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76the art of kissing
As I was halfheartedly organizing my books from college, I stumbled upon a postcard given to me by a friend as a birthday greeting card. It's a reproduction of Gustav Klimt's The Kiss - arguably the most...
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78art for art's sake: part one - art history from the renaissance to realism
a personal favorite, an abbey in the oak wood by Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich I stumbled upon a hub on Rembrandt a couple of days ago. In his hub entitled How to Appreciate Rembrandt's Night Watch,...
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78the flowering of art: flower paintings or the flower as seen by the artist
vincent van gogh: sunflowers (1889) - arguably the most famous flower paintingRepresentation of the flower in paintings go back a long way - to the Minoan period (1580 BC). Excavations of villas in ancient Crete (Greece) revelead wall paintings,...
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81women in art, part eight: facts and rumors about the most intriguing women ever depicted in works of art
There are unforgettable works of art and there are unforgettable subjects in works of art. Like, have you ever strayed from appreciating the obvious talent - technique, style - of the artist whose objet d'art...
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76let there be art!: part four - art history from cave paintings to gothic art
cave painting, lascaux, southwestern france "Art is the most intense form of individualism the world has known." Oscar Wilde, playwright, wit "I tried to abandon my skin of a modern citizen, tried to experience the feeling of the artist, to...
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76women in art, part three: art deco painter tamara de lempicka - the glamorous art
Tamara de Lempicka's art is widely known for its embodiment of art deco - the movement which became popular in the 1920s and 1930s primarily in the design of buildings, furniture, jewelry, and interior...
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79women in art, part seven: baroque painter artemisia gentileschi - art in light and dark
Baroque art is one of the most compelling periods of Western art. Highlighted by the dramatic juxtasposition of light and dark (chiaroscuro), spatial grandness and marks of realism - particularly in...
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73pushing the envelope: part three - art history from abstract expressionism to neoexpressionism
andy warhol: Campbell's Soup can (1968) "What you see is what you see." - Frank Stella, American artist This is the third part of a series on the art movements that shaped the arts that we know today. I...
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81art appreciation for dummies - or how to look at art if you’re not (yet) a connoisseur
I have no doubt you've heard of people telling you to experience art or learn how to appreciate art. I know it may sound cryptic or too daunting a task for those who are uninitiated but...
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74women in art, part six: realist painter rosa bonheur - art is wild at heart
Rosa Bonheur was born in Bordeaux, France but trained in Paris under the guidance of her painter father Raymond Bonheur. She is considered...
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