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Art History
This is your portal to information about historical works of visual art, its artists, and their contributions to society and culture. Ask questions and find answers in the following areas: Paleolithic, Neolithic, Egyptian, Mesopotamia, Persian Agean, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Celtic, Byzantine, Indian, Southest Asian, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Anglo-Saxon, Viking, Islamic, Pre-Columbian, Inuit, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Neoclassiam, Romantic, Realism, Impressionism, Art Noveau, Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, Expressionism, Abstraction, Dadaism, Surrealism, and Pop.
3,044 Questions
How does the Questioning Spirit of the Renaissance Relate to Renaissance art?
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In the Middle Ages, art was restricted to Christian religious themes. Renaissance art questioned this limit and various concepts by rediscovering classical Roman and Greek art forms and subjects that were not necessarily Christian in nature. Renaissance was the time when the people started making pictures with dimensions.
Why did Gustave Courbet start the 19th-century art movement known as Realism?
He was moved by working-class struggles and the realities of poor people
True or False Between 350 and 650 CE New Guinea was one of the largest cities in the world?
Between 350 and 650 C.E., New Guinea was one of the largest cities in the world
What is 'the wedding dance' all about?
The 2012 book by Lucy Kevin
"The Wedding Dance" (book 2 in the Four Weddings and a Fiasco series) is a romance novel that pairs a disillusioned floral designer with an architect who meets her while working in California.
The 1566 painting by Pieter Bruegel
The Wedding Dance is an oil painting by Pieter Bruegel (the Elder). It depicts a somewhat hedonistic celebration at a time when dancing and open sexuality were suppressed by the church and government in the Netherlands. The concept seems to be that the peasants of the time did not feel bound by this strict moral code.
Bruegel also subsequently painted The Peasant Wedding and The Peasant Dance.
Andrea del Castagno last supper miscalculation?
There was no miscalculation in the way that Andrea del Castagno painted "The Last Supper". This is said to be truly a masterpiece and showcase of the brilliant talent of the artist. It was painted from 1445 to 1450 in a convent that was not open to the public.
Manets Le dejeuner sur lherbe is a good example of an early modernist work because?
It broke from traditional painting standards
Whose painting is the one hanging in William Parrish's office in Meet Joe Black?
Picasso. No question. Not sure about the one in the board room though.
What one question should you always keep in mind during all four steps of an art critique?
One question you should always keep in mind when you are critiquing a piece of art is what is the artist trying to accomplish. When you understand the perspective you can thoroughly critique a piece of work.
Where did pop artists get ideas from?
Pop artists got their ideas from anything, mostly from consumtional items such as campells.
Who painted 'Dance at Bougival'?
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (February 25, 1841 - December 3, 1919) painted "Dance at Bougival."
Specifically, "Dance at Bougival" ("Danse � Bougival") is at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and is part of a series that the famous French artist painted in the 1880s. The series is called "The Three Dances" ("Les trois danses"). The other two (2) paintings are "Dance in the City" ("Danse� la ville) and "Dance in the Country" ("Danse� la campagne"), both of which are at Paris' Musée d'Orsay.
