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☆☆☆☆☆An art connoisseur
It directs the viewer to look first at the illuminated part of the painting.
mathematics and science
Look at the work of art and describe what you see
How should art be judged
The duller objects will seem farther away.
The plight of working people
Western art criticism focuses on theory and philosophy.
Establish a horizon line and a vanishing point
The development of the first mathematical system of perspective (apex)
It outline's object's realistically by creating a gentle transformation from one object to another.(:
Artists are products of their environments.
Art critics can make or break the reputation of an artist
What is the artisit trying to communicate to the viewer
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However, the sfumato technique was used in the Mona Lisa painting.
Sfumato corresponds to the concept of 'low-contrast' in photography.
The purpose of painting is to reduce nature as closely as possible
The communist Russian Government used propaganda paintings showing workers in dramatic poses to install their view on the population. As did the Nazis in their pursuit of what they considered the Aryan Ideal. Both are historical examples of the subject used in propaganda paintings. A large painting of a dictator's face put on public view is another example.
the renaissance.
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