contemporary social critiques with the modernist myth surrounding the city of Paris in the late 19th century. The sharp contrast of interpretation on both sides is exemplified through three major artworks‚ Le Train dans la Neige‚ la Locamotive by Claude Monet‚ Dans un Café Dit Aussi‚ L’Absinthe by Edgar Degas‚ and Bal du Moulin de la Galette by Pierre Auguste Renoir. Each painting exudes deeper meaning by way of brush stroke‚ color‚ style‚ composition‚ content‚ symbolism‚ and so much more beyond
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Claude Monet‚ Haystacks (Effect of snow and sun)‚ French Impressionism (1891)‚ Oil on canvas The Metropolitan Museum of Art is full of exciting and mesmerizing thousands and thousands of pieces of artwork. One could find an artwork as prehistoric as the early people and as recent as from the 21st century at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. However‚ from the small list of objects which I was given‚ I had to choose only one to discuss‚ which is a really hard task if you ask me. Writing about one
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Different views of art Scale and Proportion As we all know mountains are huge and in this image created by Katsushika Hokusai the mountain dosent seem to be that big. At this point we percieve that mountain is far off in the distance. This image is called Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji: The Surface of Lake Misaka in Kai Province and was made in the early 1830’s. As the arrows indicate the boat is the same size as the house ‚ but because we are closer to the boat than house we percieve its bigger
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paradigm. Origins of the movement André Bazin‚ the founder of the famous film magazine Cahiers du cinéma‚ was a prominent source of influence for the movement. Prominent pioneers of the movement are François Truffaut‚ Jean-Luc Godard‚ Éric Rohmer‚ Claude Chabrol‚ and Jacques Rivette. Truffaut also credits the American director‚ Morris Engel and his film "Little Fugitive" with helping to start the French New Wave‚ when he said "Our French New Wave would never have come into being‚ if it hadn’t been
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Art Institute of Chicago Museum Report When I first starting planning out the trip to down town to visit the museum I thought it would go actually the way I planned it. The plan was to wake up on Sunday make sure I wore enough layers of clothing because I am always cold; get on the train and go. Well it was a bit more complicated than that. I woke up later than I expected but still had fun waiting at the train station with my boyfriend. Also I did not wear proper shoes because when I started
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surrounded by so much hate. Thus‚ Quasimodo is one of the best representations of a book that should never be judged by its cover. Quasimodo’s greatest weakness lies in his heart and his love for the only person in whom he has found a home—Claude Frollo. As opposed to Quasimodo‚ Frollo is outwardly a holy man‚ but inside he is ugly‚ manipulative and hideous. Quasimodo only attempts to kidnap Esmeralda because of his great devotion to Frollo. The hunchback of Notre Dame is lonely‚ yearns to
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Claude Debussy (1862-1918) was one of the most important composers of his time and is considered the founder of the impressionist movement‚ essentially a one-person revolution. Born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye‚ Debussy was the eldest of five children of a crockery shop owner and a seamstress. Despite early dreams of becoming a virtuoso pianist‚ Debussy found greater success working as a composer‚ producing his first works as a teenager. His first piano work was written at age 18‚ and within a few years
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Runa Shrestha M Anderson 2014SPART130173007(9:30AM) 17 February 2014 DMA Museum Visit Dallas Museum of Art is located in the heart of Dallas city. This is my second visit to this museum‚ and every time I go‚ the modern architect and the simplicity of the building always fascinate me. I think the modern design of the building blends with architect of overall city that we see in downtown area. Even though the front area of the museum is not that spacious‚ I liked the landscapes of the building that is simple and
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Impressionism In the 19th-century we saw an art movement that would come to be known as Impressionism. The Impressionism term was coined in 1874 after a hostile critic‚ Louis Leroy‚ had seen a picture entitled _Impression: Sunrise_ by Claude Monet (Janson 721) and gave the art work a sarcastic review. Impressionism came into prominence between the 1870 and the 1880 (Janson 721). As with each new art movement‚ they are a response to the previous period and Impressionism is no different. It was a
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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo and Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand have similar characters. One example of alike characters are Phoebus and Christian. Esmeralda and Roxane‚ are another example. Quasimodo and Cyrano are the final example. Not to mention these two stories have nearly identical plots. They both feature a protagonist whose physical appearance is faulty‚ but have a pure soul‚ and an undying love for a beautiful woman. Also the woman that they love is in love with a physically
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