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Blog Post Week 6

This piece is made by Parmigianino and is named “Madonna of the Long Neck”. In this piece Madonna has wide hips, a big neck, small toes and everything about her body seems out of proportion. She is holding Christ as a … Continue reading

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Blog Week 6 – Michelangelo’s Pieta

This beautiful piece is made of marble by the famous Michelangelo. This piece is named Pieta and was made between the years 1498 and 1500. This is a sculpture that is relatively small compared to the chapel that it is placed … Continue reading

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Make-Up Work Week 6

Make-Up Work Week 6  CRITIQUE #1 The original of this painting on the left is named “A Sunflower from Maggie”, painted by the famous 20th century painter, Georgia O’Keeffe. I love the original painting but I also love the one … Continue reading

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Art 101 Blog Post Week 5 – Monet’s The Argenteuil Bridge

This video described Monet’s beautiful oil on canvas painting named, “The Argenteuil Bridge” created in 1874. This is a painting of a sailboat on water in Paris, actually where Monet lived previously in his life. This painting describes the perfect … Continue reading

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Art 101 Blog Post Week 5 – Picasso’s Still Life with Chair Caning

This video explained Picasso’s cubism period when he created his painting named, “Still Life with Chair Caning”, painted oil on canvas in 1912. The critics in the video explained that they believe the painting itself does not actually look like … Continue reading

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Make-up Work Week 4

This is my progress replica of a painting originally created by Georgia O’Keeffe. Georgia was born in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin in 1887. Her family was farmers but Georgia wished to study art. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago … Continue reading

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Art 101 Blog Week 4 – Oil and Magna on canvas

This video shows a painting done by the famous popular culture artist, Roy Lichtenstein. This painting is a series replica of Monet’s Rouen Cathedral, named Lichtenstein’s Rouen Cathedral Set V. This was created in 1969 and is a trip-tic painting. He uses … Continue reading

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Art 101 Blog Post Week 4 – Lucian Freud – Standing by the Rags

This oil on canvas named “Standing by the Rags” was created by Lucian Freud in 1988-1989. This is a painting of a life size nude lady that is standing upright and almost leaning in a weird and unrealistic position. The … Continue reading

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Art 101 Week 3 – Botticelli’s Birth of Venus

The “Birth of Venus” was created by Sandro Botticelli was created in 1483-1485, and is a tempura on panel. This is one of the most iconic images of Western art. Venus stands practically naked, she is the ancient Goddess of … Continue reading

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Art 101 Week 3 – Boticelli, La Primavera (Spring)

This video explained Sandro Boticelli’s painting named “La Primavera (Spring)” created in 1481-1482. In the center of this painting stands Venus, a fairly young beautiful women who is the Goddess of Love, according to Greek  Mythology. Venus looks at the viewers … Continue reading

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Make-Up Week 1

1.         I think in the first snapshot, the doors in the picture represent a broken pattern. I think this because a broken pattern is a point at which a perceptual structure of a pattern is broken, then becoming an area … Continue reading

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Head of Augustus

This bronze and glass piece is the head of the popular Augustus: Roman, made in 27-25 C. Augustus became the first emperor, his birth name given was Octavian and was given the infamous name Augustus after he defeated others who … Continue reading

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Blog Post – Victory Stele of Naram-Sin

This sculpture, made of stone, is portraying the victory of Stele of Naram-Sin, which commemorates an important victory. This sculpture is approximately 4,200 years old, born in 22 B.C.E. Naram, who stands at the top of the piece was the … Continue reading

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La Loge by Pierre Auguste Renoir

This oil on canvas painting called “La Loge” was created in 1874 by Pierre Auguste Renoir. This painting was from London in the Impressionist’s period. In the video, the described that these types of paintings in the Impressionist’s time period … Continue reading

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Birth of Gothic: Abbot Suger and the Ambulatory

This video of the Birth of Gothic: Abbot Suger and the Ambulatory at St. Denis showed us a beautiful church created by Abbot Suger in 400 C.E Ancient Cultures in the Salijuq period. This church is a burial place of royal families, in which … Continue reading

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