Saturday 25 February 2012

Special Occasions

Norman Rockwell's paintings were often done as illustrations for popular American magazines. They show wholesome idealised images of American life. The picture above shows a family sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner.
Weddings have featured in art for hundreds of years and all around the world. Pieter Brueghel painted this 16th Century village wedding dance. Indian miniature paintings will often feature ceremonies such as Shiva's wedding (below).
Marc Chagall's surreal image below is called 'Birthday', it features the artist and his wife. Many of Chagall's paintings were love tokens to her and show them both flying.
Impressionist painter Claude Monet captured the scene in Paris on the French national holiday Bastille Day. The tricolor flags wave in the breeze and the people throng in the streets below.

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