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    Located in the west wing of the San Antonio Museum of Art, standing at 6 feet tall, is the statue of Egyptian goddess, Sekhmet. The statue, which is made from granodiorite dates back to the 18th dynasty (New Kingdom) circa 1390-1352 BC during the reign of Amenhotep lll (Art, San Antonio Museum of. "San Antonio Museum of Art - Sekhmet." San Antonio Museum of Art - Sekhmet. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2016). Many seated statues of Sekhmet were made for Amenhotep III’s funerary complex near Thebes.…

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    Visio Vision

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    When looking at a sunset, we do not see it as a detailed, quantifiable object but rather as a being or a face that evokes various inexplicable emotions within us with its constantly changing and fluid expressions. It is difficult to understand how the varying hues of colour and light, the radiance of the sky and its transition into velvety darkness which softens the surrounding landscape, can induce such a surging up of emotion and how it has the power to alter our mood. Although every sunset is…

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    whole life. In July 1869 he left his family to start an apprenticeship at Goupil & Cie an international arts dealer located in Paris. Gogh worked in The Hague which was a branch gallery, and got the job through his Uncle Vincent. In August 1872, Gough…

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    There are many similarities and differences between the paintings “Starry Night” by Vincent Van Gogh and “Night Hawk” by Edward Hopper. The details due to the color can really make up a painting Shading and brush strokes can also make a big difference; it could be in the symmetry component. Realistic, 3D feel or design, and contrast in color are many details that you look for in a painting. These components can totally make different paintings. Transporting into a painting is a great quality…

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    Van Gogh's Starry Night

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    The image I analyzed was one of Van Gogh’s most famous, “Starry Night” This painting was created in 1889. The image itself is an oil painting, and is currently located at the Museum of Modern art in New York City. This is image is the view from Van Gogh’s room at an asylum he put himself into and was painted from memory afterwards. At first glance this image automatically creates a sense of calmness. With its dark warm colors and the seemingly flowing lines that create the image itself. This…

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    Vincent Van Gogh Timeline

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    became well know in the art community world wide. People never really treated me the best of all people but I got some respect from other artist.I was always depressed, and later became mentally unstable because of life problems,The biggest were with my luck with women,I did not have the best luck at all, I could never really find the right girl for me they all just thought I did not seem right. A lot of my work was not recorded,because I destroyed it and a 6th of my recorded art is destroyed…

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    When I took Art Appreciation back in high school, my art teacher, Jane Huebner, also known as “Heebs had told us a quote that I can still remember to this day; I need da money to buy da gas to make the Van Gogh. From there on out I started to like this artist that had stood out to me. This artist was Vincent Willem Van Gogh. He is known as a post-impressionist artist still to this day (2). He had a not so great life and had only sold one painting (4). Van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853 in the…

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    30 in 1853 in groot- Zundert, Netherlands. His mother, Anna had inspired van Gogh because she was a moody artist and she loves nature and drawing she had passed her love for the arts on to her son, but his father had nothing to do with the arts he was a country miner. Van Gogh’s education was at royal academy of fine art for one year in 1886 and then at Willem II collage from 1886 to 1888, he was a post-impressionist painter, his career an artist began in earnest in Etten, He decided to become…

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    The Scream

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    The painting being analyzed is called Evening on Karl Johan Street by Edvard Munch. This oil on canvas painting was produced in 1982. What the painting is portraying is a crowd of people walking on a street. The people’s faces seem to look skeleton like much like other works done by Munch such as the most well known painting called The Scream. The sky appears as if the sun has just set and the day has just moved on into the early evening. The background of the painting consists of building that…

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    Cygnus Research Paper

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    CYGNUS One of the most prominent constellations in the night sky, and one of the most involved and eventful regions of space, the Cygnus constellation and its surrounds are fascinating, and a worthwhile talking point for many a topic. Occupying an area of 804 square degrees, Cygnus is the 16th largest constellation in the night sky; it lies in the fourth quadrant of the northern hemisphere, with right ascension at 20.62, and declination at +42.03: in other words, if you were in the northern…

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