Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez was born circa June 6 1599 in Seville‚ Spain (Biography.com). Due to the fact that he was born in 16 century Spain‚ he was born into the Habsburg time period if Spain (enforex.com). His parents were well do citizens of the town‚ and his father could claim noble descent by the Silva family (Troutman 7). He is regarded by the Metropolitan Museum of Art as‚ “the most admired—perhaps the greatest—European painter who ever lived.” He is most known for “capturing the
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Piet Mondrian was a painter who has carved a niche for himself on the global platform matching the likes of other celebrity painters. He is best known for being one of the founders of De Stijl‚ it incorporated an art movement that worked around abstract works‚ and the new art forms that were being introduced to the world in the early 20th century. The movement also was based on the reductive theory; which took a larger scale image‚ and brought it to life on the canvas‚ in architectural works‚ as
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The portrait of Olga is a naturalistic depiction of Picasso’s wife. I think that the missing arm chair‚ the shadow‚ the darkness‚ and the paleness of Olga are a sign from Picasso that their relationship was not always so good. I assume this because from the site http://www.sapergalleries.com/PicassoWomen.html I found that their marriage had its ups and downs and they were two different people. This painting is well painted. It gives me a feeling that Olga was present when Picasso painted this portrait
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Pablo Ruiz Picasso was born in Málaga‚ Spain on October 25‚ 1881 and lived until April 8‚ 1973. He was raised by his mother and father along with his two sisters. Even at a young age‚ Picasso’s artwork showed great potential. Enough to surprise and excite his father. “From the age of seven‚ Picasso received formal artistic training from his father in figure drawing and oil painting” (“Pablo Picasso Biography). Picasso’s father was an artist as well as a professor at the School of Crafts‚ where Picasso
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"The goal I proposed myself in making cubism? To paint and nothing more... with a method linked only to my thought... Neither the good nor the true; neither the useful nor the useless." (Pablo Picasso) What is cubism? Cubism is essentially the art of creating abstract shapes of three dimensional objects on a two dimensional surface. In cubist artwork‚ objects are analyzed‚ broken up and reassembled in an abstracted form rather than portraying objects from one point of view‚ the artist portrays the
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Pablo Picasso’s painting Guernica is a true Masterpiece; he conceived/developed the idea of Guernica and resolved all issues with the finished product in 1937‚ during the bombing of a little Basque village named Guernica in Northern Spain. This world of unprecedented atrocities was the major influence on Picasso. He used techniques and innovations such as newspaper‚ dismantling traditional forms (marking the beginning of cubism)‚ using sharp edges and the black and grey tones to focus the viewer’s
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Cubism was an art movement that was pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in the twentieth century‚ which revolutionized the European art. Cubism influenced a change from the classical artwork. It was important to changing art in the twentieth century because it changed the way people looked and created art away from the classical portraits and landscapes. It was conceived as a “New way of representing the world.” (No Author‚ Artist Portfolio. Net [ONLINE] http://www.artistportfolio.net/blog/cubism
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In this Picasso painting‚ he uses sharp contrast. It portrays a woman who looks to be suffering. The artwork is distorted so the observer has to piece together the “puzzle” in some areas. The woman is covering her mouth with her hands while tears pour down her face. The color scheme in this painting is very simplistic. Picasso makes the colors contrast and stand out so the viewer can see what exactly is going on. For example he uses the blue to show that she is crying. Without the solid blue‚ the
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When looking at these paintings there is a a lot of similarities to be noted‚ first of all‚ both Bathers and Leda with the Swan feature nude figures bathing in the water‚ with trees around them. They are both very natural scenes and have a relaxed air about them. Both of the paints have a low tonal range‚ but Bathers is bright and lively‚ even though the scene shown is relaxed the brighter colours coming from the right shows that the scene might be depicted earlier in the day‚ whereas in Leda with
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YEAR 10 MAJOR CRITICAL ANALYSIS TASK YEAR 10 MAJOR CRITICAL ANALYSIS TASK CRITICAL TASK ANALYSIS Step 1: Description Pablo Picasso is a widely acknowledged Spanish artist in the twentieth century. He was born in Malaga‚ Spain in 1881.Cubism was the first style of abstract art which evolved at the beginning of the 20th century in response to a world that was changing with unprecedented speed. In 1909‚ Picasso used cubism influenced by Paul Cezanne created an artwork called “The Factory at
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