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    A Comparison of Two Paintings from the Renaissance Period Introduction This paper will compare the themes found in the paintings "Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist and an Angel" by Domenico di Bartolomeo Ubaldini (Puligo) and "Madonna Enthroned" by Giotto. Both paintings deal with fables from the Christian faith but were executed during different periods in art. The Giotto painting was created around 1310 and the Puglio painting was executed between 1518 – 1520. Here, these two

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    Art Vs. Athlete Culture

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    view artists and athletes having very different values that are more physical like people compare that athletes use there body’s physically and artists you their minds for imagery. In two different articles it compared and contrasted how artist and athletes can come together or be very different. Artists and Athletes are built from two different cultures but when viewed together they compare more than contrast. To view artists and athletes differently we view the culture with what an artist does

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    This formal art analysis will compare and contrast the line, color, light, and composition of "Gertrude Stein by Pablo Picasso and “The Toilet Of Venus" by Francois Boucher. The formal qualities of these paintings provide a classically orientated approach to the individual subject, which provide similar methods of composition and line. However, Picasso tends to chose earthy color tones in contrast to the brightly colored image provided by Boucher of Madame de Pompadour. More so, Boucher provides

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    Artworks are designated to record either the unique thoughts of artists or the indelible history of a period. A short trip of the Metropolitan Museum brings me not only the joy of visiting, but also the decorous feeling of baroque art. It is not surprise that many baroque art is devoted to demonstrate the majesty and solemnity. Ferdinando de' Medici (1663–1713), Grand Prince of Tuscany ,which is created by Giovanni Battista Foggini, deeply impress me. Based on real life model, the sculpture of Ferdinando

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    Art History 21

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    implications of the medium? Use examples to support your essay. Landscape painting was a particularly effective vehicle for allegory because it allowed artists to make fictional subjects appear normal, conditioned, acceptable, or destined. Art was not just about the landscape, it actually allowed the spirit of the painter to come alive in their work. The allegory was for moral and spiritual concerns. The introduction to photography therefore impacted 19th century landscape in a manner that

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    sources to convincingly argue that Dou’s painting in the early 1630s shows the artist well-mannered and favors educated company. She first compares Dou’s Artist in his Studio made during 1630-1632 with Rembrandt van Rijn’s Artist in his Studio made in 1629. She points out that Dou’s work, different from Rembrandt’s, shows the painter attired in a long

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    ART 202 STEP 2 OF COMPARE-CONTRAST ESSAY: Subject, Interpretation, and Context [Masaccio, Holy Trinity vs. Grunewald, Crucifixion from the Isenheim Altarpiece] SUBJECT (6 pts.): These paintings seem to have a similar subject. Discuss below any differences in their subjects. What is the overall subject (focus/theme) of both of these paintings?: The overall subject of both of these paintings are the crucifixion. Discuss any differences between them: Masaccio’s fresco the Holy Trinity, is

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    having an individual story to tell. Thousands of them have been created however, only a small number of them are actually extraordinary and picture-worthy. This paper will compare and contrast two of those picture-worthy sculptures. Furthermore, I will examine the aspects of each of these sculptures. I will compare and contrast what each of them represents, the differences in texture, their size and their tone. Representation The two sculptures presented for this assignment are the Statue of Gudea

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    Do A Work Of Fine Art?

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    work of fine art. What came to mind? Was it a painting by Van Gogh, or Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans, a current pop song, or a symphony by Beethoven, a piece of literature authored by Emily Brontë, or one by the Kardashians? Due to its objectivity, art is all encompassing: It can be anything created, written, performed, or photographed within which someone finds beauty. Conversely, fine art is exclusive and elite as evidenced by its’ name and the distinction between itself and art as a whole.

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    In Wendell Berry’s “Making it home,” he uses the contrast in the character’s identity to demonstrate a change. Berry accomplishes this by characterizing Art’s three stages of life; the soldier, the man and the farmer. Berry uses the contrast of Art’s life as a soldier to establish a change in his identity. Art’s view of the army after being released, “I reckon I am done marching, have marched my last step, and now I am walking. There is nobody in front of me and nobody behind. I have come here without

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