and achieve recognition as artists during the eighteenth and nineteenth century. At the same time‚ gender played a key role in many of the movements we’ve discussed in class. Each movement has its own characteristics and values with regards to gender. Both women and men were shown as rough and strong but also shown as weak or beautiful. In neoclassicism
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Ad Reinhardt had a unique painting style and concept while the development with his black paintings. During his last days of lif he constantly repainted the same paining‚ same structure and applying shades of the same color on the surface. His black paintings were square format‚ identically divided into nine equal squares and coated in shades of black. Reinhardt also choose to paint these canvas by hand rather than using industrial techniques provided by mechanical reproduction. Reinhardt painted
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The painting that I am choosing to talk about is called Circling the Enemy by Z.S. Liang. What this painting means is that basically in the mid-nineteenth century‚ there were problems with the residents of Native Americans got more aggressive as many more settlers continued their expedition in the Westward Expansion. But‚ what I thought this meant at first when I saw this was how the Indians were fighting for their land because settlers were moving west and got to their land. What I think this picture
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the subject and iconography of the work. The materials used in this work appear to be sheet gold‚ feathers‚ and amatl on wood. Feather painting (amantecayotl‚ in Nahuatl) was a traditional medium in precolonial Latin America‚ and the primary medium that indigenous artists utilized to replicate European styles and iconography in the viceregal time. Feather painting was a style mostly employed in New Spain during the 16th century.
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Formal analysis of painting The Dying Mazzini Is death always painful? In his 1873 portrait‚ The Dying Mazzini (30 1/8” X 39 ½”‚ Providence‚ RISD Museum)‚ Italian realist painter Silvestro Lega captures the final hours of Mazzini Morente’s life. In this painting‚ rather than depict the terror of death‚ a topic which people dislike and always associate with separation‚ fear‚ agony and sadness‚ Lega shows an incredibly peaceful and serene scene of dying Mazzini. With his eyes closed
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