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Tramp art is a style of woodworking which emerged in America in the latter half of the 19th century. Some of tramp art's defining characteristics include chip or notch carving, the reclamation of cheap or available wood such as that from cigar boxes and shipping crates, the use of simple tools such as penknives, and the layering of materials into geometric shapes through glue or nails. [1]
boxes of box-pressed cigars, stored two layers with same number of cigars. Cigar boxes, labels, and bands are considered a subject of art, [3] with businesses specializing in them and books printed on their design, meaning, and significance. [4] As a result, cigar boxes and their corresponding labels can be considered collectible items. [5] [6]
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The Arnolfini Portrait, oil on oak, 1434. National Gallery, London. Jan van Eyck (/ v æ n ˈ aɪ k / van EYEK; Dutch: [ˈjɑɱ vɑn ˈɛik]; c. before 1390 – 9 July 1441) was a Flemish painter active in Bruges who was one of the early innovators of what became known as Early Netherlandish painting, and one of the most significant representatives of Early Northern Renaissance art.
After 1550 the Flemish and Dutch painters begin to show more interest in nature and beauty "in itself", leading to a style that incorporates Renaissance elements, but remains far from the elegant lightness of Italian Renaissance art, [3] and directly leads to the themes of the great Flemish and Dutch Baroque painters: landscapes, still lifes ...
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Jan van Eyck, The Arnolfini Portrait, 1434, National Gallery, London Rogier van der Weyden, The Descent from the Cross, c. 1435, Museo del Prado, Madrid. Early Netherlandish painting is the body of work by artists active in the Burgundian and Habsburg Netherlands during the 15th- and 16th-century Northern Renaissance period, once known as the Flemish Primitives. [1]
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