Cave art also known as parietal art‚ in the Upper Paleolithic from approximately 40‚000 – 10‚000 years BP is considered a glimpse into the imagination of modern humans. It can be used as a way to record the symbolic development of early humans giving us a hint to when the behaviour started and more importantly why it was created. This essay will demonstrate the different theories on why and how cave paintings could have been used‚ why it is more prevalent in some areas such as South Western France
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34 FROM THE MODERN TO THE POST MODERN AND BEYOND ART OF THE LATER 20TH CENTURY TEXT PAGES 1030–1091 THE ART WORLD’S FOCUS SHIFTS WEST 1. List two characteristics of so-called “Greenbergian formalism”: An emphasis on an artwork’s visual elements rather than its subject. Rejection of illusionism and a focus on exploring the properties of each artistic medium. 2. Why is it difficult to give a precise definition of the term “Postmodernism”? It is a widespread cultural
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Rafael Correa Art 1301 Feb 19 2013 Art Museum Visit Art is an activity in which a person can express his or her ideas or emotions. Many artists have done greats sculptures‚ paintings‚ and other types of art. Each one of them expresses an idea or feeling on each piece of art that they make. In my opinion I believe every piece of art is beautiful no matter how it looks like‚ and what really matters is what it is trying to show to the world. I choose the painting named “Jefa” (Patronessas)‚
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Final Project: Art Timeline Jessie McAlee Axia College of University of Phoenix Art/101 Final Project: Art timeline After careful review and consideration‚ I have decided to create a timeline for the museums website that will focus on the medium of Coffee Stain Portrait. The internet has become a wonderful medium for young artist. This timeline shows a modern look at the resources available to showcase their artwork in a free public forum. I chose painting with coffee
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Art is supposed to be the expression of feelings‚ the visual representation of what the artists is feeling or trying to show. All people need to have the freedom to express opinions and feelings to the extent that is acceptable‚ but who is to say what is acceptable? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder‚ but who is the beholder‚ and who gave them the superiority to decide what is P.C or not. Rudolph Giuliani has no right to decide for a city what is acceptable or not‚ art is an expression of a person
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“ Second Hand Art” I found the quotation quite daring and stimulating. It gives one’s urge to react to it‚ to express one’s impressions and feelings about it. It almost feels like we could not let the artist Elaine Sturtevant to get away with what she was saying. At first I wanted to rise in revolt‚ I got the impression someone is messing around with me‚ teasing. How come the artist known for copying the other artists’ works dares to criticize the art world? How dare she admit that
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A mural seems to be an ordinary piece of street art in some neighborhoods. But what about right on the lawn of the Illinois Capitol building? The capitol has many pieces of artwork but when colorful pieces of glass and metal comes together there is a change in the scenery. The piece of street art titled The illinois “Very Special Mosaic Mural” was created by the participants of the 1982 Illinois Very Special Arts Festival. The participants came from all over illinois‚ including the schools Northern
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Art and Intention checkpoint Art 101 Art and Intention checkpoint The reaction of the public was that of not understanding what the artists were trying to convey. They did not understand that Marcel Duchamp’s Nude Descending a Staircase‚ was based on the concept of motion. In Michelangelo’s David he was making a political statement. In both works of art‚ part of what viewers found objectionable about them was that they (the public) did not understand what the works represented. In Michelangelo’s
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identifiable form of visual expression. The style used in this film is definably mostly symbolism due to the film maker being a magician. The film was made to show the insight of a man by crashing a vessel into the moons right eye. 2. Propaganda: Art that promotes an ideology or a cause. This film used propaganda through magic to open the audiences’ mind to the ideas he presented through the film (wondrous sights aka Selenites). 3. Animation: Creates the movement in films by taking a still image
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African Art vs Western Art John E. Brown Dr. Mohammad Borghel Humanities: World Culture June 4‚ 2012 African Art vs Western Art It is a misconception to understand African art as made by black artists‚ and Western art being made by whites. This summarizes the problem of seeing white artists in South African or not. One way to analyze this problem is to understand the different parameters of distinction between African and Western art‚ and fit a given work there‚ rather than by looking
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