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| prehistoric art | 8/15/2004 | J Heuman |
Q: why would ancient man need or want to produce art?
A: Greetings Ashleigh! I am unsure if you mean "ancient" or "prehistoric"? So, I'll propose possible ...
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| How can I find the Resurection by VanDyke | 8/13/2004 | Rebecca Curran |
Q: This beautiful painting of the Resurection was in the Borgesse Palace Art Gallery in Rome. I would ...
A: I am sorry to say that I too cannot find this print. I have been able to find a print of his called ...
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| 20th Century Art Periodicals, reviews, magazines etc | 8/13/2004 | J Heuman |
Q: Hope I'm not wasting your time but was wondering if you knew of any resources on the net that could ...
A: Greetings Bosko, The H. W. Wilson Databases: Art Index Retrospective is one of the most extensive ...
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| painter homero panagiotopulos | 8/11/2004 | Rebecca Curran |
Q: I am looking for info on a painting by this man named homero panagiotopulos it was done november of ...
A: I am sorry to say that this artist is a little out of my range. I have looked around but I do not ...
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| American Quaker Artist | 8/10/2004 | J Heuman |
Q: Do you know how I could find out if there was an early American Quaker artist by the name of James ...
A: Greetings Priscilla! Regretfully, I do not know quite enough about Quaker artists to recognize the ...
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| Henri Matisse | 7/13/2004 | AliMcJ |
Q: I need some information on Matisse's Interior, Flowers and Parakeets 1924. I have contacted the ...
A: The library and bookstore are the places to look for this kind of information. See if your library ...
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| American city art trends + background | 7/12/2004 | AliMcJ |
Q: I am trying to look for info at American city such as NY, DC, Chicago...arts trends and history ...
A: Well, I could refer you to a book I presently have up on eBay, that is a complete compendium of the ...
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| Inca Art | 7/10/2004 | AliMcJ |
Q: My mother has a piece of Inca ceramic pot/vase from the Inca time era and would like to sell it but ...
A: Check the auction houses, Southeby's. Check the LACMA website -- they have an excellent collection ...
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| Pablo Picasso | 7/1/2004 | AliMcJ |
Q: I would like to know about Picasso's favorate foods. Any information would be helpfull.
A: The Diary of Alice B. Toklas has recipes from artists served in Gertrude Stein's salon -- and ...
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| art | 6/22/2004 | AliMcJ |
Q: My teacher told me to write a two page research on the following: Discuss importance of pointalism ...
A: George Seurat was the pointillist (it was too academic and time-consuming for most people; he had ...
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| Discuss the inspiration that effect in Vincent Van Gogh's painting. | 6/20/2004 | Sharon Shaffer |
Q: i want to know about the Inspiration that effect Vincent Van Gogh's painting.Please do tell me more ...
A: While in Paris, van Gogh met Paul Signac. Signac learned of a new method known as pointillism. In ...
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| Paintings listed by title | 6/8/2004 | Sharon Shaffer |
Q: Sharon I sincerely hope you can help me, I am trying to find an online listing of famous paintings ...
A: There are sites out there, I just don't know what I would type into the search box, I remember when ...
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| art history | 5/31/2004 | AliMcJ |
Q: I am interested in how portrait artists like Sir Joshua Reynolds and others of the late 1770's might ...
A: Their work was their advertising -- the fact that they painted for the wealthy was a recommendation ...
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| Chinese silk jacket | 5/31/2004 | AliMcJ |
Q: I have a hand embroidered silk jacket brought West by an uncle who was in the Royal Navy in WW2. I ...
A: Look for similar items on eBay for a couple of months and watch to see what they sell for. I sold a ...
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| Print Making | 5/21/2004 | AliMcJ |
Q: Can you please give me a run down on the process of woodblock print making? Meaning names of ...
A: cut the block with wood gouges ink the block with a brayer print the image on rice paper or thin ...
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| original or print | 5/13/2004 | AliMcJ |
Q: I found an old print in a frame in my mom's attic. It's titled "Heading for Safety" by R H Palenske. ...
A: I don't know what that B@B is -- perhaps a logo/brand Original prints are usually signed in pencil ...
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| Sculpters - need to know if piece has any value | 5/13/2004 | Sharon Shaffer |
Q: I know what you listed as your expertise, but perhaps you can help me anyway (or you know a ...
A: No I don't know anything about it but what my guess would be is take it to a museum and have an ...
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| Asian carving | 5/8/2004 | AliMcJ |
Q: A have a friend who has a carving of two obviously Asian children astride an leafy, long stalked ...
A: It sounds like a lucky New Year piece, probably jade. Cabbage is a common motif for jade carving, ...
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| history | 5/5/2004 | AliMcJ |
Q: what does columbus have to do with the aztec's and how is he any realted to the azec's conquering ...
A: Columbus was sent by Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain to discover a sea route to India -- ...
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| interior architectural design neo-classical | 4/17/2004 | AliMcJ |
Q: I teach continuing education at local junior college. My class is a very practical application of ...
A: I think it's a fabulous idea -- to ask students what the focus of a room is, what the most ...
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| Coronation of Napoleon | 4/8/2004 | Sharon Shaffer |
Q: I am writing an essay on the painting by Jacques Louis David on the Coronation of Napoleon. How can ...
A: The only information that I could find out is this: Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon I and ...
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| Wladyslaw Brzosko | 3/20/2004 | AliMcJ |
Q: I recently ran across Wladyslaw Brzosko, who also calls himself Arthur Spence, here in NYC. He ...
A: I don't know why you have never heard of him. Have you ever heard of Robert J. McMahon? He has a ...
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| Carved Ivory Tusks | 3/14/2004 | AliMcJ |
Q: I have a large collection of ivory carvings ranging from the mundane to the exceptional. All were ...
A: Not that I know of. I know that the Los Angeles County Museum of Art has a permanent display of ...
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| art history/ famous sculpture | 3/14/2004 | AliMcJ |
Q: i know this is going to sound very strange, but i have no schooling in the arts, but i really want ...
A: I can't think of a winged man hanging -- it must be Icarus (he flew too close to the sun). In my ...
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| talio-chrome | 3/11/2004 | AliMcJ |
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A: I've had this question before and all I remember is that it is done on a type of yellowed plastic, ...
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| painting | 3/9/2004 | AliMcJ |
Q: I want to know about a painting done by a German Prisoner of war that my dad received when he was a ...
A: You also might try also a google search under Art + POW and then refine the search (search within ...
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| Dark and light | 3/8/2004 | AliMcJ |
Q: In preparation for a sermon, I'm looking for an example of an artist who might be known for using ...
A: Rembrandt is the person who is best known for using dark backgrounds and figures emerging into the ...
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| Chinese Art History | 3/4/2004 | AliMcJ |
Q: I have acquired a Chinese wine pot made of copper, dating from 1136 A.D., Song Dynasty, with a ...
A: If it really is the Sung Dynasty, then it is fabulously valuable. Check with the National Palace ...
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| art history | 3/4/2004 | AliMcJ |
Q: The famous Mannequin Pis in Brussels was first built in 1691 yet I have seen a Chinese 13th Century ...
A: I would imagine that it developed independently in each area. Baby boys urinating is a humorous ...
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| ART HISTORY AND HISTORY | 2/11/2004 | AliMcJ |
Q: Define and discuss the terms "history" and "art history" What is the role of subjectivity in the ...
A: You need to actually interview (inter=two people view=see) people, as the answers to this are far ...
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| name of a painting | 12/17/2003 | AliMcJ |
Q: there is a painting, i believe early renaissance, that is the death of a man in bathtub while he is ...
A: It is "The Death of Marat" (Jean Marat). He had a skin condition, so he was in the bathtub a lot, ...
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| Italian Renaissance | 12/9/2003 | Yuey |
Q: Which artist is credited with inventing Chiaroscuro?
A: The invention of Chiaroscuro is not attributed to one particular artist. As early as 1285, Duccio di ...
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| Ball & Claw Furniture | 11/29/2003 | AliMcJ |
Q: I'm not sure where to direct this question. I hope you can help. I am trying to find out the origins ...
A: ever seen a claw-foot bathtub? It is an eagle's claw. The reason you are thinking dragon is that ...
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| art and death | 11/20/2003 | AliMcJ |
Q: I'm having a lot of trouble doing research for this, but do you know of any examples where someone ...
A: German Abstract Expressionists had to hide their work (in false walls) to avoid punishment by ...
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| art history- mid 20th century art | 11/16/2003 | AliMcJ |
Q: My name is Micah. I attend a university in Puerto Rico and am currently taking an essay course ...
A: The 60's and 70's saw the end of abstract expressionism, action painting, & non objective painting ...
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| Marc Chagall | 11/15/2003 | AliMcJ |
Q: What is the signifiance of the sheep and/or goats in Chagall's paintings? Is it him? his village? ...
A: In my understanding, the images are simply the kind of images that one has in a dream and a memory; ...
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| i have a print | 11/14/2003 | AliMcJ |
Q: i have a print by l. g. ferris entitled music hath charms. it is dated 1893 and was issued by the ...
A: It could be a mass-produced aquatint or lithograph, at that date. It would have been used for ...
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| Willam Paval | 11/13/2003 | AliMcJ |
Q: I have 2 paintings of Willam Paval's and I was thinking of selling them. I just wanted to see if ...
A: With all the documentation you have on them, you should be able to get a good price for them. Look ...
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| Rome, Colosseum | 11/5/2003 | AliMcJ |
Q: I am a student at Truman State University and I was assigned to do a persuasive research paper and I ...
A: Sheesh! This is a tough one. The only thing I can think of that might have been controversial about ...
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| Intro to Art History Mid-term | 11/4/2003 | AliMcJ |
Q: I have an art history midterm coming up in a week. We were given a list of 75 works covering western ...
A: I assume that you were shown the works in class and so you are being tested on them. For the second ...
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