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I first saw this painting, Saturn Devouring His Son, at the Museum of El Prado alongside the other Black Paintings. My initial reaction was of fear. These are artworks that should not be simply seen in front of a computer screen. The thickness of the paint and the careful attention to details; these are things that are missed if not seen in person. Upon walking into the small room the first painting that draws the attention of visitors is this painting. Not only is this a grotesque piece in an otherwise

Poppies at Argenteuil is a breathtaking work of art by Oscar-Claude Monet, done in 1873 in oil on a canvas background. The size of the painting is approximately 50 x 65 cm. As of today, Poppies at Argenteuil is located at Musee d'Orsay, Paris. Monet was born in Paris, France in the year 1840. He was a student at Académie Suisse after serving two years in the French army. His aunt would buy out his contract so long as he agreed to become a full-time student at an esteemed institute of art. When

Art isn’t just a picture, it isn't just another painting. It’s hope. It’s sorrow. It’s love. It’s entertainment. It’s expression, and a story. Art can do more than just flash us a pretty smile. Art is like a mother's embrace. It can help us heal from tragic times, it can make us laugh again, it can bring out that smile that shines the brightest. It Helps us see things from other perspectives and grow as humans.     One major theme we see through different art pieces is war and peace. One example

Nadir Afonso was a Portuguese painter, well-known for his geometric abstractions portrayed in his artistic works. Nadir was born in Chaves, Portugal on December 4, 1920, and from as young as the age of four, he was showing artistic interest and potential. By the age of fourteen, Afonso had begun oil painting. He enrolled in a painting course at the Porto Fine Arts School in 1938 at the age of eighteen, but changed his mind when a school clerk dissuaded him, and then persuaded him to take up the more

Matisse’s, Bonheur de Vivre and Picasso’s, Demoiselles d’Avignon both compare very favorable with Paul Cézanne’s, The Large Bathers. As the question indicates they are both inspired by Cezanne and yet transcend Cezanne. All of these paintings contain some sort of nudity and are sexualized in some way by it, but in all of these paintings the sensual nature does not define nor does it limit the painting. In fact I'd argue that they all share a common theme of transcending the artistic rules of their

One tourist experience that I integrated the arts while traveling with my family and friends was in the Dominican Republic. When I was in sixteen years old my father decide to take the entire family to Dominican Republic where we visited a history art studio that he invested in with my uncle Rico. The art gallery studio had creative and unique colorful paintings. The art painting art inspired by struggling families in the Dominican Republic. The history of the Dominican Republic is expanding thru

Roy Devries is a artist in San Diego, California, He also teaches at Castle Park middle, teaching kids art and percussion music. He says that before he starts a new painting he cleans the house, he says that he wants to make sure that the cleaning is done before he heads out to his studio to start indulging. He says he has a guilt matrex working. He doesn't like to go out and buy canvases so he makes his own canvas. He makes sure that he has the right cloth then stretches it over a wooden frame

Chapter 4. Case Studies (I) Man Ray - Gun with Alphabet Stencils (1924) The below artwork was done by Man Ray, a pioneer in the 20th century and a leading figure in both Dada and Surrealist art movements (Phillipscollection.org, 2017). Although Man Ray considered himself as a painter, starting from the late 1910s, he began his devotion to photography (The Art Institute of Chicago, 2017). Through his playful experimental approach to motion and visual puns, these elements defined the characters

Norman Rockwell is the creator of the oil on canvas painting, “The Catch”. The painting was a gift in honour of the Crocker Family. The production date of the painting was in 1919. The painting was used as a cover illustration for the “Country Gentleman,”; an American agricultural magazine, on May 3rd, 1919. What is required to be happy? Is it a 6.5-liter, V12, 8400 rpm, 740 hp, 4.5 million dollars Lamborghini Veneno? Perhaps something that isn’t as expensive, just a new pair of shoes? How about

I went to the Arts block in Riverside CA. The exhibition was of Mexican arts and photographers: Guillermo Soto Curiel, Ruben Ortiz Torres, Consuelo y Marisa and Graciela Iturbide. The exhibition was one of a collection of Mexican photographers of the twentieth century and the permeant exhibition of the history of photography. As well as the current exhibition of Mundos Alternos an Art and science fiction in the Americas. There are four photographs by Guillermo Soto Curiel, Manuel Carrilo, Graciela