IV/ Written work: 2. Waiting for the Shop to Open Waiting for the shop to open (1943) is a painting by L. S. Lowry. Laurence Stephen Lowry was an English painter and became well-known for his oil paintings of industrial and urban landscapes of the North of England in the mid-20th century. The scene of the painting takes place in a street which is in front of a greengrocer’s shop called “fish and fruit”. Furthermore‚ the number of the street‚ 117‚ on the door’s shop was the same as Lowry’s house:
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and fantastical dreams of romance. Fragonard‘s the oil painting‚ "The Swing" has created in 1766. It is located in the Wallace Collection‚ London‚ United Kingdom. The image has shown as a major masterpiece of the Rococo style. The painting‚ "The Swing" was originally commissioned by a wealthy patron to keep in homage to his mistress. The medium of this art piece was oil on a canvas and stands at a height of 31 7/8 x 25 ¼. In this painting‚ Fragonard depicts a scene of scandal and flirtation‚ suggest
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Ad Reinhardt had a unique painting style and concept while the development with his black paintings. During his last days of lif he constantly repainted the same paining‚ same structure and applying shades of the same color on the surface. His black paintings were square format‚ identically divided into nine equal squares and coated in shades of black. Reinhardt also choose to paint these canvas by hand rather than using industrial techniques provided by mechanical reproduction. Reinhardt painted
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Artist in his Studio Two paintings‚ produced about three hundred years apart‚ of two artists in their respective studios can make for an interesting comparison which could be assumed to have quite a few similarities. However‚ this is not always the case and these two paintings serve as a good example of differences between pieces that might as well share a title. Firstly‚ the time periods of the paintings have a definitive impact on their style. Also‚ one painting was made by a Dutchman‚ by the
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is to analyse the western genre within a set of selected frameworks‚ to do so I will be comparing and contrasting two films that come under the western genre category and were released nearly seventy years apart‚ the 1939 classic Stagecoach‚ from director John Ford and the 2005 hybrid western Serenity‚ from director Joss Whedon. The frameworks that will be used to compare and contrast both films within consist of technology‚ gender and audience. The Western Genre ‘The western is the only genre
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art is a seascape painting‚ painted with oil and painted on canvas. The artist was Peter Monamy (1681-1749). The painting portrays three ships stuck in a storm. There is a main ship‚ a ship in the background‚ as well as‚ another ship behind that. Through research it is not known if the artist was depicting a certain event in time‚ but some say it was a depiction of “the great gale of 1703” or when Sir Cloudisley Shovell’s fleet was stuck in a storm in 1707. I chose this painting because it depicted
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John Brack The painting is called ‘Collins Street 5pm’and was painted in 1955. It is an oil painting on canvas‚ sized 114.6 x 162.9 cm. Collins Street 5pm‚ 1955‚ oil on canvas‚ 114.6x162.9cm Collins Street 5pm‚ 1955‚ oil on canvas‚ 114.6x162.9cm John Brack has used dull mainly consisting of black‚ brown and dirt yellow colour. He has used a very limited palette of colours. There was lots of repetition used in this painting: The people in the middle‚ the hats of the people in the
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Northwest Montana. Jessica unusually meticulous oil painting techniques is grounded in the varnish mediums of the Dutch Golden Age. The New York Times has described her works as “Straightforwardly beautiful” with “an element of weird”. Her work has been noted for its color and luminosity‚ it’s imaginative and evocative content‚ and for the high quality of her technique. This is exactly what I notice when I saw the painting of “The merry widow”. The painting depicted a heavier set women sitting down next
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decisions without becoming bias. However‚ there still may exist differences and similarities between western and non-western philosophies. Hinduism is known as the oldest religion in the world. Many philosophies of the non-western regions are very similar to those of Hinduism‚ such as Buddhism. Spirituality‚ samkhya‚ and reincarnation are just a few of the aspects that differ Hinduism and western civilizations. Buddhism focuses on karma and rebirth‚ as does Hinduism. Rather than focusing on materialistic
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to create art is a defining sign of humanity‚ the body may well have been the first canvas. Alongside paintings on cave walls visited by early people over 30‚000 years ago‚ we find handprints‚ ochre deposits‚ and ornaments. And because the dead were often buried with valuable possessions and provisions for the afterlife‚ ancient burials reveal that people have been tattooing‚ piercing‚ painting‚ and shaping their bodies for millennia. All of the major forms of body art known today appear in the
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