power and be justified by the role of ruling classes. Berger states that today we avoid mystification of the past and perceive it in different ways. The value of paintings today is subject to the history and possibly the mystery. Berger also talks about how the invention of the camera changed the way people saw paintings. When a painting is reproduced by a camera the uniqueness of an image is no longer present. The camera made it seem as what we saw depended on when and where we were at that moment
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national vision’. The first series was made up of 27 paintings from 1946-1947. The paintings all-together form a storyboard‚ telling the legend of Ned Kelly. One of them in particular is ’Death of Constable Scanlon’. The series‚ including this one‚ were all painted with Ripolin enamel on hardboard. You can see the many brushstrokes but some objects are painted completely solid for example Ned Kelly himself and the clothes of the constable. The painting is full of things‚ and it is a scene from the bush
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as if they aren’t there. The greens leave appear to bring the painting to life. The dull browns and nude colors‚ with a hint of a vibrant orange and green‚ gives you a taste of the motherland. The painting is almost describing of where oneself came from. For example‚ It’s almost as if I’m in my Abuela’s house during celebrations where the orange walls are sure to pop. Through her Mexican culture‚ Frida Kahlo is able to create a painting that describes her Mexican roots. While growing up Frida‚ was
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Front of Her Cottage‚ c. 1885. Oil on Canvas‚ 31.3*42 cm‚ Dutch. Medieval to Modern European Painting and Sculpture Gallery 241. 2. Vincent van Gogh‚ Self-Portrait‚ 1887‚ Oil on artist’s board‚ mounted on cradled panel‚ 41*32.5 cm‚ Dutch. Medieval to Modern European Painting and Sculpture Gallery 241. A Peasant Woman Digging in Front of Her Cottage. There are a number of things in this painting; this painting shows us that she is very poor. There are no flowers‚ lamps and garden. The house is the bare
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lines don’t matter how long or short they are‚ if they’re thick or thin‚ it just means it reflects the movement in nature. Most artist use an important element of a line that shows an outer edge of a two-dimensional form on the inside. In one of the paintings that lines were used was in Paul Cezanne’s The Basket of Apples which is still life. The artwork shows a visual of mistakes even though there isn’t any. This is a visual element of lines and shape‚ light and color‚ and space. In the picture it seems
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In Albrecht Durer’s Self-Portrait‚ made in 1500 using oil on wood panelling‚ we see that the artist regards himself as a great individual worthy of praise. Durer made this painting after he had visited Italy during 1494-95. There he was introduced to the "idealism" associated with art. He was also introduced to the concept that the artist was their own‚ independent creative genius. Durer represents himself as an idealized‚ Chirst-like figure. His pose is harshly frontal‚ looking directly at the viewer
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The painting made a turning point in art history that directed art onto a newer‚ realistic perspective and presentation. “The Last Supper is da Vinci’s visual interpretation of the evening before Jesus Christ was betrayed by one of his twelve disciples. Jesus
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CHAMELEON PAINTING: This chameleon may have been one of the animals acquired in 1612. It is the flap-necked chameleon (Chamaeleo dilepis)‚ a (usually) bright green species widely distributed throughout east Africa‚ and probably bought as a curious pet by Portuguese traders on their voyages to India around the African coast. Mansur’s miniature is a scientifically precise depiction of this species: he accurately recorded the pale stripe at the corner of the mouth‚ the line of white scales running
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Coat by Henri Matisse is a beautiful portrait. That is located at the Museum of Fine Arts‚ in The Audrey Jones Beck Building. It was made in 1937 during a period called Expressionism. This painting has a dimension of 81 cm x65.2 cm and has a smooth surface‚ when looking at it. This is one of the many oil painting that Matisse painted during his time. In the artwork the first thing we see is a woman wearing a long purple coat. Some might compare it to a trench coat in today’s modern world. She has short
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Introduction The Scapegoat is a painting by William Holman Hunt that depicts the "scapegoat" described in the Book of Leviticus. The painting was commissioned in 1854 by the Dead Sea‚ during his stay in the Holy Land‚ but wasn’t finished until 1855 in London. It is oil painting on canvas with the dimensions of 33.7 cm × 45.9 cm. It is being held at the Manchester Art Gallery. Inscribed on the frame are two quotes from the Old Testament. The first come from the book of Isaiah ’Surely he hath borne
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