Look carefully at Plate 1.3.32‚ Paul Cezanne’s painting Still Life with Plaster Cast‚ c. 1894. How do the form and content of this painting contribute to our understanding of it as a modern work? According to art critic Clive Wilson‚ writing in 1914‚ Cézanne was ‘the Christopher Columbus of a new continent of form (Harrison‚ C‚ 2008‚ p.63). Considered a revolutionist‚ Cézanne helped pave the way for other modern artists and his abstract tendencies contributed to the Cubist Movement. Robert Cumming
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It is important to note that this extract from Plutarch’s ‘Life of Antony’ was written about one hundred years after the battle of Actium and the death of Antony and Cleopatra. ‘The work of ancient historians can seem to be a bit like a play or novel where what happens is often predetermined by the way the author has presented the make-up of his or her characters’ (Fear‚ 2008.P9) The extract begins by informing the reader that Antony’s armies have deserted him and joined Octavian – ‘the desertion
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Part 1 Cleopatra What impression does Dio give of the relationship between Cleopatra and Antony‚ and how does this impression relate to other Roman attitudes found in the chapter? The portrait of Cleopatra overpowering and enslaving Antony in their relationship was a constant subject in the Roman sources. (Fear‚ 2008 p. 10) Dio’s impression of Cleopatra and Antony’s relationship was that “she had laid him under some spell and deprived him of his wits.” (Scott-Kilvert‚ 1987a) Dio pictures Antony
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What do the representations of Cleopatra in film and on television (as shown on DVD video ’Cleopatra’) tell us about howher reputation changed over time? Discuss with reference to two or three representations In order to answer this question we must explore how the social and economic differences altered interpretations of Cleopatra and the effect it had on visual representations. Cleopatra‚ the last Hellenistic Queen of Egypt‚ was first portrayed by Theda Bara in 1917. She used her ’vamp’ like
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Bibliography: Fear‚ T (2008) ‘Cleopatra’ n Moohan‚ E. (ed.) Reputations (AA100 Book 1)‚ Milton Keynes‚ The Open University‚ pp. 3 - 28 The Arts Past and Present (AA100) Book 1: Reputations‚ Cleopatra‚ 2008. [DVD]‚ The Open University.
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1 TMA04 Word count 1472. Compare and contrast Buchanan and Monderman`s approaches to the production of social order in public spaces?. This essay will look at the ordering of motor vehicles and pedestrians ‚in order to compare and contrast Colin Buchanan’s Traffic in towns 1963 government commissioned report‚ with Hans Monderman’s thesis 1982.It will also look briefly at further accounts of social order that of philosopher Micheal Foucault’s macro dimensions of social life and sociologists
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cultures‚ even the art produced by other races form our understanding of “Cross Cultural Encounters”. Benin Art‚ dating from the 15th Century‚ when Fernao Gomes first discovered Benin on his exploration of the Guinea Coast‚ as Africa was then called‚ (AA100 Cultural Encounters 1.1 page 8) is a prime example of Cross Cultural encounters by two very different civilisations and cultures. Typical of Benin art‚ relating to Cross Cultural Encounters is the brass plaque shown in Illustrations for books 3
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Bibliography: AA100 The Arts Past And Present-Book 3 Cultural Encounters‚ The Art of Benin‚ DVD‚ The Open University‚ 2009. Loftus D‚ Wood P‚ The Art of Benin: Changing Relations Between Europe and Africa II‚ The Open University‚ 2008. Illustration Book‚ AA100‚ The Arts Past and Present‚ The Open University‚ 2008.
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Bibliography: O ’Connor‚ J.(ed.) (2003). Doctor Faustus the A text. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited. pp101-103 Based on the Random House Dictionary Pacheco (2008) "Reading Doctor Faustus" in Pacheco 9ed. eputations (AA100 Book 1) Milton Keynes‚ The Open University‚ pp30-58 Part Two
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look at Plates 3.1.14 British officers of the Benin punitive expedition with bronzes and ivories taken from the royal compound‚ Benin City‚ 1897 and 3.2.24 Display of Benin bronzes in the Sainsbury African Galleries‚ the British Museum‚ 2005 in the AA100 Illustration Book. How do the different contexts of display reflect different attitudes to the art of Benin? At the end of the 19th century‚ Africa was known colloquially among Europeans as the Dark Continent. Whether owing to its mystery or its
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