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Georges Seurat

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The Lagoon of Saint Mark, Venice

Kathleen Padua A2 2/27/2018 Georges Seurat Synopsis Born on December 2, 1859 in Paris, France Died on March 29, 1891 in Paris, France Known as: Founder of Pointillism Post-Impressionism Neo-Impressionism Youngest of three children Father is Chrysostome-Antoine Seurat a bailiff Mother is Ernestine Faivre from a prosperous family who produced several sculptors Father was retired with a small fortune by the time Seurat was born 1870, family relocated to Fontainebleau during th Franco-Prussian War and Paris Commune rebellion During this time, Seurat took serious interest in art Encouraged by Paul Haumonte (his uncle), a textile dealer and amateur painter Early Training: Formal training began around 1875 when he entered the local municipal art school under the sculptor Justin Lequien

Printmaking

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Kathleen Padua 21 May 2018 A2 Printmaking The art form where the composition is made by using different techniques under the direct supervision of the artist. It?s usually done on paper or other materials with the use of other things for support by various techniques of multiplication. Types: Relief : Process of printing from a raised surface where the non-image areas are cut away, usually done on wood and linoleum Intaglio : Opposite of relief; artist carves image onto matrix and rubs the ink into those carved lines Lithography : The use of oil and water for printmaking on a smooth stone or plate (use of a flat surface to repel the ink except for where it?s needed to print) Serigraphy : Another term for stencil, the use of a thin sheet of material with a design cut into it

Winslow Homer

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Kathleen Padua A2 3/19/2018 Winslow Homer Synopsis Born February 24, 1836 in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Died September 29, 1910 in Prouts Neck, Maine American painter from 19th-century Known to make watercolour a real media and not just a thing to test with Pieces usually with a theme of human struggle within an indifferent universe Early Life and Work Born into an old New England family Had a country childhood from age six when he moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts Mother encouraged his artistic inclinations At 19, apprenticed to lithographic firm of John Bufford in Boston Works involved copying designs of other artists Then in a few years he was submitting his own drawings 1859, Homer moved from Boston to New York City to begin working as a freelance illustrator Traveled a lot

Elements of Design

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Elements of Design Straight Lines This steel beam is an example of straight lines in design because it gives the steel beam definition, and a feeling that the beams are extremely stable. The straight lines make this design seem better because It adds a nice detail and allows you to know that this object is in fact made out of steel. Curved or Jagged Lines The pillow is an example of curved lines in design because it makes the pillow look soft in the drawing. The curved make this design seem better because it adds very good detail to the drawing giving it a very realistic feeling. Heavy Lines

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Niccolò Machiavelli
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Raphael
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Italy
Humanities
Visual arts

Will Bowdoin Mrs. Lanier AP Modern Multiple Choice Questions All of the following are renaissance artists EXCEPT Holbein Botitcelli Durer Raphael Bernini All of the following represent Machiavelli EXCEPT ?the ends justify the means? ?it is better to be feared than loved? The prince He supported a united Italy The courtier The printing press, in 1468, was created by Calvin Gutenburg Bernini Charles V Machiavelli The Spaniard that landed in Mexico in 1519 and conquered the Aztecs was De Soto Columbus Dias Cabot Cortes The scholarly study of the Latin and Greek classics and of the ancient church fathers was Calvinism Renaissance Humanism Catholicism Secularism The Polish nobles? central legislative body was called Fronde Sejm Junkers The table of ranks

Renissance Notes! (By MOSTAWESOMENOTES )

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Carrie Stallings Unit One Unit 1 European Society in the Age of the Renaissance The fourteenth century witnessed remarkable changes in Italian intellectual ,artistic, and cultural life. Referred to as the Renaissance ^ Rebirth- first used by art historian GIORGIO VASARI to describe the art of rare men of genius. The Classical path had been ?reborn? after centuries of darkness. The Renaissance ?happened? at different times in different parts of Europe The bridge between the medieval and modern eras The manificent art and new ways of thinking in the Renaissance rest on economic and political developmes in the city-states of nerther Italy. Economic growth laid the marertial basias for the Italian Renaisance.

Ch17 : Romanesque Art

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Garner's art through the ages : ch 17: Romanesque

Name : _________________ Chapter 17 Romanesque Art vs Gothic Art : Romanesque does not have a large stained window. Gothic Art does. Vocabulary 1. aquamanile - Type of ewer, usually of metal, used for the washing of hands in a liturgical or secular context. (a container for water to wash with, appears to have been ...) archivolt - The continuous molding framing an arch. In Romanesque or Gothic architecture, one of the series of concentric bands framing the tympanum. 3. Bailey - enclosed courtyard surrounded by protective ditch & palisade. First European Romanesque castle type.

CHAPTER 17 NOTES

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The Eighteenth Century: An Age of Enlightenment AP European History Chapter 17 * * John 3:16 John 3:16 Overview The Scientific Revolution?s ?natural philosophers? effected but a small elite But a group of intellectuals used the discoveries to examine all aspects of life Voltaire * * John 3:16 Voltaire John 3:16 Overview Paris was the cultural capital of Europe Parisian women took a lead in bringing together thinkers of many disciplines to cross-talk discoveries and new philosophies * * John 3:16 John 3:16 Overview Marie-Therese de Geoffrin hosted distinguished foreigners, philosophers, and artists These gatherings stimulated wide-ranging discussions and ideas Ideas generated were so significant that historians refer to the 18th century as the Age of Enlightenment * *

Detecting Propaganda

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Mr. Gunnar AP English Language and Composition ?How to Detect Propaganda? Adapted from: The Institute for Propaganda Analysis, 1937 If Americans are to have a clear understanding of present-day conditions and what to do about them, they must be able to recognize propaganda, to analyze it, and to appraise it. But what is propaganda? As generally understood, propaganda is expression of opinion or action by individuals or groups deliberately designed to influence opinions or actions of other individuals or groups with reference to predetermined ends. Thus propaganda differs from scientific analysis. The propagandist is trying to ?put something across,? good or bad; whereas the scientist is trying to

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