Amedeo Modigliani

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Amedeo Modigliani

• A portrait artist

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Modiglianis life

• What can you tell about the artist from this
  photograph of him?

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Artist facts

• b. July 12, 1884, d. Jan. 24, 1920
• Lived in Italy and Paris
• Modigliani had to struggle against poverty and
  chronic ill health-lead to a sad life.
• Interested in African masks and sculpturethe
  faces in his paintings are flat and mask-like,
  with almond eyes, twisted noses, pursed mouths,
  and elongated necks.

http//www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/modigliani/
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Portrait of Max Jacob, 1916.
What shapes can you find in this painting?
http//www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/modigliani/
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Girl with Polka-dotted Blouse, 1919.
What parts of the portrait have been exaggerated?
http//www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/modigliani/
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Jeanne Hebuterne with White Collar,1919.
How do the facial proportions in this painting
differ from realistic facial proportions?
http//www.artchive.com/artchive/M/modigliani/modi
gliani_collar.jpg.html
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Modigliani painting
African Mask
http//www.rebirth.co.za/images/Fang_Mask_GM_0690.
jpg
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Portrait of Leopold Zborowski, 1919.
Are most of the lines in this painting vertical
horizontal, or diagonal?
http//www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/modigliani/
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Jeanne Hebuterne in Red Shawl,1919.
What colors are used in this portrait?
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amedeo_Modigliani
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Café Singer, 1917.
What is exaggerated in this portrait?
http//www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pimage?4623600