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            Paint analysis, in the context of forensic science, is the process of examining paint samples in an attempt to discover their unique physical and chemical properties. Usually this is done on known and questioned samples to check for any differences between them, and thus to determine if they are from the same source. One…

            Art is an institution so broad that it has no exact definition. Since time immemorial, philosophers had debated what art is and what the components thereof are. However, the constraints they encountered hindered them to tender a definition that will best describe ‘art’. Nevertheless, they agree on one of its aspect: that every colour…

* Tinikling in Oil – Oil on canvas. Farmers dancing the traditional bamboo dance. named after the field birds that jump about with their long legs. This oil painting on canvas depicts a rural scene where a group of people are shown observing a fete in Antipolo. The chief focal point is on a brace…

The rich Greek mythology has several stories to tell and that of Venus and Adonis, two lovers, is one of them. As the myth goes, Venus, the Greek goddess of love, falls in love with the mortal Adonis and where Venus is a beautiful goddess desired by most, Adonis is a mortal man, proud and…

In the essays “There Is No Unmarked Woman” by Deborah Tannen and “Ways Of Seeing” by John Berger, the authors try to convey a similar point, but in two different contexts. Tannen describes a conference meeting and how she views others around her (Tannen 444). Berger on the other hand uses European oil paintings to…

Biography of Artist Georges Seurat was the inventor and acknowledged leader of Neo-Impressionism. He considered his large-figure, programmatic Neo-Impressionist compositions such as “Bathers at Asnières,” “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte,” “Models,” “Circus Sideshow,” “Le Chahut” and “Circus” his masterworks and the fullest expressions of the new aesthetic. Born into a…

Rothko frequently painted abandoned metropolis environments following an expressionistic manner. Subway Scene ( 1938 ) is one such picture. It is the word picture of a subway station and characteristics: a police officer and another figure following to a figure in a ticket booth and some turnstiles ; two figures go throughing each other on…

Index 1, Introduction 3 2, The origin of the term 5 3, Funpon for learning 7 3,1 The learning curriculum in the Kobikicho Kano workshop 7 3,2 Shitsu-ga and Gaku-ga 8 , Funpon for painting production 13 4,1 The succession of motifs and styles 14 4,2 The succession of motifs and styles on the commission…

In using the poem and painting together, I feel the painting did a great deal more for me to understand the poem than vise versa.   The painting is considered the greatest of van Gogh’s work and one of the great masterpieces of the post impressionism period where the use of color is more important than…

            By simply looking at the image, painting by Raffaello Santi entitled Madonna and Child with Book, one would immediately see a chubby baby sitting naked on his mother’s lap. His cheeks are very plump and pink. His hair is curly. The mother, on the other hand, is wearing dark clothes, which almost completely covered…