Alphonse Mucha & Art Nouveau New York: Dateline 1939: Alphonse Mucha‚ the highly regarded Art Nouveau artist passed away today‚ July 14‚ 1939‚ shortly after being questioned by the Gestapo. Since the late Victorian period‚ Mucha’s art‚ in particular‚ his posters that hang in many homes and businesses‚ has enriched the world with its beauty. Mucha was born in 1860 in southern Moravia‚ which at the time was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His rural roots resulted in a deep folk art influence and
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To Love‚ is to Lose The most prominent quality of Elizabeth Bishop’s‚ “One Art‚” remains the concise organization and rhyme scheme of the poem‚ which amazingly keeps the audience informed at all times what the theme. Her choice of a villanelle constantly reminds the audience that “the art of losing” always seem easy until one loses something so much more than an inanimate object and at the point‚ it does become a “disaster.” Written in 1976‚ the poem is very modern and uses an impeccable rhyme
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A few weeks ago I went to the Harlingen Arts & Heritage Museum where I came across two art works (A) Fibonacci Nebula by Patricia Hobbs and (B) Basket Weave by Ann Fietelson and Ronna Erickson which will be the focus for my art critique. These beautiful quilts were my favorite of the many that were on display. They were made out of cotton and a variety of other materials. Fibonacci Nebula is a quilt that I believe was created out of happiness and tranquility‚ when I first saw this quilt it
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Baroque one big misshapen pearl STYLE ARTISTS and IMAGES VOCAB HISTORICAL NOTE Baroque art falls into the period of Counter-Reformation led by the Catholic church against the Protestants. Much of the Baroque art‚ especially in Italy‚ reflects reaction to Mannerism‚ but also the social turmoil of the time. According to the Council of Trent and the Catholic church artworks should be a clear‚ intelligible subject realistically interpreted in order to stimulate piety. This was part of the reason
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The Importance of Early Art Education The role of art in early education is very important to help children develop the skills necessary in life. Early childhood art education can‚ and should‚ take many forms‚ not just painting or drawing. Art is a great educator‚ it helps with a variety of different ideas and concepts‚ not just the ability to represent an object on paper. Firstly‚ art can help to develop the fine motor skills that most adults have. Through art‚ children learn to hold a pencil
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Why is the ownership of Benin Art so controversial? The ownership of Benin Art could have been so controversial for a number of reasons. Most notably I would say‚ is due to the Anthropologists seeing it as a cultural insight into the history of Benin however when people were introduced to start looking at the artefacts from also a more artistic approach‚ this‚ for the anthropologists was taking the cultural effect away from it. Some people may have felt hostile to how these artefacts were obtained
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Why is art education important in schools? Why are learning simple grammar‚ math‚ social studies and science techniques essential in elementary schools today? Arguments and controversies have been demonstrated for years‚ on which should remain in schools and which has to undergo the budget cut. North Carolina has been affected dramatically with the budget cuts in the school system. The North Carolina Arts Council at www.ncncarts.org has had a great amount of information for me to learn about my
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Goal 1: Lizzie will improve her emotional and behavioral regulation. • Lizzie’s mother was not in a good mood; however‚ Lizzie appeared to be in a good mood. • Lizzie’s mother showed the QP the back window in her car shattering and she doesn’t know why; therefore‚ she must pay $315 to get it fix. • Lizzie and her mother listened as the QP shared the purpose and benefits to receive negative consequences. • Lizzie commented‚ “mama fusses at me for yelling‚ not cleaning up my stuff‚ fighting with
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Supplemental summary: On August 25th 2016‚ at about 1846 hours‚ I was working as 5T76. I was dressed in full OPD uniform and driving unmarked patrol car 1151. I responded to the 8500 block of Dowling St to assist OPD units with the search of an attempt murder suspect. As I was driving to the scene OPD helicopter unit advised that the suspect (later ID as Christopher Malik) was hiding in the rear yard of 8515 Dowling St. Once I arrived on scene‚ units advised that the perimeter was set. I then
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is most certainly a valid art form. The question as to whether any forms of graffiti can be considered art is a controversial area. Is it vandalism when it is placed on the side of a building or a car and art when it is on a canvas on someone’s wall or in a gallery- what is the difference? Graffiti‚ in its more complex forms‚ can be considered art because it clearly contains artistic elements‚ it communicates the artist’s expression to the viewer‚ and the traditional art community has already accepted
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