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    is extremely famous and others might pick him as well but what he did in his lifetime and the meanings to some of his of his paintings/drawings are what that truly evoked me into picking him for this assignment. The artist’s work is noteworthy due to the fact that in 2 out 3 his paintings/drawings it shows great emotion that everyone is able to see but in the other painting he leaves people to question as to what he was trying to portray. Also, how…

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    She then brought this inspiration to life as she began to create photorealistic paintings. One of her first photo-realist pieces was called “Macarena of Miracles” that she created in 1971. Macarena of Miracles was also one of the first photorealistic paintings in America. Most photorealist would create still art (motionless objects that are recreated through art) but, unlike them Audrey felt she couldn’t reach her audience…

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    and Sciences also known as MOAS. Walking through this exhibit a few pieces of art caught my eye. The art work Florida Dreamscape VIII 1984 by Steven Lotz in the Florida paintings really drew me in. Looking at this painting done with Liquetex acrylic on gesso board really spoke with color. The wet liquetex acrylic gives the painting a very wet stature. Making it seem soft yet saturated with color. The Organic shapes on the Lotus flower gave it a distinct place on the board, standing out more than…

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    What category of art does this fall under? How can you tell? Nocturne in Grey and Gold: Canal, Holland falls under the category of a watercolor painting which is the use of pigments suspended in water and or gum arabic in order to create a sense of a dampened paper. This use of watercolor is obvious because of the detail shown in the painting. The colors and shapes seem to blend into one another, creating this murky and almost blurred image which can only be achieved through the use of…

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    We found that there is no actual meaning behind these paintings but Allen states that his drawings are his “expressions though autism.” Allen allows his had to freely start drawing lines and when he can start to see something in the lines he adds the details. As we were looking at Allen’s first drawing, Live I, we wondered how many faces are actually in the painting. There’s are too many faces to be able to count as Allen has set the eyes so everywhere you look…

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    in art, but in his notebooks Da Vinci wrote extensively about them. In several sections of his notebooks in titled How The Mirror Is The Master [And Guide] Of Painters and Of Judging Your Own Pictures, Da Vinci discusses and questions, “Why are paintings seen more correctly in a mirror than out of it?” (Richter, 1970). He proposes that using a mirror flips the painting’s image and makes a painter’s art look unlike their own work and therefore makes it easier to see the flaws in their own work.…

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    4. Motifs, images and devices a. In time following in suit of Asher’s painting his great masterpiece, The Brooklyn Crucifixion II, Asher near instantaneously notes how this painting will cause his mother even more anguish. As Asher elaborates on his reasoning for creating such a piece of artwork he blatantly states among them, “For all the anguish this picture of pain will cause you” (Potok, 229). Asher knows already he cannot keep such raw emotion contained. He cannot burn this piece of…

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    Imants tillers did his painting Monaro when he moved to cooma from Sydney in the Monaro district in 1996. The painting is an extension of the ‘diaspora’ series which began in 1992, which refers to movement or moving of people from a similar background culture common reason being war or colonisation of a society. After moving from a city to a peaceful town he began to think the significance of landscape layered images and texts. He was fascinated by the dry, treeless slopes of Monaro. And…

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    In this discussion I will be analyzing the content of arguably Leonardo Da Vinci’s most iconic painting the Mona Lisa. The first interesting fact I learned about this portrait is widely believed to depict a woman named Lisa Gherardini the wife a wealthy of a wealthy silk merchant named Francesco del Giocondo. Furthermore, Da Vinci is thought to have intended to complete this portrait for the couple so they could commemorate the birth of their son, however he was never able to complete the…

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    experienced in the senses of the beholder. The same painting, movie or piece of music can evoke a wide array of emotions in many different people, or even in one person alone. The desire to express ourselves thorough our creativity is a characteristic shared by most people. Letting our imaginations run free to create, manipulate, and incorporate our vision into something that lasts caries deep meaning. The word ‘Art’ itself encompasses so many mediums; paintings, drawings, sculptures, music…

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