Engraving as compared with painting is a popular art; many printings can be made from one plate or block and at comparatively slight cost, so that the artist’s work reaches a great number of persons. It is easy to see how this might affect the character of his work: leading him to choose subjects with which the people were familiar; to treat them in a way that should secure their interest – that is to say, with simple directness and precision, and with dramatic earnestness that should appeal
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No doubt it is true that genius is born, not made. But while it is a mistake to try and discover reasons for a man being a genius, it is proper and most interesting to note how his genius has taken on a certain shape and direction as a result of his environment.
Now, Durer was born a German; Leonardo an Italian. A great deal of the difference between the ways in which the genius of these two men manifested itself may be summed up in this statement. The Italian race, under
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This is my first serious step in interpreting for the Ryazan art school. This article is about two very famous artists: Leonardo Da Vinchi and Albreht Durer. It was written in 1978.
How instantly these two masterpieces, Leonardo’s Virgin of the Rocks and Durer’s Adoration of the Magi, seize our attention; yet how differently each claims our interest. In a general way, the difference consists in this, that one is full of mystery, the other of clear statement. Leonardo has imagined
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The most interesting epoch is of course ancient times. Ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt and so on gave the beginning to modern art, architecture and culture itself.
If i ask you a question about what are the symbols of Egypt, you will tell me for sure that these are pyramids. But not only pyramids symbolize this country. Of course the life of Egyptians was dedicated to their life after the death. That is why there is such a notion in art as a cult of the next world. When a pharaoh died,
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This test will help you to understand how organized are you. Choose any variant that is suitable for you and count your points. 1. Do you have the most important aim in you life? Are you turning it to life? a) Yes, I have b) It is possible to have aims or plans in your life? c) Yes, i have aims in my life but I’m too lazy to do something in order to make it true. 2. Do you make a plan of your every day activity? a) Yes b) No c) I can
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Music is a kind of art that influences human by audio image of his emotions or thoughts.
In Greek mythology five from nine goddesses concerned music. Many peoples created their own legends about the creation of music, about the Gods who brought it to people.
People from ancient times thought that something magic and mysterious born music. It seemed to them that some magic creatures produced sounds. People always heard music: bird’s sounds, leaves’ sounds, animals’ sound
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Summer is coming and many people will visit Spain this year. I found a very interesting article about Spanish people and want to tell you about it.
First of all you should remember that Spaniards think only about their nation and any other nation is not interesting and important for them. Some people call them “nation egoists”.
Spaniards are very noisy and even nervous nation. We can see it even from their speech, that is very fast and loud and sometimes it seems that t
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Bulgaria is a small country with a lot of traditions. It is a good place to visit because the climate here is soft and nature is bright. The capital of Bulgaria is Sofia. Sofia is a historical and modern center of a country.
Bulgaria is famous by its rose oil that perfumers add in different sorts of cosmetic such as soap, shampoo, shower gel and so on. Tourists buy it in order to present it their relatives and friends.
In Bulgaria you can find a lot of different clothes
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This amazing city in Italia was an inspiration for many artists, designers, actors, writers and so on. Venice is unique because now it looks like it was many centuries ago.
This town continues to live although with some difficulties. But some writers named Venice as “ disgusting green city with stinky canals.”. The canals are really stinky, the buildings there are really green but the biggest part of tourist stayed satisfied and happy , they liked it because it is natural to have gr
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Today and many centuries ago London is and was the most important city for world’s art, politics and economics. This is the capital of British empire - the biggest in the world. London’s City was a commercial centre of a city in Roman’s times. Now it is the first from three main financial centers of modern world.
The most popular London’s sights are: Tower of London, Big Ben, Tower’s bridge and so on. The history of London is so rich that every person in the world wants to visit it
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People always named Praha as a “Golden Praha” or “Paris of 30th”. It is really a very beautiful and gorgeous city. Praha is in the middle of Europe, it is its heart.
In spite of political and religious conflicts there Praha saved its sights and didn’t change much from ancient times. Only here you can drink a pint of beer in medieval pub and only here you can see ancient medieval architecture with modern buildings. “Praha is a city of contrasts” – said Thomas Cook, a very famous trav
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