Kevin Foy Professor Marbach Art 101-001 February 22‚ 2010 Revision 1a.) Japan used blue because they are a country that has a wet climate and very green grass. California used yellow because their climate is very hot and sunny. It is always bright out there. According to the artists‚ the gates in central park are saffron which I believe are that color because it’s a major color you see everyday in the city.‚ Some examples were construction worker vests and the most important on was the color
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Agamemnon Agamemnon is the first book in the Orestiean Trilogy written by the famous Greek tragedy writer‚ Aeschylus. Agamemnon is a story of justice and revenge. The story takes place in a city called Argos. It starts with Agamemnon‚ the king of Argos‚ away at the Trojan War. The city is eagerly awaiting the news of their king’s welfare and the outcome of the war. Watchmen are posted in the city‚ watching for the beacon that would report the capture of Troy and Agamemnon’s return. Beacons
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strove to discover if art could work on the same level as music. I have decided to research the relationship between art‚ dance‚ and music. The interpretation of dance and music in art continually developed during the twentieth century. Firstly dance as a subject matter‚ drawn narratively and may have a symbolic meaning. This then moved on to dance interpreted emotionally. Thirdly music and dance can be interpreted abstractly. Endell’s hypothesis (Fig.1) shows this idea of art working abstractly.
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Aeschylus’ Agamemnon of The Oresteia has one of the most morally intriguing characters and story lines in all of ancient Greek tragedies. Clytemnestra‚ the queen and wife of Agamemnon has many reasons for why she murdered him; however‚ it is difficult to quickly jump to conclusions on her innocence. The inherent nature of Greek tragedies‚ the belief in prophecy and fate‚ and the lack of marital faithfulness are all themes in Agamemnon that weigh heavily on the debate of her innocence. Through passages
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abstraction period of modern art in the beginning of the twentieth century. There was a series ‘isms’ that influenced each other and came quickly in the modern world of art. These include Neoclassicism‚ Romanticism‚ Realism‚ Impressionism‚ Post-Impressionism‚ Divisionism and Symbolism. It was believed to be started with Picasso and Braque in 1907. Cubism was a movement of modern artists going against the accepted style of paintings and pushing the boundaries of what was modern art. The Impressionists and
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that of himself from/as being art? 2. Breton wrote in 1929 ’The problem of women is the most marvellous and disturbing problem in the world’. Explain the place of woman in the surrealist movement. The place of woman in the surrealist movement is divided in two. On one hand the woman are used as muses for artists and is also a subject of desire. On the other hand 3. What were the ideas of Cubism‚ Futurism and Dada? Cubism An early-20th-century avant-garde art movement pioneered by Georges
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within society.’’ Signs include‚ among others‚ sounds‚ images‚ words‚ odors‚ objects; they are concepts that stand for something else in a system of signification. They allow us to communicate a concept or an idea while it is physically absent. In art history‚ the simplest description of semiology consists of the translation of an image into words. Two prominent founders of the contemporary sign theories are Peirce and Saussure. Although they focus on the same methodology‚ both philosophers explain the
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starting Art History course‚ frankly speaking‚ the impression I have about the ancient Greece and Roma art culture was not mature because of my inability to read in-depth about both Greece and Rome art. But I do know that both ancient Greece and Rome has a rich and sophisticated culture when it comes to art and classical architecture‚ the Greek peoples has at once a romantic and spiritual energy to it that was copied by the Roman‚ however‚ the Roman blended the Greek style with Rome unique art culture
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TEACHING OF ART HISTORY IN ART EDUCATION A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA IN THE PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF BACHOLOUR OF FINE ART IN ART EDUCATION BY NANCY MITALI MONDOL UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF MR. M.G. KIDWAI (SUPERVISOR) DEPARTMENT OF PAINTING JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA NEW DELHI-110025 INDIA 2010 CONTENTS
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History of Japanese Art The history of Japanese art is extensive enough to form an encyclopedia in its own right. We find that the Japanese have had a long and rich history of art that stretches back to ancient times. In fact some of the oldest artifacts known to man belong to the Japanese. The different eras of art have been given names according to the places where the government was located. Historians claim that the earliest inhibitors of Japan was a tribe called Ainu. They were the ones responsible
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