Lead paint in art
2008-8-21 20:53:58 Post:long | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
In art, lead white is known as flake white, also sometimes known as Cremnitz white. Flake white is traditionally considered to be the most structurally sound underpainting layer for oil painting, possessing a combination of flexibility, toughness, an...
Michelangelo
2008-8-20 21:17:37 Post:long | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
Michelangelo (1475-1564), Italian painter, sculptor, architect, and poet whose artistic accomplishments exerted a tremendous influence on his contemporaries and on subsequent European art. Michelangelo considered the male nude to be the foremost subj...
RAFFAELO SANZIO
2008-8-14 3:1:3 Post:long | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
"Raffaelo Sanzio was the youngest of the three giants of the High Renaissance. He was born in Urbino in 1483 and received his first instruction in the techniques of oil painting from his father, Giovanni Santi, a minor artist. Urbino, wher...
Mona Lisa
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Mona Lisa (1503-1506, Louvre, Paris), Leonardo da Vincis world-famous portrait, was the artists favorite oil paintings; in fact, it went everywhere with him. Although there have been many theories about the origin of the inexplicable smile on the wom...
Michelangelo
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Michelangelo (1475-1564), Italian painter, sculptor, architect, and poet whose artistic accomplishments exerted a tremendous influence on his contemporaries and on subsequent European art. Michelangelo considered the male nude to be the foremost subj...
Painting style
2008-8-11 21:12:45 Post:long | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
In art and oil paintings, style can refer either to the aesthetic values followed in choosing what to paint (and how) or to the physical techniques employed. An aesthetic movement - such as Realism, Romanticism, Impressionism - can promote an entire ...
Renaissance painting
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Renaissance painting bridges the period of European art history between the art of the Middle Ages and Baroque art. Oil painting of this era is connected to the "rebirth" (renaissance in French) of classical antiquity, the impact of humanis...
Monkey painting
2008-8-3 21:33:2 Post:long | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
During the late 1950s biologists began to study the nature of art in humans. Of the theories proposed few had such a striking effect as those based on observations of primate paintings, hundreds of which were cataloged by Desmond Morris. Morris, alon...
Some Mistakes to Avoid When you Oil Painting
2008-7-30 2:16:28 Post:long | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
This list will help stop you making these Protect pet portraits in your oil paintings. First Using repetitive brush strokes: these put the viewer to sleep. Use a variety of brush strokes second Concentrating on one area of the canvas while neglecting...
How to Choose the Right Paint Color
2008-7-26 0:1:42 Post:long | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
While you may feel that there are so many choices you're bound to find the right one. next step will tell you way Be Patient Get ideas but make the final decision after rugs, wallpaper, and fabrics are finalized. Coordinate Decorating SamplesWhen you...