... ; The name of my painting is La Danse with Nasturtiums. My painting takes place in a dark blue room with a plain red chair off to the side. There is a simple little table in the middle of the room holding a large bright red vase. The vase contains a type of plant that has circular yellow/green leaves and on the tip of each stem there ... plants there are four nude people holding hands and dancing freely. As I was flipping through the huge folder titled "Mattise- this painting was the only one that immediately caught my eye. What first interested me were the nude people dancing because th...

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... the more it grows on me. The modern art wing has many paintings, architecture, sculpture, and drawings dating back to 1900. Artist's paintings that caught my eye were done by Braque, Picasso, Charles Sheeler, Piet Mondrian, and Grant Wood. There was one artist whose painting I enjoyed the most, and which I spent ... me speculate why they are in the same painting. The left side of the painting has a train moving through a coal mine. The mine leads your eye up to the sky which at first seems like clouds, but I think that it is actually smoke coming from the ship that isn't in the painting...

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... . In order to complete the process of fresco secco painting a wall had to be prepared with a undercoating of plaster. After the plaster dried the assistants would copy the composition with a red chalk like earth substance referred to as Sinopia. The paintings were done from the top to the bottom of the wall so if the art dripped it would fall onto ... you wish. 1. Wood panel 2. Gesso - was on top of the wood paneling. It was painted on later because it helped to hold paint. 3. Underdrawing - a sketch, used by a method called Sinopia (red earth or the color of terra verde) 4. Gold Leaf - ...

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... Rubens" painting, "Allegory of the Outbreak of War" on the other hand, portrayed muscular figures that were influenced by Michelangelo. He dynamic composition, bold color, and brilliant light kept ones eye constantly on the move. It is highly debated whether or not "Las Meninas" is Velazquez" personal manifesto. He seemed to have portrayed himself possibly on equal ground with the royal ... stroll through the painting, wandering from character to character in an arc like path from Velazquez, dipping down to the lowest point being the princess, and completing the arc, the eye travels bac...

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... Rubens" painting, "Allegory of the Outbreak of War" on the other hand, portrayed muscular figures that were influenced by Michelangelo. He dynamic composition, bold color, and brilliant light kept ones eye constantly on the move. It is highly debated whether or not "Las Meninas" is Velazquez" personal manifesto. He seemed to have portrayed himself possibly on equal ground with the royal ... stroll through the painting, wandering from character to character in an arc like path from Velazquez, dipping down to the lowest point being the princess, and completing the arc, the eye travels bac...

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... in the painting. Bronzino did very well with the table in this piece of art making it look like silk cloth stretched tight rather than stone. By using the soft red tones with the highlights in white and perfect shading, he made the table appear to be very smooth. Along with that Bronzino used the color to do a lot more. With ... use of the medium, is what gave this painting such a well detailed appearance. The realism and emphasis of detail in the man's face and clothing is what first caught my eye. As I looked closer the visual texture of the painting made me want to touch the painting...

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... takes historical events from ancient Greece, Rome and the early Christian eras and applys them to contemporary political turmoils of his time. How can this particular piece not draw the eye of any viewer. At first glance The Rape of the Sabine Women looks like a big budget hollywood movie on pause. The figures which are inspired by helenistic sculpture, are completely ... frozen in time. There are several different focal points, but they all flow together in perfect harmony and unity. From Romulus (in the red cloak) giving the sign of attack to the elderly woman trying to escape being t...

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... was painted. The lecturer also helped everyone to understand what the colors in the paintings brought to each painting. While viewing the many paintings, the first one that caught my eye was Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier and His Wife by Jacques-Louis David. This portrait was painted when David was at the peak of his powers and had become the standard-bearer ... a political scandal. This even led him to withdraw the painting from the Salon in 1789. Jacques-Louis David used dark colors in this piece of art. David used the color red and different hues of grays. These colors may suggest a feeli...

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... Bible, and virtually nobody reads mythology or legend." of course, the masterpieces by Rembrandt, Poussin Pierro della Francesca can be enjoyed on their own physical terms as feast for the eye conjured up by the colour and form alone-but only up to a point. Those great works are about something for which form and colour are only the dynamic means to ... is Still Life with Fruit, Vegetables and Dead Game, which was painted in Europe between 1635-1637. In this painting there is a heavily loaded table with produce, containers and game. A red parrot is perched on one basket and a gray cat s...

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... to show a particular part of the day. The color used in the sky was blue in different shades. The upper half of the painting has a richer blue, but as one's eye moves lower to the skyline, the tone becomes lighter. Balthus used four shades of blue in the sky to create an evening effect. On the other hand, Balthus used shades ... as important. These garments give the impression of contemporary dress of the postwar era. From the kneeling man's brown vest, dark colored pants, and green knapsack, to the sleeping woman's red sweater, orange blouse, dark colored skirt, and white stockings. Th...

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... was painted. The lecturer also helped everyone to understand what the colors in the paintings brought to each painting. While viewing the many paintings, the first one that caught my eye was Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier and His Wife by Jacques-Louis David. This portrait was painted when David was at the peak of his powers and had become the standard-bearer ... a political scandal. This even led him to withdraw the painting from the Salon in 1789. Jacques-Louis David used dark colors in this piece of art. David used the color red and different hues of grays. These colors may suggest a feeli...

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