traditional performing arts [1]. Even after such a long time the spirit of the Noh drama has never been extinguished‚ it is still around us in our modern lives. In this research paper I will talk about the Noh drama masks‚ as the masks are the soul of the Noh drama. Without the masks‚ most people wouldn’t realize that this is the Noh drama; the masks are very important as a symbol for the Noh drama. Besides being symbolic of the Noh drama‚ the masks also include much history and skill. The four topics
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Amanda Jones AP Art History Essay Egyptian Art Ancient Egyptian Art is one of the most recognized‚ admired and collected art in the history of the world. From giant pyramids to detailed sculptures‚ for years Egyptian art has fascinated‚ impressed and awed generation after generation with its exquisiteness and beauty. The most important artistic periods are the Old‚ Middle‚ and New Kingdom. In the Old Kingdom‚ a firm stance and bold expression are incorporated into most of the works. The
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are the Merode Altarpiece by Robert Campin‚ and The Deposition by Rogier van der Weyden. Both paintings are from the Early Renaissance‚ and I found both of them in my textbook. (Campin painting: page 307 and Weyden painting: page 311 in book “ART: A Brief History”) Robert Campin‚ who was considered a great master of Flemish painting‚ painted the Merode Altarpiece within the time period of 1425-1428. Robert Campin was one of the first artists of his time to experiment with oil-based colors in his
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Seeing is not believing Yirong Wang This is an essay that introduces a new perspective to us to decode ancient visual arts. The author reminds us that there are other ways of decoding visual figures alongside the “Beazley method” so we need to undermine stereotypes in our minds in appreciating ancient Greek vases. Let’s first talk about “Beazley’s method”. The basic principles of this approach are that we can distinguish the artists through their stylistic skills on the vases. The author thinks
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Brenda Gonzalez Professor McGrath Art History Hybird November 5‚ 2012 African Chokwe Masks The term Chokwe has at least 30 different spellings. Their history dates back to the 15th century‚ when a Lunda queen married a Luba prince Chibinda Ilunga. Because a member of the Lunda aristocracy disapproved of the marriage‚ the queen and prince migrated south to present-day Angola. There they founded several kingdoms‚ each headed by a god-king. The masks they created probably played important roles
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Periods and their Artists * Chapter 3 Egypt * Old Kingdom (2700-2190 BCE) * Imhotep – Stepped Pyramid of Djoser * Chapter 5 Ancient Greece * Archaic (600-480 BCE) * Andokides Painter –Achilles and Ajax * Ergotimos –[and Kleitius] Fracois Vase * Euphronios –Death of Sarpedon * Exekias –Achilles and Ajax; Suicide of Ajax; Dionysis in a Boat * Polykleitos –Doryphoros * Classical (480-320 BCE) * Kalikrates
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determine when and where art is created by analyzing the uniqueness of an individual artist or a groups of artists within a certain time and place. Style can be categorized into different parts consisting of period style‚ regional style‚ representational style‚ and abstract style. Period style is the particular period in time in which the artwork was created. Regional style identifies where in the region the artwork was created. Representational style describes the appearance of art in ways that make
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ART DECO: Art deco is a type of art that grew in the 1920’s with a revival in the 1960’s. Art Deco was primarily an elegant design style dominant in decorative art‚ fashion‚ jewelry‚ textiles‚ furniture design‚ interior decoration‚ and architecture. It flourished in the united states and Europe in the 1920s and 1930s. The origin of art deco began two decades earlier in Paris. The decorative arts society inspired the name art deco but the term did not become famous until the publication of art deco
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play than Agamemnon. As the audience‚ I felt more inclined to sympathize with Hamlet due to his many sad soliloquies and series of events leading to his downfalls. This is because there was far more to learn about the specific defeats of Hamlet‚ there were far more disturbance and unrest following the events after his father died‚ and I felt more pity for the main character in Hamlet as opposed to Agamemnon. The events surrounding Hamlet’s life are far more explored than those in Agamemnon. Though
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In The Agamemnon women are portrayed as strong and powerful. Clytaemestra rules Argos which she calls ’my city’ while her husband Agamemnon is away at Troy‚ and the Chorus of Argive Elders show her ’reverence’. She manages to persuade Agamemnon to ’give way’ and walk on the tapestry she spreads out for him showing she has power over him and in the end her ’strength of heart’ leads to her being able to ’strike’ Agamemnon down and kill him. Cassandra also is shown to be strong‚ but in a different
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