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Hues Of Black Alberto Giacometti Life
998 wordsHis purpose was to express the totality of life and find the real through external experiences. He was celebrated for his elongated figures that followed his break from the surrealists. But, who was Alberto Giacometti? Alberto Giacometti was born in 1901 in the Italian speaking town Borgonova, Switzerland. Being the son of Giovanni Giacometti, an impressionist painter, he was encouraged in art at an early age. Giacometti had great confidence in his drafting ability at the age of 10, and at 14 he...
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Classical Style High Renaissance
614 wordsWhat are characteristics of Italian Mannerism in sixteenth-century painting? In By the mid 1520 s, Italian art reached what many then believed to be its zenith. Genius artists like Michelangelo, Rafael, and Titian, dominated, which left little to be improved upon in the High Renaissance. Masters like these set to conquer what pervious generations set out to do. Combining beauty, harmony, and balance, these masters, as many had thought, even surmounted the greatest accomplishments of Greek and Ro...
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Sculptures Paolozzi Work
297 wordsPaolozzi was born in Edinburgh to Italian parents in the year 1924. He grew up there and went to art school and colleges in Scotland. When he started his career he was a painter and a sculptor on the side but soon he began to sculpt more and paint less developing new ideas and styles. Many sculptures emerged from 1945 but out of all of them Paolozzi seems to be the only to invent a new style of sculpting. Until Paolozzi created his own style you could see similarities between his work and other ...
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Chartres Cathedral Notre Dame
1,779 wordsThe medieval Gothic cathedral was in many ways a civic building as well as a religious one. This particularly was the case with the famous cathedral Notre-Dame de Chartres (Our Lady of Chartres) in the town of the same name, 80 km south-east of Paris, built in the 13 th century. Chartres cathedral was planned not only as a place of worship, but also developed as the centre of the town's economy and way of life, as the place that housed the relic of the cloak of the Virgin Mary. The local citizen...
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School Of Athens Italian Renaissance
472 wordsThe humanist and secularist beliefs of religion, individuality, and antiquity were evident in the style and illustration of Italian paintings and sculptures in the High Renaissance era. A deep sense of piety, Greek and Roman philosophy, and secularism, can be found in nearly all Renaissance paintings and sculptures, and the school of thought in Renaissance society that regarded the artist as genius contributed to all of these items. Historically, religion is the defining factor of nearly all pai...
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Geometric Shapes Ancient Greek
1,116 wordsAncient Greek art set the bar for artists around the world for thousands of years and still does today. Its sophistication peaked during the Classical Period which has been called the Golden Age of Greek art. The idea of being able to make the world and people around oneself seem flawless was captured through their art. From the usage of geometric shapes to the idea of symmetry helped to give way to the idea of equilibrium, a balance, to which the Greeks held as one idea of perfection. Many scul...
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Pope Julius Ii Portrayed Both Optimism
1,657 wordsMichelangelo was pessimistic in his poetry and an optimist in his artwork. Michelangelo? s artwork consisted of paintings and sculptures that showed humanity in it? s natural state. Michelangelo? s poetry was pessimistic in his response to Strazzi even though he was complementing him. Michelangelo? s sculpture brought out his optimism. Michelangelo was optimistic in completing The Tomb of Pope Julius II and persevered through it? s many revisions trying to complete his vision. Sculpture was Mich...
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Pope Julius Ii Portrayed Both Optimism
1,656 wordsMichelangelo was pessimistic in his poetry and an optimist in his artwork. Michelangelo? s artwork consisted of paintings and sculptures that showed humanity in it? s natural state. Michelangelo? s poetry was pessimistic in his response to Strazzi even though he was complementing him. Michelangelo? s sculpture brought out his optimism. Michelangelo was optimistic in completing The Tomb of Pope Julius II and persevered through it? s many revisions trying to complete his vision. Sculpture was Mich...
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Oval Hanging Construction Woman With Her Throat Cut Art
1,173 wordsThere is a great difference in art between emotion and intellect. They are two completely separate elements. Art that is emotional tends to be stirring and raw- it provokes an immediate reaction in the viewer. Art that is intellectual is deeper, it requires thought and time to chew on- to comprehend. To be successful a piece of art must contain both elements. Both Alberto Giacometti's Woman with Her Throat Cut and Alexander Rodchenko's Oval Hanging Construction No. 12 are successful pieces of ar...
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Archaic Period Early Classical
1,122 wordsBy Greek Art Greek Art By Lizette There are three major categories of Greek sculpture: freestanding statues, architectural sculpture, and non architectural reliefs. The principal subjects of Greek sculpture are gods, heroes of legend, and athletes, youths, or maidens intended to demonstrate ideals of beauty. Whatever the subject, category, or material, the typical Greek sculpture was basically spiritual in function. Most statues and reliefs were dedicated as offerings in sanctuaries to please or...
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Plato Idea
2,197 wordsIn Greek culture around the time of Plato, the perfect ideal person was considered. Plato? s idea that there was a perfect world of ideas affected this pieces subject and the subject? s action. Many works of his time period were sculptures that were meant to be viewed from all angles, attempting to be a closer match to that of the ideal. This idea that the ideal world was real and what matter not the physical also effect the actions depicted in many works of this time period. Most of the works a...
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Michelangelo Artwork Consisted Pope Julius Ii
1,492 wordsMichelangelo Essay submitted by Unknown Michelangelo was pessimistic in his poetry and an optimist in his artwork. Michelangelo's artwork consisted of paintings and sculptures that showed humanity in its natural state. Michelangelo's poetry was pessimistic in his response to Strazzi even though he was complementing him. Michelangelo's sculpture brought out his optimism. Michelangelo was optimistic in completing The Tomb of Pope Julius II and persevered through its many revisions trying to comple...
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Michelangelo Artwork Consisted Pope Julius Ii
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Light And Dark Modern Art
2,390 wordsModern Art For The Paper Store April, 1999 Introduction Its been said that Matisse was no more an abstract artist than Picasso. No abstract painter can claim descent from their work without acknowledging that fact. The worldly motif, especially the human body, and in particular the female body, was as basic to Matisse's art as it had been to Delacroix's or Titian's. His paintings vividly communicate a tension between what he called the sign and the reality it pointed to. He had learned about thi...
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Wanted To Show Roman Architecture
1,489 wordsPeople often try to imitate a finished product if it has become popular. When this is done after several years it is considered a revival. Usually the artist or patron has a purpose such as modeling after a powerful culture or religious significance. They may slightly change or mix other styles to make the best of past and present. In Florence Italy there stands a baptistery. It resides west of the Florence Cathedral, which was modeled after the baptistery. The Cathedral began in 1296 by Arnold ...
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Head Of A Woman Pablo Picasso Paintings
764 wordsPicasso was born on October 25, 1881, in Malaga, Spain, son of an artist, Jose Ruiz, and Maria Picasso. Pablo decided at a young age to adopt his mother s name Picasso, rather than his father s much more common name, Ruiz. An artistic prodigy, Picasso, at the age of 14, completed the one month qualifying examination of the Academy of Fine Arts in Barcelona in one day. From there he went to the Academy of San Fernando in Madrid, returning in 1900 to Barcelona, where he spent a lot of time in the ...
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Pediment Sculptures Floor Plan Parthenon
626 wordsGreek The Parthenon The Parthenon Greek culture blossomed after the Persian Wars. General Pericles around the 450? s BC led the reconstruction of Athens; which became the most beautiful city in all of Greece. Price? s greatest structure built under his command was the Parthenon. The Parthenon was a temple built for the patron goddess Athena (goddess of wisdom and art). Construction started 447 BC and continued until 432 BC. The structure is located in Athens Greece, on the acropolis. The archite...
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Gods And Goddesses One Hand
1,372 wordsIndian Standing Mahadeva Standing Mahadeva Indian art is based on gods and goddesses of India. The only proof of the existence of the god is the sculptures, which have been carved by the people for thousands of the years. These sculptures tell us the story of the gods and goddesses. The stones are the storytellers, which are now found in temples, caves, monuments, and museums. The Cleveland museum of art includes a remarkable image of standing Mahadeva. It represents Shiva, one of the great Hind...
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Facial Expressions Real Life
1,616 wordsWeek XIV: The Cult Of The Virgin Jonathan Right In the oak artwork of France, Virgin and Child, in 1150 to 1200 AD, distinct contours and curves are used to bring the viewer closer to Mary and her child of Jesus. This piece uses the oak to create an orderly and structured artwork using polychrome paint for its cover. In the gilded silver artwork of France, Virgin and Child, in 1339 AD, the abrupt but flowing curves in around the sculpture give off a more real life emphasis in the emotion and det...
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Bright Colors Art Gallery
674 wordsA Critical Spin Drift Spindrift A Critical Review I visited the Currier Gallery of Art and I truly enjoyed myself. I had never been to an Art Gallery and only had the impression that I had received through the movies. It was as I pictured it to be, and I would go their or another gallery again. The Currier Gallery had some outstanding pieces of art, they had everything thing from giant wall paintings to small wall paintings and giant sculptures to small sculptures. They even had a room dedicated...
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