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Sacred Heart of Jesus by Dr. Jose P. Rizal, snippet from Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot A Study of the Growth of Free Ideas in the Trans-Pacific American Territory By Austin Craig · 1913: Sacred Heart of Jesus Ateneo de Manila University: Carved at age 14 of Baticuling wood. The image left at Rizal's cell in ...
The Zouave is the subject of several sketches and paintings made by Vincent van Gogh in Arles, France in June 1888. The pieces range from close up oil painting portraits of the Zouave to full-body drawings.
Van Gogh admired the techniques of Japanese artists. [12]Characteristic features of ukiyo-e prints include their ordinary subject matter, the distinctive cropping of their compositions, bold and assertive outlines, absent or unusual perspective, flat regions of uniform colour, uniform lighting, absence of chiaroscuro, and their emphasis on decorative patterns.
In 1901, the American Governor General William Howard Taft suggested that the U.S.-sponsored Philippine Commission name Rizal a national hero for Filipinos. Jose Rizal was an ideal candidate, favourable to the American occupiers since he was dead, and non-violent, a favourable quality which, if emulated by Filipinos, would not threaten the ...
Letter sketch, 2 October 1888, now in the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Van Gogh announced and described this composition in a letter to his brother Theo: Included a small sketch of a 30 square canvas - in short the starry sky painted by night, actually under a gas jet. The sky is aquamarine, the water is royal blue, the ground is mauve.
The museum became famous when it bid 5.8 billion yen (£25 million) for one of Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers paintings at Christie's in London on 30 March 1987, far exceeding the largest amount ever paid for a painting. [2] The record up to that point was 1.95 billion yen (£8.2 million), which was paid for Adoration of the Magi by Mantegna. [3]
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Therefore, van Gogh's bold choices in colour and brushwork are indicative of his evolving technique as an increasingly innovative, original artist. Stylistically, van Gogh also emulated the Japonisme movement, or the European imitation of traditional Japanese art, in Landscape at Auvers in the Rain. Japanese art was known to appear decorative ...