Both sets of caves have several paintings that are very similar‚ as well as many that are vastly different. The styles of art in both are fairly similar‚ although more colors are used in Lascaux‚ as well as a wider variety of angles (Lascaux has a horse in frontal view). The red ochre is consistent throughout both caves. The hand prints‚ both positives and negatives‚ seem entirely absent from Lascaux‚ while there are many more “symbolic” signs‚ such as the XIII‚ leading me to believe that they may
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Greco. The painting depicts the landscape of Toledo‚ Spain‚ the city where the artist worked and lived for most of his life. This is a very significant work for several reasons: it is considered to be the first landscape in Spanish art‚ one of only two surviving landscapes painted by this artist‚ and because this artist rarely painted non-religious subject matter. View of Toledo is considered to be one of the most dramatic and individual landscapes in the history of art. The painting is not an accurate
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Haas and Hahn’s TED Talk‚ “How Painting Can Transform Communities” describes the effort and planning that is needed to create such astounding works of art. This duo’s first piece of artwork on buildings came from Vila Cruzeiro; this is a poor and dilapidated town in Brazil with buildings clustered together while each seems to scream with agony from the claustrophobic space. To begin with‚ the community was not very well-behaved and did not set an example for others; not many people ventured out of
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Dutch Golden Age landscape and seascape painting. A period in Dutch history generally spanning the 17th century‚ during and after the later part of the Eighty Years War (1568–1648) for Dutch independence. At that time‚ the Dutch republic was one of Europe’s most prominent states. It strength was manifest not only in politics and economics but also in the arts and sciences at Europe. II. Land‚ sea and sky paintings of the 17 century: Landscape painting was a major genre in the 17th century.
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<center><b>Are Asher ’s paintings of the Cruxifixion an ultimate act of disrespect towards his parents?</b></center> <br> <br>Asher Lev paints against the values of his family and community. He disregards Jewish traditions and observance by pursuing his passion for art. His individuality has him disobeying the Rebbe‚ the mashphia‚ his mythic ancestor as well as his parents. Asher does not intend for his artwork to be harmful‚ but that they convey truths and feelings. Yet‚ the Brooklyn Crucifixions
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things‚ yet our mother still forgives us. Our mother didn’t want her child to be hurt or even have mosquito bite. Mary Cassatt painted a Young Mother Sewing on a rectangular canvas. She used oil paint. In the foreground‚ the young child in the painting was wearing a white and sky blue dress. Grey was used to highlight her dress in the light. She had brown eyes‚ brown hair and chubby red cheeks. The child was leaning on her mother’s lap looking at the viewer. The mother was wearing a white and black
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Basquiat’s innovative style: “With its public presentation‚ this painting declared Basquiat’s arrival as a new and authentic voice in the world of contemporary art” (Hoffman 130). It continues to be a crucial work when analyzing his entire oeuvre. Richard Marshall said of this early period: “Basquiat used painterly gestures on canvases‚ most often depicting skeletal figures and mask-like faces” (qtd. in Buchhart X). Indeed‚ this painting depicts a solitary shape‚ caught somewhere between a head and
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"Two Gallants"‚ by James Joyce‚ is a short story about two men who are using a maid to steal money from her employer. The entire story is filled with two different types of irony‚ situational and verbal. They are all used throughout the story to enhance the reading of Joyce’s tale. The two main characters in the story are Corley and Lenehan. Corley is conceited and brags about everything. He boasts about the cigars and cigarettes that the maid steals from her owner. Lenehan acts as if he is
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beloved and appreciated pieces of art. Though certainly lesser known‚ two seventeenth-century Dutch artists each created a respectable body of work in the Renaissance period as well: Pieter Gerritsz and Pieter Claesz. Their works consist of primarily still-life paintings; those commonly placed in monographs include Gerritsz ’ Still Life of the Paston (Yarmouth) Collection and Claesz ’ Still Life with Turkey-Pie. The painting by Gerritsz‚ now found in the Castle Museum in Norwich‚ England‚ portrays
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The story “Two Kinds‚” written by Amy Tan‚ has a plot that many people can relate to while growing up as a child. The theme of the story is that there are two kinds of people: the one the mother wants her to be and the one Jing-mei (the protagonist and narrator of the story) strives to be. Both mother and daughter in the story have a very complicated relationship. The mother believes that you could become anything you wanted in America. The author emphasizes that Jing-mei’s mother tries to dominate
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