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Visual Narrative of Art Spiegelman’s “Maus”

Secondly, as mentioned above, there are two timelines in the novel, the first of which takes place in the present relative to the author of the time, and the second is the memories of one [...]
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Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez: Painting Analysis

In addition, it provides the most common theories about the meaning and the historical value of the painting. It may be necessary to acknowledge the ambiguity of historical knowledge and consider different perspectives.
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Raphael’s Preparatory Drawing

The artist creates a serene and tender moment that is very important for all Christians as it represents the central figures of Christianity and the pillars of faith.
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A Work of Art Depicting the Story of an Actual Life Event

The Polish artist Jan Matelko in his painting "The Constitution of May 3, 1791," portrayed the excitement of the period, its main historical figures, and perception of the events."The Constitution of May 3 1791" was [...]
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Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa as a Source of Inspiration

In both Mona Lisa and Instafamous, Lisa del Gioconda is at the center of the composition. However, in Mona Lisa, it is Da Vinci's gaze that determines how she is depicted and perceived, while in [...]
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The Impressionists and the Hudson River Painters

Edouard Manet and the early impressionists painted modern life and developed their own distinctive style of painting with small, visible brushstrokes and the emphasis on the accurate depiction of light.
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Photorealism by Marilyn Minter

The purpose of this paper is to describe the cultural significance of the photorealism movement, explore how Marilyn Minter's artwork, Blue Poles, was influenced by the art that came before and how the artwork influenced [...]
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Pollock’s Painting Blue Poles

According to Wolfe, the formation of such a drip-style of the artist was influenced by World War II events. I believe that having evaluated the context in which the picture was created and its significance, [...]
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Angelus – The painting by Jean-François Millet

The new interpretation of the work allows concluding the artist's religiosity and desire to convey the sorrow and compassion that represent the features of the entire Christian culture and the Bible.
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Keeping Murals as a Way to Preserve Art

Several schools in the United States are already in the process of removing paintings since they depict horrible truths about the history of the country, such as slavery and genocide.
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“Pieta” Painting by Rogier van der Weyden

To the left of the Virgin Mary, we see John the Evangelist supporting Christ's upper body and consoling the mother. The man in the painting is read as expressive and uninhibited in experiencing "joie de [...]
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Sturman’s Findings Regarding “Auspicious Cranes”

In this article, the author wishes to discover, whether the artist aimed to describe a real event in "Auspicious Cranes" or whether he tried to depict a concealed phenomenon in the political life of China [...]
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Mother Earth, a Thought-Provoking Piece of Art

The wide use of blue color is especially remarkable because it is a great method by the author of the painting to attract the viewers' attention to the theme of the painting the Planet Earth [...]
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The Relief With Achilles, Thetis, and Worshippers

The piece of art under consideration is very traditional in its accomplishment: the medium of this relief is usual for Greek sculptures, and it is marble, and the theme of mythology and mythological heroes is [...]
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The Formation of the Contemporary Art

The painting created by Wilfredo Lam, one of the famous representatives of Modern Primitivism, represents the image of primitive way of life and depiction of early beliefs of Afro-Cubans.
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Giorgio de Chirico and Kara Walker Works

The Fine Arts appreciation deals with the feeling of the beauty of the work of art. The works of art of both Giorgio de Chirico and Kara Walker create foreboding feelings, and that is the [...]
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“Kitchen Looking West” Painting by Anna Sabadini

Anna Sabadinis pictures "reflect the ideas of home filtered through intimacy and distance". Coming from an immigrant family, she can better than others understand the meaning of the place we call "home" and transfer it [...]
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“Still Life” Painting by Luc Tuymans

Title: Still Life Year: 2014 Medium: Oil on canvas Location: The Saatachi Gallery Author: Luc Tuymans The paleness of the picture makes the viewer to intensify attention in order to examine better what is [...]
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“Camden Park” Painting by Stephen Bush

Title: Camden Park, Year: 2014 Medium: Oil and enamel on linen Location: Private Collection, Melbourne Author: Stephen Bush Stephen Bush is famous for the series of the works, characterised by an unusual approach of [...]
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“The Stillness” Painting by Ugo Rondinone

Title: The stillness, Year: 2014 Medium: Acrylic on wood and plexiglass Location: Gladstone Gallery, New York Author: Ugo Rondinone From the first point of view, it is difficult to connect this image with an [...]
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“My Private Greens” Painting by Franz Ackerman

Franz Ackerman has been paintig this picture fo 7 years, constantly adding something new, paying attention to every special detail and it is now rather interesting to do the puzzle of his great artwork.
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Mannerist Art and Architecture Characteristics

It appeared as the contrast to the tendency of realism and implied the intended unnaturalness of complex composition. Thus, the primary approach of mannerism lies in being stylish and elegant.
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Insignia of Painting Reproduction

Coming to the question, "Does the reproduction of a piece of art diminish the original work of art's value?" the answer is in the negative.
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“Wasting Light” by Foo Fighters Cover Image Review

This use of colour harmony and the simplicity of the graphic production successfully represent the band's aim with this album, to simplify and pair back their music in a move away from digital music production.
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Anger by Hans-Siebert Von Heister

The work is dedicated to speculating about the medium and style of one of his works, the peculiarities of its location in the museum, the content of the picture is analyzed in terms of prevailing [...]
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Art Native American: Sand Painting

This paper aims at giving a brief analysis of the sand painting done by the Native Americans as well as the purpose of the painting.
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Olga Belyaeva’s Paintings Critique

Firstly, the work of Olga Belyaeva is very impressive and eye-catching; where in this situation the selection of the subject is well suited in the paintings.
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The Death of Socrates. Description of the Painting

1 The work of art generally has a good picture and the general appearance is that the artist wanted to concentrate on the middle section of the picture perhaps to draw attention to whatever is [...]
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M. Charle on Racial and Moral Stereotypes in Ad

After earning a degree, Charles started teaching at the University of Texas in Austin and he was soon promoted to Professor starting his career in the sphere of higher education as a Lecturer.
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Abstract Expressionism: “Convergence” by Pollock

It is known that Jackson Pollock inspired great criticism due to his lifestyle since he was treated for alcoholism and some people considered his art to be the creation of an alcoholized brain and they [...]
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Japanese Painters: Asai Chu and Hashimoto

Hashimoto Sadhide a renowned Japanese painter born in 1807 and he died in 1878; the painter lived in the city of Yokohama which was known to be a western settlement.
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Women as an Object of Art in Different Epochs

In the background, we can see green meadow and trees in the opening of the arch and the curtain that twisting around the arm of the woman becoming almost transparent close to her figure.
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Henry Matisse’s Portraiture

In the painting Reclining Odalisque, in particular, he captures the essence of a feminine structure, the softness, and the graceful beauty of the abstract body form in these portraits.
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The Politics and Abstract Expressionism

In contrast to Donnel's opinion in terms of space, he believes that this is the main weapon of modernist art where the painters were able to demonstrate the play of colors, which is the main [...]
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“The Harvest” by Stan Herd

The Harvest is the painting which can be referred to impressionistic and breathtaking still life being devoted to the bright illustration of the nature being changed with seasons. How the richness of the nature is [...]
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Philadelphia Art Museum Artworks

One of the main attractions of this picture is the pure innocent expression on the boy's face. This picture is a marvelous creation showing the symbolic beliefs of the Shinto religion.
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Romanticism: Paintings by Francisco Goya

The first painting depicted a nude woman in the Western art and the second painting was painted after controversial thoughts from the Spanish society over the meaning of The Nude Maja.
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Leonardo da Vinci and Andy Warhol

It is also to misunderstand Leonardo, for the Mona Lisa's smile is the supreme example of that complex inner life, caught and fixed in durable material, which Leonardo in all his notes on the subject [...]
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The Importance of Art for People

It is the link between the conscious and subconscious, permitting an exploration of the inner being to satisfy the craving to see beyond the ordinary in an effort to comprehend the ever-changing human body/mind as [...]
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Depiction Women in Paintings

This is seen in Sandro Botticelli's painting, "The Birth of Venus" as he completely broke with the habits of tradition and permitted Venus her freedom.
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“Venus and Adonis” by Peter Paul Rubens

Peter Paul Rubens was the greatest exponent of the baroque paintings and the most renowned painter of the Northern Europe. Both of these paintings deserve to hold their exclusive place in the history of art [...]
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Art in The Epoch of Renaissance

The Epoch of Renaissance emerged on the territory of Italy, becoming the true Rebirth of the national cultural life of the people throughout the whole world.
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Gallery of Joy: Chagall, Kandinsky, and Miro

They handled color quite differently, and their methods of creating shapes and shadows are unique to each artist to the point that each artist's work is easily identified from its unique treatment of the shape [...]
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Foundations of Modern Art: Getty Museum

Jacques-Louis David's excellent masterpiece of the young lovers Telemachus and Eucharis was created at the dawn of the artist's life when the defeat of Napoleon and the return of the monarchy in France forced him [...]
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Picasso: Surrealistic Master of the Monsters

Picasso is one of the most enigmatic artists of all time, not so much for what he produced but for the quantity and hard work he has churned out of his ripe old age, estimated [...]
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