emulate

(verb)

To copy or imitate, especially a person.

Examples of emulate in the following topics:

  • Carolingian Architecture in the Early European Middle Ages

    • Carolingian architecture is characterized by its attempts to emulate late Roman classicism, Christian, and Byzantine styles.
    • Carolingian architecture is characterized by its conscious attempts to emulate Roman classicism and Late Antiquity architecture.

  • Art under Napoleon

    • The most famous Empire-style structures in France are the grand neoclassical Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, Vendôme column, and La Madeleine, which were built in Paris to emulate the edifices of the Roman Empire.
    • This structure reflects the Empire style of architecture in its emulation of ancient Greco-Roman facades, especially in its extensive use of Greek columns.

  • Islamic Ceramics

    • Techniques, shapes, and decorative motifs of Chinese ceramics were admired and emulated by Islamic potters, especially after the Mongol and Timurid invasions.

  • Sculpture in the High Renaissance

    • The work is nude, in emulation of Greek and Roman sculptures, and the David stands in a contrapposto pose.

  • Italian Painting in the Baroque Period

    • His use of light and shadow was emulated by the Caravaggisti, the followers of Caravaggio, such as Orazio Gentileschi (1563–1639), Artemisia Gentileschi (1592–1652/3), Mattia Preti, Carlo Saraceni, and Bartolomeo Manfredi.

  • Photography

    • It was characterized by pictorialism, in which pictures and photographic materials were manipulated to emulate the quality of paintings and etchings being produced at that time.

  • Modern Life

    • In spite of this, photography actually inspired artists to pursue other means of artistic expression, and rather than compete with photography to emulate reality, impressionists sought to express their perceptions of nature and modern city life.

  • Italian Gothic Painting

    • His greatest contribution to Italian Gothic art was his intense depiction of a range of emotions, which his contemporaries began to emulate enthusiastically.

  • Art and Architecture in the Kingdom of Kush

    • The reign of the Twenty-Fifth Dynasty ushered in a renaissance period for ancient Egypt, and art and architecture emulating the styles of the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms flourished.

  • Painting of the Mughal Period

    • He encouraged his atelier to emulate the single point perspective favored by European painters, unlike the flattened, multi-layered style traditionally used in miniature painting.