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    I chose to compare two cave paintings from the paleolithic period, The first cave in called Lascaux, and the second cave called Altamira. As we know that the Paleolithic time period is from 30,000 BC to 10,000 BC. The most common theme in cave painting during that time period was like a bunch of a large animals such as bison, horses, cows, deers, lions, birds, and aurochs. In those two pieces of cave painting I found alots of common stuff like the animals and the story of the painting as well but

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    impact the Renaissance had on the style and characteristics artists would use in their paintings going forward. In order to do so, I decided to compare two Italian paintings; one during the time of Renaissance, and the other predating the movement. While searching for the paintings I would compare, I stumbled across a painting in between the times of these two paintings, and I decided to compare that painting as well. To make the most accurate comparisons, I focused on the portrayals of the Madonna

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    to go to the Cantor Museum in Palo Alto, and I chose to focus on two portraits of women from two distinct time periods. First, I decided on the portrait of Margaret Blagge, Wife of Sidney, 1st Earl of Godolphin. This portrait was painted by the artist Matthew Dixon in 1675, in the Baroque period of art. The portrait of Margaret Blagge was done in England, and it was painted as an oil on canvas. The second artwork I chose to compare was the Portrait of Sally Fairchild by John Singer Sargent. This

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    symbolism. I ended the paper saying I will compare this painting to another, and I chose Van Eyck’s Arnolfini Wedding. The contrast and the similarities are great between the two the artist. First of all they’re both oil painters and from Northern Europe, specifically Netherlands. Although they’re from the same location, the both lived in two different time eras being 200 years apart from another. Starting with the composition of the figures of Hendrick’s painting we see three human figures and an animal

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    Kandinsky Vs Klee

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    Kandinsky and Paul Klee are two of the famous artists of abstract art. They both had started their painting life since 1900, and they had had friendship during their lifetime. Which is easier to compare their artworks by year and find the similarities of how they were influent by each other. Such as Kandinsky’s Improvisation and Klee’s Colour shape in 1914, Kandinsky’s Black Increasing and Klee’s Black Knight in 1927. Thus, the four painting would be the artworks to compare. Two artists have the same perspective

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    The aim of this paper is to examine two different pieces of art. In one corner we have Rogier van der Weyden, Deposition and in the other corner we have Pietro Perugino, Delivery of the Keys to Saint Peter. Both paintings are innovative with respect to the period that it was done in. As I move along in this paper, I am going to examine an art piece and compare it to the other. Let’s begin by discussing the difference between the Italian Renaissance and the Northern Renaissance. The Italian Renaissance

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    Mothers’ love and care The two images, “Marie Antoinette and her Children” by Vigee-Lebrun and “Destitute Pea Pickers in California” by Dorothea Lange, show the obvious differences in the appearances of characters, color, and background. In fact, the similarity of the two images makes it easy for the viewers to see the differences and to compare and contrast. While the images are both show the living conditions of the family of four, Marie Antoinette's image shows a great wealthy

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    Trent Arvin Art Appreciation 11 April 2017 Compare and Contrast: “The Starry Night” and “Number 1 1949” When you look at the two paintings; “The Starry Night” by Vincent Van Gogh, and “Number 1 1949” by Jackson Pollock; there are a few similarities about the meaning of the works of art. Their background and history are different. These paintings were created in two totally different eras and have different formal and technical aspects. Saying that, these works of art share no spiritual or

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    Chopin and the short story “blue + yellow” by Chris Killen compare in many ways. These two stories use the same literary device strongly such as imagery. Imagery is a literary device in which the author uses words and phrases to paint a picture in the readers head throughout the story. These two short stories are written with very descriptive language to help paint a picture of the occurrences in the story and describe a scene. These two stories also contrast in many ways such as the way they use

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    wanted to pass the information, they can only use paintings to communicate. The following two paintings were done in different time periods. The first painting is Rococo type of art while the second is known to be a good example of a Baroque type of art. Both paintings were aimed at passing messages of leadership though they were created in different time periods. The first painting shows more of a kingdom that valued women while the second painting shows a type of kingdom that valued their written

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