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Essays 121 - 150
we are. In this way, we have all evolved from happy and sad experiences, and have hopefully arrived at a place where wisdom and a...
a few easy strokes. It has been said that, His men and women seem to breathe; his horses are full of action and his dogs of life" ...
at the artist who is painting them. From these perspectives we can see that much of both paintings, in terms of presentation of...
which was a term used by philosophers during the Middle Ages to describe an obstacle in schematic logic" (Wallbank, 1992). As such...
the essence of poetry, encourages contemplation of metaphysical truths" and that this should be "at the heart of artistic expressi...
he studied at the Louvre (Pioch). Renoir struck up many friendships with other famous painters of the time such as Monet and he...
greatly. In addition this figure, this woman, takes the center of the canvas for the most part, starting at the bottom of the pa...
the human body. In Leiden, the first important Vanitas painter was David Bailly (1584-1657), and later Pieter Claesz (c. 1596-166...
focuses on the men at the table, with Jesus in the center of the painting. In Tintorettos painting it is as if we are looking in a...
man very much at war with himself, constantly battling inner demons that prolifically poured onto his canvases. He literally had ...
in the same direction to some extent, and thus is also the focal point of the painting. However, it is not as strong a focal point...
that of the tree trunks, gives a strong diagonal component to the work, running from the top left to the bottom right. The use of ...
I am more at ease...I feel nearer, more a part of the painting, since this way I can walk around it, work from the four sides and ...
the 19th century but his work had been censured and placed away for much of that time due to the fact that he focused mainly on li...
nurturers. So, while the characters, and the environment, of both pictures differ greatly there is also a sense of femininity that...
images to such effect that the original image is hard to see. There are many pictures painted in the 1930s and 40s which were pain...
this we are given a painting that evokes soft and sensuous feelings that are easy to pinpoint due to the fact that this painting h...
world of art was also introduced to a unique paradigm of a painting technique and skill known today as miniatures. The emperors of...
the Dead Watching" Despite the fact that he painted numerous tropical scenes and used the colors of the jungles and oceans of the...
a passage in Polizianos La giostra Gombrich successfully adduced Ficinis interpretation of the mythical birth of Venus from the se...
elder brother Giovanni, who was nicknamed "Il Botticello," which means "little barrel" (Schmeckebier 138). It is believed he was ...
the time. In regards to this Renoir is often noted as being perhaps the only artist who never painted a sad painting. Many quote h...
artist but later in his career he would lean more and more toward the impressionist movement which was underway. This transition ...
as a foundation member; in 1774, he relocated for good to London where he expounded upon techniques he learned while at Bath, whic...
that "the Impressionism is a lot more a state of the mind than a technique; thus artists other than painters have also been qualif...
synthesizes all of his diverse talents and multiple influences and results in an image that is completely unique in terms of its e...
from a state of freedom to a willingness to submit to the states authority? This is the underlying question in the majority of hi...
for which he is most well known. Some of his earlier pieces included Les Alyscamps, Arles 1888; Still Life with Three Puppies 188...
challenge to remain sexually faithful to his wife. These tremendous setbacks, including the reality of being bisexual in a patria...
that had been the result of a bus accident in 1925 at the age of 18. Boldly Timid -- Strongly Fragile In each of her works, espec...