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Question: Look at Mark Rothko’s Subway Scene. Analyse this painting in 300-400 words paying particular attention to the effects of tone, lighting and the use of perspective. You might wish also to talk about the arrangement of the figures and the implied position of the viewer.

Answer: In his painting Subway Scene, Mark Rothko uses a variety of artistic techniques to portray his perception of a subway in thirties America. The most striking element of this painting on first viewing is its lack of bright and varied colour. The artist uses a narrow tonal range, consisting mainly of greys, browns and blues to create a harsh and cold environment. There is no obvious source of ......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay

Question: To what extent were Manet and the Impressionists \'painters of modern life\'?

Answer: The new style of painting, which emerged in Paris in the second half of the 19th century, soon to be classed as \'Impressionist\', marked a transition in the realm of art. \'Modern\' artists strayed from the classical and in both style and subject matter diverged from traditional practises. To what extent they were painting \'modern life\' will be discussed here.......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay

Question: Discuss in response of either the Irish Artist or the Irish composer to European trends in one of the 18th, 19th or 20th century. Include reference to the life and works of at least an Irish Artist or one Irish composer in your answer.

Answer: Art is the creation of beautiful or significant things and throughout Ireland in the early 19th century, they were many artists that emerged and produced such art. Roderic O’Conor was a significant, famous individual who emerged out of Ireland as the most important Irish artist of the late 19th century. O’Conor was born in 1860 at Milton in County Roscommon. He was an immensely tal......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay

Question: Martin Jay contrasts Renaissance and Baroque approaches to visuality in his article ‘Scopic regimes of modernity’ (in Hal Foster, ed.,Vision and Visuality, Bay Press, 1988). Identify the central characteristics of both systems, and discuss how they apply to: - School of Piero della Francesca, View of an Ideal City, c. 1470. - Tiepolo, Apollo and the Four Continents (ceiling), 1752-3

Answer: Man loves to be entertained, to be stimulated, to be challenged. It is such characteristics that make the creative arts a medium to be cherished. Throughout history, art and its fellow medians of architecture and structure, culture and visual entertainment have shaped and reflected our world. We look back upon by gone eras and through photographs of cultural dress codes, buildings and great artwo......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay

Question: The primitivism advocated by Gauguin has had a lasting influence on modern art. It heralded a complete revolution in taste which began with the first exhibition of the Fauves in 1905. Assess the accuracy of this claim.

Answer: Paul Gauguin was born in 1849, the son of a radical journalist and a socialist mother. From his father he seemed to have inherited a violent temper and headstrong disposition; from his mother, a passionate desire for personal freedom. Among the friends of his wife he found a number of painters and others interested in art. As a result, Gauguin began to spend his holidays painting (Stites, 1940:......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay

Question: Vincent Van Gogh’s “Starry night.”

Answer: In American history, many historians had revered the concept of frontier. One such historian is Frederick Jackson Turner, in his book “The Significance of the Frontier in American History” indicated that the evolution of English colonization in the American Frontier was one of the most important age in developing the American continent. This could be compared to as a piece of art where the art......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay

Question: Vincent Van Gogh. His Life And Works

Answer: The rapid evolution of a style characterized by canvases filled with swirling, bright colors depicting people and nature is the essence of Vincent van Gogh\'s extremely prolific but tragic short career. Vincent Willem van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853, in Holland, son of a Dutch calvinist minister and the eldest of six children. His brother Theo, who was four years younger, was to be enormously......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay

Question: Vincent Van Gogh.

Answer: In 1883 the painter Vincent Van Gogh was born in Groot, Zundert, Holland. His mother and father knew there was something different with their child from a very early age. He was unstable and nervous and had fits from time to time, today we think he had epilepsy. He first started to get interested in art with the help of some relatives, particularly his cousin, Mauve who taught him how to draw and.......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay

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