Lisa Kudrow

The contrast between George Segal’s “Blue Woman in Black Chair” and Tom Claassen’s “Untitled (Large Man) is evident as soon as you see both of them in the same room together. George Segal’s sculpture, which he made in 1981, depicts an older, blue colored woman sitting in a chair and staring at the floor. The sculpture Tom Clause made in 1999 appears to be a large, inflated man sitting with his back against the wall and looking down at his lap. Both sculptures are humanoid, but they are so…

“The Last Supper” or you can call it the spiritual painting. This painting revolves around Christ and the 12 Apostles. In this paper I will be explaining "The Last Supper," by Leonardo Da Vinci. I chose Da Vinci's The Last Supper since it's a work of art that I am familiar with. I've seen copies of it before, and it's very well known. You can ask anyone about it, and almost everyone has heard of it and is familiar with what it looks like. It's much cherished, and is an extremely well known piece…

Leonardo da Vinci was an artist, mathematician, inventor, and writer. “Born on April 15, 1452, in Vinci, Italy, Leonardo da Vinci was the epitome of a ‘Renaissance man’” (Leonardo Da Vinci Biography). When he was about fourteen years old, as was custom during the time to work under the apprenticeship of a master, da Vinci studied under Andrea del Verrocchio. While in his apprenticeship he learned, “metalworking, leather arts, carpentry, drawing, painting, and sculpting” (Leonardo Da Vinci…

same thing. With the two poems I am speaking of, Porphyria's Lover written by Robert Browning and Lady of Shalott written by Lord Tennyson, are the same in his many ways as they are different. This is like comparing two great works of art the Mona Lisa and the Starry Night both have beauty in their own ways. But you can't challenge either one about being more beautiful than the other is the retaliation will get from the art loving community. The same could be said about these two poems how they…

One of today’s most favored and prestige paintings would have to be the last super by Leonardo da Vinci. This painting was discovered between the years of 1495-1498, De Vinci was a famous artist during the Renaissance error. The last supper painting was the first visible picture of Christ that anyone has seen. The reaction of this painting was pure madness across the city. Emotions were running high with feelings ranging from sadness to pure joy each time a pair of eyes landed upon this painting…

In this intricate Memoir, the author, Merri Lisa Johnson offers her readers a chance to place themselves in her shoes, it gives you an inside perspective a woman living with BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder), and how it affects her everyday life and relationships. Which I’d have to say was eye opening for me. In this paper, ill refer to her character as Johnson. Her five year journey of writing this book and what it entails will not leave you disappointed, it definitely took my emotions on a…

Raphael Sanzio was a well known Italian painter as well as an architect for the Pope of the High Renaissance. He was born on April 6, 1483 in Urbino, Italy. In 1491, his mother died and his father later followed on August 1, 1494. He was soon orphaned at age eleven, however, he lived with his uncle who was engaged in litigation with his stepmother. When not living as an apprentice of his master, he would live with his stepmother. He was an apprentice of Pietro Perugino from around 1500 because…

The Renaissance was a new beginning from the Middle Ages and a reformation in the way art was perceived. There were many prominent artists during the Renaissance that changed the era of art, commonly known as High Renaissance. These artists painted the streets of Europe, “patronized artists and mean of letters, and expended enormous enthusiasm and huge sums of money” (Aboukhadijeh, “European Society in the Age of the Renaissance”). The characteristics of High Renaissance art encompassed…

da Vinci's real full name was Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci. He was born the illegitimate son of a notary named Piero da Vinci and a peasant named Caterina in Vinci, Italy, which is near Florence, on April 15 1452. At 5 years old, his father took responsability of him, and his mother remarried. Both his parents had more children seperately, giving him 17 half borthers and sisters. da Vinci studied under a famous Florentine painter Verrocchio. When he first started working, he worked under…

A Genuine Portrayal of a Renaissance Man When thinking about one of the greatest renaissance men, who comes to mind? Does Leonardo Da Vinci come to mind? Unequivocally the man who brought to life the Mona Lisa and designed the first scissors is bound to be a successful man; but his love and dedication to his many various types of works is what made Leonardo Da Vinci a true renaissance man. At the very young age of fourteen Leonardo Da Vinci began to apprentice with a man named Andrea Del…