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Immaculate Conception -  Antonio Jose Landaeta                The Immaculate Conception is a painting done by Antonio Jose Landaeta likely in 1795 in his home country of Venezuela. I spent a while analyzing it when I visited the Denver Art Museum. It's an amazing vivid oil painting that really captured my eye. Landaeta's use of depth and color easily draws you into this image. The colors he chose to use in this painting works perfectly to tell the story he's trying to convey.        The blue shown on the woman automatically tells us she's the Virgin Mary and the gold behind her really makes her prominent in the painting. Also the blue on the sphere beneath her hints to us that it may be a representation for Earth.        I love the red fabric accents he's painted as well, they simultaneously bring across texture and movement. In fact all of the fabric seems to be in movement making everything in this pa...

     Hello! I've made this blogpost for my Art History Class to introduce myself to you. Something interesting about me is that this isn't my first blog. Back in high school I was very into it actually. Blogging about my personal life, politics, and the occasional fiction story. But then I decided to keep my life private and off the internet, so I began journaling and am now on my third journal. Besides writing, I enjoy photography, music, and organizing. I previously worked as a fulltime photographer for a bit and have worked some freelance photography jobs as well. As far as music, I really enjoy artists with a story to tell. Some that really speak to me would be Hozier, Courtney Love, Bob Marley, Tupac, and even Etta James. As I said, organizing is also an enjoyable hobby for me. If my space is unorganized, my brain is unorganized and if the things around me don't inspire me, then my creativity won't be at its best. I'm frequently guilty of spending hours in sea...