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    created same very famous paintings and invention. He had a very interesting early life. He lived in cool places. His child hood was a very important part of his life. His parents helped him with his life in the youth stage. Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 in Vinci, Italy. He was interested in laws of science and nature, which helped him, when being a printer and inventor. People say that His painting of Mona Lisa is one of the best known paintings out there. The painting was…

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    trained in European painting styles. Miguel Cabrera had this upbringing in the art world. In this paper, I am going to examine the composition of his painting Don Manuel Jose Rubio y Salinas, Archbishop of Mexico (Fig. 1), along with providing information about the subject. I am also going to address how Cabrera showcased a European style through his use of shading, and how his technique of displaying perspective differs from European Baroque equivalents. The main figure in this painting is…

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    The color that was used in the painting was reasonable. The reason the color was reasonable is because Christ stands out in the red that he is wearing from all the other men in the painting. Christ is the only person wearing red so one could assume that he is the main person in the painting. The other colors like the blue, gold, tan or pink that he used on the other men makes you know that they are important…

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    between a young boy and an older gentleman while still maintaining an honest realism. To better understand this painting, one must first gain a basic knowledge about the history of Ghirlandaio. Ghirlandaio…

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    Ken Davis Firehouse Falls

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    Firehouse Falls: Artwork Brought to Life The art collection “A Landscape Through a Musician’s Eyes” by Ken Davis, contained one of his paintings called Firehole Falls. The painting sits in a two inch thick gold frame. Although pictures of artwork are neat in a book, they often have more detail and depth in person. This one foot by one and a half foot oil painting on linen casts a picture of a river running through what looks like a mountain side. On the left side, there is a row of trees that…

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    representational. What is the painting about? The painting is about five nude prostitutes from a brothel in Barcelona. What does the title mean? The title means The Young Ladies of Avignon. Why do we see shattered forms? We see shattered forms because Picasso is using cubism to create two dimensional figures on the canvas. What did this painting do for the art world? Picasso’s painting Les Demoiselles d’Avignon introduced the art world to cubism. How are the two significant paintings…

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    has directional lines, implied lines, balance, and one point linear perspective woven within the strokes to provide meaning to the viewers, while implying the importance of the child present. The painting uses these techniques to provide the viewers with an understanding while just gazing at the painting, and aiming to present the child as the son of God. Using these techniques allows individuals to be able to draw the viewer’s eye to the infant who sits on the Madonna’s lap. Directional…

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    Las Meninas

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    The painting Las Meninas is a very exquisite painting. It requires deep thought to understand. Although Velázquez painted the original, Picasso also made his own interpretation of it in a cubistic painting more fit to his style. There are differences and similarities to the two paintings and each painter needed much motivation to paint both masterpieces. The original Las Meninas painted by Velázquez, has a subtle but deep underlying meaning that can be difficult to define. In the painting you…

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    Night Cafe Who was Vincent Van Gogh? And why the night cafe is one of his masterpiece and most famous painting? In the Modernist world there were so many fabulous and famous paintings but in this essay I want to focus in Vincent Gogh.Vincent Gogh was born on March 30 of 1853 in Netherland. He studied paintings while living in Paris in 1886. He was a Dutch artist whose work had a far reaching influence on 20th-century art. He never married he declared his love to Eugénie Loyer, but she reject…

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    Throughout this reading, Atkins focuses on Frans Hals’s artistic execution of roughness in his art pieces. He points out that Hals’s artistic virtuosity is displayed through the sketchiness of his painting, the connection between him and previous famed painters, and the unique method he employed. Further, Atkins argues that many of Hals’s sitters are “virtuosi-liefhebbers”, meaning knowledgeable lovers of art. Through Hals’s rough brushwork, his sitters were shown refined and cultured. Also,…

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