Louvre

VInci’s famous painting the Mona Lisa is very well known. The Mona Lisa is one of the most famous paintings of all time. Many people claim it is one of the most visited paintings. The Mona Lisa was created in 1503-1517. The painting is in the Louvre Museum, in Paris France. The Last Supper is another one of Leonardo da VInci’s famous paintings. The mural is said to have represented Jesus and his twelve disciples when Jesus say one of them will betray him. The painting covers a wall in the…

The skill of creativity of human imaginative expressions or thoughts creates an Art. An art is a tangible form of an imaginative expression which is produced or created to be appreciated for their beauty and emotional power. There are different forms of an art: the fine art, for example, includes sculptures or painting. Another form of an art is the visual art which includes painting, music, dance, and literature. The art which inspires me is germane to a visual art which is a painting of the…

Hellenistic art differs from classical in cultural context is that Hellenistic art would focus on normal humans performing everyday tasks as well. An example of Hellenistic art that we talked about in class is Aphrodite of Melos, which is held in Louvre, Paris. Hellenistic art showed much more sculptures of women nude and the Aphrodite of Melos is one of those. This sculpture is believed to be the personification of true beauty because of the ideal proportions and the dramatic appearance to…

¥ The temple is very similar to King Khafre’s mortuary temple. It has granite pillards that form a colonnade around a central courtyard. ¥ Senwosret III wore a pleated linen head cloth which was called a nemes headdress. It is surmounted by cobra, which represents the goddess Udjo, one of the protector’s of the king. ¥ It is symbolic of the God it represents. This sculpture qualifies as in the round because viewers can walk around it, it’s a free standing sculpture, and it is a…

The next year, Kahlo travelled to Paris to show her work and that was where The Louvre acquired one of her works, ‘The Frame’, deeming Kahlo the first 20th century Mexican artist to be included in the museum’s collection. Throughout the mid-1930s, Kahlo and Rivera had multiple affairs on both sides which caused the two to divorce in…

1. The first goal was to terminate the corruption within the Catholic hierarchy such as money, celibacy issues and political misuse among others. Erasmus, Luther and others wanted to wipe out or at least cut down the corruption and misuse of power by the church officials in order to attain the trust of the people. The second goal was that the church desired to re-clarify the doctrines of the Catholic faith. The church had to answer to the claims from the Christian humanists and Protestant…

“The Virgin of chancellor Rolin” by Jan van Eyck This is a formal analysis of “The Virgin of Chancellor Rolin” by Jan van Eyck. This painting was created in 1435 and resides at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France. It is painted on an oak plank with oil paints, and was created during the renaissance, a time of re-birth of Classicism, idealistic figures and naturalism, also to include a sense of reason and mythology, but Eyck was not your traditional renaissance painter. Eyck’s painting of the…

Choosing a movie to watch was difficult, many of the films on the list sounded intriguing, but I finally settled on The Rape of Europa. I never knew art was such an important part of the Second World War, and I was interested in learning the role art played in World War II. The Rape of Europa explores the systematic purging of art different art that was deemed unworthy or degenerate by the Hitler and the German officials, and also the looting of art the Germans deemed worthy from the countries…

The pending demolition of Pennsylvania Station was announced in 1961, eight years after William Zeckendorf signed an agreement with PRR to build Madison Square Garden atop the station. As part of an $50,000,000 agreement, Madison Square Garden was expected to be completed in 1964, with the main waiting room of Pennsylvania Station left in its current state with added amenities and modernization. The Garden would be constructed on the eighth avenue side while to office complex and hotel would be…

When the majority people think of what a few hundred thousand dollars looks like hanging on the wall, they may imagine themselves standing on the beautiful parquet floors of the Louvre, staring at one of the many beautiful artworks. In reality, millions of people in the US will need to look no further than the dusty, forgotten college degree hanging up in their home office. Technology is changing the human experience, and in its wake, certain college degrees are being rendered obsolete. As a…