word Art is derived from an Ndo-European root AR‚ which means ‘to join’‚ ‘fit’ or ‘put together’. The preliminary definition; art is the application of practical skill [techne] to the production of works of creative imagination‚ which expresses‚ or rather embody an interpretation or view of life. In a wider sense‚ any human activity could be considered as an art. However there are fine arts as well as useful arts. Useful arts are engaged for the sake an ulterior purpose. For example: the art of building
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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT: Art is that three-letter word which encompasses literally everything around us. The world we live in and everything in it that spells beauty‚ creativity and innovation‚ is a piece of art. The world itself is God’s creation‚ a piece of His art. We human beings‚ and everything ’living’ are God’s masterpieces‚ His works of art. And then there are miracles man created... his works of art. Forms of art are many...music‚ dance‚ drama‚ painting‚ pottery... and the list just goes
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Art‚ in its simplest definition‚ is the creation of images or objects. Islamic art has throughout history been mainly abstract and floral‚ portraying geometric shapes or Arabesque and calligraphic designs because of the strict injunctions against the depiction of living things. Islamic Art as a whole is comprised of visual arts produced 7th century onwards. This term not only describes art made in the service of Islam or by Muslim artists‚ but also secular art originating from those lands which
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paintings on walls in buildings like churches‚ or on canvas‚ the way that social movements and the ways in which society has changed their ways of looking at things‚ in particular women‚ have been depicted in artwork for centuries. In various forms of art throughout history‚ women are shown as sex symbols‚ weak‚ as servants to men and as housewives‚ men are depicted as being leaders‚ masculine‚ breadwinners‚ and decision-makers. Simple because society as a whole for the most part believed that way
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wood‚ fiber‚ and metal-it was once common to think of crafts in terms of function‚ which led to their being known as the "applied arts." Approaching crafts from the point of view of function‚ we can divide them into simple categories: containers‚ shelters and supports. There is no way around the fact that containers‚ shelters‚ and supports must be functional. The applied arts are thus bound by the laws of physics‚ which pertain to both the materials used in their making and the substances and things
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April 2‚ 2014 Art Appreciation IP UNIT2 Part 1: My first Ancient Art piece I choose from the New York Museum was the Head of a roaring lion from the Neo-Assyrian period. My second piece of Art was chosen from Washington‚ DC Museum. I chose the Head of a pharaoh from the Ancient Egyptian Art. Part 2: While comparing and contrasting between the two Arts I noticed that they both where created With strength in mind as the subject and content matter but it was hard not to notice the different materials
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Analysis of One Art The opening stanza of Elizabeth Bishop’s “One Art”‚ the narrator reveals the clear statement of the poem‚ which is her struggle with grasping and coping with and the idea of loss. Bishop uses the implication of word structure and word choice to further the message of the poem. She increases the emotional seriousness with each stanza to create a firm foundation on which to deliver a dramatic conclusion‚ and integrates communicative words throughout the poem. To further
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Carl Scarborough Appreciation for the Arts Professor Barclay 23 June 2014 Formal Analysis for The Night Café This particular painting from Van Gogh is very catching to they eye due to all of the primary colors or red and green that contrast another. One would ask themselves once they studied the painting for a little while if this was the scene of a bar. This setting seems to have sort of slouched over people that do not really seem to happy and may even be depressed. This is the sense that I get
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52583026 TAO CHEUK WUN Electronic art is similar with computer art and digital art1‚ it also refers to artworks containing electronic elements and combining them into different media such as music‚ dance and performance. Therefore‚ electronic art is an interdisciplinary field‚ and considered as a new media art‚ when artists making their artwork‚ they usually work with scientists and engineers. Nam June Paik‚ “Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S.”‚ 1995‚ 51 channel video installation2
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Modern Art Modern Art is loosely defined as the art styles developed between the years of 1860’s and the 1970’s. It includes the Claude Monet during the impressionism period of 1870-90‚ Van Gogh during the post impressionism period of 1885-1905‚ Ernest Ludwig Kirchner representing the German Expressionism between 1905 and 1925‚ Viadimir Tatlin’s Abstracts from 1907 forward‚ Pablo Picasso’s Cubism from 1907-1915 to name a few. Further into the 1900’s bought Dada‚ Surrealism‚ Abstract Expressionism
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