Sfumato is the blurred outline and mellowed colors that allow one form to merge with another and always leave something to our imagination. This is a technique that only Leonardo perfected. Other famous painters such as Van Eyck‚ Mantegna‚ and Botticelli tried‚ but were unsuccessful in duplicating Leonardo’s technique. The Mona Lisa has been analyzed over and over by many intelligent people who have theories about the painting‚ and its mysterious appearance. It is the expression on the face of
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Cinematography and the Concept of Ownership in Il Posto Il Posto (Ermanno Olmi‚ 1961)‚ on the whole‚ makes a statement against an immerging consumer and corporate culture and its dehumanizing effects. The main character‚ Domenico (Sandro Panseri)‚ is a young man looking for employment in lieu of education or some other form of self-enrichment. During his quest he becomes infatuated with a fellow applicant‚ Antonietta (Loredana Detto). After the initial phase of their application process‚ they wander
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Smoking has been a public health threat for many years‚ so the main policy objective of the Smoke-free Air Act is the protection and security of all individuals in New York City. The 2002 legislation was passed to ensure that all workers have a safe‚ smoke free workplace environment‚ and that all nonsmokers can breathe smoke-free air in public places. The law is an important part of New York City’s effort to eliminate tobacco use as it is one of the most significant public health threats.The Act
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that could have been the only reason for problems in the country. From 1992 to 1995 one of the largest massacres in the world took place‚ the Bosnian War. It was an international conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to Sandro Krkljes‚ it was said to have killed around 100‚000 people. Most of these people were Muslims. They were either killed‚ raped or sent to concentration camps. "For those who were not killed in the initial massacre‚ many were sent to one of 381 concentration
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One of the most famous paintings of Aphrodite is Sandro Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus. The painting is a rendition of Aphrodite as her Roman self named Venus. The painting was inspired by another tale of Aphrodite’s birth‚ which claims that she was born from the sea foam that arose when the god Uranus
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You’ve probably heard of Leonardo da Vinci‚ Michelangelo‚ Botticelli‚ and Raphael. They are famous painters from the renaissance‚ with paintings so incredible that they are still known today. Lorenzo Ghiberti‚ Donatello‚ and Giotto di Bondone were amazing artists from the medieval time period. They have many differences‚ but they also have their similarities. Their differences are things such as the types of art‚ the purpose for art‚ and the characteristics of art. The similarities are topics such
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birth of medieval humanism and the Renaissance. This further helped to shape European political thought‚ philosophy and art via figures like‚ Dante‚ Leonardo da Vinci and Galileo. The list of famous Italian artists is long and includes Giotto‚ Botticelli‚ Leonardo‚ Michelangelo‚ Tintoretto and Caravaggio. The country has also produced opera composers such as Verdi and Puccini and film-maker Federico Fellini. Italian cuisine is one of the most refined and varied in Europe‚ from the piquant flavours
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scenes and aspects of them through perspective. There were several individuals that helped revive and restore different aspects of this era. Fra Angelico‚ a notorious priest and talented artist helped to bridge the Gothic Age to the Renaissance. Botticelli‚ a painter‚ helped to revive classicism with bold realistic representation and mythology of ancient Rome and Greece with his work‚ "The Birth of Venus". Venus was born from seafoam‚ although some believe she could’ve been born from the rib of Zeus
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a princess‚ but Anastasia was not. Her mother was a princess of the British royal family. 4) Anastasia’s grandmother‚ the Dowager Empress Marie‚ was not the only surviving member of the family. Anastasia’s aunt Grand Duchess Xenia and her husband Sandro also escaped‚ along with their daughter Irina and her husband Felix Yusupov‚ Anastasia’s uncle Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich‚ his family‚ and other relatives. 5) When the Bolsheviks (terrorists‚ or freedom fighters‚ depending on which side you were
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BRIEF HISTORY OF MUSIC Music is a composition of three important elements which are rhythm‚ melody‚ and harmony. The roots of Western music are strongly influenced by classical music. Tracing back its history‚ classical music is divided into six different periods which includes music from the Gregorian chants to Beethoven’s symphonies to the contemporary artists. The longest and most distant era or period of musical history is the Medieval Era‚ otherwise known as the Middle Age Period. During
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