Each period to their own invokes style and composition for different reasons. For example pre-renaissance elements of composition are inherently divergent than those of the Baroque period, just as the styles used in the Italian Renaissance are notably different than those in Germany during the Northern Renaissance. Taking into account all of the stylistic and compositional elements that appear in the piece, Samson Captured by the Philistines can be most likely classified within the artistic period of the Italian Baroque. ... Again, the struggling and stressed back adds to the overall drama in ...

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During the Baroque Era, artists depicted women in their accepted social roles The artists displayed the emotions and inferiority of the female by showing paintings of a woman in the role of homemaker or mother. ... The Baroque artists depicted women in both positive and negative scenes. ... Symbolism was also used in Baroque art to portray women in both positive and negative situations. ... The issue of woman's rights was addressed during the early Romantic period for three reasons: the French Revolution, legislation in, and finally, the Industrial Revolution. ... Towards the end of the R...

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East Indian Sculpture and Baroque sculpture: How are they different and how are they similar? ... The two examples I chose were "Nessus and Dejanira" from the Baroque period and "Loving Couple" from Eastern India. ... The woman is an average looking woman of the Baroque period. ... I think the dramatics carry itself throughout the period, resembling late classical Greek sculptures. ... My favorite of the two is the Baroque sculpture. ...

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The Renaissance period occurred in Northern Europe and Italy in the 1500s and 1600s. ... A style of art known as Baroque developed in the 17th century. The center of Baroque art was in Rome. ... One famous painter from this time period was Rembrant. ... This era was a very important period in art. ...

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The moods generated by Vermeer's paintings were very unique during his time period. During the era of the Baroque Age, Vermeer was an artist that encapsulated the idea of bringing emotion into his paintings. ... It could be understood that he valued women's roles in maintaining his idealist way of life by ensuring order within the household and raising children within Christian values, which was very popular and common during the Baroque Era. ...

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The recent public knows this piece as copies of the original done during the Hellenistic Period of Ancient Greece. ... This element of Idealism, stemming from the Archaic period led into the later Hellenistic period and its initiative of Realism, or the form of a human true to their natural appearance including age and imperfections. ... During this Hellenistic period ! ... The Hellenistic period also fell in a time when the woman figure was being discovered and revealed in art. ... This work also connects with later centuries of marble statuary, specifically Baroque Italian Art where...

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It was not permitted to paint nudes during this period; moreover the clothed figures were done with blatant ignorance to anatomy. Art during this period was used as an aid to the church; therefore whatever was boorish or sacrilegious was destroyed. ... A short period known as High Renaissance (1500-1520) gave birth to some of the most influential and greatly known artists, among them Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael. Directly following this period is an interval that concluded the inspired majesty known as The Renaissance, this period is called The Late Renaissance. From approximately 1520 ...

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The time period portrayed is the classical period. ... During the classical time period I can see how he was a bit of a wild man for the patronage system, almost a revolutionary. ... The main thing that I learned about the music from the classical period was that it was clear and simple. It was a much different from the Baroque era, in that the music was easy to understand and interpret. ...

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