... Then development of pottery was considered as a luxury art. Employing the same three-part firing technique which was later used by Greek potters, Aegean artists created splendid vases of numerous shapes and a seemingly endless variety of colorful decorations. In the later periods, the decoration included naturalistic motifs, such as floral forms and the well-known Marine style like dolphins, octopus ... chariot with horses. Rectilinear motifs were also combined with curvilinear elements derived from the Mycenaean style. The naturalistic representations of mythological scenes can be seen...

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... me about this painting is that unlike most of Picasso's other paintings this one is not an abstract view of expression, although he uses many angular shapes and lines to contour the woman. I feel that when I look at this painting it is automatically seemed to be sad, but I cannot say ... this is the humor that was installed not only through the shapes and images, but the texture that pulls it together. What draws me in is the sharp geometric shapes on the lobster which creates a fierce image compared to the much more organic shapes on the cat. This painting combines humor and fear of ....

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... These kinds of sculptures would be placed in graves next to the deceased and they varied from small to large. Male Lyre Player 99 83 Simple geometric shapes, large flat planes. His head is tilted back, and he is more holding the harp/lyre than playing it. Minoan Palace at Knossos (Crete, ... back side of a plate is hammered to form a raised relief on the front Tholos tomb: an ancient Mycenaean tomb in a beehive shape GREEK ART Geometric Geometric Krater 118 102 8C BC Bowl for mixing water and wine (the Greeks never drank their wine straight). Archaic Kouros 109 106 6C BC A grave marker ....

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... the object exactly as it was in the real world. When people began exploring African art they became fascinated with the way that it stood out. African art had strong geometric shapes and solid lines, this fascinated many artists in Europe who were becoming tired with traditional European arts. When explorers first brought the pieces back to Europe Missionaries displayed the work ... the artists who experimented and liked the way African art portrayed things were Geaorges Braque, Henri Matisse, Maurice de Vlaminck, and Pablo Picasso. Many of Pablo's paintings are known for geometric shap...

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... as one two a smaller sphere of the child's, this itself appears alike to a natural bulb or growth in my opinion, they are two clear shapes within one form united as one. Added emphasis is put on the arm seen at the front of the sculpture which is similar to the large arm ... strength of the mother mirrored by the child's some what limbless body. The lower body is even more abstracted of the female figure however the sinuous shapes may suggest dress/cloth texture. The form seems elongated perhaps to prove importance through height. The cloth shows a link to the classical sculptures of th...

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... as one two a smaller sphere of the child's, this itself appears alike to a natural bulb or growth in my opinion, they are two clear shapes within one form united as one. Added emphasis is put on the arm seen at the front of the sculpture which is similar to the large arm ... strength of the mother mirrored by the child's some what limbless body. The lower body is even more abstracted of the female figure however the sinuous shapes may suggest dress/cloth texture. The form seems elongated perhaps to prove importance through height. The cloth shows a link to the classical sculptures of th...

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... the entire picture's space in a whole new way. Basically, he painted in a way that made the canvas surface seem raised, which produced a different effect. He did this by using geometrical shapes- the cone, cylinder, cube, and others- as building blocks for the objects he painted. It is easier to synthesize the three hundred and fifty years separating Impressionism from the High ... I like. He has been called a master thief'. But what he takes he conforms into his own pure ingeniousity (Lamplight 4). The ideas of Cézanne amazed Picasso in that the different shapes gave so many possibili...

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... 's and 1960's, Mason belonged to a group of free-form or abstract expressionists. His early work consisted of pieces that were massive and energetic. Mason's huge, rough pots, walls, monumental rectangles, "x" shapes and crosses are a testament to his vitality and artistry. Mason created sculpture with little regard to utility and function, focusing mainly on form and elasticity of the clay. He used ... and depth of form. Throughout the 1980's until the present, Mason has twisted geometry around in his series of Torque vessels. He wed the vibrancy of his early work to geometric restraint...

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