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ISwiss inventor and architect Ulrich Van-Heusen was a master craftsman who dedicated himself to his trade. He lived in an era when only the wealthy could afford a timepiece. But in 1928, Van-Heusen received a request from an Austrian baron to design and produce a unique calendar watch. Van-Heusen had completed his first automatic calendar watch only five years before. In 1930, Van-Heusen had done it: He had created a beautiful square watch so elegant that French watchmakers have been selling a similar piece for 50 years. It was the only one Van-Heusen ever made. Van-Heusen named his brand Steinhausen after the region in Switzerland from where his family came. He named this watch the Baron after his customer. He was steadfast in his belief that wristwatches, not the prevalent pocket watch, would eventually become an item people could not live without. And he was correct! The Great Depression almost eliminated handmade watches of this quality. One that remains today fetched $300,000 at auction. Wristwatches became the must-have item for people of all social strata, but the distinguished gentry continued to buy Steinhausen’s handcrafted marvels. Improving upon Van-Heusen’s artistry, Steinhausen continues its reputation of producing the finest workmanship and classy designs. And now, in an exclusive to readers, we are pleased to re-introduce the original Steinhausen model with stylish updates. Like the original Steinhausen, each watch is painstakingly reproduced by hand from 186 genuine Swiss parts. Then it is so rigorously tested for two weeks that just six percent of movements end up in a Steinhausen. Swiss automatic movement standards allow for an accuracy of +25/-27 seconds per day. Our Steinhausen watches rate +15/-13 seconds per day, making it more accurate. Like the original Steinhausen, the Baron follows the tradition of displaying the moon and stars depicting day and night. The moving parts, luminous hands and square face with Roman numerals are included, too. And of course, it never needs winding or batteries because your movement keeps the watch in time. However, we have added a flip-digit day-of-the-week and month display and a rotating day-of-month hand. We also have added to the crown a hand-selected precious ruby from Bangkok to add a rich luster; and interchangeable brown and black leather wristbands. It comes in a handsome felt-lined wood box, along with a card certifying its authenticity. Try the Baron for a month. If you are dissatisfied with the beauty and accuracy, or if you aren’t receiving compliments from people, return it. We’ll refund your money. Steinhausens are must-haves among Japanese and European collectors. You can only get one of these fine pieces of art in luxury boutiques and through Steinhausenonline.com. Don’t purchase a Steinhausen anywhere else, for you will be buying an imitation. The value of the Baron is sure to increase over time – not just monetarily but also in the amount of attention you’ll receive. The design is so elegant that French watchmakers have been selling a similar design for more than 50 years. Until now, most of us couldn’t afford a timepiece of such masterful style and quality. Be the first to wear this remarkable new addition to the world-famous Steinhausen line. Complex 186-moving-part mechanism allows it to operate by Steinhausen Swiss kinetic movement and maintain a calendar dial. Built with an accuracy of +15/ -13 seconds per day. Equipped with Kinetic Calendar

Rainbow Art No-Drip Paint Set Creative fun for kids-and adults too! This “Rainbow Art” by MEDIA SOLUTIONS is a magical painting kit with 6 no-drip foam brushes, 6 vivid watercolors and a spill-proof tray. Kids can learn about geometric shapes and color combinations, while adults create their own paintings. Just add water and your colors don’t splatter or run and your brushes don’t drip. Colors are non-toxic, water soluble, and quick drying. Includes a BONUS color-changing 6-marker set.

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This book presents an illuminating insight into the French art scene in the last third of the nineteenth century, describes the rise of the new artistic movement on its way to …

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CLOSEOUTS . Earthy tones, multimedia layers and textural repetition make Willow Green’s Harmony Landing an extraordinarily warm and modern centerpiece. Hand-hammered metal charger Gel-brush-finished canvas Canvas wraps over a wood frame for continuous dimension Master canvas print is signed and numbered Printing plates are destroyed after complete production run Dimensions (LxWxD): 38×38x1-?” Weight: 15 lb. 6 oz. Frame material: Wood CLOSEOUTS . China.andnbsp;

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Most galleries take at least a 50% commission, yet make the artist pay to frame the piece as well! If a painting sells for $1,000. retail, yet I put $200, into having it properly framed & matted, I have only made $300. on that sale!
I have researched selling art on E-bay & most barely sell for enough to pay for the materials to produce them!

Upscale flea markets.

I am asking about litrary movements.

This reads like a "which one isn’t like the others" question If your talking art movements, impressionism couldn’t be more different as far as impact to the other two as it is usually just that, an impression gained from something you would see around you – associated most often with watercolors and landscapes – see Monet. Modernism and symbolism often go hand in hand in art as it plays more to the interpretation – see Picasso, Goya, Miro or Dahli’s "drawers" to see what I mean.

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Just tell me your view of modernist art. It’d be very helpful if you criticized it and told me the general attitude towards modern art.

Um… it’s stupid. Mostly, anyway.

This ship print by Ian Hall will be the perfect addition to your home or makes for a touching and thoughtful gift. Printed on premium quality 190 gsm satin finish photo paper and is a faithful reproduction of the original pencil and digital artwork of Ian

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Mother to daughter. A CB2 one of a find. The na??ve art form of Madhubani paintings has been passed down from mother to daughter, generation to generation in a remote region of northern India. Today, income from the paintings helps provide food, clothing and education for their children. Artist Lalita Devi is paralyzed, but continues to paint with the help of family members who steady her hand. Her vision is that of a jungle where predator and prey live together in harmony. Paper handpainted with brilliant colors made from natural spices, leaves, flowers and soot; framed in a sustainable solid shesham wood frame covered by glass.Limited edition: Only 440 signed original paintings are available.Depicts a jungle where prey and predator live in harmonyHandcrafted paper with natural dyes from spices, flowers and sootSustainable solid shesham wood frameEach is signed and numbered with the story on the back of the frame

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$IMAGE$ Paul Czanne Art Tours  UPC: 798936833440  Mnfg. Part No: LDPAUARTOJ  Manufacturer: DSP  Packaging: Retail box   Platform: Win/Mac   Availability: In Stock  Product ID #:  9244  $ORDER$ Interactive Guides to the Worlds Finest Art Collections Paul Czannes vibrancy and quiet exploration make him one of the most brilliant and representative of the Impressionist painters. In this interactive 3D virtual gallery youll discover and appreciate Czannes greatest paintings. Expert commentary from art historians guides you through the tour with analysis and context to help you understand and appreciate this artists work and his contribution to the arts. Expert commentary by leading art historians, analysis, detailed views, biographies, and more! Detailed scholarly analysis studies the paintings interpretation of the rich tradition of Impressionism. Tour at your own pace and choose the paintings you want to learn about, comparing them with other works, periods, and styles. 150 photos 33 works of art More than 2 hours of commentary More than 40 pages of text Slide shows and videos Windows 98, XP 133 MHz or faster processor 16 MB RAM 10 MB free hard disk space 640×480 monitor, 256 colors Sound card & speakers 4X CD-ROM drive for Macintosh MAC OS 7.5.39.2, OS X Classic PowerMac 133 MHz or better 16 MB RAM 10 MB free hard disk space 640×480 monitor, 256 colors 4X CD-ROM drive Product Packaging: Retail box

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This beautiful framed graphic floral print provides an excellent finishing touch to the decor in a modern nursery. The brown, yellow, and red design coordinates wonderfully with the Delilah Bedding Collection. Measure 14 x 17.

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My gf is an artist and I want to help her put her work on disc so that it can be printed. Most of her work is larger than 11×17. Any ideas out there?

As an artist who scans his work to put on the internet, I must say the best way I have found is by using a digital camera. As long as you have enough pixels, you will get plenty of resolution on the finished image (I use a 6m pixel camera – Fuji F701.)

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I am interested in designing. I would like to study fine arts in designing. Kindly give me some suggestions.

There is a fine arts government college in Chetpet.

For art class, our assignment is to pick two different paintings from two different styles and time periods and then combine them in one painting. I’m having a hard time picking two that would fit together and was wondering if anyone had any ideas they could give me.

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/L/leonardo/monalisa.jpg.html
http://www.hln-store.com/servlet/Detail?no=244

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Why is this style called Impressionism?
please i need to know for a french project!

All artists paint light.

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A lot of people do not have an appreciation for modern art. Is it just a scam of the artist pretending for his or her work to "mean" something while demonstrating no artistic talent or are they truely works of genius?

I believe that art should be seen as appealing to those who look at it; meaning doesn’t really matter. They did a thing on 20/20 where they asked locals on the street to say whether something was modern art or not. Some was kindergarden scribbles, others were just rubbish, and when people judged it on meaning, the scribbles by preschoolers actually got more votes. Marcel Duchamp actually hated this idea of art "with meanings" by making art with things like urinals and drawing chocolate grinders as a way to mock these people. So art with meaning is nothing but a joke to everybody but fancy art critics with a bad case of symbolitis.

The origins of abstract art can rightly be attributed to the imagination of man. Abstract art is distinguishable from fantasy art, which makes imaginative characters and myths its subject. It is closer to reality as it reflects the real in figurative terms.  In other words, abstract art depicts real forms in a simplified or rather reduced way, keeping the original subject the same.

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Styles have changed over time. Some people might have preferred to stick with the old-fashioned designs but it is evident in certain homes and establishment that more and more people go for the trends of the today. Fashion and style has taken a complete 360 degrees turn when compared to the ones people have back in the early 1900s or even before that. Although various common city spots for tourists and other historical structures have not been touched or altered to adapt our modern perspective of art, it is rapidly gaining popularity. It is the commonly applied concept in other structures that are currently built.

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Born in 1839, Paul Cezanne was the illegitimate son of a prosperous hat retailer. As a child, he was an excellent scholar, though not very outgoing. At the age of 20, he studied law for a year before declaring his interest in art to his dominating father. He was eventually allowed to go to Paris to study art, but after six-months, self-doubt leading to bouts of depression forced him to return home. He worked for his father for a year before attempting to resume his career in art.

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There are many different activities you can do with your kids to improve their fine motor skills. Fine motor skills are an essential component of physical development – especially when it comes to children that are in the preschool age group. These skills involve strengthening the use of the small muscles that are in various areas of the body – specifically the hands – so that several basic functions can be achieved. These functions include that of being able to grasp items that are relatively small, fastening buttons, zipping zippers, and even handwriting! Here, I will share with you different activities that you can do with your kids to improve their fine motor skills.

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Car paintings are designed to make a huge difference in the way your home, office, showroom or any other environment looks and the way you feel about it, if you are into car art. Car prints will also serve the same purpose, that is of substantially improving the visual aspect of any place you use or live in, be it the office or the study, and it should be known that these prints are the result of many hours of work and creative effort. Most car prints are made from oil paintings, though there are some that were added some watercolors as well.

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reproduction prints will usually have some text printed on them, either near the bottom of the image or near the bottom edge of the paper, that gives info like title, artist, publisher, etc. if you look at a reproduction print with a strong magnifying lens, you can see tiny mechanical dots of yellow, red, blue, and black. reproduction prints usually use a smooth, slick finish paper (hot press clay coated). paintings have the texture of the canvas or watercolor paper, which is absorbent and slightly bumpy.
original prints-etchings will have plate embossing around the edge, lithographs will have the grain of the plates or stones, relief prints will have tool marks in the design and will not have color or value gradations, silk screens are less likely to have color or value gradations-and original prints will be signed just below the image, with a number designating how many prints were made.

Can a degree from a fine arts college such as "Savannah College of Art and Design" be just like a degree from a technical college? I plan on getting my master in graphic design, and I want to make sure I will have the same if not more benefits from having a graphic design degree from a fine arts college opposed to getting my master in graphic design at a technical college.

As an art director, I’ve looked at many different resumes and portfolios from both college students and vocational/technical grads. It hasn’t even been close – the university grads always have better stuff. More conceptual, more refined ideas, more original designs. I would think, if you were in search of a Masters degree, that would be most important.

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I mean ones made by relatively famous artists, preferably (but not only) from the Renaissance era.

There are many, this page has many paintings with the Archangel Raphael, including ones by artists like Botticini, Raphael, and Rembrandt (although he is not Renaissance)

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