Pierre-Auguste Renoir

One point in Malcolm Gladwell’s book that stood out to me was when he talked about the artist in Paris in 1860 and how they didn’t conform, which I think you shouldn’t. He quoted historian Sue Roe when she wrote, “works were expected to be microscopically accurate, properly ‘finished’ and formally framed, with proper perspective and all the familiar artistic conventions (pg. 66),” but the artists he wrote about didn’t follow those rules. His book is about underdogs but, when he wrote about…

to be doing well financially, not even needed any income from his paintings. A great deal of artists belonging to the Impressionist movement owe him gratitude since Gustave played a big role in the movement, usually by purchasing the paintings of Renoir and Monet when they were short on income. Gustave was obviously passionate about photography,that much is apparent from the use of the slightly out of focus elements in the mid distance, the even less detailed elements in the background, the…

Gustave Caillebotte was a french impressionist artist of the nineteenth century. He grew up in a wealthy family and inherited his father’s fortune in 1874. At that time he had already made aquantasist with several impressionist artist and soon began to focus on art. He made his debut in the second Impressionist exhibition in 1876. Gustave was an impressionist artist but his style differ from many of the other impressionist artist because his work was more realistic. One of his most famous…

She was actually taught in the craft and heavily influenced by the famous artist Auguste Rodin, as she began working in his workshop early in her career. Claudel and Rodin were deeply entangled with each other artistically, professionally, and romantically. She became Rodin’s muse, model, confidante, and eventually entered an on-again…

Knowledge: The Key Change to Theories Over Time Ashleigh Gottschalt University of Houston-Victoria A common trait of being human is that we are always seeking out an explanation for how things work, and why it works that way; there is hardly any satisfaction in not knowing the details. When individuals create their own explanations they are called theories, and there are no right or wrong theories because theories are abstract explanations of reality. An interesting feature regarding theories…

Chef is a comedy movie directed and written by Jon Favreau. All of Jon's movies that he has directed are full of excitement, adventure, thoughtful messages, and neither of them are alike. Chef is a part of this description, no doubt. Chef is an amazing comedy movie that teaches a very wonderful message and a relation between a father and son. Chef is about a Chef named Carl Casper who has been working at a Los Angeles restaurant. Carl is divorced from his wife Inez, who have a ten year old son…

All About “Auguste Escoffier” Auguste Escoffier, or as otherwise known as, “The King of Chefs” was born in Riviera town of Villeneuve-Loubet, France. He was born on October 28, 1846 and his career took off at the age of 12 when he entered into apprenticeship in his uncle’s restaurant. This vastly efficient and prominent Chef spent most of his life excelling in the cookery business and essentially making a name for himself. Primarily, at the age of 19 he started working at another…

Auguste Rodin, a well-known artist amazes the world with one of the most famous piece of sculpture The Thinker. A full size bronze located in front of the Rodin museum in Paris, a copy of his work can be found in many countries around the world. The Thinker have been an icon or a symbol for many scholars and a replica of the piece can be seen in more than 30 countries. The robust sculpture measured approximately 71.50 cm in height, 58 cm in length and 40 cm in width. Depicted as a naked man who…

Auguste Rodin is perhaps best known for his iconic bronze sculpture The Thinker. Amongst his other works is another bronze piece titled The Vulcan’s Forge, cast in 1905. The rectangular relief sculpture features a group of five ancient Roman men smithing at a forge. The group is transfixed on their tiring task to the point that they have no connection to the world around them, nor do they have notable purpose; they are slaves to their work. Additionally, the juxtaposition of archaic subject…

was a very important skill to have. He was "obviously of a very high class, because he had a sculpture made of him ("Old Kingdom: Seated Scribe")." They further describe facial details and overall beauty in the sculpture. According to archeologist Auguste Mariette, who discovered the sculpture, he supposedly found it north of Serapeum 's line of sphinxes. Furthermore to its unknown original location, excavation journals and archives were dispersed and lost between France and Egypt, and the site…