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    Since the first brush stroke was taken in Europe‚ the paintings that have been produced have played a vital role in revealing our world ’s past‚ history‚ religion and daily lives of its citizens. Each time period and movement have influenced artists from its first existence to even this very day‚ creating an extraordinary timeline of art and history as one. Frans Hals ’ Merrymakers at Shrovetide of 1615 and Francois Boucher ’s Interrupted Sleep of 1750 are no exception. Despite their different time

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    National Commission of the Philippines. Frank K. Flinn;Gordon Melton. (2007). Encyclopedia of Catholicism. Infobase Publishing. Lico‚ G. (2008). Arkitekturang Pilipino. Quezon City: The University of the Philippines Press. Millon‚ H. (1965). Baroque and Rococo Architecture. New York: George Braziller‚ Inc. Nici‚ J. (2008). Barron ’s AP Art History. Barron ’s Educational Series. Pedro Galende; Rene Javellana. (1993). Great Churches in the Philippines. Bookmark. Watkin‚ D. (2005). A history of Western Architecture

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    Renaissance architecture is split into three periods: Early Renaissance (ca. 1400-1500)‚ High Renaissance (ca. 1500-1525)‚ and Late Renaissance (ca.1525-1600). Renaissance architects moved away from the intricacy and verticality of the Gothic architecture style in favor of the simplicity and balanced proportions of classicism. The classical orders were revived‚ including rounded arches and domes; this was done through observation of Roman ruins and study of the treatise Ten Books on Architecture

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    Baroque‚ Rococo‚ Neoclassical and Romantic Art Since the beginning of human civilization‚ there were always differences in life depending on whether you have a lot of money‚ a decent amount of money‚ or barely enough money to live on. Art is a great way to compare and contrast the differences of how people lived back in the day whether they were swimming in money as Kings and Queens‚ or doing everything they could to scrape up some coins to buy bread for their family. In the Baroque‚ Rococo‚ Neoclassical

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    European Women’s Fashion in the Eighteenth Century (The Rococo Era) Fashion has been always been a dominate part within every society throughout the years. Fashion is “a prevailing custom or style of dress‚ etiquette‚ socializing‚ etc.” and “conventional usage in dress‚ manners‚ etc.‚ especially of polite society‚ or conformity to it” (“fashion”). When it comes to fashion‚ Europe happens to be the most influential continent. For centuries‚ Europe has always been fashion-forward‚ influencing many

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    Both Baroque and Rococo endeavored to appear and rouse very passionate impacts in their works‚ buildings. Baroque structures are greatly magnificent and delight and show up in all their superbness the same as Rococo developments. They stun everybody with extravagance and exquisiteness of their enormous space‚ rich design and forcing glory. Then again‚ the birthplaces of these two styles are distinctive. Baroque style was established in Italy in 1500’s‚ while Rococo style starts its history in France

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    politics… This kind of influence can still be found in remains in modern France‚ mainly in form of painting and decoration of Rococo style. There were so many mistresses in French history‚ but this one‚ Madame de Pompadour was quite a woman of influence. The following part of this essay will be concentrating on Madame de Pompadour’s life in court and what she has influenced a lot-Rococo style‚ through which‚ I believe‚ we could understand more about French culture‚ especially the part related to Louis XV

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    . Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472) rediscovered and made linear perspective popular. Although the principle of the linear perspective was found first by Fillipo Brunelleschi‚ Alberti disclosed and explained it in the book On Painting. Precisely Alberi explained mathematically what proportions of the objects’ size had to be used in linear perspective. Alberti was born in Genoa in the noble family‚ studied in Padua and Bologna‚ lived in Florence and Rome. Aside of working on linear perspective‚ Alberti

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    COUNTRY ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES ARCHITECTURAL MOVEMENT RENAISSANCE BAROQUE ROCOCO Age of awakening or the rebirth Period of Artistic style “Late Baroque” was ornate and made strong usage of creamy‚ pastel-like colours‚ asymmetrical designs‚ curves and gold. Italy Plan • Central plan • Concave or Convex on plan • Oval plans Wall • • Often painted Ceiling • Ribbed Vault • Flat ceilings of wood and plaster. • Contains Large frescos Doors • Richly carved frames‚ sometimes arched and

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    Timeline Byzantine 350 -450 Medieval 400-500 AD Surrealism 1920-1930 Beginning in the mid-1920s‚ Surrealist captured the Modern imagination. In essence‚ Surrealism began as a direct spillover from the Dada movement in art and culture. The Surrealists wanted to explore through poetry and prose the psychic dimension of the human mind. A huge source of inspiration was the groundbreaking work of Sigmund Freud. Continued Surrealism 1920-1930 What is important to understand is

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