The Structure of my Academic Essay: “Portraits as Living Archives”

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Introduction (Say what I’m going to say)  What I’m going to say in this article, and why   Main Body (Say it) Sugimoto’s work: Description Background (Why he did this work: the extension of Diorama series ) Technique(How he did this work?) {Read &Watch: (1)The Exactness of The World: A Conversation With Hiroshi Sugimoto;(2) From Oil to Wax to Silver: Sugimoto’s Portrait Gallery; (3)Documentary Film: Memories of Origin}   Holbein’s work: Background: Holbein’s journey He started to paint portraits in England The function of portraits: To know how a person looks (like photography now) A weapon of propaganda (scale, appearance, position…) {Read…

London Study Trip: PICASSO PORTRAITS

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It was really a great pleasure to see Picasso’s portraits at National Portrait Gallery. I would like to see Master’s portraits and how he recorded his life with paintings. I thought it related to my project and my idea of “Record your story” as my manifesto. On the leaflet it wrote: “Picasso’s portraits epitomise the astonishing variety and innovation of his art. This major exhibition of over eighty works focuses on the artist’s portrayal of family, friends and lovers and reveals his creative processes as he moved freely between drawing from life, humorous caricature and expressive painting from memory.” The exhibition started…