Peter Paul Rubens was born in 1577 within a quaint German town called Siegen. Peter Paul Rubens was known as a Flemish artist and lived a very successful life in doing so. Peter led a wealthy life‚ having been raised by a family of spice merchants. His father‚ Jan Rubens was responsible for much of Peter’s success since birth. Peter’s father Jan‚ was a successful lawyer in Antwerp‚ Belgium‚ who decided to leave the city in effort to escape the religious war. Peter’s life had unexpectedly changed
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CH 20 – The 18th & 19th Centuries: Six main movements: Rococo‚ Neoclassicism‚ Romanticism‚ (The Academy)‚ Realism‚ Impressionism (Macchiaioli) & Postimpressionism Rococo is a unique style occurring toward the end of the Baroque period. It is a much more ornate style that shows sweetness‚ gaiety‚ and light; painterly and pastel features. It is chiefly characterized by the representation of the leisurely activities of upper class society by a frivolous choice of themes. Rococo is derived
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the avant-garde aura of its time as the Baroque painting displays both candidness and movement. In the way that Velázquez painted his work of art‚ Las Meninas can be classified as Baroque Naturalism (Stratton-Pruitt 5)‚ suggesting influence from Caravaggio who painted with realism and strong chiaroscuro (“light-dark” spotlighting tones). The shift from Mannerism to Baroque developed a thematic motto for artists at the latter movement. According to Dutch poet and painter Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero
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The Third of May 1808 (also known as El tres de mayo de 1808 en Madrid‚ or Los fusilamientos de la montana del Prìncipe Pìo‚ or Los fusilamientos atled tres de mayo) is a painting completed in 1814 by the Spanish depicter Francisco Goya‚ now in the Museo del Prado‚ Madrid. In the work‚ Goya sought to commemorate Spanish resistance to Napoleon’s armies during the possession of 1808 in the Peninsular War. Along with its coadjutor fact of the same largeness‚ The Second of May 1808 (or The Charge of
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Arcimboldo‚ Vincent Van Gogh‚ Rembrandt van Rijn‚ Edgar Degas‚ Max Ernst‚ Rene Magritte‚ Paul Gauguin‚ Alphonse Mucha‚ Wassily Kandinsky‚ Paul Cezanne‚ Hieronymus Bosch‚ Diego Velázquez‚ Pierre-Auguste Renoir‚ Raphael‚ Marc Chagall‚ Amedeo Modigliani‚ Caravaggio (Para 1). The Artist that caught my eye while exploring the webpage was
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Power Point Style= Desing Templates Profile=History Studio= Refined=Photos Textured=Paintings Shimmer=History _____ Rembrandt—history‚ paintings‚ style‚ museums in Amsterdam and Brussels that house his works. Presentation= Less than 30 minutes‚ Powerpoint‚ Lots or visuals on screeen and not a lot of writting. May read from cards or paper but not screen. Submit a CD of presentation. presentation: Rembrandt or the Brussels’ Musee des Beaux-Arts 1. History A. Born=Parents=Where
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1. Italian Renaissance - earliest form of the general European Renaissance‚ a period of great cultural change and achievement that began in Italy. 2. Jacob Burkhart - historian of art and culture‚ and an influential figure in the historiography of each field 3. Oligarchies – small group that ruled a city and its surrounding countryside 4. Condotierri - the mercenary soldier leaders (warlords) of the professional‚ military free companies contracted by the Italian city-states and the Papacy from
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Period: Early Renaissance (1200-1400) Characteristics: Heavy symbolism as well as extreme detail‚ vibrant‚ rich colors‚ religious scenes Location: Italy Characterized by: Everyday life‚ religious like byzantine‚ architecture Romanesque w/ gothic ornamentation • Nicolo Pisano o Pulpit (1260) • Highly detailed-classical • Nicola (Giovanni son) Pisano o The Annunciation ‚ Nativity‚ Admiration of the Shepherds (1270) • Plaza and Cathedral of Florence (1290) o Very Romanesque piazza w/
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BRIEF HISTORY OF MUSIC Music is a composition of three important elements which are rhythm‚ melody‚ and harmony. The roots of Western music are strongly influenced by classical music. Tracing back its history‚ classical music is divided into six different periods which includes music from the Gregorian chants to Beethoven’s symphonies to the contemporary artists. The longest and most distant era or period of musical history is the Medieval Era‚ otherwise known as the Middle Age Period. During
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A man driving home through the rundown (shonky) side of town with his children in the backseat sees a heavily tattooed homeless man. The children wince at the sight of the vagrant when he tries to wash the windscreen of the car in the hope of making a few pence. The father tells the children to remember the ’clown punk’ although his reason is unclear. The philosophical tone of the poem would suggest that the speaker wants his children to look past the decay of the clown punk and see his inner
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