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Portrait of an Artist: The Works of Rembrandt van Rijn             The painting shows the female sitter wearing pearls, a lace collar and gold filigree chains. Her pale face—framed by her fiery curls—shows an expression of awareness and amusement, her pink lips forming a slight smile. She is wearing black, like her framed counterparts, but…

Mark Tansey is an American painter. His parents were both art historians, so he started to learn about art at his early age. Those experiences had great influences on Tansey’s painting style. Most of his painting is monochromatic and describes daily or historical affairs. Although his painting involved many realistic objects, he is not realistic…

William Harnett, known for his trompe-l’oeil still lifes, realism and representational art. He paints his subjects, in this piece, a pipe, smoking tobacco, and matches on a table in a real, life like, manner. The objects are close to life size which gives the illusion that the items can be touched. Harnett uses lines of…

There was a move away from a product based aesthetic in the arts (sculpture, painting etc) to event or performance based art in the fifties: cite some examples as to why this occurred. For instance: was this due to a changing political climate? Was it in reaction to what came before? Be as specific as…

Frida Kahlo is considered to be one of Mexico’s greatest artists. However Kahlo is also very well known in America. She is mainly recognized for her art that speaks to viewers emotionally and physically. Frida was an artist,a communist,an accident survivor,a non-conforming woman and an educator. To this day Frida still holds all of these…

Edouard Manets Bar at the Folies Bergere was completed in 1882. This was to be the last major work Manet would complete before his death. The painting was intended for the Salon, and because of his recently awarded Legion of Honor, Manet could be sure this piece would be accepted. This painting would be considered…

The Frenchman Georges Braque ( 1882-1963 ) and the Spaniard Pablo Picasso ( 1881-1973 ) are considered the most influential creative persons of the 20th century and the artistic masterminds who created and developed the cubist motion doubtless the most radical one in Western art. During a certain period of clip. both creative persons worked…

Narrative content of the story.  Every picture can narrate a story. Even pictures of an inanimate object can signify meanings and tell tales. The painting entitled “Mrs. Duffee Seating on a stripe Sofa, Reading” portrayed a lovely woman of elegance and no more engrossed in anything but reading. This painting though painted without the adornment…

Claude Monet, The Beach at Sainte-Adresse, 1867. Oil on canvas, 75. 8 ? 102. 5 cm Claude Monet is renowned for his achievement as a founder of French impressionist movement. He was one of the most consistent and prolific practitioners of the movement’s philosophy of portraying one’s perception before nature. Paintings produced during this period…

First Impressions are not Always the Same from Second Impressions She was miserable. As miserable Kahlo was she started to become desperate. The bus crash is what turned her life around. She lost the love of her life Alejandro. He was gone and Frida would always have a face full of tears until she met…