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    Villa Villa 1 Mr. Sullivan English 3 31 October 2012 The History of Oil Painting From the time of the Greeks the chemistry of art and the chemistry of medicine were closely related. Monks kept these recipes throughout the early centuries of Christianity until their broader use outside of the monasteries in the middle ages. The use of drying oils is recorded among these recipes

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    formal art elements of each movement. Choose a painting from the movement on the museum website. Point out the important formal qualities of the painting (how is it an example of the movement?) There is a grid for each movement on the pages below. Neoclassicism‚ Impressionism‚ and Abstract Expressionism art all contrast each other and are three very important eras in art. Neoclassicism This era deals with mostly Greek and Romans in ancient times. Many women who were drawn or used in a piece

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    1. Identify two artistic sources for Ottonian manuscript painting and discuss how these sources combined to form a new style of illustration. Use examples to support your essay. The Ottonian manuscript paintings were based on two artistic sources the Carolingian manuscripts and Byzantine manuscripts that were both religious and imperial image. The Ottonian manuscripts were mainly interested in the story telling of the stages of Jesus life. For example‚ figure 10.31Christ Blessing Emperor Otto II

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    explored my subconscious through dreams. I intended to portray my impulses by limiting my thinking time. In order to do so‚ I generated a specific process. Once I had written the dream‚ I thought about it trying to memorize minutiae‚ then I drew the landscape then I added more detail to give it a meaning. Afterwards I generated the colors according to the impressionist movement inspired by Mary Cassatt painting “Poppies in a field” and then I used them in a playful manner. I thought about what I wanted

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    Sandbar” (King & Chilvers‚ 2008‚ p. 188) was the masterpiece of Toyo Sesshu. Painted in 1465‚ this piece was created in the style known as “haboku” or broken ink. At a young age Sesshu was trained in the tradition of Chinese ink painting and later became a Buddhist monk. When his training was completed‚ he left China and returned to his native land. Once there he would produce such paintings as the “Winter Landscape” (King & Chilvers‚ 2008‚ p. 188) and (Landscape of the Four Seasons” (Rumsey‚ 2004)

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    Painting Styles Essay Your Name Art 101 Instructor’s Name Date Painting Styles Essay Neoclassical art was created in Greece and Rome. Neoclassical art has little emotion and came after the period with Rococo art and Baroque art. The classical elements of neoclassical art were used in England to vivid ideas and express courage. Neoclassical art fascinated many viewers and offered them new ways of seeing and doing art. There were some very famous people who used this type of art. Two of the

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    Classification of Painting Media Painting media can be classified according to their transparency and opacity of their pigments; opaque or solid colors are the first category which can completely hide what is behind the paint and they are able to cover up an underlying layer. In addition‚ opaque colors are thickest paints and easiest to control‚ so the artist can create forms or textures easily. For instance‚ oil colors belongs to this category when once applied to a canvas or board‚ it takes time to dry

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    http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/dutch.shtm DUTCH AND FLEMISH PAINTING OF THE 16TH-17TH CENTURIES Religious and political turmoil in the 1500s split the Low Countries into two nations with differing social values and artistic tastes. Flanders remained Catholic and royalist; Flemish artists such as Rubens and Van Dyck glorified the Church and monarchy with grandiose themes‚ lively compositions‚ and vivid colors. The United Netherlands‚ however‚ became a republic populated mainly by Calvinists

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    comfortable having a bunch of free range painters roaming their yard. While there are those who tend to ignore or place little stock in the word of their clients and end up performing the work however they feel fit‚ there are still those that will go the extra mile for their clients. Finding painters of this quality will make hiring painting contractors seem like an easy choice. A good home painting contractor can do wonders for your home improvement projects. Remodeling your house can be a burden on one’s

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    Lascaux cave paintings were discovered in 1940 in Montignac‚ France. The cave paintings were 15‚000 to 17‚000 years old. The paintings were mostly paintings of animals‚ which are great examples of art during the Upper Paleolithic period. Some of the sections of the cave paintings have been identified as the Lateral Passage the Chamber of Felines‚ the Great Hall of the Bulls‚ the Shaft of the Dead Man‚ the Painted Gallery‚ and the Chamber of Engravings. The cave has about 2‚000 images that can be

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