The world today is full of many photos of all kinds that can easily catch someone’s eye but only a few are truly memorable. Some photos have the power to evoke emotions and actually have an impact on not only one person, but many people all around the world, these photos are called iconic photos. A photo must meet a certain criterion to be considered iconic. The photo must be powerful enough to have an impact on people’s emotions, the photo can never be repeated, and it can also show people the reality
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• Development Medium: Oil on Canvas. Known for her self-portraits, this piece shows her and her pet monkey. The monkey is supposed to represent children; this is because she was never able to conceive with her husband, artist Diego Rivera, and her have own. Line: The lines are very distinguishable, and they appear to be bold. In addition, they happen to be very thin and use singular lines in certain areas such as her jaw line. In other areas such as her hair, the lining is so precise on its detailing
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I have compared my creation, Disconnected, to the painting, Lonely Boy At Sea Watching Sunset, because I feel that both art pieces have a strong theme of loneliness and isolation. My creation uses a collection of separate images that have been modified in order to create a larger body of artwork in Photoshop. I did not draw or personally photograph the images, but instead handpicked each photo and assembled them together to create my own piece of art. I used a blank file and painted the background
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The Dutch Golden age of painting transpired during the seventeenth century. During this time, the Dutch were fighting for their independence during the Eighty Year’s War (1568-1648). Art and science flourished in Europe during the Dutch trade. Religion was influenced by the Protestant Reformation. In order to bring back Catholicism, many Roman Catholic Jesuits launched campaigns. Religion began to take a backseat in art as the people began leaning toward being Protestant and away from Catholic cultural
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exhibit What makes a painting controversial? Maybe something that attacks our religious concepts can be controversial; maybe anything that contains nude matter is controversial, or maybe causes a great debate. Well, none of this is wrong because people have general norms related to such matters. Paintings often become controversial when it goes against commonly accepted norms. Throughout history audiences have been offended and outraged by paintings that were socially, religiously
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15000-13000 BCE. This painting was done on the wall of a rock in a cave. It is considered the Stone Age style. The subject of this painting is animals primarily bulls. According to Gardner's Art through the Ages historians wondered why the painting consists only of animals. It was later thought that it was a way of having power or control of the animals. The cave in which the painting is in Lascaux, near Montignac, France. Unlike the "Hall of the Bulls" the "Bull-leaping" painting is near Eastern
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Journal: Self-Portrait 1 The primary Reason for Painting a Self-Portrait Assessing Internal Characteristics One of our main struggles in life is to gain self-understanding. We continuously explore our desires, goals, fears, plans, needs…etc. The ability to effectively assess our internal characteristics is one of the main obstacles we face when thinking about a self-portrait. Due to this reason, I decided that I need to evaluate my traits, and try and think about who I am, before presenting myself
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Collection of the Artist The painting “Arbol Grande, Guajiro Yo” has a tree painted in the middle. The tree has many colorful leaves. There is a man sitting beneath the tree, who is smoking a cigar. Apparently, because of the smoking his doing, he is surrounded by a cloud of smoke. The man is wearing a hat and has a mustache on his face. Also, there are flowers on the bottom of the painting, this is the ground of the picture. The painting has many colors; for example, the
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all of the colors of the earth. The arts portray creativity though different means. For example, paintings with different mediums, creating things out of materials; I even think of cooking as an art form. I do tend to think of visual art when I discuss the arts, but I feel as though art is in everything around us. My mom made an interesting point one day. My sister is the artistic one with painting and sculpting. I am creative with the culinary arts. My mom is the writer of the family. We all
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Raphael’s Process for Painting ARTS/230 August 6, 2014 Raphael’s Process for Painting Italian painter Raffaello Sanzio (1483-1520), or "Raphael", was a painter that lived during the High Renaissance period and was greatly influenced by Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael are considered one of the three great painters of their time. Although you may know Raphael by the beautiful paintings he produced, he particularly gave great importance to his
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