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Sculpture was of great importance in the development of Renaissance art, of which two men, Bruneleschi and Ghilberti were major contributors (Great Artists of the Italian Renaissance, Page 38, and Lecture 3). There was a competition that was open for artists to enter to design a panel for the north entrance to the Baptistry (which…

Public art is a very broad term that encompasses so many different kinds of art and target audiences. The Philadelphia Mural Arts Program is a program that creates public art in the form of murals. This program is the largest public art program in the nation, and is fully dedicated to their motto “Art Ignites…

As photography grew in popularity, talented artists realized that photography could be used as a means to express emotions or convey a message, similar to artworks. After a tough period of artists trying to bring photography into the world of art, it was finally accepted as a new and unique refined art. One of the…

Art, paintings, images, sculptures serve to be an immortal representation of the lifestyles of the era and the region from which they originate. They are like windows, enabling us to take a peek into the representational imagery which is in relation to the religious doctrines, rituals, ceremonies as well as the prevalent social customs. These…

Mark Klett’s September 2000 photograph titled View from the Tent at Pyramid Lake is a 23×29 3/16 inch photo taken in the linear perspective. In the foreground, we see the inside of the tent where a camper’s outstretched legs lay upon a mat next to a few supplies. The foreground also displays the walls of…

Sally Turner Munger (Sally Mann) was born in Lexington, Virginia on May 1st, 1951 to Robert S. Munger and Elizabeth Evans Munger. She was the youngest of three children and their only daughter, she was inspired in the arts area at a young age as her father supported her taking photos. He encouraged him to…

“Dorothea Lange was one of the best of the American photographers who used their art to document, and ultimately to alleviate, the human suffering caused by the Great Depression of the 1930s. As she viewed it, photography was not an end in itself, but a means of exploring the world so as to improve it….

TextureThe texture of this painting is smooth but very layered and it is a stimulated texture as it is trying to imitate texture and in this case he used a thick paint to build up textures. This is also adds to the #D feeling of the surface. Tone or Tonal ValueThis artwork has a medium…

Two works of art that have inspired generations of art lovers are “Rainy Night, Etaples,” painted in 1912 by William Edouard Scott, and “The Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice,” created in 1908 by Claude Monet. Currently, both paintings are displayed in the IMA Museum in Indianapolis, Indiana. “Rainy Night, Etaples” is displayed in the…

The Madonna and Child is a painting topic commonly known throughout the Christian, Catholic and Orthodox religions. It is usually a representation of the Virgin Mary (Madonna) and baby Jesus (Child). In most pictures baby Jesus and Mary are the only focal point but in some paintings they are surrounded by angels, worshiper, and/ or…