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    Comparison of Two Paintings from the Renaissance Period Introduction      This paper will compare the themes found in the paintings “Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist and an Angel” by Domenico di Bartolomeo Ubaldini (Puligo) and “Madonna Enthroned” by Giotto. Both paintings deal with fables from the Christian faith but were executed during different periods in art. The Giotto painting was created around 1310 and the Puglio painting was executed between 1518 – 1520. Here, these two paintings

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    Comparison of Two Paintings from the Renaissance Period Introduction This paper will compare the themes found in the paintings "Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist and an Angel" by Domenico di Bartolomeo Ubaldini (Puligo) and "Madonna Enthroned" by Giotto. Both paintings deal with fables from the Christian faith but were executed during different periods in art. The Giotto painting was created around 1310 and the Puglio painting was executed between 1518 – 1520. Here, these two paintings

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    stylistic characteristics from different stylistic periods I am going to pinpoint and describe in the painting. Theatricality is the use of light and shadowy dark to create a spotlight effect, also known as tenebrism. The artist painted tiny segments of windows behind the figures to allow the bright afternoon sunlight to penetrate through it and hit the figures

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    This essay will compare two artists from different countries, one is a Russian artist called Wassily Kandinsky and the other one is Guan Zhong Wu, he comes from China which is my own country. The two artists lived in different cultural backgrounds during the same period, so they had significant similarities and differences. First, this essay will compare the similar artistic spirit between the two artists. Second, this essay will examine the different drawing tools that the two artists used for their

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    There are many different aspects that are emphasized, absent, or different in the painting and poem of Washington Crossing the Delaware. Although there are several differences in the painting and the poem, there are more similarities that can be used to compare them. When looking at both the painting and the poem, there are many things that can be compared. They both are centered around Washington, but they also show the same theme. There is struggle and determination shown in both. The actions

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    to realist painter and printmaker Edward Hopper in more ways than just one. They each force the person viewing their works to use their imagination, leaving the viewer to give their works an ending of their own. Edward Hopper's painting of Railroad Sunset directly compares to Raymond Carver's short story “Chef’s House” in the way that both works give off the themes of loneliness, beauty, and darkness.     In the short story “Chef’s House” you are able to see that the characters Wes and Edna isolate

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    CA painter’s bell krater is a large earthenware with painting around its center part. As a bell shape vase, it has a large opening and a round body. The broad body makes it perfect for mixing and containing. Close to the top, it has two horizontal upturned handles. The body becomes narrower as it goes down. On the bottom, it has a small round footer that supports the whole krater. The majority of the earthenware is black and the paintings' color is brown with red undertone. Painter also applied

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    Metropolitan Museum As I look at the painting of The Adoration of The Shepherds, two artists, Andrea Mantegna and El Greco, showed it different ways with same subjects. First, the title of the paintings is about Jesus's birth. Andrea mantegna artist had lived from ca 1430 to 1506. He established his reputation when he was 20 years old. This painting is the evident of his highly individual style. He worked it during ca 1451 to 1453. He painted it in horizontal format with 153/4x217/8(40x55.6)

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    Throughout the reading, Muller discusses the connection between the artist and the sociable scholars who collect artworks in the 1630s and 1640s. She states that the paintings created by Gerrit Dou and Adriaen van Gaesbeeck depict the young artist in his study as a learned and cultivated scholar that favors civil conversations. Also, she argues that their works reveal artists’ desire to elevate their professional status and to engage in sociable exchange with elites at that time. The article is organized

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    luncheon on grass

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    canvas by Édouard Manet created in between 1862 and 1863. The painting represents the contrast between a female nude with fully clothed men in a rural setting. By that time, normally woman in paintings didn’t look at viewers straight, especially with nudes. Traditionally, nude models mostly looked away from the view. But however, Manet’s naked female model straightly stares at the viewer. This was shocking, but

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