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... paint in sweeping or slashing brushstrokes and in techniques partially dictated by chance , such as dripping or spilling the paint directly onto the canvas . Pollock first practiced Action painting by dripping commercial paints on raw ...
... paint in sweeping or slashing brushstrokes and in techniques partially dictated by chance , such as dripping or spilling the paint directly onto the canvas . Pollock first practiced Action painting by dripping commercial paints on raw ...
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... paintings in simple gilded frames . The Baroque artists of the 17th century ex- celled in the creation of large , stagelike al- tarpieces in which painting , sculpture , and florid ornament are dramatically merged . Gian Lorenzo ...
... paintings in simple gilded frames . The Baroque artists of the 17th century ex- celled in the creation of large , stagelike al- tarpieces in which painting , sculpture , and florid ornament are dramatically merged . Gian Lorenzo ...
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... painting Angelico included figures from sacred tradition and persons who had existed historically , probably to point up the histori- cal continuity of devotion to the Redeemer . Also in the 1430s , Angelico painted one of the most ...
... painting Angelico included figures from sacred tradition and persons who had existed historically , probably to point up the histori- cal continuity of devotion to the Redeemer . Also in the 1430s , Angelico painted one of the most ...
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