... positions and how they were contracted a! s if the figure was in motion. The details of the veins and the muscle strains help bring out the realism of the figures. Matisse's figure also seems like it is in motion like Rodin's. Looking at the four figures, the woman almost seems like she is ... the wrinkles in the skin cause by movement as his figure struggles to free itself from the wall of stone. This also gives his figures more realism. Both Matisse's and Rodin's figures are larger than life like scale. But both of these artists were really not concerned with proportion. They were .....

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... important artist of this time was Georges Seurat. He perfected the style of pointillism, which was a picture made up of tiny dots of color. The Impressionists didn't try and capture realism in their paintings. This era was a very important period in art. Post Impressionists and Fauves both used rapid vigorous brush strokes and bright colors. The post impressionists came about in ... artist also often tried to show the subject from several view points at the same time. Surrealism took place between 1920 and 1950. Surrealism is an invented word meaning super realism. Surrealism paintings ...

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... to undress when this painting was painted. He doesn't leave out the dirt on her foot or her crumpled dress. Another artist associated with Realism is Honore Daumier, however he painted in the realistic style before Realism was officially recognized. Daumier was very realistic in his depictions of life as it was. He often would paint scenes in which authorities were corrupt ... ...

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... Betrayal of Jesus, in and of itself, is truly a masterful work. It is one of the earliest examples of humanism in European art, depicting a very religious and doctrinal scene with realism and texture. The work tells a narrative in parts, of the legendary deceptive kiss of Judas and its immediate ramifications. The detail put into the faces of the figures shows a myriad ... , realistic effect, one which is new to art at the time. No longer just flat representations of simple images, the dimensions of the robes and faces serve to accentuate the realism and passion of the scene. The shapes ...

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... 1435 he moved to Brussels, where he was appointed official city painter. His style derives from the work of his two contemporaries, Jan van Eyck and Robert Campin. He used realism and dynamic language in his works, and he was called a master of Gothic art. The painting "Virgin and Child" was finished in 1460. The artist used oil on panel. The ... ...

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... and other elements such as strings, roses, and religious medals in her paintings. She shows a tremendous amount of detail to shadows and light. Her work is best described as "poetic realism."" Borrase began her teaching career at Humbolt High School in San Jose, Costa Rica in 1981 when she graduated from the University of Coast Rica with a BA in Fine Art ... ...

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... in 1668, when he became gravely ill. All of his paintings appear to be very different, but upon a closer observation many similarities may be viewed. All of the paintings use realism to illustrate the daily lifestyle of the artists society and to bring a deeper meaning to the moral imperative. In "The Dentist," Molenaer expresses an average dental visit of a person in ... ...

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... in the human body. They tended not to worry on being naturalistic. Their work depended simply on quality. When the Renaissance came about, artists now became more characteristically inclined with realism. Before the Renaissance, style had aimed for a rich, glowing surface, with elaborate linear designs. Soon after, figures were then being portrayed and painted with a sense of depth, their volume represented ... ...

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... emphasis was not on man anymore. Their art was made to glorify God. The fifteenth century marked the arrival of the Renaissance. Artists have finally recaptured the amazing detail and realism that the Greeks and Romans perfected. Artists pushed the limits with new exciting mediums and bright colors. Filippo Brunelleschi, allowed artists to determine the relative size of each figure by ... ...

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... the end of WWI. There where many artists in this period but the main chief painters of the movement were George Grosz and Otto Dix. They created styles of sharp realism and protest that mirrored the disillusionment following World War I. New objectivity retained the intense emotionality of earlier movements in German art, but it left the symbolism of expressionism for true ... ...

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... . Figures were now completely free standing where the Archaic figures limbs were bound in some way to their body. Details such as veins were carefully observed. Lastly because of the realism in figure form that was achieved, sculptors were now able to carve body hair in the appropriate places more accurately. It still had a stylized feeling to it, however, in some ... ...

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... his genius was his ability to strike a balance between Dutch naturalism and Italian design. He loved Dutch marine painted, especially William van der Veld. The vivid observation of sailors; the realism of the boats heaving on the rough sea, the shape of the storm-swept clouds is Dutch; but the power of design is Italian. Rhythm is reinforced through repetitions of ... ...

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... of Van Gogh's works painted in 1887 in Paris, and Les Demoiselles d"Avignon painted by Picasso are two paintings that although similar are different in that Van Gogh's has more realism and Picassos's is cubist in style. Van Gogh tries to change the image of women in those days by painting them smoking and drinking beer. His painting challenged the fact ... ...

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... . Figures were now completely free standing where the Archaic figures limbs were bound in some way to their body. Details such as veins were carefully observed. Lastly because of the realism in figure form that was achieved, sculptors were now able to carve body hair in the appropriate places more accurately. It still had a stylized feeling to it, however, in some ... ...

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... emphasis was not on man anymore. Their art was made to glorify God. The fifteenth century marked the arrival of the Renaissance. Artists have finally recaptured the amazing detail and realism that the Greeks and Romans perfected. Artists pushed the limits with new exciting mediums and bright colors. Filippo Brunelleschi, allowed artists to determine the relative size of each figure by ... ...

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... his influence on generations of American illustrators was very large. Rockwell worked with artists such as Howard Pyle and N.C. Wyeth, Rockwell set the standard for commercial artists who used narrative realism to illustrate books, magazines, and advertisements from the 1920s to the 1950s. A seminal figure in the evolution of American illustration, his work spawned a shift by the next generation of illustrators ... ...

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... ideal body figure for future artworks. Due to Leonardo's remarkable illustrations, European artists began to study the model of nature more closely and to paint with the goal of great realism. They learned to create lifelike people and animals, and they became skilled at creating the illusion of depth and distance on flat walls and canvases by using the techniques of ... ...

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... painting and the other people in the painting to show the sun was behind them because of where there shadows were in the painting, this technique gave the painting more realism. In addition this painting represents the renaissance by the use of bright colors in which was used to express the mood of the painting which was exciting and thoughtful. It ... ...

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"Zen made a huge influence in developing realism in the arts period" (Noma 207). It turned focus onto a much deeper level. Zen Buddhism's impact on Japanese culture is clearly shown in its visual art work, architecture, and interior ... ...

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... the first half of the sixteenth century. This is sometimes considered to include the late Gothic Dutch paintings of the fifteenth century, because of its interest in certain aspects of realism. A fine example of this would be Jan van Eyck's, Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride, see fig 6. In spite of van Eyck's realistic detail, the paining has a Gothic quality in its ... ...

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