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The beautiful and significant landscape of the Venice’ waterfront called Riva degli Schiavoni in English is very crowded place in modern times or should I say over-crowded. People love to take a walk on the pavement near the river for a fresh air. But the history of this place is large due to the prominent building resting beside the bank of the river. The nearest building in the painting on the right built with a Venetian gothic style is called Doge’s palace. Many people may walk by it today without knowing the historical importance of the building. It was the building from where the Venetian republic was governed. It was built by Doge Angelo Partecipazio as he found the need of moving the government from […]

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Boat, Canal, Gondola, Italian, Sun, Venetian, Venice

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Luncheon of the Boating Party has been one of the known painting by the French artist Renoir born in 19th century. The painting stands as a celebrative depiction a merry company type gathering. Despite being just a regular day, it boasts about goodness of general life. Luncheon of the Boating Party Analysis The depiction is made in the similar strokes of his another painting The Ball at the Moulin de la Galette. Small, light toned strokes for a smooth output. This unique depiction way makes the whole picture a bit blurry as the lines aren’t hard enough in compare to other conventional methods. Subject matter of the painting is apparent. Some people have gathered at a house’s balcony to have some good  time. Total of […]

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Dog, Famous, Hat, Lunch, Merry Company, Party, People

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The vivid painting of mount Pilatus on canvas is drawn by Swiss painter Robert Zund. He was well-known for his love for natural beauties and always avoiding portraying modern technologies like railways, tractors and high-rise buildings, etc. His main theme of painting landscapes was emphasized by illustrating it richly detailed and in realistic manner. A View of Mount Pilatus Analysis Showing the mountain far away under the heavy stack of white clouds, at the first look the Mount Pilatus goes almost unnoticed to the viewer. White clouds and blue sky attracts all the attention for the first time view. Though, as we remember the name of the painting once again, we realize the central object being the mountain itself. Being in the lower part of […]

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Cloud, Mount Pilatus, Swiss

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Jackson Pollock’s known Drip painting Convergence holds many shades of colors, different with intensity contrast and depth is an Abstract Expressionist art-work. Unlike his famous works No 5, 1948, Mural or The Deep, this piece holds much more bright and contrasting color making it eye-catching. Jackson Pollock’s most paintings where large at size. This one is no exception. The canvas is the size of around 8 x 13 feet. It takes up a whole wall in the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y where it currently resides.  

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Abstract Expressionist, American, Drip

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There are many examples in the history of painting in which many artists together had decided to break the conventional rules taught in art schools (Academic art, for instance). These artists found the conventional rules to be limiting their urge to paint. They found it hard to keep up with the rules which were pressuring them to learn the customs and in the process remove the natural urge to paint which basically drifted them near to the very art of painting. In some cases, artists held campaigns for the freedom of depiction in the way they want. While in many other cases, the like-minded artists flew away. They flew away to a secure place, where they weren’t objected on the way they depicted or the […]

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The Milkmaid ranks among Johannes Vermeer’s best known works. It is known for its ample depiction and also for multiple interpretations viewers and critics make, which ranges from pragmatic views to theoretical meanings. The painting origins from the 17th century of Dutch Golden Age. The Subject The subject of the painting is a Milkmaid pouring fresh milk in a bowl. Though, in the 17th century Dutch people didn’t have special Milkmaids. They were called “Kitchen maids” or ‘maid of all works’. Such maids were subject to do all types of works necessary in the kitchen or house. Also, such kitchen maids were also predisposed for love and sex. It wasn’t unapproved in society. The Milkmaid Analysis Vermeer has depicted the scene and the woman with […]

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Beautiful, Dutch, Dutch Golden Age, Famous, Milkmaid, Pentimento

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This week’s art update brings pretty huge news like a recovered Renoir painting, Important Titian exhibition which is going to held at the end of 2015 but enthusiasts can’t wait due to its importance, $25 million balloon, extremely rare Banksy work which you could own and a massive 200 million pound art auction. A $7 painting turned out to be 135 years old stolen Renoir art-work When the thief takes away an original painting from a museum or from the owner’s house, what do they think? That, in the time of fine forgery in which you won’t be able to believe which piece is real and which is not, people would believe him that his art-work is the original piece? He would need authentic documents […]

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Belgian artist Cornelis van Leemputten is a good example of  self-taught artists. Though, he attended an art academy in his later years, after setting a good reputation as a painter, he mainly learned, produced and was known as an excellent self-taught artist. That shows his deep desire for the art. Artist’s main theme through-out his career was mainly focused on landscapes which included sheep and such shepherds. That’s a very rare and unique subject to select as the only main theme, but he mastered the theme and not to mention, that it is more difficult to portray an active sheep than a person who will sit as he is asked for. This painting shows a boy in blue shirt and a round hat posing with […]

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Boy, Dog, Hat, Meadow, Sheep, Shepherd

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One of the most important historical portraits of George Washington, Lansdowne portrait depicts the first president of America with a humble appearance. He is standing in a room with a dress sword in a hand while other hand raised in front. Behind him is a chair and on the right side is a table, carrying an ink-spot with books, rolled paper, table cloth and white quill. The full length portrait of the America’s is a valuable painting which has survived man bad days including the War of 1812. During the war, the British soldiers had conquered the white house in which the large portrait was hung. The soldiers ate and then infamously burned down the whole white house. Luckily enough, the portrait was saved by […]

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American President, Full Length Portrait, George Washington, Ink Pot, Sword

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This time Art Update includes the news of a recovered Rembrandt painting, a unique show which every aspiring artists should attend, a south African world record set by a painter, update on the recent Christie’s auction at Dubai and a Native American art work collection worth $3.8M. ‘A show all would-be artists should visit’ Peter Doig is a famous European artist, who broke all records for a living European artist when his painting, White Canoe sold for $11.3 million in 2002. He is a known artist now and enjoys pretty good reputation among the art community. His sale happened at the Sotheby’s. In recent art sale in 2013, his another painting The Architect’s Home in the Ravine made $12 million. So, we can’t just ignore him […]

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