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    The Art of Sculpture

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    The Art of Sculpture Long before man could record history‚ people were sculpting free standing figures out of bones rocks and other objects. It is said that sculpting is the art of the people‚ and it is a more powerful art than literature and painting because it can be touched and felt. When a sculpture is in a gallery our attention is sustained by an intensified visual engagement. This is what makes its fixed shape come alive in the viewer’s eyes. Before the 20th century‚ sculpture was considered

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    French art

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    1800s to 1907 The were many art movements within this time period. I am going to show you some of well known one and unknown artist. Impressionism In 1874‚ a group of artists called the Anonymous Society of Painters‚ Sculptors‚ Printmakers‚ etc. organized an exhibition in Paris that launched the movement called Impressionism. Its founding members included Claude Monet‚ Edgar Degas‚ and Camille Pissarro‚ among others. Impressionism was a movement that occurred in both art and poetry. It was a time

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    Expressions of Arts

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    The Art can be express through many ways. Artists use images‚ songs and words to explain how they see the world. Furthermore‚ art expressions could be against the government ideas‚ consequently artists could be restricted on show their thoughts. Firstly‚ obscene artist expressions in videos and pictures should be restricted by the government because it has to keep the order and the good customs in its country. Secondly‚ some art expressions like graffiti make the streets very ugly and dirty so

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    Etruscan Art

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    To understand how art has developed throughout the Roman Empire‚ one must first start with history. Before the Romans were in power‚ the Etruscans were the most advanced society within the Italian peninsula. Much of the Etruscan art is influenced by that of the Greeks but they did not copy the Greeks. The Etruscans used mud and wood to build their temples instead of stone like the Greeks. The temples also only had columns on the front of buildings instead of the periphery. Most of the Etruscan works

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    Art Renaissance

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    He painted something that he “shouldn’t” have‚ but it brought him instant fame. 2. How do Japanese prints influence the works of Degas?  - Degas was influenced by Japanese prints in composition and line. He did not paint women in kimonos in his art. Rather than painting Japanese subjects like his fellow artists he took on Japanese techniques and qualities. 3. What are the impressionists concerned with depicting? Include an example to support this.  - Impressionists are concerned with capturing

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    Elements of Art

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    Each work of art has elements of unity and elements of variety. Variety balances out unity and keeps things interesting. The center of interest or focal point is the place the artist draws your eyes first. Artists use balance in order to construct paintings. These elements of art such as unity‚ variety‚ focal point or area of interest and balance will be used to give you a better understanding. Examples from "Giorgio de Chirico" (The Mystery and Melancholy of a Street‚ 1914)‚ "Pablo Picasso" (Seated

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    Art History

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    and the building of the pyramids but as I got older I always started to wonder what the time was really like. Going over chapter three I found that that time period was actually very important in a lot of ways but even more important was their use of art and the forms they used it in‚ all the amazing monuments that were built by them‚ the writings and drawings on the walls full of stories and different interpretations. The time of these great accomplishments span over three millennia. Even years after

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    The Sublime Art

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    thought‚ moral‚ spiritual‚ of worship‚ of taste‚ of felling. This period brought about vast interest to the medieval period and the sublime. Artists were attracted towards sublime art because it helped the viewer to connect emotionally to the artwork and to show the greatness of the painting; one can notice the use of sublime art on the Monk by the Sea and the Wanderer above the Sea of Mist by Caspar David Friedrich Sublime was the idea of a kind of beauty that was inspired by its kindness and terror

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    Art And Humanity

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    Art and Humanity Assessing the portrayal of the human form throughout the history of art is interesting to see the evolution. Eras and locations take a major part in the style of the human from the Ancient Greece to Gothic Europe. The Spear Bearer from 450 BCE‚ Head of Old Man from mid 1st c. BCE‚ and the Cathedral of Santa Maria Nuova in Sicily‚ Italy from12th c.e. Are all great examples to see the different styles of humans being portrayed in a specific era. Each piece of work is a product

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    Picaso Art

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    1.0 Art Life history of Picasso Pablo Picasso is a Spanish artist and he is Small‚ muscular with radiant black eyes. Picasso was a master at drawing‚ painting‚ sculpting‚ graphics‚ ceramics‚ and theatrical design. His career spanned nearly the entire era of modern art‚ starting with the realism era in the late nineteenth century and drawing to a close with the advent of neo-Expressionism‚ a style inspired by Picasso’s last works. Picasso was continually developing new ways of expressing himself

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