The Birth of Impressionism And its Impact on Modern Art
A vast library of exquisite and one of a kind pieces intrigues the viewers as they enter the grand entrance of the Detroit Institute of Art. After several effortless flights of veined marble stairs, the partons are greeted with high ceilings, possibly inspired by Italian renaissance architecture assuming from warm tones and luxurious decorations. Daylight dimly illuminates the grey, milky polished concrete structure, light source coming from high-hung arched windows. The South wing is where I begin my research as…...
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Main Ideas of The Domino House Project
Le Corbusier used the basic ideas of the Domino House project to create the Villa Savoye, located near Paris. This country house sits conspicuously within its site, tending to dominate it, and has a broad view of the landscape. Villa Savoye resembles the tridimensional shape of a cube. Even considering the space is lightly enclosed and deeply penetrated, this elegant house only has a partly cramped ground floor. Most of the interior of the house is open space, including the…...
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Self-Portrait with Monkey by Frida Kahlo
Self-Portrait with Monkey (16”x12”), is an oil on masonite painting created by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo in 1938. Frida Kahlo was born on July 6th 1907, in Coyoacan, Mexico City, Mexico. Kahlo had lived a normal childhood until the young age of six when she developed polio. Polio had caused one of her legs to grow smaller than the other leading her to get bullied by her peers and drove her to isolate herself. Later in life, she enrolled in…...
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Frescoes By Jose Clemente Orozco
Many visitors to Mexico make a point of viewing some of the great murals painted in the '192(J;J by Jose Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Diego Rivera and others as part of a national education program initiated by Jose Vasconcelos. The murals are impressive, seen in a haphazard or fragmentary way as visitors do, their decontextualization diminishEl~, their meaning to the viewer. For not all of the murals are easily accessible, even to Mexican:. today, and this unintended seclusion from…...
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Mastery Of Diego Rivera
Diego Rivera was born in Guanajuato in Guanajuato State, on December 8, 1886. He considered painting at the National School of Fine Arts, Mexico City, under Andrés Ríos, Félix Para, Santiago Rebull, and José María Velasco during 1899-1901. His enthusiasm for workmanship rose at an opportune time. He started drawing as a youngster. Around the age of 10, Rivera went to examine workmanship at the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts in Mexico City. One of his initial impacts was…...
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