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Camera Bianca: Relational Me

The concept: Camera Bianca: Relational Me was born as a composite of various inspirations of which the leading force was the Marcel Duchamp’s final farewell artwork titled Étant donnés (1946-1966). Duchamp was working on this composition for twenty years in secret of his Greenwich Village studio in New York. In many ways this particular piece of art was permanently installed in Philadelphia...

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Mona Lisa – the most intriguing painting

Mona Lisa,1 the portrait of a beautiful Florentine woman is probably one of the most known feminine images in the world, painted by the greatest artist of The Italian Renaissance Leonardo da Vinci. Since 500 years its magnifying power has been inspiring unsolved mysteries and multitudes theories, concerning the origins of the characteristics deeply psychological expressions on her face: her dual smile and...

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Robert Rauschenberg’s Cardboards

Robert Rauschenberg’s Cardboards as an extension of Dadaist’s Practice. Before the cardboard inspired Robert Rauschenberg’s creative senses to use it as a leading medium for his artistic explorations, the material itself had its own creative past. The history of cardboard as an utilitarian product is closely related to the industrialization of Western cultures at the beginning of nineteenth century....

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Hopper’s Concept of Self-Representation

Hopper’s Concept of Self-Representation Reflected in the Metaphysical Realism of the Space in his Paintings. An artist writes their biographies with the creative imagery and forms of their own creativities. Through the intellectual content and intimate lexicality of depicted scenes the artist expresses spiritual interiority. He does it by encrypting information about himself in his artwork; sometimes...

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Van Dongen: A Fauve in the City.

“Van Dongen: A Fauve in the City.” The reputation of Paris as a leading center of important economic, socio-political and cultural changes was already well established in European social circles at the beginning of the twentieth century. The booming industrialization inspired various economic activities in every aspects of human existence. The market for the commodities of all kind was constantly...