Elizabeth Bishop’s poem: One Art displays the surface layer‚ the simplistic response a person would give another person on dealing with a loss‚ “it’s not hard to master.” Bishop introduces her poem by saying: “The art of losing isn’t hard to master‚” to anyone who would read this poem by the first line it would be conceivable to scoff and say that she’s crazy! But Bishop adds to her argument that losing isn’t difficult because‚ “we lose things everyday.” Mundanity breed’s comfort‚ and Bishop attempts
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Is my Elvis lunchbox art? I must admit that this assignment was somewhat challenging for me. In reading the Sporre’s “Reality Through The Arts” (pg25)‚ I’ve come to realize that I tend to lean more towards an Aesthetic approach in evaluating and analyzing art. While I may find intrinsic emotional value or inspiration in pieces of art‚ I mainly see‚ consider and enjoy it for what it is. The artwork that I chose is a sculpture in my home that when looking at it gives me a different way of viewing
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Based on Judith Halberstam’s reading‚ The Queer Art of Failure and Homosexuality and Facism‚ we live in a predominantly binary world. There are usually only two options for most things. For example‚ girl or boy‚ yes or no‚ succeed or fail…etc. For example‚ Halberstam mentions at the beginning of the reading that we have winners and losers in this world. The‚ “...losers leave no records‚ while winners cannot stop talking about it‚ and so the record of failure is ‘a hidden history of pessimism in a
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The Judaism‚ Christian‚ and Islamic religions have its own approach to art and architecture. These religions distinctive styles were influenced by political and spiritual upheavals in society‚ the environs‚ and the consciousness of the inhabitants. Their expression of inner feelings and beliefs lead to the creation of sacred monumental structures and beautiful art in which people can reflect and gain inspiration from the divine. The Judaism‚ Christianity‚ and Islam diverse traditions and theologies
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Time of Lies: Abstract iconography in “Maus” Art Spiegelman’s graphic memoirs “Maus I” and “Maus II” present an approachable and sensory biography‚ a detailed and authentic retelling of a Holocaust survivor’s experience. The pictorial style of the memoir encourages the reader to visualize the text and more vividly relate to the experiences portrayed in the literature. The graphic and artistic aspects of the text employ devices that are unique to comics‚ in style and sequence‚ while drawing the
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The elephant in the Art room The mother the other Addressing the elephant in the Art room Linda Nochlin posed the question in her 1971 article “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? Arguing it was necessary to question “the unstated domination of white male subjectivity” that shaped the art historical canon; the article explored the reasons for the severe asymmetry of female to male artists throughout the course of art history. When examining western art as viewed through the canon one must
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Liberal arts education is unique in the sense that learning is not geared to one specific vocation‚ but rather is based on broad learning. This ‘broad learning’ is made up of several diverse courses and can potentially be geared towards many different professions. For example‚ a curriculum may include courses from literature‚ languages and art to sociology‚ mathematics‚ statistics‚ biology‚ and even economics and political science! The authors of the article Defining Liberal Arts Education aim to
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Laguna Art Museum The Laguna Art Museum’s collection consists of works from the early nineteenth century to the present day. The museum was celebrating The Plein Annual Laguna air Painting show‚ which consists of various painters that painted in and around Laguna Beach. The public was encouraged to view the painters during the week as they created the paintings which were available on the second floor of the gallery for sell and viewing. The Artists in California‚ Early Twentieth Century from
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The primary goal of art is to convey meaning and express important ideas‚ revealing what is significant to every society. Art is as diverse as the life from which it springs and each artist represents different aspects of the world they know. It may be said that artists do their work to discover the truth and create order. The Greeks were a culture that strived for harmony‚ and perfection. The Geometric period of Greek art takes its name from the geometric patterns on vases from this era. However
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Art of Losing This poem‚ “One Art” by Elizabeth Bishop‚ dramatizes the conflict between one’s inner feelings and what they actually say. The poem begins in the speaker’s past‚ sorting through memories‚ then arrives in the present‚ addressing their self saying “It’s evident / the art of losing’s not too hard to master / though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster” (17-19). The speaker’s use of tone‚ repetition‚ and rhyme shows the speaker’s change of attitude. In the beginning‚ the speaker’s
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