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Italy through such centers as Ravenna and Venice several centuries earlier (Fleming 155). Despite the fact that Byzantine traditio...

find inspiration for a new direction. In many ways the Expressionist movement indicated that there was a deep inspiration from mor...

artist deconstructed the objects in the painting and rearranged them on the canvas. The neutral tones of "gray, green, olive and o...

we are. In this way, we have all evolved from happy and sad experiences, and have hopefully arrived at a place where wisdom and a...

a few easy strokes. It has been said that, His men and women seem to breathe; his horses are full of action and his dogs of life" ...

at more than those two dimensions. This is achieved through limiting his use of shading and only subtly hinting at it, such as see...

of understanding into a cultures ideals and belief systems. The purpose of art, the creation of art, the interpretation of art, an...

This offers a very powerful statement that can be seen as quite emotional and strong. When we think of the color orange we are ...

which was a term used by philosophers during the Middle Ages to describe an obstacle in schematic logic" (Wallbank, 1992). As such...

archetypes of the former age. The attention to the spiritual nature of mankind is evident throughout the arts during this time per...

fruit, the faithful little dog, the rosary, the unshod feet (since this is the ground of a holy union), and even the respectful sp...

Sarah Siddons was a well known personality of the age, perhaps the most famous actress. This presence of character is represented ...

was predictable in his mental instability. But, he did possess patterns and habits that did not necessarily change despite the men...

painter of Louis XVs mid-18th-century France, the very paradigm of all that was best in a style of sensitive artifice coming after...

the essence of poetry, encourages contemplation of metaphysical truths" and that this should be "at the heart of artistic expressi...

he studied at the Louvre (Pioch). Renoir struck up many friendships with other famous painters of the time such as Monet and he...

greatly. In addition this figure, this woman, takes the center of the canvas for the most part, starting at the bottom of the pa...

regards to this Renoir is often noted as being perhaps the only artist who never painted a sad painting. Many quote him in regards...

the 19th century but his work had been censured and placed away for much of that time due to the fact that he focused mainly on li...

nurturers. So, while the characters, and the environment, of both pictures differ greatly there is also a sense of femininity that...

so distant from the restricted Venetian veduta" (Bellotto Bernardo: Venice 1721 - Warsaw 1780). Such a description does offer the ...

Expressionist, a cave painter (and poet) with a yen for existentialist texture" (Adams 126). In his earliest works, 1917 to 1936...

radical of all times. These changes are particularly interesting in regard to the manner in which they changed the artistic depic...

hilltop is now shown as much as it is suggested by two rounded green shapes in the lower half of the painting. The dancers barely ...

some style to the films. "One group of filmmakers who were experimenting with cinematic technique were those who emerged from B...

its geometrical balance with the map, and essentially we are presented with an incredibly intense visual image. But, is this parti...

statue conveys a sense of well being to the viewer. In this statue, the Avalolkitesvara is pictured in interesting pose that sugge...

nude, reclining on a chaise lounger. This can be said to have rocked the art world. Olympia, painted in 1863, and subjected to ha...

white and is the focus of most of the people in the painting, also brings the line of viewing down and across the bottom. The c...

We see the moist and secretive environment and truly gain a feel for the garden and the water which abounds in the painting. It is...