When I first arrived at the Weatherspoon Art Museum on UNCG’s campus‚ I was in awe of the beautifully complex works displayed within it. There was a plethora of paintings‚ drawings‚ and sculptures‚ which not only captivated but enticed me with their unique beauty and grace. This made it quite difficult to pick just one work of art. However‚ as I passed through each exhibit and entered into Weatherspoon’s outside sculpture garden‚ I noticed one bronze sculpture in particular which held my attention
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Kurt Shima LA 202 Helen Klonaris April 17‚ 2013 The Importance of the Arts Math was always my least favorite subject in school. I always had difficulty remembering the formulas and all the different rules. I didn’t do well in all the other core subjects either. With no motivation and no interest‚ my grades quickly suffered. I was always watching movies and television instead of doing homework. So when I saw that I could take acting class as an elective in high school‚ it was obviously my first
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Australian bush landscape ad sky in the 1900’s. By using the ‘plein air’ style which was taught at his school‚ he was also closely tied to an emerging Australian nationalism which saw the acceptance of Australian scenes and people as suitable subjects for art practice. Artists depicted Australia in a rather English way‚ with muted tone and soft light and captured the bushrangers. Barry Pearce‚ curator‚ says‚ “It’s magic stillness‚ it’s timelessness‚ it’s sense of being an old country but also the sense of
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Defining the Visual Arts Alina Lopez ARTS/230CA October 20‚ 2014 Milinda Jaffe-Bork Defining Visual Arts Trying to imagine the world without art is like trying to imagine the world without air. Most people don’t realize how much they rely on the importance of art in their everyday life. Visual arts consist of much more than a painting at a museum. “The visual arts can help us give meaning to what seems meaningless and help us recapture feelings and experiences that we have once had or would
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How would you define art? What criteria would you use? -After being in the Creative Arts class my ideas about what art really is and how I would define it has changed. To me art is something that an artist has thought of and then made it. I also think that art should be something that stimulates the senses or the mind in some way. Whether it me a painting with a hidden meaning or music which stimulates your hearing senses. 2. In the coursepack discussion “what is art‚” what four pieces do
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Imagine school without fine arts‚ without a class to express yourself. Schools across the country are thinking about eliminating art classes because of insufficient funds. Schools should not eliminate art classes because they improve test scores‚ give students freedom‚ and allows students with many opportunities they won’t find anywhere else. Primarily‚ fine arts improves scores in all different subjects. As stated in‚ Arts Education in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools‚ "Low-income high school
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IMPORTANCE of ART EDUCATION Have you ever thought why we send children to school? Why is education necessary? Firstly‚ schools provide children with cultural values that vary in every culture and that are necessary to become a good citizen. Also‚ schools upskill children and prepare them for a job related to their areas of interest. Finally‚ perhaps the most important function of schools is to teach children how to be better human beings. One of the important parts of education is art including music
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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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What is the function of Art? 1. Go to this prezi and using the content and media answer any questions you find in your journals. http://prezi.com/lavyatdy0zzn/present/?auth_key=5ol5t72&follow=algrant#93 2. Does Art contain or produce knowledge? 3. If so‚ how can we characterise this type of knowledge? 4. Using Alchin Textbook pp 34-37 decide which of the following statements most closely reflects your view of the purpose of Art: a) Arts are a way of expressing emotion
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Life without Art “..Having said that we survive in exact relationship to the dedication of our poets (including preachers‚ musician and blues singer)”-Graduation‚ Maya Angelou. Can we survive without art? Art has existed longer than anyone take on‚ before anyone formula (of the right way or the wrong of doing it.).Art has long been and is still simply a form of human expression‚ whether it be a on a piece of paper or just spoken words. People have long found artistic ways to express their inner
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