ND1500-1625 - Painting materials and methods.
Oil Painting Essentials : mastering portraits, figures, still lifes, landscapes, and interiors by
From the author of the classic Watson-Guptill best seller Problem Solving for Oil Painters comes an essential guide demonstrating the universal oil painting techniques that allow artists expand their horizons, break out of ruts, and master a variety of subjects, including figures, portraits, still life, landscapes, and interiors. An essential guide to the oil painting techniques that will allow artists to master a variety of subjects, including figures, portraits, still life, landscapes, and interiors. Many painters limit themselves to one type of subject matter, but in Oil Painting Essentials, artist and art instructor Gregg Kreutz shows how a multi-genre approach can dramatically improve your painting skills. Arranged by category, each chapter covers both the essentials specific to that subject matter and those that apply to all genres. Through step-by-step lessons and examples from his own oil paintings, Kreutz shows how you can strengthen your skillset for one genre by painting in another. This comprehensive exploration of the conceptual and practical issues behind oil painting provides all of the tools and encouragement you need to successfully take on any type of oil painting.
Oil Painting Secrets from a Master by
Like some of the most popular art instruction books ever written, this 25th anniversary edition of a W-G classic is based on student notes culled over the years from actual workshop sessions. For more than two years, Linda Cateura pursued master teacher David A. Leffel, notebook in hand, as he critiqued the work of students. Her succinct notes capture his insights, philosophy, and painting tips and tricks. Leffel's classic, painterly, old master style, much in the manner of Chardin or Rembrandt, affords ample illustration of the ideas expressed--through his many paintings, details, demonstrations, and diagrams. No matter what the level of skill--beginner, intermediate, advanced or professional--there is something here to apply, ideas that will enable artists to rethink their approach to painting, tips that save time and effort, and clear solutions to persistent painting problems.
Lessons in Classical Painting by
A companion volume to Lessons in Classical Drawing that breaks down the foundational skills and techniques of painting in a format that is accessible and manageable for all readers. A companion volume toLessons in Classical Drawing and an atelier in book form, Lessons in Classical Painting breaks down the foundational skills and techniques of painting in a format that is accessible and manageable for all readers. With the same direct, easy-to-follow approach of Juliette Aristides's previous books,Lessons in Classical Paintingpresents aspiring artists with the fundamental skills and tools needed to master painting in the atelier style. With more than 25 years of experience in ateliers and as an art instructor, Aristides pairs personal examples and insights with theory, assignments and demonstrations for readers, discussions of technical issues, and inspirational quotes. After taking a bird's eye look at painting as a whole, Aristides breaks down painting into big picture topics like grisaille, temperature, and color, demonstrating how these key subjects can be applied by all painters.
The following are selected books on analyzing art:
Ways of Seeing by
"The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled" -- so opens John Berger's revolutionary million-copy bestseller on how to look at art John Berger's Ways of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and the most influential books on art in any language. First published in 1972, it was based on the BBC television series about which the Sunday Times critic commented: "This is an eye-opener in more ways than one: by concentrating on how we look at paintings . . . he will almost certainly change the way you look at pictures." By now he has.
The Interpretation of Pictures by
This volume examines the ways pictures are interpreted, discussing the practices of interpretation that inform the modern discipline of art history in contrast to those that prevailed in earlier periods. As an introductory text on the traditions and principles of interpretation, the book explores key methods and shows how the personalities and backgrounds of particular art historians have contributed to the character of their writings.
The Art of Seeing by
The Art of Seeing explores traditional and contemporary art and artistic media focusing on art as seen from the artist's point of view. The book introduces students to artistic techniques and introductory aesthetic principles. It provides clear, concise presentation, superb illustrations, and strong emphasis on the elements and media.
Visual Elements: line, shape, value (light and dark), color, form, space, and texture
Design Principles (organizing the elements): unity, balance, rhythm/movement, scale/proportion, pattern, emphasis, contrast, harmony
Design Dimensions by 
Principles of Two-Dimensional Design by
Introduction -- Form -- Repetition -- Structure -- Similarity -- Gradation -- Radiation -- Anomaly -- Contrast -- Concentration -- Texture -- Space.
Varieties of Visual Experience by
Feldman investigates the role of art and its purpose in daily life. This edition features more than 800 illustrations, including 221 new color plates, which encompass paintings, drawings, sculpture, architecture, crafts, industrial design, and stills from films and television. Feldman compares images of different eras, styles, and media, and his selection is a blend of the familiar and the rare. He is articulate about the effect of photography on our visual perceptions. ISBN 0-8109-1735-1 : $40.00 (For use only in the library).
Contents
Pt. 1. The functions of art -- 1. Personal functions of art -- Art and psychological expression -- Love, sex, and marriage -- Death and morbidity -- Spiritual concern -- Aesthetic expression -- 2. The social functions of art -- Political and ideological expression -- Social description -- Satire -- Graphic communication -- Information design -- 3. The physical functions of art -- Architecture : the dwelling -- Large-scale design : the community -- The crafts and industrial design -- Useful objects made by hand and machine
Pt. 2. The styles of art -- 4. The style of objective accuracy -- The imitation of appearances -- The artist as detached observer -- The artist as selective eye -- Variations of the style -- Device of objective accuracy -- Modern figurative modes -- 5. The style of formal order -- The transient and the permanent -- Kinds of formal order -- Abstract modes of order -- The appeal of sensuous surfaces -- Conclusion -- 6. The style of emotion -- Romanticism and emotion -- Emotion generated by symbols -- The role of distortion -- Anxiety and despair -- Joy and celebration -- 7. The style of fantasy -- Myth -- Drams and hallucinations -- Mystical transcendence through paint -- Scientific fantasy -- Fantasy and illusionism
Pt. 3. The structure of art -- 8. The visual elements : grammar -- Line -- Shape -- Light and dark -- Color -- Texture -- 9. Organizing the elements : design -- Unity -- Balance -- Rhythm -- Proportion -- Conclusion
Pt. 4. The interaction of medium and meaning -- 10. Painting -- The fugitive and the permanent -- Direct and indirect techniques -- Brushwork and emotion -- The human image in traditional painting -- The human image in modern painting -- Frottage, grattage, and decalcomania -- The picture and the wall -- Beyond collage : assemblage, environments, happenings -- Mixed media -- Minimal and color-field painting -- The shaped canvas -- Erotic and obscene art -- Conclusion -- 11. Sculpture -- Modeling, carving, casting, and constructing -- The ancestral couple -- From monolith to open form -- Constructivism -- Couples in modern sculpture -- Sculptural assemblage -- Niches, boxes, and grottoes -- Beyond constructivism : primary structures -- Kinetic sculpture -- Sculpture and the crafts -- Conclusion -- 12. Architecture -- The classic materials -- Design in the urban environment -- Modern materials -- The structural devices -- The architecture of interior space -- Constructors and sculptors -- 13. Photography -- Photography and reality -- Photography and painting -- The amateur with a camera -- Instantaneous seeing -- Photojournalism -- Principle of the frame -- Photography and abstraction -- The photographic slide -- The photographer as artist -- Photographic criticism -- 14. Images in motion : film and television -- The manipulation of space-time -- Film and TV types -- Filmed versus televised imagery -- Films and dreams -- The democracy of film -- The critical appreciation of cinema -- Conclusion
Pt. 5. The problems of art criticism -- 15. The theory of art criticism -- The tools of art criticism -- Types of art criticism -- Kinds of critical judgment -- Conclusion -- 16. The critical performance -- Description -- Formal analysis -- Interpretation -- Judgment -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Time lines. A comparison of images as they are presented in a number of the visual arts such as painting, sculpture, television, and architecture.
For your class, "Old masters" are defined as painters active before the 1850s. Here are a list of art movements and artists that you may want to explore:
Art Movements: Gothic/Medieval (1150-1400); Italian Renaissance (1400-1600); Northern Renaissance (1430-1600); Mannerism (1520-1580); Baroque Art (1600-1750); Dutch Golden Age (1620-1670); Rococo (1700-1775); Neoclassicism (1750-1880); Romanticism (1780-1850)
Selected Artists: Fra Angelico (1400-1455), William Blake (1757-1827), Hieronymous Bosch (?-1516), Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510), Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625), Pieter Bruegel the Elder (? - 1569), Francois Boucher (1703-1770), Caravaggio (1571-1610), John Constable (1776-1837), Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863), Jan van Eyck (1390-1441), Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840), Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788), Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653), Francisco Goya (1746-1828), El Greco (1541-1614), Frans Hal (1582-1666), Hans Holbein the Younger (? - 1543), Jean Ingres (1780-1867), Filippino Lippi (1457-1504), Michelangelo (1475-1564), Giambattista Piranesi (1720-1778), Raphael (1483-150), Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770), Titian (1488-1576), J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851), Diego Velazquez (1599-1660), Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675), Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721)
For more information, see page on Western Painting Periods and Styles.
Oil Painting Handbook: learning from the masters by "New masters" or "modern masters" is defined in your oil painting class as painters active after the 1850s. Here are a list of art movements and artists that you may want to explore:
Art Movements: Realism (1840-1880); Pre-Raphaelites (1848-1854); Pointillism (1884-1900); Art Nouveau (1890-1910); Impressionism (1870-1900); Post-Impressionism (1885-1910); Fauvism (1904-1908); Expressionism (1905-); Cubism (1910-1930); Dada/Surrealism (1920-); Abstract Expressionism; Pop Art (1950-1970); Minimalism (1960-1970); Conceptual Art (1960-1970); Contemporary Art (1970-present)
Selected Artists: Max Beckmann (1884-1950), Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947), Georges Braque (1882-1963), Mary Cassatt (1841-1923), Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), Marc Chagall (1887-1985), Gustave Courbet (1819-1877), Salvador Dali (1904-1989), Honore Daumier (1808-1879), Edgar Degas (1834-1917), Andre Derain (1880-1954), Giorgio De Chirico (1888-1978), Willem De Kooning (1905-1997), Otto Dix (1891-1969), Lucien Freud (1922-2011), Antoni Gaudi (185201926), Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), Juan Gris (1887-1927), David Hockney (1937-) Edward Hopper (1882-1967), Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1936), Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980), Fernand Leger (1881-1955), Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997), Rene Magritte (1898-1967), Edouard Manet (1832-1883), Henri Matisse (1869-1954), Jean-Francois Millet (1814-1875), Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920), Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946), Claude Monet (1840-1926),Piet Mondrian (1872-1944), Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939), Edvard Munch (1863-1944), Emil Nolde (1867-1956), Jose Clemente Orozco (1883-1947), Francis Picabia (1879-1953), Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Camille Pissaro (1830-1903), Diego Rivera (1886-1957), Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), Mark Rothko (1903-1970), Theodore Rousseau (1812-1867), John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), Georges Seurat (1859-1891), Egon Schiele (1890-1918), Paul Signac (1863-1935), Henri Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901), Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890), Andy Warhol (1928-1987), Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009)
For more information, see page on Western Painting Periods and Styles.
Frida Kahlo: the brush of anguish by
For the countless admirers of Frida Kahlo's bold and passionate art, here are 75 full-color paintings, numerous historical photographs, and authoritative text detailing significant episodes in the artist's life. Now available in an affordable, beautifully produced paperback edition.
Mexican author Martha Zamora captures the essence of one of Mexico's most prolific and talented painters in a single comprehensive volume. Seventy-five of Frida Kahlo's paintings, reproduced here in lavish color, accompany numerous historical photographs and the author's descriptive text, chronicling the significant episodes in Kahlo's life, from childhood to her untimely death: the consequences and aftermath of a tragic bus accident in her adolescence; her tempestuous marriage to the great Mexican muralist Diego Rivera; her travels to the United States and abroad; her political convictions and her relationships with the great leaders and artistic personalities of her time. Kahlo's flamboyant and highly individual personal style, so eloquently reflected in her many self-portraits, has gained her an enthusiastic following worldwide. For Kahlo's many admirers, as well as for those new to her work this authoritative and richly illustrated volume will be both an excellent reference and a compelling look at her passionate and often disturbing art.
Truth and Beauty: the Pre-Raphaelites and the old masters by
This dazzling book examines the inspiration behind the work of the Pre-Raphaelites and offers comparisons between the radical 19th-century artists and the masterworks they revered. Started in the early 19th century by a group of British painters who rejected the sovereignty of the Royal Academy, the Pre-Raphaelites embraced the natural world and bright colors--as opposed to the dark palettes and amorphous lines that emerged in the wake of the Renaissance. Their mission was to be fundamentally modern by emulating the past. Now readers can appreciate their achievements in this volume that offers side-by-side comparisons of 19th-century masterpieces with the 15th- and 16th-century Early Italian and Early Netherlandish paintings that inspired them. Exquisite reproductions of works by Giotto, Fra Angelico, van Eyck, Botticelli, Titian, Veronese, and Raphael are presented alongside examples by William Holman Hunt, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais, and others. The book traces the evolution of the Pre-Raphaelites, and details how these painters were exposed to the early masters as they traveled and encountered the finest European collections. The volume also features decorative arts, including stained glass and tapestries in emulation of Flemish and French textiles as well as "medievalized" ecclesiastic decorations. The result is an illuminating examination that delves into the Pre-Raphaelites' aesthetic vocabulary and broadens our understanding of their motives and inspiration. Published in association with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Women Impressionists by
Examines the work of four female artists of the nineteenth century: Berthe Morisot, Marie Bracquemond, Eva Gonzales, and Mary Cassatt.
"Boston Cremes" (1962) by Wayne Thiebaud. Oil on canvas. Crocker Art Museum.
Light for the Artist by
Intermediate and advanced art students receive a broad vocabulary of effects with this in-depth study of light. The guide offers detailed descriptions that start with the basics -- the direction of light, reflections, and shadows -- and advance to studies of light in natural and manipulated situations. Examinations of subtler light effects include foreshortening, field effects, multiple light sources, colored light, depicting the light source, and the behavior of light on shiny surfaces. Lavishly illustrated with diagrams and paintings, this volume applies its principles to figure, still life, and landscape paintings. Author Ted Seth Jacobs stresses the importance of comparing real-life vision to the canvas, since no system of rules can substitute for close and careful observation. Jacobs points out common errors, suggests light effects that artists should keep in mind, and discusses how preconceptions can be put aside in order to see the world more clearly.
Timeless Techniques for Better Oil Paintings by
Understanding light and values -- Colors and their effects -- Drawing simplified -- Basic concepts of composition -- Edges and brushwork -- Applying what we know.
Browning's step-by-step approach helps artists strengthen their understanding of the fundamentals of oil painting. Includes thorough demonstrations exploring the entire painting process from conception through completion.
Oils in 10 Steps by
Foundation -- Tonal underpainting -- Colour -- Alla prima -- Glazing -- Blending -- Impasto -- Special techniques -- Composition -- Bringing it all together.
Another fantastic addition to the 10 Steps series! Ian Sidaway turns novices into adept artists in just one painting. This unique course guides beginners through the individual elements of a still-life until they've mastered all the necessary techniques for working with oils. Students are virtually taken by the hand and led step-by-step-from laying a solid tonal foundation to adding exquisite finishing touches-through abundant illustrations and concise instructions. And they'll also learn blending, glazing, impasto, and other essential skills. After a close look at composition and three painting projects, emerging artists will be quickly on their way to creating their own masterpieces.
Bringing Textures to Life by Still life painting is a genre of painting featuring symbolically selected objects. This genre of painting flourished in Northern Europe, particularly in the Netherlands, during the early 17th century and later spread to other nations such as Germany, France, and Italy.
Selected artists that worked predominately in this genre include: Balthasar van der Ast, Jan Brueghel the Elder and Younge (1568-1625)r, Abraham van Beyeren, Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder (1573-1621), Georges Braque (1882-1963), Caravaggio (1571-1610), Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), Pieter Claesz (1597-1661), Salvador Dali (1904-1989), Jacques de Gheyn II (1565-1629), Henri Matisse (1869-1954),- Raphaelle Peale (1774-1825), Jacob Vosmaer (1574-1641), Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
Selected search terms and themes: vanitas still life (skulls, game, life and death); market and kitchen scenes, flower arrangements, food arrangements, fancy and expensive displays (Chinese porcelain, expensive objects, and imported fruit); hunting trophies (dead game)
Books specifically about still life painting can be found in the following call number ranges:
Luis Meléndez : master of the Spanish still life by
Gretchen Hirschauer is associate curator of Italian and Spanish paintings at the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Catherine Metzger is senior conservator at the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Peter Cherry is professor and head of the department of the history of art and architecture at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. Natacha Sesena is an independent historian in Madrid, Spain.
Still Life Painting Techniques by 
Discovering the Great Masters: the art lover's guide to understanding symbols in paintings by
Discover the secret symbols and meaning behind 62 featured paintings in this unique volume. Ranging from Giotto’s 14th-century painting of the Last Judgment to the 19th-century symbolist Gustave Moreau’s depiction of Jupiter and Semele, each work has been selected for its own symbolic enigma. This book’s innovative design pairs each painting with a page of die-cut windows that help the reader focus on specific aspects of each painting and features captions that highlight the most important symbols. Other works in this unique and fascinating book include Renaissance masterpieces such as Botticelli’s Primavera and The Birth of Venus, Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, and Michelangelo’s The Last Judgment.
Arcimboldo : visual jokes, natural history, and still-life painting by
In Giuseppe Arcimboldo's most famous paintings, grapes, fish, and even the beaks of birds form human hair. A pear stands in for a man's chin. Citrus fruits sprout from a tree trunk that doubles as a neck. All sorts of natural phenomena come together on canvas and panel to assemble the strange heads and faces that constitute one of Renaissance art's most striking oeuvres. The first major study in a generation of the artist behind these remarkable paintings, Arcimboldo tells the singular story of their creation. Drawing on his thirty-five-year engagement with the artist, Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann begins with an overview of Arcimboldo's life and work, exploring the artist's early years in sixteenth-century Lombardy, his grounding in Leonardesque traditions, and his tenure as a Habsburg court portraitist in Vienna and Prague. Arcimboldo then trains its focus on the celebrated composite heads, approaching them as visual jokes with serious underpinnings--images that poetically display pictorial wit while conveying an allegorical message. In addition to probing the humanistic, literary, and philosophical dimensions of these pieces, Kaufmann explains that they embody their creator's continuous engagement with nature painting and natural history. He reveals, in fact, that Arcimboldo painted many more nature studies than scholars have realized--a finding that significantly deepens current interpretations of the composite heads. Demonstrating the previously overlooked importance of these works to natural history and still-life painting, Arcimboldo finally restores the artist's fantastic visual jokes to their rightful place in the history of both science and art.
Landscape painting is a popular painting genre depicting natural scenery such as fields, mountains, bodies of water, forests, and coasts. This genre of painting is popular worldwide and throughout time: Ancient art featured fresco landscapes; an early example is a Minoan painting from 1500 BCE. Eastern Asia landscape paintings trace back to the 4th century CE and Western landscape painting emerged during the Renaissance in the 16th century CE.
Selected Landscape Artists: Pieter Bruegel the Elder (?-1569), Thomas Cole (1801-1848), John Constable (1776-1837), Andre Derain (1880-1954), Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840), Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), David Hockney, Claude Monet (1840-1926), Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986), Joachim Patinir, Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), Nicholas Poussin (1594-1665), Henri Rousseau (1844-1910), Roelandt Savery (1576-1639), Wayne Thiebaud (1920-2021), J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851)
Selected Search Terms: Pastoral, "world landscape"
Books about landscape painting can be found in the following call number ranges:
Painting Landscapes in Oil by
Mary Anna Goetz, an oil painter known for bringing a quality of light to her paintings, shares her methods and techniques with artists everywhere.
Impressionist Gardens by
A beautiful exploration of the rich history and striking evolution of Impressionist garden paintings.
Georgia O'Keeffe, in the West by
An overview of O'Keeffe's best works of art and her life.
Portrait paintings can be defined as paintings that represent a specific person - it can depict the expression, likeness, or mood of a particular person. Portraiture has been around for centuries, some of the earliest representations of portraiture are sculptures known as the "Statues of Gudea." We start seeing portraiture also chisled on stone structures in Egypt and frescos in Pompeii.
Selected Portrait Painters: Francis Bacon (1909-1992), Lucien Freud (1922-2011), Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788), Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675), Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Andy Warhol, Kehinde Wiley (1977-present), Grant Wood (1891-1942)
Call number ranges pertaining to portrait painting:
How to Paint Living Portraits by
A guide with many illustrations on how to do portraits in various media such as watercolor, oil, and charcoal.
Renaissance Portraits by
Explores the aesthetic, technical, social and economic aspects of Renaissance portrait-painting and offers a close examination of the works of artists such as Jan van Eyck, Leonardo, Durer, Raphael, Holbein, and Titian. Draws on the writings and private correspondence of the painters and their patrons, and describes and analyzes the ways in which sitters were individualised, idealised and characterised--Amazon.
Contents
Introduction -- Portrait types: Portrait series -- Group portraits -- Double portraits -- Single portraits -- Portrait drawings -- Portrait miniatures -- Shapes, supports, pigments, media -- Frames and covers -- Poses -- Settings, clothes and attributes -- The sitters -- The painters -- Portrait method -- The functions and uses of portraits -- Italy and 'the North'
The World New Made : figurative painting in the twentieth century by
Figurative painting is due a reappraisal. In this passionately argued volume the distinguished writer and artist Timothy Hyman cuts a new path through the tangle of twentiethcenturyart. The World New Made explores the work of more than fifty individual painters, presenting a collective 'Resistance' who together offer a human-centred alternative to the dominance of the Abstract or the Conceptual in conventional narratives of modern art. Structured not as a survey but as in-depth studies of more than 130 specific artworks, this lavishly illustrated book brings these often marginalized artists centre-stage: not just Alice Neel and Balthus, Max Beckmann and Frida Kahlo, but also Marsden Hartley and Charlotte Salomon, Bhupen Khakhar and Jacob Lawrence. A rich cast is brought to life, partly through their own writings. As the author argues, 'All across the world, isolated artists found new idioms for human-centred painting in the midst of modern life.' Starting out from the 'reinvention of representation' that followed Cubism (with artists that include Léger, Chagall and Carrà), The World New Made guides the reader through the 'New Thingness' [Neue Sachlichkeit], where individuals as various as Dix, Grosz and Burra rejected Expressionist histrionics. A new emphasis on the artist as protagonist emerges in painters ranging from Pierre Bonnard to Stanley Spencer, while visionaries and 'Outsiders' (such as Rabindranath Tagore, Ken Kiff and Henry Darger) present new challenges. In the aftermath of Abstract Expressionism, in the work of artists from R. B. Kitaj to Leon Golub and William Kentridge, a new 'history painting' is glimpsed. This powerful new book, distilled from many decades of looking, painting and writing, assembles the free spirits who offer a counter-argument to Western formalism and a foundation for the figurative painters of the twenty-first century.
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