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MIDTERMS Flashcards

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The word “art” comes from the ancient Latin ____ which means a “craft or specialized form of skill, like carpentry or smithying or surgery”

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ars

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The _____ would come to mean “not delicate or highly skilled arts, but ‘beautiful’ arts”

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fine arts

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human, cultured, refined.
​Thus, it embraces the social sciences and philosophy.

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Humanus

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painting, sculpture, architecture;

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visual arts

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music, dance, drama or theatre arts plus other popular arts.

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performing arts

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Art has touched everyone and art is all around us.

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  • Brighten our rooms
  • Enhance interior décor
  • Beautify our cities
  • Embellish our places of worship
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the 3 parts of Art

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Ability
Process
Product

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Human capacity to make things of beauty and things that stir us; creativity

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ability

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encompasses acts, such as drawing, painting, sculpture, designing buildings and using camera to create memories

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Process

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Art is the completed work- an etching, a sculpture, a structure, a tapestry, a portrait, a song

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Product

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Art is derived from the Latin word “ars”, meaning ability or skill

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– F.V. Estolas

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Art is that which brings life in harmony with the beauty of the world.

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– Plato

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“Art, as far as it is able, follows the nature, as a pupil imitates his master; thus your art must be, as it were, God’s grandchild.” ”

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– Dante “Inferno

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Some purposes of art

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To create beauty
To reveal truth
To immortalize
To provide decoration
To express religious beliefs
To record and commemorate experience
To create order and harmony

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Assumptions of Art

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Art is universal
Art is not nature
Art involves experience

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It is a process
✓ Act of composing or organizing the elements of art.
✓ Through the use of these principles of organization,

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composition

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means that you make the parts fit well with each other. The comparative relationship of the different parts in relation to the whole.(relationship between 2 or more elements)

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Proportion

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Repetition of angles and curves, shapes, lines and color will give a harmonious effect.

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unity/harmony

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A work of art possesses ______ when its visual or actual weights or masses (including color masses) are distributed in such a way that they achieve harmony. it gives a feeling of stability and rest.

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balance

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  • It is also called symmetrical balance.
    -achieved by making both sides exactly alike.
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formal balance

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  • It is also called asymmetrical balance.
    -achieved when objects of unequal weight are placed at the correct distances from the center as when large object or an object with a stronger attraction is placed near the center while the smaller object or the one with less striking attraction is moved farther out from the center.
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informal balance

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the regular repetition of sensory impressions. A series of units repeated one after another produces rhythmic movement.

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rhythm

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means giving the proper importance to the parts or to the whole. One part or design in the room is emphasized and the rest are subordinated.

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emphasis

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• It is the method of presenting subjects as they appear in real life.
• It also portrays people and things as they are seen by the eyes or really thought to be, without idealization, without distortion.

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Realism

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The Filipino foremost painter and is the Father of Philippine Realism; he painted Philippine rural scenes.

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Fernando Amorsolo

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Fernando Amorsolo Paintings

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winnowing rice
countryside scene

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• is “drawing away from realism.”
• Derived from the word abstract meaning to draw away.
• Therefore, an abstractionist draws away from reality.

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Abstractionism

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Abstractionism different methods

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mangling
distortion
elongation
abstract expressionism
cubism

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• “Beyond Realism”.
• It is presenting a subject as if the subject does not form part of the real world, but belongs to the world of dreams and fantasy.
• This method was Influenced by Sigmund Freud.
• “An Early dream of Sigmund FREUD”

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Surrealism

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Presenting the subject symbolically, that is, the artists shows his subject as it appears in real life, but he intends to let it represent something.

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symbolism

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This was the first important art movement of the 19th century.
They used extremely bright colors.
• The subject matter centered on traditional nudes, still life, and landscapes.

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fauvism

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The word Fauvism is French for _______ It got this name because the paintings had bright and unusual colors. The subjects in the paintings were shown in a simple way, and the colors and patterns were bright and wild.

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“wild beasts.”

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The painting has an overall decorative-pattern effect and a flattened sense of space. made by Henri Matisse

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the red room

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this art tried to convey emotion and meaning rather than reality. Each artist had their own unique way of “expressing” their emotions in their art. In order to express emotion, the subjects are often distorted or exaggerated.

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expressionism

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is realism based on the artist’s impression. It is presenting the real-life subject with the emphasis on the impression left in the artist’s mind or perception, particularly the effect of light on the object used as subject.

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Impressionism

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• French painter.
• Founder of French Impressionist painting.
• WATER LILIES & SUNRISE

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claude monet

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• Their paintings glorified the mechanical energy of modern life.
• Subjects included automobiles, motorcycles, railroad trains subject that express the explosive vitality of a modern city.
• this painters wanted their works to capture the speed of force and modern industrial society.

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Futurism

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• The leading futurist painter and sculptor is

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Umberto Boccioni (1882-1916).

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was an Italian poet, editor, art theorist, and founder of the Futurist movement.

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Filippo Tommaso Emilio Marinetti

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The term “dada” is a French word, which means a “hobby-horse.” A hobby-horse is a child’s toy consisting of a wooden horse mounted on a stick. With this etymology, we could say that Dadaism is system of art which is per se “nonsensical.” Some
would say it is not an art because it strives to have no meaning at all.

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dadaism

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French artist, was known for his use of colour and his fluid, brilliant and original draughsmanship. father of fauvism

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henri matisse

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• Perceived by the eyes.
• Also called as spatial arts because artworks produced under this genre occupy space. They are divided into graphic and plastic arts.
Ex. Painting, sculpture, and architecture

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Visual Arts

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• Those visual arts that have length and width; thus they are also called two-dimensional arts. They are described as flat arts because they are seen on flat surfaces.
Ex: painting, drawing, printing, sketching, commercial art, mechanical processes, computer graphics, and photography.

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Graphic arts

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• Those visual arts that have length, width and volume; thus, they are also called three-dimensional arts.
Ex: sculpture, architecture, landscapes architecture, city planning, interior design, costume, set design, theater design, crafts, and allied arts.

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plastic arts

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• Those forms perceived by both ears and eyes.
• They are called performing arts inasmuch as the artists render a performance in front of an audience.
Ex: music (vocal, instrumental, and mixed)
Dance (ethnological, social, and theatrical), and
Drama (tragedy, comedy, tragicomedy, ,melodrama, etc.)

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audio-visual arts

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• Those presented in the written mode and intended to be read.
• These include prose (short stories, novels, essays, and plays) and poetry (narrative poems, lyrics poems, and dramatic poems).

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literary arts

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is the art of applying pigments to a surface in order to present a picture of the subject.

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painting

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this painting is done with use of earth pigments mixed with water and applied to fresh plaster or glue which attaches the color to the surface like a wall.

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fresco italian word for fresh

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When the plaster is wet, painting is

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buon fresco or true fresco.

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When the plaster is dry, painting is describes as fresco

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fresco secco or dry fresco

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was commissioned by Pope Julius II to work on these frescoes, which included “The Creation of the Man”, “The Fall of Man”, and other biblical events.

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Michaelangelo Buonarroti

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It is done with the use of pigments mixed with water and applied to fine white paper. (cambric, parchment, ivory, and silk can be used as surface or ground.) the colors are applied in very thin layers and all the light comes from the ground, which gives it brilliance.

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water color

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used watercolors for his cubistic work, “Balut Vendors”

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vicente manansala

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It is done with the use of ground pigments mixed with an albuminous or colloidal vehicle (egg yolk, gum, glue, or casein).

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tempera

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It is done with the use of pastel colors closely resembling dry pigments bound to form crayons, which are directly applied to the surface, oftentimes paper.

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pastel

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It is done with the use of synthetic paints called _____ mixed with a vehicle capable of being thinned with water.

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acrylic

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It is done with the use of hot wax as a vehicle to bind pigments to a wooden panel or wall.

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encaustic

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pictures of men and women singly or collectively.

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portraiture

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During the ancient times, man’s primarily concern was survival. Because of this constant contact with and their interest in these living organisms, it was inevitable for them to paint these things they needed to survive.

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animal and plants

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It is a painting of an inanimate object or a non-living thing placed on a table or another setting.
EX: Basket of fruits, a bag or groceries, a bunch of flowers, and a bucket of chicken are examples of still life.

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still life

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Painters living in the countryside have access to scenes happening daily in their community. Local events such as barrio fiesta, a fluvial parade, a bountiful rice harvest, big catch of fishes, and a natural calamity are exciting painting subjects.
- ​It is the subject of most of Amorsolo’s works (“Farmer”, “Barrio Fiesta”, “Tinikling Dance” and Countryside Scenes”.)

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country life

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Any of the land forms can be the subject of a painting. These land forms include the volcano, the mountain, the hill, the valley, the plain, the cliff, and the like.

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landscape

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Any of the water forms can be the subject of a painting.
 These water forms include the ocean, sea, river, lake, brook, pond, falls, and the like.

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seascape

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The favorite subjects of painters.
 The Spolarium, Blood Compact of Juan Luna and “Christian Virgins Exposed in the Populace” of Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo.

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events

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such as the Holy Family, Madonna and child, Jesus Christ, Angels, Saints, and Religious objects are as commonly used subjects today as they were during the Medieval and Renaissance Periods.

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religious items

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 Father of Philippine Realism.
 He was a portraitist and painter of rural Philippine landscapes.
 He was the first recipient of the National Artist Award among Filipino painters.
 “The Burning of Manila” (1946)
 “Dalagang Bukid” (1936)
 “The first Baptism in the Philippines”
 “The First Mass in the Philippines”
 “Planting Rice” (1946)

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FERNANDO AMORSOLO

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He was the most distinguished practitioners of mural painting for many decades and was best known for his historical pieces.
 He was popularly known as “Botong”.
 The National Artist in Visual Arts in 1973.
 “Kaingin” (1945)
 “Fiesta” (1948)
 “Invasion of Limahong” (1956)
 “Mangingisda”(1957)
 “Muslim Wedding” (1958)
 “Bayanihan” (1962)

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CARLOS FRANCISCO

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 He was a contemporary of Juan Luna who placed second in an international art exposition in Madrid.
 Schooled in the Ateneo de Manila and UST.
 he won a gold medal for “The Boat of Charon” and another silver for “Farewell to the Sun”.
 “The Christian Virgins Exposed to the Populace” (Las Virgines Christianas Expuestas al Populacho)
 “La Banca” (The native Boat)
 “Los Mendigos” (The Beggars)

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FELIX RESURECCION HIDALGO

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 A native of Badoc, Ilocos Norte.
 He studied in Ateneo de Manila, then at the Academia de Dibujo y Pintura, and in Madrid, Spain.
 He won the gold medal for “The Death of Cleopatra.”
 He died in Hong Kong due to severe heart attack.
 “Spolarium”
 “The Blood Compact”
 “Ang Aliping Bulag”
 “Ang Espanya sa Pilipinas”
 “Ang Laban sa Lepanto”
 “Ang Mestiza”

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JUAN LUNA

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 He was a Philippine cubist painter and illustrator born in Macabebe, Pampanga.
 He graduated from UP School of Fine Arts.
 He also did the murals of “Stations of the Cross” in the parish Church of the Holy Sacrifice.
 “Madonna of the Slums”
 “Jeepneys”
 “Kalabaw or Carabao” (1965)
 “Bangkusay Seascape”(1940)
 “Reclining Mother and Child” (1967)

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VICENTE MANANSALA

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An Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer.
 He was commissioned by Pope Julius II to do those frescoes, which include
“The Creation of Man,” “The Fall of Man”, “Story of Noah”, “The Last Judgment”.
 “The Holy Family with the Infant St. John The Baptist”
 “Entombment”
 “The Conversation of Saul”
 “Martyrdom of St. Peter””

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MICHAELANGELO BUONARROTI

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Italian polymath, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, architect, musician and writer.
 Described as the archetype of the “Renaissance Man” dues to his inventive powers.
 One of the greatest painters of all time.
 “The Annunciation”
 “The Virgin of the Rocks”
 “The Virgin and Child”
 “Mona Lisa”
 “The Last Supper”

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LEONARDO DA VINCI

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He was a Norwegian symbolism painter, printmaker, and an important forerunner of expressionistic art.
 He explored the themes of life, love, fear, death, and melancholy in many of his works.
 “The Scream” or “The Cry”(1893)
 “Anxiety”(1894)
 “Despair”
 “The Sick Child”
 “By the Deathbed”(1895)

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EDVARD MUNCH

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A Dutch Post-Impressionist artist whose paintings and drawings include some of the world’s best known, most popular, and most expensive pieces.
 He was a lunatic confined in an asylum in St. Remy where he produced some of his world-renowned works.
 “The Starry Night” (1889)
 “Still life with Beer Mug and Fruit”(1881)
 “Fisherman on the Beach”(1882)
 “Cottages” (1883)
 “Self Portrait”(1887)

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VINCENT VAN GOGH

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Founded cubism in collaboration with Georges Braques and Juan Gris in 1906.
 Born in Malaga, Spain. He had a long painting career. (more than 60 years) which is divided into 6 periods.

 “The Old Guitarist”
 “Three Musicians”
 “The Poet”
 “The Lovers”

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