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    I was surfing the internet the other day looking for famous art work. I came across a painting that was intriguing , and so delicate. The design was created by Edouard Manet. He is a famous painter that lived in the 1800's. He was known for many works of art for instance Saturn Devouring His Son 1819-23. Oil on canvas 56.2 x 31.8 in 143 x 81 cm, this one in particular is very dark , and somewhat sinister also magnificent at the same time. A Bar at the Folies-Bergère is by far my favorite. It was

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    Based on my understanding of Jasper Johns painting False Start this piece, Johns shunned the nonverbal images of his prior works, rather depending upon the building squares of dialect to draw watchers into an exchange with the artistic creation. The difference in topic was occasioned by Johns' want to move past his prior targets and banners. As he noticed, the banners and targets have colors situated predetermined. Jasper John needed to figure out how to apply shading with the goal that the shading

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    Early Baroque styles of the 17th and 18th centuries such as Neoclassicism differ greatly from the realism and impressionism of the modernist movement. Modernism was embraced by a group of artist that believed they should express what was real to them the way they saw it with freedom and individualism. These artist worked against the limiting artistic pillars of Classicism that was taught and promoted by The French Academy. These modern techniques were considered taboo to art critics and even French

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    Art throughout history have challenged the values and attitudes of their contemporary society. With a focus on the postmodern frame, Artists have used and changed art conventions such as the Salon des Refusés and using the world as a source of ideas to create artworks. These artists include Leonardo Da Vinci from the Renaissance movement and Claude Monet from the Impressionism movement. The artist Chiharu Shiota and Lee Bul have also used the art convention Biennale and the world agent to create

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    Impressionism vs. Cubism Art, according to Webster's Dictionary, is a human skill of expression of other objects by painting, drawing, and sculpture. People have used art as a form of expression for a long time. From the Mesopotamian era to the Classical Greeks and the present. Art is expressed in many different ways and styles, and is rapidly changing, one style replacing another. Impressionism and Cubism broke away from the traditional style of painting. They were both looking for

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    Scaffold Vs Courbet

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    Gustave and Manet had many similarities reflected through their paintings. Both artists studied other Masters work at the Louvre Museum in France. For Gustave, trips to the Netherlands and Belgium strengthened his belief that painters should portray life around them and was influenced by painters like Rembrandt, Hals and other Dutch painters. Courbet’s most significant paintings, A Burial at Ornans, captured the funeral of his Grand Uncle in 1848. The models that are shown in the picture were the

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    Australian Impressionism is influenced through the French as it has grown over time. Some of Australia’s world famous artists are from the Heidelberg School Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton, Frederick McCubbin, Jane Sutherland and Charles Conder were all students who studied at the Heidelberg School. The following Artists work was made during 1833 and 1897. During this time each of these artists played an important role in the development of an Impressionist style of painting The Years between 1883

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    The artwork of Édouard Manet was a determining factor in the transition of Realism into Impressionism. Impressionism was the beginning of modern art. It rose to notoriety in the shadows of the French Revolution under the rule of Napoleon III, “The precise moment when Impressionism was coalescing as a style, 1870-71, coincided with a war and a change of political regime.” Strict rules were implemented governing each art exhibition, thus artists who stood for artistic freedom and innovation revolted

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    Claude Monet, An Analysis on Art Specific Purpose: To inform the audience on the significance and formation of Claude Monet’s work. Thesis: Claude Monet’s work did not just become popular because of his unique use of color; but also because of his use of subject matter. Additionally, his artwork was developed through hardships that had an even greater impact on it as a whole. INTRODUCTION- Many of you have probably heard of Claude Monet; he has many famous paintings and is known as one of

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    On his reading, Nudity a la Grecque in 1799, ___________ explains the controversy of one of the most famous paintings of the Neo-classical artist, Jacques-Louis David, the Intervention of the Sabines (1799). This beautiful and controversial painting was characterized by the juxtaposition of male and female nude figures, its impact within women fashion and their power of intervention on society, as well as the David’s intent to represent on his paintings the social and political transformations in

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