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This oil painting is done on a wood panel was painted sometime between 1503 and 1519, during the time Leonardo da Vinci was living in Florence. The artwork is now in the louvre after being repaired in 1951 because the poplar wooden panel it was painted on showed signs of warping and small cracks. Past the vast age of the painting the lines and detail are very well formed, the detail to clothing and far off landscape are…

he painted his most famous painting of all time, The Mona Lisa, (1503-1506). This painting remains to be a mystery because nobody is sure whether the painting is a potrait of the wife of Francesco del Giocondo or not. The paint is currently at the Louvre Museum in France. It is valued at $100,000,000 and is the highest value of a painting in history. Leonardo had spent his later years working on several different projects in both Florence, Rome, and parts of France. Throughout that time he…

Gothic cathedrals and Greek temples are both considered sacred architecture. Scared architecture (or religious architecture) is dedicated to the design and structure of places of worship. This beautiful type of architecture is developed in its own unique way that has spanned over years and years of time. Creative minds, hard working people, and the people of the time helped contribute to these magnificent buildings, and even today these structures are an important part of human history.…

In 1488, using tempera paint on a wood medium, Ghirlandaio painted “Old Man and Young.” This piece of art measures 62 x 46 cm and is on display in Paris at the Musée de Louvre. This painting makes a powerful statement about the middle class that was often disguised by other painters. Ghirlandaio made the conscious decision to draw the older gentleman as he was, even including the bulbous nose on the old man (“Portrait”)…

In the 1400’s and the 1500’s the Renaissance art was ruled by four Italian artist: Leonardo Da Vinci, Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo. All of these artist have some sort of impact during this time. If is their paintings or their sculptures. Their stand the test of time and as today we are still studying it. These four names are so iconic in the art world. Even for little kids with the widely popular cartoon show Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Where each turtle is name after a Renaissance…

President Thomas Jefferson was the chief driving force behind the newly created United States embracing Neoclassism as its architectural style. Serving a symbolic function, Jefferson believed that America must cast off the old English architectural style and embrace the style of the old Greek and Roman Republics. Jefferson constructed his own estate at Monticello in Virginia and the Virginia State Capitol building using classical revivalism, yet added many details that were commonly found in…

First and Foremost, Frida Kahlo is a very great Mexican painter. Frida Kahlo was born on July 6, 1907 in Coyoacán, Mexico and passed away on July 13 1954 in Coyoacán, Mexico (“Kahlo Bibliography” 1). Frida Kahlo is mostly known today for her outstanding self-portraits. The majority of Frida Kahlo’s best works were self-portraits (“Kahlo Surrealism” 1). Frida Kahlo suffered much pain throughout her lifetime. At a young age she was struck with Polio and then years later she suffers from major…

Dating back to the time in which men were hunters and women were gatherers, the line dividing gender roles were inscribed deep into the beliefs that society still carries with them to this day. In this paper, I will focus on how The Abduction of the Sabine Women by Nicolas Poussin and the Oath of the Horatii by Jacques-Louis David both illustrate that despite being painted a century apart, the way in which society views gender roles of what a man and women should do/be, has not changed. Through…

The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens’ Archipenko: A Modern Legacy, on view from January 28 to April 17, 2016 in Jacksonville, Fl, was organized by International Arts & Artists, Washington, D.C., in collaboration with the Archipenko Foundation. Featuring approximately 50 sculptures, mixed media reliefs and works on paper, Archipenko: A Modern Legacy offers a comprehensive assessment of Alexander Archipenko's artistic career. Organized chronologically to walk the viewer through the artistic…

A star is a glowing ball of plasma being held together by gravity. Likewise, a constellation is a grouping of stars in specific patterns and Cancer is one of the most ancient constellations in our sky. The twelve constellations in the zodiac, Cancer is commonly presented as a Crab for its Latin name. It is nearly impossible to see the constellation with the naked eye. Its location lies 6 degrees north to 33 degrees north and an area of about 506 square degrees. Although the symbol does not…