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    There are many renaissance masters that helped bring the renaissance together. Three of them are Leonardo Da Vinci‚ Albrecht Durer‚ and Jan Van Eyck. Leonardo Da Vinci was a scientist and an artist‚ Jan Van Eyck was a master of oil paintings‚ and Albert Durer was a master at perspective and fine detail. Leonardo was born on April 15‚ 1452 in Venice‚ Italy. When Leonardo was young he got little of formal education‚ but he got basic reading‚ math‚ and writing. At the age 15‚ he became an apprentice

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    Chuck Close Chuck Close A Portrait in Progress is an extremley interesting and educational short film that walks the viewer through the life of the esteemed artist‚ Chuck Close. The movie explains the feats that Close overcame as well as the ongoing stuggles from his disability. Furthermore‚ this film depicts the changes in Close’s artwork and the reasoning behind his form of expression. The story of Chuck Close belongs to both the world of art and to the annals of human triumph over adversity

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    Lady In Her Bath

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    Lady in Her Bath “Lady in Her Bath” is a painting painted by a famous French Renaissance Artist known as Francois Clouet. He was an artist known for the detailed paintings of French royal families as the court painter. He also had other well-known paintings the “Portrait of Elisabeth of Austria‚ Queen of France‚” the “Portrait of Henry II” and more. The painting “Lady in Her Bath” is described as a lady nude in a bath posing for a portrait with a flower in her hand. And she is in the company of

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    In 1855‚ an artist by the name of Gustave Courbet submitted fourteen paintings to be shown at the Exposition Universelle. Three of the paintings submitted for exhibition were turned away for lack of space. Including two of his most famous paintings “Burial at Ornans” and “The Artist’s Studio”. Determined to showcase his works‚ courbet withdrew his eleven accepted submissions and erected The Pavilion of Realism (Pavillon du Réalisme)next door to the official International Exhibition (Exposition Universelle)

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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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    Leanne Pearce has been doing portraits artwork since the early two thousand’s. She completed her degree in Fine Arts at North Umbria University. She started a breastfeeding mom portfolio with a lot of responds from mothers who breast feed saying they would love to be captured in the moment. The painting I found most interesting in my opinion done Leanne Pearce do the Alex. This painting has no specific location. This painting was chosen because as a mother I understand the bond of breastfeeding.

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    Woman In Purple

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    Woman in a Purple 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

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    the contemporary Baroque period.he painted different portraits for the Spanish royal families. ‚velazquez did a lot of paintings but he did a phenomenal paint which is Las Meninas (1656). And this is what am I going to talk about now Las Meninas was made in 1656‚ The work is complex ‚ the composition give us a questions about reality and illusion‚ and creates an uncertain relationship between the viewer and the figures depicted. The painting is a large room in the Royal Alcazar of Madrid‚ and shows

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    spiritual world. The painting basically symbolizes the painter’s view on Christianity and how he perceives life after death. Religion is actively portrayed in The Last Judgment‚ as Christ is present as the center of attention (which Michelangelo did not intend to do but goes well with the painting) along with many more religious references. Many sources believe that the flayed skin of St. Bartholomew holds is the painter’s “hidden self-portrait” (6). Another symbolic feature of this painting is the difference

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    Liberale and Francis of Assisi produced during the 1500s we see a style and features prominent during the High Renaissance. Giorgione’s study of nature and teachings under Giovanni Bellini uses landscape to enhance the interpretation and mood within the painting. His incorporation of nature and elements found within everyday life help those to link religious concepts to that of earth. Another feature worth noting is the clarity as individuals are strategical placed creating a balance with Madonna as the

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