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Leonardo da Vinci
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(April 15, 1452 – May 2,
1519), was an Italian
polymath: painter, sculptor,
architect, musician, scientist,
mathematician, engineer,
inventor, anatomist,
geologist, car’tographer,
botanist and writer.
Leonardo has often been
described as the archetype
of the Renaissance man, a
man whose unquenchable
curiosity was equaled only
by his powers of invention.
Mona Lisa, c. 1503–1506
Type Oil on Poplar
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Though primarily a
portrait, it also
contains a
background
landscape.
This is called genrecrossing.
Something funny
Sistine Chapel Ceiling (40)
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The Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by
Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, at the
commission of Pope Julius II, is one of the most
renowned artworks of the High Renaissance. The
ceiling is that of the large Papal Chapel built within
the Vatican between 1477 and 1480 by Pope Sixtus
IV after whom it is named the Sistine Chapel. The
chapel is the location for Papal Conclaves (secret
meetings, or an assembly or gathering, esp. one
that has special authority, power, or influence )
and many important services.
a larger scheme of decoration
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The ceiling's various painted elements
comprise part of a larger scheme of decoration
within the Sistine Chapel which includes the
large fresco The Last Judgment on the
sanctuary wall, also by Michelangelo, wall
paintings by a team of the most highly
regarded painters of the late 15th century
including Botticelli and Perugino, and a set of
large tapestries by ‘Raphael, the whole
illustrating much of the doctrine of the Catholic
Church.
The Last Judgment
(Michelangelo, 1534-1541 )
The Last Judgment
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The work is massive and spans the
entire wall behind the altar of the Sistine
Chapel. It was executed from 1537 to
1541. The Last Judgment is a depiction
of the second coming of Christ and the
a’pocalypse, a prophetic revelation. The
souls of humans rise and descend to
their fates, as judged by Christ
surrounded by his saints.
Creation of Adam
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Central to the ceiling decoration are nine
scenes from the Book of Genesis of
which the Creation of Adam is the best
known, having an iconic standing
equaled only by Leonardo da Vinci's
Mona Lisa, the hands of God and Adam
being reproduced in countless imitations.
Their Fingers not Touching
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The iconic image of
the hand of God
giving life to Adam.
The Creation of Adam
Michelangelo Year c. 1511
Creation of Adam
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God is depicted as an elderly bearded man wrapped in a
swirling cloak while Adam, on the lower left, is completely
naked. God's right arm is outstretched to impart the spark
of life from his own finger into that of Adam, whose left
arm is extended in a pose mirroring God's, a reminder
that man is created in the image and likeness of God
(Gen 1:26).
Another point is that Adam's finger and God's finger are
not touching. It gives the appearance that God, the giver
of life, is reaching out to Adam and Adam is receiving.
The pink backdrop behind God is in the shape of a
human brain.
The Creation of Adam
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The Creation of Adam (Red Clay) is a section
of Michelangelo's fresco Sistine Chapel ceiling
painted circa 1511. It illustrates the Biblical
story from the Book of Genesis in which God
the Father breathes life into Adam, the first
man. Chronologically the fourth in the series of
panels depicting episodes from Genesis on the
Sistine ceiling, it was among the last to be
completed.
About Painting (40)
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Di’agonal or vertical
lines suggest motion
and energy
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Horizontal lines
suggest tranquility
Charles Wilson Peale
American Painter
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Charles Willson
Peale (April 15, 1741
– February 22, 1827)
was an American
painter, soldier and
naturalist.
The Peale Family: Creation of an
American Legacy, 1770-1870
Edgar Degas
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Edgar De’gas, 1834 – 1917,
was a French artist famous
for his work in painting,
sculpture, printmaking and
drawing. He is regarded as
one of the founders of
Impressionism although he
rejected the term, and
preferred to be called a
realist. A superb
draughtsman--draftsman ,
he is especially identified
with the subject of the
dance, and over half his
works depict dancers.
The Bellelli Family
Edgar Degas, 1858–1867
in mourning dress
and small white aprons
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After his aunt and cousins returned in early November 1858
Degas undertook a series of works that would eventually
culminate in The Bellelli Family. It appears that he initially
planned to paint a vertical composition depicting his aunt and
her two daughters in a Pyra’midical grouping. He painted his
cousins in their black dresses and white pinafores, while his
father wrote letters from Paris, offering advice on how best to
proceed with the project, and impatiently awaited his return.
Degas wrote of Giulia and Giovanna:
"The elder one was in fact a little beauty. The younger one, on
the other hand, was smart as can be and kind as an angel. I am
painting them in mourning dress and small white aprons, which
suit them very well…I would like to express a certain natural
grace together with a nobility that I don't know how to define...."
psychologically penetrating
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Viewed alongside the work of Degas'
contemporaries, the painting's uniqueness was
due in large part to the composition, which
presents a family portrait painted on the grand
scale of a historical drama, and whose content
has been interpreted as psychologically
penetrating, with the placement of the figures
suggestive of the parents' alienation from one
another, and of the divided loyalties of their
children.
Frida Kahlo
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Frida Kahlo (1907 – 1954)
was a Mexican painter. She
painted using vibrant colors
in a style that was influenced
by indigenous cultures of
Mexico and European
influences including
Realism, Symbolism, and
Surrealism. Many of her
works are self-portraits that
symbolically articulate her
own pain. Kahlo was
married to Mexican muralist
Diego Rivera.
Traumatic Life
at 18 she was seriously injured
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The Mexican
Revolution began in
1910 when Kahlo was
three. Later Kahlo
claimed that she was
born in 1910 so
people would directly
associate her with the
revolution.
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Kahlo contracted polio at age
six, which left her right leg
thinner than the left.
On September 17, 1925, Kahlo
was riding in a bus when the
vehicle collided with a trolley
car. She suffered serious
injuries in the accident,
including a broken spinal
column, a broken collarbone,
broken ribs, a broken pelvis,
eleven fractures in her right leg,
a crushed and dislocated right
foot, and a dislocated shoulder.
An iron handrail pierced her
abdomen and her uterus, which
seriously damaged her
reproductive ability.
“I paint because I need to.”
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Frida Kahlo is one of the most celebrated and
revered artists in the world. Between 1926 and
1954, when she died at the age of 47, Kahlo
painted over sixty self-portraits and about
eighty additional paintings, mostly still lifes and
portraits of friends. Her work allowed her to
both express and to fabricate her identity. “I
paint my own reality,” she said. “I paint
because I need to.”
The Broken Column (1944)
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The Broken Column
(1944), among others,
express her struggles
with illness throughout
her life.
Painted in vivid colors
and rendered in great
detail, her figurative
and fantastical
paintings are filled with
complex symbolism,
which usually relates
to her life.
A Brave Fighter
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She holds several firsts as a Mexican artist: first to have a
work purchased by the Louvre in Paris, and first painting
sold for more that $1 million. Her paintings can be seen in
several leading museums in North America and Europe,
and in the Frida Kahlo Museum in her former home, the
Blue House, in Coyoacán, a suburb of Mexico City. The
Dolores Olmedo Patiño Museum in Mexico City houses
an important collection of works by Frida Kahlo and Diego
Rivera, who twice was her husband. Frida made little
money during her short lifetime (1907 1954) as her works
did not sell well and she gave many away as gifts. Ahead
of her time, it was not until the feminist movement of the
1960s and 1970s that her art was "discovered" and she
became a popular figure.
1932
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Frida Kahlo with
Diego Rivera in
1932, by Carl Van
Vechten.
Frida Kahlo. Diego and I. 1949
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She was his chicuita ("little
one") and he was her "frog
prince," but the path of love was
not a smooth one for Frida and
Diego. Almost from the moment
of their marriage in 1929, there
were problems. But 1949 was a
particularly low point in their
relationship. Rumors circulated
that Diego intended to marry
the film star Maria Felix, with
whom he was having an affair.
Although nothing came of the
affair and Diego remained with
Frida, she was hurt. The selfportrait Diego and I came out of
this experience.
Fresco vs. Mural
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Fresco (plural either
frescos or frescoes) is any
of several related mural
painting types, done on
plaster on walls or ceilings.
The word fresco comes from
the Italian word affresco
[afˈfresːko] which derives
from the Germanic-derived
adjective frisch ("fresh").
Frescoes were often made
during the Renaissance and
other early time periods.
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A mural is any piece of
artwork painted directly on a
wall, ceiling or other large
permanent surface.
In modern times the term
became more well-known
with the Mexican "muralista"
art movement (Diego Rivera,
David Siqueiros, or José
Orozco).
Comparison and Contrast
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Blocking Method (55)
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Alternating Method
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The Kiss 1889 marble sculpture by
the French sculptor Auguste Rodin.
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Like many of Rodin's bestknown individual sculptures,
including The Thinker, the
embracing couple depicted
in the sculpture appeared
originally as part of a group
of reliefs decorating Rodin's
monumental bronze portal
The Gates of Hell,
commissioned for a planned
museum of art in Paris. The
couple were later removed
from the Gates and replaced
with another pair of lovers
located on the smaller righthand column.
Constantin Brâncuşi
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Constantin Brâncuşi
(1876 – 1957) was an
internationally renowned
Romanian sculptor
whose works, which
blend simplicity and
sophistication, led the
way for numerous
modernist sculptors.
The Gate of Kiss
part of the Sculptural Ensemble in
Târgu Jiu, 1938.
The Kiss
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In 1907 Brancusi began
to carve his materials
directly, pioneering a
new approach to
sculpture. This broke
with the accepted
practice of molding in
clay and sending the
resulting model to be
enlarged in marble by
specialist craftsmen.
The Endless Column
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The Endless Column or
better The Column without
End (literal translation)
(Romanian: Coloana fără sfârşit
or Coloana infinitului) is a
sculpture created by Constantin
Brâncuşi and inaugurated in
Târgu Jiu, Romania on 27
October 1938.
This sculpture, based on the
symbolism of the axis mundi,
was made as a tribute to the
young Romanians who died in
World War I fighting Germany,
and is a stylization of the
funerary pillars used in
Southern Romania.