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    My first choice of French painter, Jacques-Louis David’s work is Napoleon Crossing the Alps. As important as the Church of the Savor on Blood was and still is important to Russia, Jacques-Louis David was important to revolutionary France. He lived in a very turbulent time in France’s history. He was a passionate supporter of French Revolution and the idea of overthrowing the monarchy. As a French revolution came closer to reality, David turned away from a typical classical subject that he was trained

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    important role in art history as he was one of the best known landscape painters as well as the leader of the Group of Seven. The group of seven began in the twentieth century and is a group of artists who were brought together by the common interest of art. These men today are Canada’s most famous artists as their works symbolizes Canada’s identity. Lawren was also the founding member and the first president of the Canadian Group of Painters. He was very influential on many people and artists including Jock

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    One of the most influential painters of the twentieth century was Paul Cezanne. He was willing to break the traditionally accepted artistic practice in order to better portray his artistic creativity. Cezanne was became part of the movement that followed the Impressionists called the Post-Impressionism movement. The artists who were the driving forces behind this movement were Gauguin, Van Gogh, Seurat, and Cezanne. These artists were placed in this grouping because they were the avant-garde artists

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    Contextual Analysis Paper: Paul Cezanne One of the most influential painters of the twentieth century was Paul Cezanne. He was willing to break the traditionally accepted artistic practices in order to better portray his artistic creativity. Cezanne became part of the movement following the Impressionists called the Post-Impressionism movement. The artists who were the driving forces behind this movement were Gauguin, Van Gogh, Seurat, and Cezanne. These artists were grouped together because they

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    “Why I am not a painter” Analysis In the poem “Why I am not a painter” by Frank O’Hara he shows the reader that a poem and a painting are very similar to each other even though they appearvery different. His poem explains how he is not a painter in the first stanza and then talks about how his friend Mike Goldberg made his painting in the second stanza and then Frank talks about how he made his poem and shows that they are very similar to each other in the last stanza. The poem starts off with the

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    Recognized as one of America’s leading painters, Winslow Homer is commended for his talent in art. His skill made him the major American watercolorist and marine painting of all time. Born in Boston on February 24, 1836, he lived there until he was 23. He began his career as a commercial painter. He was sent to the front in Virginia as an artist-correspondent for a new illustrated journal in October 1861. During the course of his artist occupation, Homer’s most noted and favorite subject was the

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    Lawren Harris Analysis

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    1.0 Introduction: Lawren Harris is a Canadian artist (1885-1970) was a member of group of seven.As a result to his talent and creatavity he become a leadre for the group of seven.He was also the artist who captured uniuqe landscapes of Canada.Harris’s painting focused manily on the North of Canada. 2.0 Brief biography: Lawren Harris was born 23 october,1885,in Brantford,ON,died on 29 January,1970,Vancouver,BC.Lawren’s father was Thomas Morgan Harris,Lawren was wealthy since he was

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    The artist, Anthony Van Dyck known most notably for his impact within the baroque period, around 1621-72. Was known for his portrayal in religious works as well as his portraits. He was the pupil of Hendrick van Balen, a Flemish baroque painter and stained-glass designer; this allowed him to flourish as an artist at such an early age. Soon after, he became Peter Paul Rubens assistant; Rubens another

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    Uduak Ubom Dance 2303 Professor Shani Sterling May 30, 2018 PUREMOVEMENT BY RENNIE HARRIS Rennie Harris was born on January 28, 1964 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Rennie was raised in an African-American community, Rennie Harris was inspired by Don Campbell Lockers after seeing them on the popular TV show called “Soul Train”. He started dancing socially as a kid but when Rennie turned 12 years he officially started a dance group called Cobra III with

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    encounter the state through people such as police officers or doctors; people we may recognise as professionals. These people work for government bodies such as the police force or the National Health Service. Joe Painter, a political geographer, mentions “every day discourses of state actors” (Painter, cited in Blakeley and Saward, 2009, p. 354). By this he means that the people representing the government bodies are ‘state actors’ and the actions they carry out as part of the role are the ‘every day discourses’

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