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    underappreciated portrait artist and bachelor who lived in Queens‚ New York. He never was famous for his works‚ even though was good at what he loved‚ and had a natural talent for art. When he wasn’t at work‚ he devoted his time at home to a project of his own—a portrait of a young woman. He spent hours of time putting an intricate design in places he saw fit such as her posture‚ cheekbones‚ and neckline. He had never been emotionally connected to any of his works‚ but when he painted his favorite portrait he

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    art movements from Abstract Expressionism to Conceptual Art‚ and refused to follow any of them. Instead‚ she developed a unique‚ expressive style of portrait painting that captured the psychology of individuals. Inspired by the concept of male gaze in art‚ Neel’s work stands as a metaphor for the feminist movement during the period. In her portrait of Margaret Evans‚ Alice Neel explores a woman’s position in society by the honest almost uncomfortable way she paints the expectant mother of two. The

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    A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a semi-autobiographical novel by James Joyce‚ first serialised in the magazine The Egoist from 1914 to 1915‚ and published first in book format in 1916 by B. W. Huebsch‚ New York. The first British edition was published by the Egoist Press in February 1917. The story describes the formative years of the life of Stephen Dedalus‚ a fictional alter ego of Joyce and an allusion to the consummate craftsman of Greek mythology‚ Daedalus. A novel written in Joyce’s

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    The painting “Community Portrait” by Rob Gonsalves depicts a stereotypical community. The style of artwork‚ not particularly prevalent in this painting‚ which Mr. Gonsalves does is magic realism. This work shows the collection of various leaders of the town. Arranged on what appears to be a park or a village green‚ the individuals are deindividualized by the removal of their heads. It does’t matter who they are but rather how they fit into their community. This is evident by the positioning of the

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    Jan van Eyck was able to create a naturalism and religious feeling in his oil painting‚ which made him one of the most famous painters in fifteenth-century. The “Arnolfini Portrait” was painted in 1434 by van Eyck in the style of oil on panel. This piece has various interpretations because of the different objects and layout in the painting. In this painting there are two main figures of a man and women. “Images represent a man and woman standing in a richly furnished room‚ equipped with a brass

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    Gee! What did your teacher mean by asking you to write a portrait essay? Is it possible to write a portrait? What portrait should you write? Well‚ first‚ stop panicking because of your portrait essay. Second‚ your teacher wants you to prepare a normal essay‚ where you should describe someone or something just like an artist would do it. Sure‚ if you have never prepared a portrait essay before‚ you have a lot of questions. Yet‚ we are ready to answer some of them and provide a couple of ideas

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    similarities is the meaning or primary focus of these paintings. These figures seem to both be portraits‚ most likely with the intent of showing off wealth or status. The reason as to why I think that these portraits where both made for the reason is because they both seem to be trying to “show off” to the viewer‚ showing the figures in expensive and opulent clothing‚ in image number two the sitter for the portrait is wearing what looks to be a expensive and fine brocade‚ while in image one the wearer is

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    understand the broad subject of The Triple Self-Portrait‚ a portrait that made it onto The Saturday Evening Post. They use a concrete concept which helps the readers to see the portrait mentally when seeing it physically may not be an option. Authors Rosen and Zerner give insight on every aspect of the portrait. They help readers to understand by taking the writing step-by-step with the claim of the portrait‚ the layout‚ content‚ and detail of the portrait. As the writing reaches its conclusive point

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    While observing a portrait the audience should be attentive to the three major aspects which are; the size‚ the medium‚ and the condition of the portrait. The portrait Mrs. Robert Shurlock (Henrietta Ann Jane Russell‚ 1775–1849) and Her Daughter Ann size is a half-length portrait‚ the medium is Pastel on paper‚ laid down on canvas‚ and the condition of the painting is fine and sound. The figure of the portrait contains a lot of information. This is a double portrait. The gender of the sitters in

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    A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man The novel‚ A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man‚ depicts the life of Stephen Dedalus from his disjointed youth to his clarifying adulthood‚ in a stream of consciousness approach that reveals his inner thoughts. Throughout the novel‚ he perceives the world around him in an unusually keen way‚ considering he is extremely aware of his senses‚ particularly his sense of smell. People by nature have involuntary connections between their physical world and their

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