Online Museum Essay Bibliography: "William-Adolphe Bouguereau Biography." Bouguereau Biography. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 01 Oct. 2012. <http://www.bouguereau.org/biography.html>. "MFAH | Top 100 Highlights | #1 - The Elder Sister." MFAH | Top 100 Highlights | #1 - The Elder Sister. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2012. <http://www.mfah.org/art/100-highlights/Elder-Sister-Bouguereau/>. Online Museum Essay William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) The Elder Sister‚ 1869 Oil on canvas‚ 51
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children beautifully showing no imperfections‚ Bouguereau states how perfect his children are. The painting is outdoors‚ shows a lot of nature
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much depressing and dark‚ it’s always interesting to see both elements in one piece of art. One art that expresses dark elements is “The Scream” by Edvard Munch‚ although most wouldn’t call “The Scream” beautiful‚ the “Nymphs and Satyr” by Adolphe Bouguereau is a stunning art piece that uniquely shows an element of dark beauty. Whereas “The Scream” and “Nymphs and Satyr” are similar as they are from the 19th century
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The Elder Sister – William-Adolphe Bouguereau The Elder Sister is a painting by a well-known French artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau. This work of art was completed by William in 1869. As a result of research made on this painting‚ it was found that the painting was anonymously given to the Museum of Fine Arts Houston as a gift in 1992. According to the museum‚ this was a gift of an anonymous lady in memory of her father. Since then this amazing work of art has been a part of the permanent collection
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Dante and Virgil in Hell (1850) William-Adolphe Bouguereau The image depicts a scene from Inferno‚ a classical poem written by Dante Alighieri in the 1300’s in which Dante is led through the levels of Hell by the dead poet Virgil. In this particular moment‚ Dante is witnessing the horrors of the wrathful in Hell. Clearly‚ Dante is the figure cloaked in beige and covering his mouth in utter disbelief. His eyes‚ however‚ are not directed at the two fighting men. He is staring off towards the
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BMS122: APPRECIATING LEISURE LIFESTYLES Types of Art: Main Periods 1. 2. 3. Visual Arts Appreciation Part 2 4. 5. 6. 7. Pre-historic Ancient Medieval (Middle Ages) Renaissance Baroque / Rococo 19th Century 20th Century 6. 19th Century Art 19th Century Art: Neo-classicism Includes: 1. 2. 3. 4. Neo-classicism Romanticism Realism Impressionism Rebirth to the art of ancient Rome and Greece‚ and the Renaissance Costumes‚ settings‚ and details depicted with much
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This large painting by William Bouguereau depicts a scene from Dantes inferno. It is set on the banks of the river Styx which formed the boundary between earth and the under world. Dante is with Virgil who is his guide through the nine circles of Hell. The circles are concentric‚ representing a gradual increase in wickedness‚ and culminating at the centre of the earth‚ where the devil himself is held in bondage. This painting depicts Dante in the fifth circle which represents Wrath and sullenness
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In late Renaissance art‚ artworks abandoned the ideal imagination‚ and gave emphasis on portraying nature and world in an exact and inornate way. In the artworks Mona Lisa made by Leonardo da Vinci‚and The Younger Brother made by William-Adolphe Bouguereau‚ people were portrayed in the exact way that human look like and they look like a real person. In the recreation‚ photography itself is a way to express realism because it record people’s movement in the exact way they look in the real life. In
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Wassily Kandinsky Wassily Wasilyevich Kandinsky was born on December‚ 16th (4)‚ 1866 in Moscow‚ in a well-to-do family of a businessman in a good cultural environment. In 1871 the family moved to Odessa where his father ran his tea factory. In the year of 1886 he went to Moscow and entered Law Faculty of Moscow University. Graduating with honors‚ six years later Wassily married his cousin‚ Anna Chimyakina. In 1893 he became Docent (Associate Professor) of Law Faculty and continued teaching. In 1896
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I’ve hung back in one of the galleries; it is empty and I can hear myself breathe. Framed by a skylight‚ the wind is twisting clouds into grotesque faces that disappear and then reappear. I am looking at a William-Adolphe Bouguereau painting. A young girl is posing in the painting. There is a broken pitcher on the ground‚ but the longer I stare at the painting‚ the more the pitcher fades into the background. The painted girl has her hands clasped together and she is dressed
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