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The Art Museum as Ritual is an article written by Carol Duncan that questions the role and function of public museums. In this article, Duncan shows his dissatisfaction with the way museums use objects of art to come up with particular political meanings aimed at achieving a certain purpose. According to her, some nations came up with western style museums to be perceived as having desirable diplomatic or political allies. This essay summarizes the main ideas in the article by Carol Duncan,…

depict accurate expressions and realistic body positions was new and gained popularity during the Renaissance. While The Last Supper is one of Leonardo da Vinci’s well known works, his most famous painting is the Mona Lisa, which is now kept in the Louvre in Paris, France. Leonardo started working on the Mona Lisa in Florence in 1503. The history of the Mona Lisa is unknown. Included in the mystery of the portrait is who commissioned the painting, how long…

painting as the effects of deterioration on more visible areas have a larger impact on the painting than darker areas. Leonardo Da Vinci's 'virgin of the rocks' illustrates exactly this, two exist, one in the Louvre, Paris and the other in London's National Gallery. The version in the Louvre has remained mainly untouched in comparison to the National Gallery's version which tonally, appears almost jarring as a result of the removal of saturating varnishes and perhaps partial cleaning from…

his future, he saw art. Manet’s main interest and his life dream were to create paintings. Manet’s uncle Edmond Fournier supported and believed in him, when his father disapproved of his interest. Edmond would arrange trips for Manet to visit the Louvre museum, where he was able to view and be around his passion. ( Biography.com , 2015) His uncle helped to nurture his interest during the early stages of his…

inscription at the base of Venus de Milo, however the credit of this work of art once belonged to Praxiteles before the lost podium was found. Arguably the most well-known statue in the world of art; Venus de Milo is on display for public view in the louvre Museum in Paris, for all the world to see and marvel at its beauty and mystery. The medium Alexandros used to create Venus de Milo was Italian marble, a type of white high quality marble popularly used in sculpture. Italian marble’s…

. How did Frida's painting style change over time? For example, when did she primarily begin to paint self-portraits? What did they typically depict? Kahlo’s pictures express the burdens that weighed upon her soul: her unbearable physical pain, the grief that Rivera’s occasional affairs prompted, the sorrow her childlessness caused her, her homesickness when living abroad and her longing to feel that she had put down roots, profound loneliness. But they also declare her passionate love for her…

Leonardo da Vinci was born in Vinci, Italy on April 15, 1452. Not only was he an infamous Italian painter who created some of the world’s most well-known artwork, but he was a man of many talents. He was also a sculptor, architect, engineer, and a draftsman. He was a true genius which is the reason he is still being studied till this day. Throughout his life, he would write in a series of notebooks to document his studies. His notes show the use of mechanical principles and scientific inquiry…

master of the renaissance, his most famous work The Delivery of the Keys currently sits on the walls of the sistine chapel and many of his other famous works sit in some of the most famous art museums such as the Uffizi Gallery in Florence and the Louvre in Paris. In Heinrich Wölfflin’s Classic Art: An…

Leonardo da Vinci, Jan Van Eyck, Michelangelo, and Raphael captured in art the translation of the word Renaissance, meaning “rebirth” or “reawakening.” Throughout the period, from the late 14th century to the end of the 16th century, artists discovered new techniques and attributes of artistic design, as well as created many of the most famous and beloved sculptures and paintings of all time. As da Vinci commented, “A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not.” Italy introduced…

Walter Benjamin has in many ways throughout his work taken a Marxist fashion. Benjamin’s views of the transformation of art are that it has a significant effect of the change in economic structure. When briefly taking a look how technology has changed society, many would say that it had made our lives exceptionally easier. This being said, it has also come with a profound cost. Walter Benjamin in his essay “The Work of Art in Mechanical Reproduction” discusses photography’s impact on our…