Lindsay Chandler Lkc5074@psu.edu; INART 005 Section 3 If you can’t beat them‚ join them: The Impact of Technology on the Arts Ask a college student if they can remember the last time they attended a live play or musical. Even better‚ ask the student if they have ever watched a live dance performance. It is likely that most of these students have not recently attended a live performance‚ with the exception of the concerts of modern artists. On the other hand‚ ask these students when they last watched
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‘Structuralism and Literary Criticism’ - Gerard Genette Structuralism is a way to examines a literary text to arrive at their meaning‚ rather than the actual meanings of the text themselves. It is a study of structure wherever they occur. In the essay Genette analyses content‚ logics‚ grammars and semiotics. He is considering structuralism as a method to study literary criticism. In the beginning of the essay Genette is establishing difference between Bricoleur and Engineer‚ Art critic and Literary critic
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In each period of art history‚ there is a story. For Baroque art‚ the story is why the period has been classically misunderstood. In the early 1600s‚ artists and intellectuals worked in academies to explore humanism begun in the Renaissance‚ classical thought (i.e. Plato and Aristotle)‚ and new trends in human thought and expression. But why does the word “Baroque” have a negative history? The original translations of this word include Italian for “tortuous medieval pedantry” and Portuguese for “deformed
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Public Art Essay Public art can have a positive impact on a community in a broad amount of ways Darren Walker once said; “It is impossible to have a society that is civil and educated without public art.” “It lifts up humanity and challenges the individual who encounters it to think differently about the world.” Vice president of the Rockefeller Foundation and vice chairman of the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies. Public art can provide a new and an exciting way to experience a city
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Introduction The Hope for the Flowers of Trina Paulus started when Stripe was born. He saw other crawlers who were climbing a tree for them to reach the top. It was climb or be climbed. Stripe chose to climb and not mind other crawlers. He was very persistent to reach the top. He stepped on them and continued this single –minded approach. One day‚ he met a caterpillar named Yellow. They immediately fell in love with each other. Yellow encouraged him to just go down and not continue the climb. He
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Ancient Greek art still influences Western ideals of the perfection and artistic prowess of beauty. Greek culture has shaped our concept of beauty in the human figure‚ art pieces‚ and architecture. Today Greece has influenced Western concepts of beauty‚ as well as cultural values of democracy and philosophy which are still valued in today’s society. Its influence on how we see beauty in today’s society is evident‚ with the standards of how the female and male body should look‚ and our concept of
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Pragmatic Literary Criticism Pragmatic criticism is concerned‚ first and foremost‚ with the ethical impact any literary text has upon an audience. Regardless of art ’s other merits or failings‚ the primary responsibility or function of art is social in nature. Assessing‚ fulfilling‚ and shaping the needs‚ wants‚ and desires of an audience should be the first task of an artist. Art does not exist in isolation; it is a potent tool for individual as well as communal change. Though pragmatic
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There have been different art forms that have come and gone over the course of time. Some of the most intriguing art forms in my mind come from the 20th century. Out of all of these 20th century art forms‚ geometric abstract art and pop art are my favorite. These two art movements came close to each other in reference to time period. Geometric abstract art originated in the 7th century but became a dominant movement in 1937. Pop art emerged in the 1950s. These two art forms were similar in ways but
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Pop Pop art seems to have emerged as a result of consumer culture in America‚ and also in a response partly in accordance‚ partly in divergence to abstract expressionism. Pop art during the sixties created a union of high art and low art and now the low was overriding the high. The early sixties saw the techniques of the avant-garde used in commercial design (p 449)‚ and it seems somehow fitting that in turn‚ commercial design would somehow find its way into the halls of high art. Pop artists
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Art Deco was a very popular art movement during the 1930s. It was considered to be very modern and luxurious‚ and it originated from the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs Industriels et Modernes‚ which was held in Paris. The movement originated in France and moved towards the United States. In France‚ Art Deco was a symbol of wealth‚ fashion‚ and luxury. In the U.S.‚ it was representative of modern culture‚ machines‚ and efficiency. Trademark features of Art Deco were geometric shapes
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