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The Sleeping Venus

Posted on July 2, 2013 by artisoo

The naked Venus made the diagonal movement and reclined in the outdoor nature. Her eyes were closed with a comfortable and quiet look. She seemed to be sleeping with her right hand on the back head and right leg bent … Continue reading →

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Appreciation to The Bathers

Posted on June 20, 2013 by artisoo

In the painting of The Bathers, the painter Courbet portrayed the characters very clearly, resulting in the contrast of the elegant overall unity with the self-contained large background space. The artist showed the ideal and the spirit of the realistic … Continue reading →

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Female Nude With A Dog

Posted on June 18, 2013 by artisoo

Among Courbet's all unlimited talents, the most exceptional was that he could turn barbaric affairs into elegant paintings. And these paintings tightly gripped our eyes, and got a space in the western painting altar. For example, this theme was so … Continue reading →

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Bather At the Source By Gustave Courbet

Posted on June 17, 2013 by artisoo

The Source（Bather At the Source） was made in 1868, which measured 128 x 97 cm. Now it is preserved in Orsay Museum located in Paris, France. This painting was a rebellion against The Source by  Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres  and also the rebellion … Continue reading →

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Model In Backlight

Posted on May 16, 2013 by artisoo

Model In Backlight was made by the painter Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947) for his wife Marte when he was 40 years old. The human bodies painted by Bonnard were mostly under in backlight. The window screen, interlining, mirror and projection were … Continue reading →

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The Small Bather

Posted on May 9, 2013 by artisoo

The Small Bather is another famous oil painting by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres. It was finished at the time when Ingres was studying at the French Academy in Rome. It experienced the same situation as his another great painting Grande … Continue reading →

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The Turkish Bath

Posted on May 3, 2013 by artisoo

Ingres was wiling to call himself as historical artist, because since the founding of Royal College of Painting and Sculpture in the 17th century, the traditional classical followers had been regarded as the highest level of history painting (the first … Continue reading →

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The Great Odd Painter Lucian Freud

Posted on February 22, 2013 by artisoo

Lucian Freud (1922 -2011) was a famous British painter, who was born in a Vienna Jewish family, his grandfather was the famous psychologist Sigmund Freud. When he was 15, the entered the art school and then in 1933 he went … Continue reading →

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Fat is Another Scenery of Beauty—A Brief Talk About Fernando Botero and His Paintings

Posted on February 18, 2013 by artisoo

Had a brief view of Fernando Botero's paintings, I crushed on them, suddenly found that the fat figure can be so cartooned and cute, which is really another scenery of beauty. Fernando Botero is a South American painter and sculptor … Continue reading →

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