Portrait of the American Author: Photography and Identity in 19th Century and Early 20th Century American Literature.If we accept Emerson's understanding of his age as one which "conceived of the camera as a powerful symbol for his age's scrutiny of character" (in Meehan 13), the question ...
A Closer Look:We will now turn to two artworks to further explore realist subject matter and its connections to the shifting cultural and sociopolitical context at the end of the nineteenth century. Take a moment to observe this portrait, keeping in mind any objects or details you notice. ...
Experts at The Courtauld believe the painting of the woman was likely created just a few months before “Portrait of Mateu Fernández de Soto,” a powerful early example of Picasso’s Blue Period. Created in the fall of 1901, when Picasso was just 19 years old, the portrait’s somber, me...
On May 15, 1990, his Portrait of Doctor Gachet was sold for $83.5 million, thus ___80___ (set) a new price record. 免费查看参考答案及解析 题目: Have you ever wished you didn’t have to wake up early and go all the way to school For 700,000 American kids, this wish comes tr...
Marc Chagall was a prominent Russian-French artist known for his unique blend of Cubism, Fauvism, and Symbolism in his paintings. Born in 1887 in Belarus (then part of the Russian Empire), he later moved to France and became one of the most celebrated artists of the 20th century. ...
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In the 1920s Savage received commissions to sculpt portrait busts of W.E.B. Du Bois and Black nationalist Marcus Garvey; both pieces were hailed for their power and dynamism. On the strength of these works and especially the poignant Gamin (1929)—a portrait bust of a streetwise boy and ...
Abolitionist Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass, oil on canvas by Elisha Livermore Hammond, c. 1844; in the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. At Ruggles’s recommendation, the couple quickly left New York City forNew Bedford, Massachusetts. Ruggles had determined thatNew Bedford’sshippin...
I remember giving one of these to a Xerox executive, including doing a portrait of him in the new painting system, and wound it up with a flourish declaring: "And what's really great about this is that it only has a 20% chance of success. We're taking risk just like you asked us...
I must admit that I am crazy about the paintings by Vincent van Gogh(1853-1890).___(consider) as one of the greatest artists all the time, this Dutch Post-Impressionist artist had a great influence on the 20thcentury art. His father was a church minister,___belief lay in God. Vincent...