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    Art History Notes

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    Post-Impressionism Cubism and Fauvism Art of Venice (two questions) Titan or Giorgione‚ 1510 -Oil on canvas -Brownish from being very old‚ we man in center -Musus=figures‚ idealize female nude‚ loose brushstrokes Titian‚ Venus of Urbino‚ 1538 -Oil on canvas -Similar to Sleeping Venus -Mark Twain said

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    time; he worked for King Philip IV. He was well-known for his detailed portrait paintings and he later influenced the artwork of the realist and the impressionist artists in Europe. “Venus at her Mirror” is a painting created by Diego Velazquez of the goddess Venus. Mainly influenced by the Titian’s “Venus of Urbino”‚ he painted her lying in a bed in a particularly sensual pose (1). Although this is a physically impossible position because of the angle she forms with her reflection‚ she is looking

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    bright and full of life. But the woman still has a little bit of mystery which is why he didn’t paint a face on her. We can tell she lives a modern lifestyle because of the phone‚ perfume and flowers. For second place‚ I would award Giorgione‚ Sleeping Venus because the slumber way she lays makes it seem almost as though she is a goddess. This painting has a lot of detail and I can tell that the artist participated a lot of his attention and time to creating it. The third place

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    Dr. Urbino Chapter Summary

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    Where is the action taking place? What is happening? a. The novel opens in the residence of Jeremiah de Saint-Amour‚ who had committed suicide because he feared growing old. The characters are Dr. Juvenal Urbino‚ the deceased‚ a police inspector‚ and a medical student. The scene begins with Dr. Urbino making observations about the room in which they found the body and then briefly observing the body as well. He quickly decides that there will be no need for an autopsy because cyanide leaves behind an

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    Raffaello Sanzio Da Urbino

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    Marin 1 Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino 08 March‚ 2013 Draft One MLA format Word Count: 1400 Marin 2 Ever wondered who was behind the paintbrush for paintings like “Sistine Cherubs” or “The School of Athens”? Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino was this famous Italian artist. He was admired by how much clarity was in his paintings as well as visual achievement. Together with Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo

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    Venus Flytrap

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    The Venus Flytrap Dionaea muscipula is a carnivorous plant that is native to North America and more specifically the southeastern parts of the United States. Most people know Dionaea muscipula by its common name‚ Venus Flytrap. The Venus flytrap is found mostly in North and South Carolina with a radius of about 60 miles from Wilmington‚ North Carolina. Although the Venus flytrap is native to this region‚ over the years people have transplanted the plant to Florida and Washington where they continue

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    The Birth of Venus

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    The Birth of Venus Alexandra Smith In Sandros Boticelli’s‚ The Birth of Venus‚ there were several different types of lines noticeable in the painting. There are actual lines to illustrate simple birds‚ and curved lines showing the edges of the shell. A lot of the lines were implied by the different colors next to each other. The edge of the trees and the leaves are shown by dark browns and greens against the blue sky. The hard lines of the edge‚ and soft lines in the folds of the fabric held

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    Birth of Venus

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    Birth of venus Birth of Venus View Full Essay ART 111 Kayce Anderson Writing Assignment #8 The work that I have chosen from Chapter 19 is Thomas Cole’s The Oxbow (Connecticut River near Northampton) (1836) on page 462. Principles of Design: • The focal point of the painting is the sun-drenched valley and river. The emphasis comes from the diagonal of the tree to the left that directs the view of the scene down the valley toward the farmland. • Vertical balance can be seen with the

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    The Birth of Venus

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    The Birth of Venus by Sandro Boticelli Visual Elements * Line * The main type of lines that are used in the Birth of Venus are mostly actual lines. The way they are used by the artist is to form specific shapes to tell a story about the goddess Venus. There are a few implied lines are used to create the ocean as to which Venus emerges from‚ as well as the waves in her hair to show that it has movement. The actual lines are used to create the shapes of the nature and the angels and

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    Venus Figures

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    Catherine Tennison Humanities DC A3 Venus Figures Venus figures have been found in various places of the world‚ at different time periods. This implies that all cultures shared a common belief or a common thought of women and their bodies. The Venus figures are most popularly known to represent fertility. These figurines were typically made from soft stone (steatite‚ calcite or limestone)‚ bone‚ ivory‚ wood‚ or ceramic clays. The similarity of each Venus figurine from each time period shows

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