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Famous Artworks
Famous paintings and sculptures are those which have become very well recognized or iconic in the public consciousness, and are by various artists and from various times. Come into this category to explore works and the artists who created them.
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Who made starry night painting?
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The song is "Vincent" (1971). The song was written and recorded by Don McLean and is sometimes referred to by the name "Starry Starry Night."
It is dedicated to famous post-impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), whose best known work includes an 1889 painting called The Starry Night.
House over the Bridge by Diego Rivera?
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Rivera's paintings exemplifies his unique style of large, simplified figures, with bold colours, and, an Aztec influence, many of them dealt with Mexican Society and Revolution.
Diego Rivera painted what he saw. He refused to paint Lenin but was asked to remove Lenin from the painting. He refused, so he was asked to leave. He painted Murals, Portraits, and continued to be a successful painter.
Diego Rivera feels that he was painting his own house . He Says, he imagined his own house living room, looking from the window, he saw someone riding in a boat, and listening to music. He use vibrant colours which looks majestically with vivid and vibrant colours.
His paintings are bright and colourful.
When was The Starry Night painted?
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The Starry Night was painted by Vincent Van Gogh in 1889.
Who painted the picture of jesus and the last supper?
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Leonardo Da Vinci was the original painter of the last supper which is famous around the world. Leonardo is also responsible for many other notable paintings including Mona Lisa.
What did the Mona Lisa mean to Leonardo da Vinci?
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As far as we know, he never delivered this portrait, but kept it. Why he did has been the subject of guesswork for centuries. There are lots of theories, but none that is agreed upon. You will meet people who believe in one of those theories and tell you:'This is the absolute truth!
What is the value of a Bruno Piglhein painting of a child and dog on dock worth?
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If it's truly an original "painting" then it could be worth a lot. It's the kind of thing you might want to sell at Christie's or Sotheby's auctions because that painting of the little girl and her black dog sitting on a dock is famous. It would need to be authenticated, etc.
If it's a reproduction, a litho print, then it does have some collectible value and you can check online auction sites to see what it's selling for. What it's WORTH and what it's SELLING FOR can be two different things, but at least you get an idea. It's not going to be a lot of money though because there are one or two of those old prints on ebay all the time.
What is focal point of the last supper?
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The theme is the last meal, the Passover meal, that Jesus shared with his disciples before being arrested.
How old is mona?
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Egyptian actress Mona Zaki is 41 years old (birthdate: November 18, 1976).
Who is the artist of the candle paintings in the Louvre?
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If you are asking about the ceiling, that would be Marc Chagall in 1964.
What is the function of the painting the last supper?
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There are hundreds if not thousands of paintings depicting this New Testament scene.
Assuming you mean the famous work by Leonardo da Vinci it is a wall painting (a mural) in the dining room of a convent. Every time the monks sat down to eat they would have the feeling to be at the table of Christ.
Why was the 'Birth of Venus' made?
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There are dozens of paintings of this subject made by various artists. When you ask about works of art you should always mention the name of the artist to make sure you get the correct answer. The most famous painting of this subject was made by Sandro Botticelli in Florence,
It was commissioned by a member of the wealthy Medici family.
All artists in the 15th and 16th centuries worked on commission only, and did not decide themselves what to paint.
What other accomplishment did Albrecht Durer do beside paintings?
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Albrecht Dürer was a skilled engraver and printer.
Did Leonardo Da Vinci ever make any mistakes on 'Mona Lisa'?
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he made one side bigger than the other (i think). Go on google images and look 4 urself or 2 check my answer .
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That was no mistake. That is what makes her half-smile so intriguing.
What is the medium used by Dominique Appia to paint Entre les Trous de la Memoire?
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Acrylic on canvas.
Why do people like mona Lisa?
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still you have a point .like so many things now dayz the Mona Lissa i famous mainly for being famous.The Mona Lisa is without a doubt the most famous work in the entire forty thousand year History of visual art.
Where is the painting of 'A Special Pleader' by Charles Burton Barber kept?
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hello my name is Jay, and i have bought a painting by Charles Burton Barber in a charity shop. its signed on the bottom right of the painting 'C Burton Barber 1893' i still do not know if this is the original painting or not and would love to get it seen by a professional but i do not where. if anyone has got any ideas please email me on xfikaj@live.com
Was Mona Lisa's real name ELisabetta Lisa Gherardini?
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maybe before but not any more.
What kind of surface was used for the Mona Lisa painting and what kind of paint?
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The Mona Lisa was painted on poplar panel using oil paints. Da Vinci carried this piece of work around with him for many years, never truly finishing it. He would continue working on other pieces but always came back to this portrait. Da Vinci used a style of painting called sfmato, a technique employed to produce a smokey, shaded effect.
Where can you see the mona lisa?
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It's hanging in the Louvre gallery in Paris. Mona Lisa stands out amongst the great paintings for the detail in her hands, eyes, and lips. Da Vinci used a shadowing technique at the corners of her lips as well as the corners of her eyes which give her an extremely lifelike appearance and look of amusement.
Who was the Mona Lisa and why was the painting commissioned?
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The Florentine merchant Francesco del Giocondo commissioned Leonardo to make this portrait of his wife, Lisa Gherardini.
What do critics say about the Mona Lisa?
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(Of the Mona Lisa) She is older than the rocks among which she sits; like the vampire, she has been dead many times and learned the secrets of the grave. Walter Pater - Studies in the History of the Renaissance (1873)
Curiosity and the desire for beauty - These are the two elementary forces in Leonardo's genius; curiosity of ten in conflict with the desire for beauty, but generating, in union with it a type of subtle and curious grace. Walter Pater - Studies in the History of the Renaissance (1873)
(Of Leonardo's Mona Lisa) What voluptuousness…so like the seduction by the violins in the overture to Tannhauser.
Maurice Denis - "Definition of Neotraditionism (1890)
The smile of La Gioconda was for too long, perhaps, the Sun of Art. The adoration of her is like a decadent Christianity - peculiarly depressing, utterly demoralizing. One might say to paraphrase, Arthur Rimbaud, that La Gioconda, the eternal Gioconda has been a thief of the energies. André Salmon, La jeune peinture francaise (1912).
(Of the Mona Lisa) Her hesitating smile which held my youth in a little tether has come to seem to me but a grimace and the pale mountains no more mysterious that a globe or map seen at a distance, a sort of riddle, an acrostic, a poetical decoction, a ballade, a rondel, a villanelle or ballade with double burden, a sestina or chant royal. The Mona Lisa (is) literature in intention rather than painting - George Moore, Wale, (1914).
