The History of Art Sculpture has filled roles in human lives for centuries. The earliest scultpure was used to provide hunters with help. Later‚ statues were used to represent Gods‚ Kings‚ and Queens. Churchs were decorated with demons as a reminder of the evil that is present in the christians lives. Scupture has been monumental from the beginning and still on going. During the 15th century monuments of bibical herors were built in Italin cities. In the 20th centurcy monuments to artist were built
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Pablo Picasso‚ a Spanish painter from the 19th century once said “Good artists copy‚ great artists steal.” Some of the paintings produced by him are considered as the magnum opus in the art world. The quote itself has already mentioned he would not attain success without the work done left by the ancients. It is an incontrovertible fact that we cannot achieve triumph without relying on the past contributors. However‚ that does not make the masterpieces in this generation more or less worse than the
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Christina Zevola May 5‚ 2009 Professor Strmiska World History- 1-2pm The Role of Art Throughout time each culture in the world has faced its own struggles and reached new heights. Many of these downfalls and achievements have been visible through economics‚ politics‚ society‚ and many more. Despite these‚ one way in which history will always be expressed is through art‚ both reserved and artifacts. Through historical paintings‚ sculptures‚ and architecture‚ many religious beliefs‚ societal
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Danto mean by the End of Art? The end of art is not the death of art‚ but the wholesale elimination of what used to be considered art and its replacement by a new concept: pluralism. When art has exhausted itself and this concept has been brought into the forefront of the consciousness‚ this awareness signals the end of art. Art is no longer art in the traditional sense (having a manifesto-aesthetically pleasing‚ etc.) because the accessibility to art and to create art has allowed the masses to
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The Revolution of Art Art is the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination‚ typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture‚ producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power. Art was originally used to refer to a skill or mastery and was not differentiated from crafts or sciences (“Art‚” 2013‚ para. 1). Around the 17th century‚ a shift in modern art began to develop into fine arts‚ where aesthetic considerations are paramount‚ are
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Course: Art Appreciation Instructor: Ms. A. Miller Date: 04/01/13 Julie Mehretu’s Stadia II Julie Mehretu was born in 1970 in Ethiopia. The University Cheikh Anta Diop is where she was a student and she got her MFA from Rhode Island School of Design in the year of 1997. Renegade Delirium‚ another famous artwork by Julie Mehretu displays the fact that she is an abstract artist. In 2004‚ Mehretu articulately created the painting that was named “Stadia II”. As soon as my eyes set upon her art‚ I
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Street art may be interpreted as nonsense‚ a violation of property or it could be seen as one of the most vibrant‚ influential‚ and media based form of communication in society. People may struggle to perceive street art to be a form of art‚ questioning its existence to give any significance at all. (Trinity News‚ 2008) Street art is popular because people can view it while going about their daily activities. Surely enough street artists are voicing their opinions an+d are in turn prompting the audience
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Installation art is difficult to describe. In principal‚ it means taking a large interior (the exterior can be part of an installation‚ too) and loading it with disparate items that evoke complex and multiple associations and thoughts‚ longings‚ and moods. It’s a huge three-dimensional painting‚ sculpture‚ poem‚ and prose work. Installation art is a relatively new genre of contemporary art‚ which incorporates a range of 2-D and 3-D materials to influence the way we experience or perceive a particular
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BAROQUE ART Art Appreciation –HUMA 205-1202A-05 Janice Miller AIU Abstract Baroque art is presented as an art style. Baroque art style is such diversity within in the Baroque period 1600-1770 because of the relationship to the era’s border and intellectual tendencies there was three important effects on the art. Which are‚ western Christianity‚ religious tensions‚ and the division of the Roman Catholicism and Protestantism. The Baroque artist appealed to their viewer
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By: Nistha Pithava Nistha Pithava Art History 1 December 12‚ 2012 Take Home Final: Part 1 Section I: Ancient Near East The works of the art that is related to the Near Eastern time period incorporates the arts of Mesopotamia‚ which is ancient Iran‚ Syria‚ and Turkey between the periods of 3500 through 399 B.C. The dates of begin in the Neolithic prehistoric times and end in the historic or dynastic periods‚ which for the most part is prior to the Christian era. Near East
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