We have officially entered the depths of summer here in NYC, and local art museums have really turned up the heat with a provocative line-up of.
Archive for July, 2008
After Nature at The New Museum of Contemporary Art | Inhabitat …
On July - 19 - 2008ADD COMMENTS
Putto in Nicolas Poussin's Painting: “Aurora and Cephalus” (1631)
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Throughout his artistic career he remained uninterested in the popular movement of the French art of his day which he viewed as purely decorative. Instead, Poussin favored the painting style of the Renaissance and references to …
Renaissance Paintings of Christ on the Cross: Evolution of …
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Christus Triumphans, or Triumphant Christ, is a style characteristic of Florentine crucifixes from the late 1100s. Christ hangs solidly on his cross, eyes open. In 1204, the Fourth Crusade brought back a horde of new Byzantine art. …
A Brief Explanation of Abstract Art » Abstract Paintings
On July - 6 - 2008Comments Off
An abstract painting does not have a recognizable subject. It is a form of art that does not try to look like something. Instead, the subject of an abstract painting is its color, form, and certain features. In other words, abstract art …
Renaissance Painting of Baptism of Christ: Leonardo da Vinci and …
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The resulting painting, Baptism of Christ, was a striking and influential work of art that both demonstrated the early Renaissance status quo and inspired a new style and technique: High Renaissance Florentine painting. …