The Allegory of Fortitude
2007-7-19 4:42:45 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
In December 1469, the Court of the Mercanzia in Florence, located on the Piazza della Signoria, opposite the Palace, became aware that the Court had to be completely restored, taking advantage of the "Christmas vacancy" as they used to say ...
Justice
2007-7-19 4:34:40 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
With her large, gleaming sword and the celestial orb, over which, like any justice, she must reign forever. This is good painting, a little two-dimensional and a bit dull, with some Gothic influence visible in the sharp quality of the robes. As it ha...
The Fortitude
2007-7-18 3:39:16 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
The Fortitude is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli, finished in 1470. It is housed in the Galleria degli Uffizi, in Florence.This work originally belonged to a set of six panels representing Virtues, intended to decorate ...
Impressionism
2007-7-18 3:25:0 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
Expressionism is the tendency of an artist to distort reality for an emotional effect; it is a subjective art form. Expressionism is exhibited in many art forms, including painting, literature, theatre, film, architecture and music. Additionally, the...
Types of Cubism
2007-7-16 2:53:57 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:48 | Quote:0 | Browse:
There are two main types of cubism, analytical cubism and synthetic cubism. Analytic cubism was mainly practiced by Braque, and is very simple, with dark, almost monochromatic colours. Synthetic cubism was much more energetic, and often made use of c...
miracle of Dafen village
2007-7-13 4:41:6 Post:Twin | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
Art face to face market, Talent turn to wealth “during stay in Shenzhen Dafen painting village in Interview .give the reporter not just shock with their slogan and this advertisement...
Cubism(2)
2007-7-13 3:10:23 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
French art critic Louis Vauxcelles first used the term "cubism", or "bizarre cubiques", in 1908 after seeing a picture by Braque. He described it as 'full of little cubes', after which the term quickly gained wide use although the...
Cubism(1)
2007-7-13 3:2:13 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
Cubism was a 20th century art movement that revolutionized European painting and sculpture, and inspired related movements in music and literature. It developed as a short but highly significant art movement between about 1907 and 1914 in France. In ...
Global favor of Chinese oil paintings
2007-7-12 4:55:39 Post:Twin | Categories:doupine | Comment:1 | Quote:0 | Browse:
According to the recent report of Britain's "Financial Times", more and more people around the world become interested in the Chinese oil painting, and the global galleries pay more attention to the Chinese oil paintings. Many pe...
Art Deco
2007-7-11 3:15:1 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
Art Deco was a popular design movement from 1920 until 1939, affecting the decorative arts such as architecture, interior design, and industrial design, as well as the visual arts such as fashion, painting, the graphic arts, and film. Although many d...