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    Wassily Kandinsky

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    artist‚ the first to create a fully abstract painting. Wassily Kandinsky was a Russian-born artist‚ whose contributions to the world of modern art are innumerable. On an artistic level‚ Kandinsky’s maturation process from representational art to abstract art is fascinating. From his earliest work‚ with an impressionistic flair‚ to his later work‚ which was pure abstraction‚ Kandinsky was an innovator and a genius. He bridged the gap between reality painting of earlier decades and the fantasy escapism

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    and her sister Edma began painting as young girls. Despite the fact that as women they were not allowed to join official arts institutions‚ the sisters earned respect in art circles for their talent. She was born into a family that‚ according to family tradition‚ had included one of the most prolific Rococo painters of the ancien régime‚ Fragonard‚ whose handling of color and expressive‚ confident brushwork influenced later painters. By age twenty‚ she had

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    A classic example of this is Edouard Manet‚ A Bar At The Folies-Bergere‚ 1881-82‚ [see fig1] conveys the bustling atmosphere from inside Paris’s first music hall‚ The Folies-Bergere. In Manets painting the entire scene seems to be reflected in a mirror‚ creating confusing viewpoints of an audience watching a performance. In front of the mirror stands a barmaid; appearing to be disjointed from the activities in front of her‚ she gazes out of frame. Her rouged cheeks and ungloved hands signify her

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    frames that will show the works at their best. All of this is within budget and I can have them delivered and hung by the end of the quarter. The first set of paintings are from the impressionism era that will help to bring in some light colors and simplicity can look beautiful. The first one‚ Still life apples and grapes‚ is a simple painting of apples and grapes from Claude Monet‚ who was one of the original painters to break away from the realistic movement from the 18th century (Claude Oscar Monet

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    The Value of Art

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    raised. Impressed by the dead man in the painting‚ I chose Manet’s painting the dead toreador to further explain what is the value of art. Edouard Manet was the leader of impressionism; he was born in a wealthy family and his parent wanted him to be a lawyer but not an artist‚ however‚ Manet stood firm and eventually his dream came true‚ he followed Thomas Couture. Nevertheless‚ they had different views on art‚ so Manet copied the former masters’ painting and searching for his ideal art form.[1]

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    invention new. Artists qualified themselves by creating exceptional paintings. According to this movement‚ art was something radical‚ talk’s intelligence and was an object of mind and knowledge. During that period‚ some artists began to move away from paintings overtly religious scenes and began incorporating observational painting and images of the natural world into their work. These artists created beautiful and significant paintings. Some of them are Paul Cézanne‚ Vincent Van Gogh‚ and Paul Gauguin

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    art was represented well. The renaissance and courage were indicated through use of the more classical elements of Neoclassicism. Impressionism was used in the painting by Pierre Auguste Renoir titled The Luncheon of the Boating Party. This work of art was painted using live models that posed when available and pieced into the painting. Renoir was following the techniques that were began by Claude Monet. “In the late 1860s‚ the young painter Claude Monet began to employ the same rich‚ thick brushstrokes

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    Nicolas Poussin

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    plan that he had created. As well as describing how some of his series and paintings are composed to create his heavily inspiring images of his mythological events. Nicolas Poussin was born in 1594 in Les Andelys‚ Normandy. He was a French painter and draftsman whose idea online lead him to be the founder of the French Classical tradition. Most of poussin working life was in Rome where he specialized history paintings. Theses scenes often were biblical‚ mythology‚ and sometimes the sense of ancient

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    particular time he decided to give up a successful career to devote himself completely to painting. He lived Germany‚ Switzerland‚ Moscow. Birth name: Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky Born: 16 Decembef 1866 Moscow Died: 13 December 1944 (aged 77) Neuilly-sur-Seine Nationality: Russian Field: Painting Training: Academy of Fine Arts‚ Munich Movement: Expressionism; abstract art A list of his paintings: * A Conglomerate 1943 * All Saints Picture 1911 * Around the Circle

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    Compare and Contrast Essay For my compare and contrast essay I have chosen the painting "Sunrise" by Claude Monet. Claude Monet is an impressionist who painted with stress on color and light. Monet painted the "Sunrise" in 1872. This is during the time where impressionism was at its most potent. The scene is of a body of water possibly a river‚ with row boats on it. The time of day seems to be dawn when the sun is just rising over the horizon. Monet uses brush strokes to make shapes but in contrast

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