With the birth of the Renaissance and a turning away from the Catholic dominated life, art began to express the reality behind the central problem of human existence; the struggle between being a pious Christian and being an individual. ... Although Bruegel painted "The Battle between Carnival and Lent" in 1559, in the latter period of the Northern Renaissance, the painting does not wholly embody aspects of Renaissance work. ... Pieter Bruegel was one of the most gifted yet mysterious painters of the Northern Renaissance, for very little is known about his life. Born around 1530 in the villa...

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"Renaissance" is a French word meaning "rebirth" (Britannica 1). ... Today the concept of the Renaissance is firmly secured as a cultural and intellectual movement. ... The technique of realism, where people are portrayed realistically, is a renaissance revelation that can be seen in many Renaissance artists" work. ... Botticelli spent the majority of his life in Florence, but did make a visit to Rome, where he painted wall frescoes in the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican (World Art, 584). ... Spring is the season of new life and these garments add to the picture a sense of harmony. ...

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Directly following this period is an interval that concluded the inspired majesty known as The Renaissance, this period is called The Late Renaissance. ... The final breakthrough that embodies the essence of The Renaissance is the actual composition of the paintings. ... Combined the above elements define what we know as Renaissance art, and we can fully attribute the "rebirth" to the bold artists who, with the help of science, pioneered new artistic techniques in the Renaissance. ... Later in life Botticelli abandoned painting, and, as he had no income, it drew him into serious troubles. ...

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The Renaissance period occurred in Northern Europe and Italy in the 1500s and 1600s. Renaissance means "rebirth." ... Some artists of the late Renaissance painted their subjects with distorted and elongated bodies. ... Michelangelo and Raphel are two more of the many artists in this period that made great contributions to art during the Renaissance. ... These were know as "still life" paintings. ...

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His inner conflicts reflected on his art, and this can be examined through comparison with works of contemporary impressionist artist Monet, Northern-Renaissance artist Bosch, and Dutch period painter Rembrandt. ... As a constant student of Nature, Cézanne complained about learning more slowly at the end of his life. ... This duality between seeming and being is well put by historian and Professor Peter Gay: "he was a man who all his life tried to impose order on an unruly, perhaps chaotic self". ...

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She had never studied art so she started by teaching herself to paint by looking at pieces of art from the Italian Renaissance and copying their work. ... After she realized this, her once independent view on life vanished. She became obsessed with her husband Diego Rivera and totally devoted her life to him. ... She told everyone that it didn't affect her, that she would live her own life while he lived his. ... All this pain and suffering inspired her to paint some of the best painting of her entire life. ...

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A true Renaissance man, DuBois has merged his love of art, poetry, and music into an interesting and diverse career. ... Figure 5: No Room at the Inn Tom DuBois' passion for life and enthusiasm for the world of imagination breathe life into every piece he creates. Like every kid, Disney was a big part of his life growing up. ... In addition to The Saturday Evening Post his clients included: Edison Mazda Lamp Works, Encyclopedia Britannica, Fisk Tire, Interwoven Socks, Maxwell House Coffee, Overland Cars, Parker Pens, Coca Cola, Brown & Bigelow, the Boy Scouts, Ford, Hallmark, Mark Twain ...

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Pollock's early paintings, realistic scenes of life in America, clearly reflect Benton's influence. ... With its overlapping skeins of paint, the work defies traditional Renaissance perspective to present an ambiguous sense of space that hovers between the flat space of the two-dimensional canvas and the illusion of the infinite space of the cosmos. ...

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