War is good and bad‚ beneficial and pointless‚ but above all other things‚ immensely inhumane. Man created war‚ and with our controversial human nature egged it on. “All Quiet on the Western Front” by Erich Maria Remarque is a war novel that shows the war experience and how war changes people. During the time spent at the front and at rest the soldier is turned from human to inhumane. They are taken away from the normal human emotion and placed into a state of being more animalistic and superhuman
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that work is displayed at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Each artist provides paintings on canvas. John Currins oil on canvas painting titled "the Hobo" is on display at the museum. Ryan McGinness displays an acrylic painting on canvas titled " The True Knowledge of Things". Both artists provide a unique perspective using canvas. John Currin is an American painter‚ known for his figurative paintings. His paintings deal with sexual and social themes. He states his influences as the Renaissance
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Final Project: Theoretical Exhibit - Claude O. Monet Curatorial Statement Claude Oscar Monet was pioneer in the art scene of the 20th century. He invented the painting style impressionism and always followed his dreams. This exhibit is a short impression of his pieces and his passion for art‚ his wife and the nature. Biography Claude Oscar Monet was born 1840 on Saturday the 14th of November in Paris‚ France‚ and lived until 1926. His parents had beside him one other child. When he was 5
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Her painting are also casually appended because it is not difficult to image just like the his famous figs and glassware who’s subjects are simply the fig fruit and the glassware which can easily be recognized and considered to be her still life elements. Her other set of common subjects in her other arts is table covered with tangerines and gourds‚ a Turkish pot‚ jars‚ and flowers‚ as well as raspberries (Eva Breuer Art Dealer‚ 2008). Olley used the traditional way of still life painting that
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Essay on Three Paintings by Michael Marino-157897 Paintings give us a feeling of despair‚ disgust‚ hope‚ rebellion‚ splendor‚ love and beauty among other emotions. Each artist had something the artist believed important to say‚ some message the artist needed to communicate when creating the painting. This is an essay describing‚ comparing and contrasting three different paintings by three different artists. We will examine The Heart of the Andes by Frederic Edwin Church‚ Battle of the Amazons
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History Henri Matisse: Goldfish Henri Emoile Matisse‚ born in 1869‚ is regarded as one of the "great formative figures in 20th-century art"‚ as well as the leader of the Fauve group. Fauvism is defined as "an early-20th-century movement in painting begun by a group of French artists and marked by the use of bold‚ often distorted forms and vivid colors." Matisse was associated with this group due to his use of vivid colors‚ as well as his unusual style of presenting objects. Many critics
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There were many beautiful paintings during this era and it is hard just to choose one great painting. I will be analyzing and describing the piece of artwork “The Swing” by Jean-Honore Fragonard. “The Swing” is a great piece because it shows wonderful color‚ texture‚ and many other elements used in the painting. The piece of artwork was created in 1766 in the 18th century time period. Also in this time period of the rococo era and this piece was establishes in that era because of its colors and
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Impressionism. Green Stripe- In 1905‚ Matisse painted a unique oil and tempera painting of his wife‚ Amélie Noellie Matisse-Parayre. (Amelia). The infamous green stripe creates a shadow line down her oval face. The divide provides an illusion of a dark and light side‚ causing the colors to play off of each other. Henry Matisse and works such as the Green Stripe will forever be etched in the world of innovative art. His paintings‚ drawings and portraits will continue to influence the modern art of today
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The painting that I am evaluating is Ragpicker‚ and it was made by the painter named Edouard Manet. The painting was created over the course of a 5-year period which spanned from the dates 1865 to 1870‚ and the medium used to make the painting was oil on canvas. The subject of the painting is an elderly white man who is facing and looking directly at the viewer. He has a long white beard and is wearing a black hat. He is also wearing a white shirt that looks dirty and worn out and blue pants that
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her physical and emotional anguish by painting self-portraits depicting her life. With a life full of tragedy‚ heartbreak‚ and immense struggle‚ she had very strong symbolism in her paintings. In her 1939 painting‚ Los Dos Fridas‚ Kahlo creates a painting displaying her emotions at that time in her life. Shortly before she painted this piece of artwork‚ she and her husband‚ Diego Rivera‚ had divorced therefore leading one to believe the symbolism in the painting pertains to her heartbreak. She was
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