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Basic concepts of art
Illustrations Yonel Hernández
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If we touch an o bject, we will fe el its texture an if we see a pho d to of it, we can imagine what it ’s like.
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Dots
Elsa Morales Ella y la luna
JJ Moros Sideros
Mario Abreu Selva amazónica
2000 Acrylic on canvas 59.7 x 50 cm FMN collection, Museo Arturo Michelena Photo Archive Museo Arturo Michelena
1994 Soldered and polished iron 131 of diameter x 20,5 cm Empresas Polar collection Photo Archive JJ Moros
1956 Oil on canvas 89.5 x 179.5 cm FMN collection, Galería de Arte Nacional Photo Archive Cinap
Lines
Texture
Jesús Soto Untitled (Étude pour une série) 1952-1953 Paint on wood 102 x 102 x 6 cm Museo de Arte Moderno Jesús Soto collection Photo Luis Brito and Ramón Lepage
Manasés Sirena negra
Jesús Guerrero Cancha
Gego Partiendo de un rectángulo II
1981 Acrylic on canvas 150 x 100 cm FMN collection, Galería de Arte Nacional Photo Archive Cinap
2001 Acrylic and charcoal on waxed canvas 240 x 240 cm Artist’s collection Photo Eduardo Paparoni
1958 Bent, screwed and enamelled aluminium strip 32 x 36 x 37 cm Privada Allegro Foundation collection Photo Luis Becerra
Seka P-2
Alirio Palacios San Jorge
Cornelis Zitman L’Iinconnue (Mujer en hamaca)
Undated Pottery, earthenware, oxides and enamels 58 x 45 cm of diameter FMN collection, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Photo Morella Muñoz-Tébar
1997 Engraved sheet of wood 195 x 260 cm Artist’s collection Photo Renato Donzelli
1972 Patinized bronze, woven vegetable fibre and seeds 184 x 251 x 125 cm FMN collection, Galería de Arte Nacional Photo Archive Cinap