The two paintings—Merode Triptych by Robert Campin and Annunciation by Fra Angelico‚ were completed in the 1400’s. Campin’s painting around 1425-1430 in Tournai‚ Belgium‚ and Angelico’s painting around 1440-1445 in Florence. The context of both paintings is similar: the painting itself relates to the outside world in which it was originally placed. In Merode Triptych‚ the setting is in a domestic interior‚ resembling a house. The painting itself was most likely placed in the house of a wealthy merchant
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Have you ever had a painting that really spoke to you? When I visited the David Owsley Art Museum there was one painting in particular that stuck out to me‚ it was: Right Bird Left by Lee Krasner. Tis painting made me feel happy and gave me a lot of energy during the time I was at the museum. It caught the attention of my eye by using several different visual elements to depict an abstract representation art piece. Along with that it used principle of designs to help the visual elements play out
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shortly before World War I. The Isleworth Mona Lisa is a painting of‚ what looks to be‚ a young Mona Lisa. This painting has been identified as a Leonardo da Vinci painting‚ but some historians believe that this cannot be true. With some differences in the paintings they believe it may have been another small artist at the time trying to copy da Vinci. The Isleworth painting is seemed to be with an international consortium while the original painting is kept in Paris’ Louvre Museum. The famous woman
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interprets the true essence of abstract painting. What’s more‚ it reflects that Pablo Picasso did not only think about how to create a painting‚ but also thought about how to paint with inspiration from life and nature. As an abstractionist‚ Picasso’s works are not accepted by some artists and critics. However‚ his originality and skill have been praised for a long time. Money always tells the value of one’s painting. According to Bruno Dillen‚ one of Picasso’s paintings named Garçon à la Pipe‚ “depicting
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Sandro Botticelli painted “The birth of Venus” in 1485 and Jean-Honore Fragonard painted” Happy accidents of the swing” in 1767. Botticellis painting is tempera on canvas‚ while Fragonard painting is oil on canvas. Botticellis’ piece shows a scene of Venus rising from the sea‚ balanced on a sea shell. To the right of Venus right is Zephyrus‚ God of Winds‚ he carries with him the gentle breeze Aura and together they blow the Goddess of Love ashore. The Horae‚ Goddess of the Seasons‚ waits to receive
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wing of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston‚ Massachusetts. The painting is over ten feet by ten feet in area and is truly spectacular. It is impossible to miss this massive work of art when walking through the hall. The painting is encased by a beautiful wooden frame and hangs in between many other outstanding paintings. This paper will cover a description of the painting‚ the meaning of the painting‚ and the background of how the painting was brought to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. I
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The painting that I chose to write my formal analysis on is called “The Café Terrace on the Place du Forum‚ Arles‚ At Night”. This piece was created by Vincent Van Gogh in Arles‚ France and was completed sometime in September of 1888. This painting is oil on canvas‚ and it is currently housed in the Kroller-Muller Museum located in Otterlo‚ The Netherlands in Europe. This painting depicts a sidewalk café in France at night. There is a doorway to the front left of the painting that is painted blue
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Throughout the painting‚ we are able to see quite a lot of sharp edges and contrasting colours. The woman’s black piercing eyes are wide-opened‚ her tears running down in clear drops‚ and she is biting a handkerchief which she grips tightly in her hands. Placed on the top of her head is a black‚ yellow and red hat with a blue flower on top. Her shattered image reminds us almost of a broken mirror and her distressed face enables us to see the pure emotions this lady is feeling. The painting seems resemble
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Summer Mountains Summer Mountain is an exquisite painting of a landscape in China. It is painted on a hand scroll made of silk with ink and pale colors. The painting is from the Northern Song dynasty 960-1127 in the 11th century. The painting was attributed to Qu Ding {Chinese‚ active ca. 1023-ca. 1056}("Attributed to Qu Ding: Summer Mountains (1973.120.1)". Included in this paper is why I choose this work‚ an assessments to its subject matter and content‚ and the works value in China and western
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If you take a look at the paintings‚ you will see that they are abstract. In fact‚ they are painted in a style that is sometimes referred to as "Abstract Expressionism". Many people have trouble understanding and appreciating this type of art. The purpose of this essay is to explain how‚ over time‚ art has evolved to become more and more abstract‚ and why this is important. My intention is to explain the goals of abstract art‚ and to help you learn how to enjoy it. To begin‚ I’d like to introduce
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