..Janis Joplin.. There are many people I have come across in my life that have earned my gratitude and respect. Of all the great musical artists‚ I feel that Janis Joplin was much overlooked and was a woman far beyond her time. She was a very talented artist. She was a painter all through high school. She started singing after she graduated and she said it changed her life‚ "Painting is kind of a hold in and be quiet kind of thing and singing is a more free...‚ flow out kind of thing. Your whole
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Journal #2 (A Hunger Artist) A possible point the author could be making about society and art is that the society’s likes and what is going on at that point in time has an effect of what is seen as art. The narrator describes his art as being “in fashion” which is a way of calling it a trend. Trends like bell bottom jeans and afros in the 70’s and even skinny jeans and hash tagging now‚ have and will change over time based on the era. In the story‚ the appeal for hunger art faded away and other
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Supremes‚ and the Temptations Music is more than an appealing sound. The purpose of music is to tell a story‚ spread news‚ provide insight‚ and express emotions. The music I choose to hear depends on my mood‚ how I feel‚ and the talent of the artist. Uplifting songs put me in a higher mood when I’m feeling depressed‚ some songs make me laugh‚ while others encourage me to sing along. Diana Ross and the Supremes‚ Bob Marley and the Temptations are my favorite singers of all time. Bob Marley’s mission
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Art De Anza College Fall 2010 Artist Binh Danh One of the most renowned emerging artists of the contemporary art since 1945‚ Binh Danh was born 9 October 1977‚ and this Vietnamese-born photographer and artist is most renowned for opening up the enthralling method of printing directly on plant leaves. As in the case of several celebrated artists‚ Binh Danh also attempted to convey the sanctified visions of his experience which are formed
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Humanism changed the visual arts in the Italian Renaissance by advancing the portrayal of human anatomy‚ showing independent thought‚ and through the revival of the Classics. Michelangelo‚ Raphael‚ and Botticelli represented the ideals of humanism through their art. And their masterpieces show the advancement of society during the Renaissance. People weren’t depicted correctly during the Middle Ages‚ but as the passion for knowledge grew during the Renaissance‚ people were shown more accurately in
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English based graffiti artist‚ political activist‚ and film director whose identity is unknown. He is most known for is stencil graffiti which is when an artist uses an outline to produce an image that is easily reproduced. Most people would say that his style is similar to Blek le Rat aka the father of stencil graffiti. Banksy says he was inspired by an artist by the name of 3D. An artist who became one of the founding members of Massive Attack. He started as a freehand artist and said he change to
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Artist from the Renaissance Bernardo Rossellino (1409-64)‚ born probably in Florence. He worked chiefly as an architect and was responsible for restorations of the Church of San Francesco in Assisi and many churches and palaces in Rome‚ Siena‚ Florence‚ and other cities. His most famous work is the tomb (begun 1444) of the Florentine historian Leonardo Bruni in the Church of Santa Croce in Florence. As a young man he was the apprentice and collaborator of Leone Battista Alberti‚ from whose sketches
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Social Context of 16th-century Italian Madrigals In the 16th-century‚ Italy influenced the Renaissance music throughout Western Europe. The most influential musical genre was the Italian madrigal‚ and “about 1‚200 madrigal volumes. . . were printed between 1520 and 1630”.1 of the madrigal‚ but the genre contains elements of the frottola‚ ballata‚ chanson‚ and Musicologists debate about the exact origins Madrigals were mostly secular songs that were primarily intended to be
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In the world we live in today‚ many centuries ago a huge movement started to erupt in the United States‚ which caused a sustainable increase in population through out time and still continues on this very day. That big movement was the immigration to the United States of America. In case anyone did not know the exact definition of immigration‚ it is the movement of a big group amount of people into another country or area to which they are not imprinted or inherited originally to. Out of all the
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Historical Artist – Sandy Skoglund Admittedly so‚ I knew nothing of Sandy Skoglund or anything about her work. Learning that she was a professor of art really meant nothing to me. Until I looked at her work and how she created it all I had no interest. I learned that Sandy spends 6 months to a year to create her backgrounds. Only then feel her work is ready to allow her models the opportunity to pose for her. In the background she uses‚ she often uses food because she feels it is what people
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