INTRODUCTION In this paper I will describe Monet ’s painting "Palazzo da Mula‚ Venice." I will do this by first giving my interpretation of the painting while examining it close up and then give my interpretation of the painting while examining it far away. Finally‚ I will explain how the philosophy of impressionism is illustrated in this painting. EXAMINING THE PAINTING - CLOSE UP Upon first glance‚ the painting seems out of focus. The colors are beautiful blues but seem to flow together
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To truly appreciate art‚ it helps to understand the different styles and techniques that different artists use. I studied the art of three artists‚ Marc Chagall‚ Pablo Picasso‚ and Claude Monet. The artworks of these three great artists all have similarities and differences. They all have their own way to express their feelings‚ and own ideas of what art should be. The art that was produced by these great men were mostly oil on canvas‚ watercolor‚ or sketching. Some specific works may have been
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Art Institute of Chicago Museum Report When I first starting planning out the trip to down town to visit the museum I thought it would go actually the way I planned it. The plan was to wake up on Sunday make sure I wore enough layers of clothing because I am always cold; get on the train and go. Well it was a bit more complicated than that. I woke up later than I expected but still had fun waiting at the train station with my boyfriend. Also I did not wear proper shoes because when I started
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Renoir’s Large Bathers As a student in a suburb of Philadelphia‚ I have had the opportunity to visit the Philadelphia Museum of Art on multiple occasions over the last two and a half years. On some visits‚ I spend my time staring at Van Gogh’s Sunflowers while other times I dedicate my time to admiring the Sculpture Garden; but one thing that stays the same through every visit is my shameless staring‚ dare I say gawking‚ at Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s Large Bathers. This 1887 oil on canvas is
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Harold Shaw Hum314 November 12th‚ 2012 A comparison on Venus or Urbino and Monet’s Olympia As the upper class Renaissance movement took pace in Italy during the 14th century many different originally theories and beliefs became relevant in Greeks and Roman life. Mainly the importance of the individual was held higher then before. This lead the way for artist such as Giovanni Bellini to express their art‚ religious beliefs‚ and ideas through paintings of landscapes and portraits. They used bold
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Kevin Chapman ARTH 2720-001 Term Paper December 5‚ 2012 Manet and The Bar Edouard Manet’s painting A Bar at the Folies-Bergere‚ was completed in 1882 and is considered his last great painting. He displayed it at the Paris Salon just one year before his passing. This painting as vexed art historians throughout the years for its complex visual subject matter and leaves Manets true interpretation of his painting in the air for discussion. Although there are many interpretations‚ A Bar at the Folies-Bergere
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art comparison C Compare and Contrast: The Sleeping Venus and Olympia Ben Storms [pic] The Sleeping Venus/Dresden Venus‚ Giorgione with landscape and sky by Titian. 1510 [pic] Olympia‚ Ĕdouard Manet. 1863 The Sleeping Venus‚ or Dresden Venus‚ is by Italian Renaissance artist Giorgione. It is one of the last works but Giorgione and the landscape and sky were actually finished by Titian after Giorgione’s death in 1510. The painting portrays
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Was Manet an Impressionist? Outline the arguments for and against‚ providing and discussing specific examples to support the two arguments. Give your opinion‚ with reasons. Édouard Manet (1832-83) was one of the marginal figures associated with Impressionism. Impressionism is defined by the the online Oxford dictionary as‚ "a style or movement in painting originating in France in the 1860s‚ characterized by a concern with depicting the visual impression of the moment‚ especially in terms of
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Art History 15 September 2008 Manet’s Olympia Artist and people viewing the art work have always had a fascination with the female nude. Even when I was a child my attention was captured by the nude art not because I was a kid and I saw a nude lady ‚ but it forced me to wonder more about why the female nude was so amazing as a tool for art and why this is repeated so many times throughout the centuries. One female nude painting in particular was the subject of controversy and exposed the
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The subject for my abstract is the statue of Zeus in Olympia. The statue was fashioned by Phidias and occupied half the width of the aisle of the large temple built to house it. "It seems that if Zeus were to stand up‚" the geographer Strabo said in the 1st century BC‚ "he would sunroof the temple.” The statue was a chryselephantine sculpture‚ made with ivory and gold panels on a wooden substructure. No copy in marble or bronze has lasted this long‚ though that can be recognized by only certain kinds
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