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    O Keeeffe Visual Analysis

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    Cities worldwide containing enormous skyscrapers, bustling streets, and breathtaking views has captured artists attention and been the focal point of thousands of art pieces. However, the way an artist portrays their interpretation of the city often varies. At first glance, Fernand Léger’s 1919 The City and Georgia O’Keeffe’s 1925 New York Street With Moon appear to be extremely different photos— the color schemes, spacing, and amount of detail to objects and movement for each photo are distinct…

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    There is a neoclassical painting that suspends on the wall at the National Gallery of Art In Washington DC, called The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries (Fig 1.) that was painted by Jacques-Louis David in 1812. The painting showcases a portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte as the French Emperor. However, the embedded symbols—like the honeybees, books written by Plutarch, classic French military uniform, map scrolls and dripping wax candles—in the composition communicates political power.…

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    Callaghan And Glassco

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    Paris is one of the most talked about cities in the word. If one is lucky enough to have visited this beautiful city, the reminiscence of the glowing lights will haunt the memory forever. This city stands its own, solid ground, in the literary world. Emerging in something of a myth, Paris, was a place where art was born. The power of this city spread like current through magazine articles and newspaper stories, rapidly making its way into the literary tradition. Soon the myth of Paris had become…

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    The Hidden Symbolism Behind the Detroit Public Library As I stepped into one of the huge reading rooms in the Detroit Public Library, or DPL, I was filled with awe. The massive room, coated in decorative plaster and artistic images, felt surreal. The beautiful architecture of the Detroit Public Library is unforgettable and a trade mark of the city beautiful movement. The history of Detroit and its Urban Form defines how people interact with the city today. It ultimately forms various Ways of…

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    San Diego Museum Analysis

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    When arriving to balboa park, before entering the San Diego Museum of Art, it is easy to see the amazing building and the work of art it is just by itself. The tall building has a very detailed and beautiful façade. The building shows an influence from cathedral and other ancient buildings from Europe. The decorated building makes the visitor feel as though they are stepping into a building in Europe. Once the museum is entered, the first sight noticeable are the big and elegant stairs that lead…

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    The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) has undergone a variety of expansions and renovations over the years. Specifically, this paper will address the I.M. Pei additions through Foster & Partners of the Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art mainly from its conception in 1981 to its opening in 2011. It is beyond the scope of this paper to explore changes in the Linde Family Wing after its opening in 2011. This paper will cover how the museum was able to expand in order to create this new wing and…

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    The artwork that I chose is Edgar Degas’ portrait titled “Mary Cassatt at the Louvre: The Etruscan Gallery” (1879-1880). This is a portrait made with “soft-ground etching, dry point, aquatint, and etching with dimensions of 10 9/16 X 9 1/8 in” (Degas). What makes this work a form of japonisme is the overall feel. Degas’ choice of mediums have a special effect that creates a japonisme feeling. The line quality and asymmetrical composition has a lot of characteristics of Japanese art. The subject…

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    Although we live in a very modern world, where technology precedes everything, we are still connected to the past somehow. Today we refer to the Internet, and sometimes books to get specific knowledge and information about a certain field or topic. This information could be about a certain culture, languages, religious beliefs or traditions and etc. But have we ever wondered where this information came from? How do people know about traditions and beliefs that come from the past? One of the many…

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    Sarcophagus Analysis

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    Dionysos and Ariadne, 235 A.D. Marble., H. 0.98 m; W. 2.08 m; D. 0.62 m. Louvre Palace Museum, Paris, France. The Sarcophagus with the Myth of Dionysos and Ariadne is a Roman funerary sarcophagus made in 235 A.D. and found in a tomb in 1805, Saint-Médard-d'Eyrans near Bordeaux, France. The artist is unknown, yet it is known that the sarcophagus was made as a pair with The Sarcophagus with the Legend of Selene and Endymion (Louvre Palace Museum, n.d.). These two sarcophagi were made in the same…

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    Lisa Gherardini, who was the wife to Francesco Giocondo. Art historians believe that the artwork was incomplete by 1506 and that Da Vinci continued working on the project by 1517. Despite Da Vinci’s origin being Italian, the artwork is held at The Louvre, in France, after being acquired by King Francis I of France (Lorenz, 2015). Mona Lisa is an enigmatic work of art that should be kept safe as a representation of the Renaissance era, and as a significant piece of artwork. History…

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