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 Module 3: Artwork Analysis               Banksy, Anti-Brexit Mural, May 7th 2017   Bansky-Dover.png This is an artwork created by Banksy, he is a British street artist well-known for keeping his identity and artworks a secret. His art states his opinion on political and social issues that are happening in the world, they tend to be quite controversial and many of them get spray painted over. This particular piece of art is in a town called Dover, which is located in Kent, it is the main crossing point of the British channel and the entrance into mainland Europe.  This image shows a man chiseling the stars of the European Union (EU) flag, it is a symbol for the UK leaving the European Union. This art appeared the day after it was voted that the UK would leave, this makes it really controversial because the country was very divided and many people were upset about the outcome. The location was hugely significant as it is essenti...

 Module 2: Artwork Analysis The above image is a photograph of a portrait "Whistlejacket" a racehorse painted by George Stubbs, an English artist. Stubbs was commissioned to paint this portrait in 1762 by the Marquess of Rockingham. It is now shown in The National Gallery in London, England. Below is the link to The National Gallery website and their insight on this portrait:  https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/george-stubbs-whistlejacket   Although, essentially, this is just an oil painting of a horse it still sparks the interest of many people; horse lovers or not. This is down to how realistic this portrait looks; the way Stubbs has captured the light on the fur and the shadows created by Whistlejacket's muscles make it look like a photograph. I believe the medium chosen for this portrait also helps Stubbs capture the realistic fur look, oil paintings can be manipulated to add texture by being thicker in certain places; this could help achieve more 3D hairs t...