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’ is derived from a Latin word ‘ars’ which means skill. Art is the human skill of expression using different art methods such as paintings, sculpture, drawing, music, etc. Art originates in the history of all cultures throughout the world in one way or the other. From the era of Mesopotamian to to-date people have produced art, although the styles and the methods in producing art has changed, influenced and modified overtime. Some of the changes in techniques and styles used centuries ago had
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Art in Theory: Mid Term February 26, 2016 1. When Marcel Duchamp first displayed his readymade, he was adding upon earlier, pre-Modernist conceptions of a painting as thing. The major new idea Duchamp added to the art world was that everyday things (such as a shovel in this case) can become art by simply putting it a place where one would expect to find art, such as museums and galleries
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New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art was recently sued by visitors because its advertised admission prices use the word “recommended” in rather fine print, giving the impression there is no getting around the basic non-concession rate of $25. It’s an odd practice, rarely seen elsewhere, of posting a price but not actually making payment required, and so no wonder it causes confusion to those who rarely visit museums. If this is the policy to be followed, surely it’s best to be as transparent as
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I am Jan Van Eyck. I am a painter and have painted many different art pieces. I have worked for various nobles in the past, including John of Bavaria, and Philip the good. Working with John of Bavaria I worked on several pieces and assembled my own workshop. During this period i started using oil paints as not just a medium of painting but rather over the course of the following several years developed multitudes of painting techniques for which i am internationally known. I am known for my use
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The Starry Night is one of a famous painting that Van Gogh painted in 1889 in Saint-Remy, France. The size of this painting is 29 x 36 1/4" (73.7 x 92.1 cm), it kind of medium and it made of oil on canvas. This painting shows Van Gogh's current situation of his life. His tangled life and aspiration are reflected in The Starry Night. There are stars in the night, although the brightness of the stars are not high, but at least it still emits light, even if God can give Van Gogh only little guidance
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critic – a critic influenced significantly by his socioeconomic circumstances. Even modern-day art historians, those people deemed most likely to consider Van Gogh from every possible viewpoint, often reject this facet of the artist. They instead attribute his creative genius to either his desire to participate in the era’s leading artistic movements or his inherent mental instability. While famed art historian Griselda Pollock, for example, calls Van Gogh’s first major work The Potato
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At age 16, Van Gogh first showed interest in the arts. His family struggled financially, and he was forced to get his first job as the youngest clerk and trainee at an international art dealer, Goupil & Cie.
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brushstrokes and has a very rich texture. Starry Night did not become such a well-known painting until Van Gogh’s death a year later in 1890. After his death, the original painting was sold between numerous people before the Museum of Modern Art acquired it and placed it in their museum in New
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The artwork that I have chosen is titled, "The Starry Night, 1889" by Vincent Van Gogh. This painting is known for being one of Van Gogh's most famous artworks and this painting specifically depicts the window view from his asylum room at Saint-Remy-de-Provence. Van Gogh actually voluntarily checked himself into the Saint-Remy-de-Provence asylum due to the aftermath of him cutting off his left ear in Arles (1888) and confined himself to the institution. I personally think that Van Gogh's battle with
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