Art History

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    Cesar Heyaime ART 202 Prof. Kristy Caratzola Our curiosity and our constant communication need a release, and in many cases this release takes its form through the different mediums of art. Art allows us to demonstrate whatever it is we please, and to express what our heart desires. Renaissance artists who shared this feeling created these following Masterpieces. Raphael – The agony in the Garden (Oil on wood) Raphael – Madonna and child enthroned with saints. (Oil and Gold on wood) Pietro

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    Japanese Art History

    Yamato-e & Chinese monochrome ink painting. Question 6 options: |[pic] |True | |[pic] |False | Save Question 7 (6 points)  [pic] Contemporary Japanese artist Tadanori Yoko-o designed a ceramic tile mural series illustrating the history & culture of Tokyo. Question 7 options: |[pic] |True | |[pic] |False | Save Question 8 (6 points)  [pic] 20th c. Hanga printmaker Munakata Shiko copied Edo ukiyo-e prints depicting the urban entertainment world. Question 8

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    European Art History

    background. The painting shows an understanding of its time period by the women that hide crying in fear and appearing weak behind the men. It expresses control and fear. It appears to be somewhere in Greece or Rome, where the now classical ideas of art originated. As a neoclassic piece, this is an appropriate setting. I feel that this painting does a fine job of showing the common feelings of many during the late 18th century, and that the artist made a good point with showing the helpless women

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    Art History Paper 1

    Art and Society: Renaissance to Modern Art Paper Assignment I Analysis of the Museum’s Painting The museum’s painting (Attributed to Quentin Massys, Lamentation, c. 1520) depicted a scene in which several grieving people were gathered around Christ after his crucifixion. The thing that stands out about this painting is that Christ is not adorned in fine clothing, nor does he even appear divine in any way. The surrounding people do not appear to be priests or divine, but are normal, plainly garbed

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    Chronological Timeline of the History of Art

    Prehistoric Art 20 000-8 000 BC. Figure 1: Homem Paleolítico, Venus of Willendorf (Limestone), 30 000-25 000 BC, Prehistoric art, Naturhistorisches Museum, Austria, (Adendorff, 2008:8) Egyptian Art 8 000-2 000 BC. Figure 2: A page from The Book of the dead made for Nes-min, Papyrus of Ani (Papyrus), 2 600 BC, Egyptian art, London, (Adendorff, 2008:15) Byzantine Art 5th Century AD. to 1453 Figure 3: Christ Pantokrator, Central Dome, Church of

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    Art History 20th Century

    Art History | | Artist: Matisse, Henri Title: Joy of Life Medium: Oil on Canvas Date: 1905 Style: Fauvism In the Joy of Life painting Matisse used flat, bold, contrasting colors. This technique of heavily outlined forms is an expression of fauvism. Each figure is simplified with strong outlines, creating linear rhythm. These outlines give the figures shadowing and depth. In the Foreground of the painting the figures are much larger than those in the background; Matisse diminished

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    Art History Comparison Paper

    Gloria Wu Gretchen Halverson ART-HIST 110 Formal Analysis of Two Landscapes         Landscape painting has been around for many centuries depicting the surroundings from trees and mountains to towns and cities. Landscapes show many naturalistic aspects of the world around us from nature itself to the various architecture and cities, and what we see and interpret can be expressed differently on a canvas. Both Echo Lake, Franconia Mountains, New Hampshire and Field of Poppies are landscape paintings

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    Art History Research Paper

    Megan Semulka Modern Art in London 18 November 2015 How has the representation of women and female identity changed over the course of modern and contemporary art? Women have always been a common subject of art not only created by male artists, but female artists as well. In the late 1960s, the feminist art movement emerged following the women’s suffrage movement. The art during this era included works that obviously dealt with the female body even if the artists did not fully establish

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    Art History Research Paper

    Baroque and Surrealism The Baroque art period of art was born in Italy/Western Europe, around the early 1600’s thru 1750. It was mainly influenced by the division of the Christian religion in the West, between the Roman Catholics and Protestants. The Roman Catholics used this art as a part of their campaign to maintain their followers. They felt it was aesthetically appealing and it would inspire the largest possible audience (Baroque, n.d.). Rembrandt’s The Ass of Balaam Talking before

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    Representation of American Art History

    American art that I have chosen all represent women. These paintings show how women were depicted by American artists. Some of the works of art show only women or children, while one of the portraits shows a couple. John Singleton Copley painted Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mifflin (Sarah Morris). This is the only portrait that I have selected that shows both man and woman. I feel that these six works of art show the growth of how women were presented from 1671-1893. The works of art that I have

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