Claude Lorrain

detail. Artists were concerned with the fine finishing and details of the subjects they painted. Salons had conservative juries who screened and approved artwork that could be displayed for the public. In Paris, artists like Édouard Manet and Claude Monet would begin to challenge the status quo of art during the1860s. They influenced art in a movement that would be called impressionism. Impressionist wanted to capture the changes in the atmosphere, the passing of time and changes in the…

cultural context behind the creation of iconic works of art, we can move towards a more authentic understanding of the aesthetic traditions behind the creation of a work of art. It is through this educational approach that the work of Claude Monet is best viewed. Claude Monet is undoubtedly one of the most familiar and best loved of all Western artists. ‘His images of poppy fields, popular-trees, waterlilies and elegant ladies in blossoming gardens are familiar to people who have never seen the…

Jean-Victor Bertin is a “French painter of historical landscapes” and a former pupil of Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes. Bertin went to Royal Academy of Painting in Paris as a history painting student studying under Gabriel-FFrancoisDoyen for three years. When the classes became too difficult and demanding, Bertin switched to paysage historique. This type of portrait takes landscape painting and blends a heroic view to give charm to the genre. Artist were also attracted to this style of oiled…

Born to a poor family in France, Claude Debussy arrived into the world on August 22, 1862. He became the oldest of five children. By the time he turned nine, he showed gift as a pianist. Madame Maute de Fleurville encouraged him and in 1873 he entered the Paris Conservatory. He studied piano and composition. While living in poverty, Nadezhda Filaretovna von Meck discovered him. She engaged him to play duets with her and her children. He often traveled with her throughout Europe during the summer…

Myths have the dominant influence on the standard of life of people all over the world. The Native American myths relate to stories of creation, heroic deeds and journeys. When cultural and psychological developments that make a civilization defy scientific explanations, myths intervene to provide explanations that would satisfy the psyche of the society. Myths are faith-based. They are not the subjects of arguments and counter-arguments, they are to be listened to, experienced and enjoyed for…

I swung up and slid gently into my saddle as the worn leather creaked slightly as I situated myself on Buttons my mare. The leather felt cool to the touch and the warm Colorado sun shone out of a clean slate of blue that brought out the comforting smell of horse and leather. I breathed in deeply and caught the piney scent of the sage brush which quickly turned to dust in my nose as the horses in the corral churned up the dry, dusty dirt of the mountains. I rode past the weathered wooden barn…

Haiti in its fight to Political Freedom In his route to Asia, Christopher Columbus landed on the Island in 1492, naming it Hispaniola. As we learned in this course, Christopher Columbus was one of the first conquistadores who were seeking land and wealth in order to get high class standing. At the time, the Tainos lived in the land; they had a peaceful encounter at first where they exchanged gifts then second encounter, they n took over the land and enslaved the indigenous people who later died…

for the factor workers in collect speech from the mouths of those who didn’t have the right to speak for themselves” (Bell 68). Lelenne remained with Radio Cacique until it was shut down by the government shortly after the exile of Dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier.…

has worked tirelessly and spent $15 million of his own money to create a vast public artwork in Colorado that would draw thousands of tourists and rival the ambition of “The Gates,” the saffron transformation of Central Park that made him and Jeanne-Claude, his collaborator and wife, two of the most talked-about artists of their generation. But Christo said this week that he had decided to walk away from the Colorado project — a silvery canopy suspended temporarily over 42 miles of the Arkansas…

citizens of Haiti. Danticat depicts the misery, violence, and suffering of the Haitian people under the hands of President Jean-Claude Duvalier and his military personnal. The novel showcases how the supreme power of Duvalier was exercised, through the macoutes, to commit crimes against humanity by personal accounts of numerous characters within the book. President Jean-Claude Duvalier ruled Haiti from 1971 to 1986, when he was forced to flee. He succeeded to President after his father’s death…