Ancient Greece art is beautifully decorated by the craftsmen. Art was made with bronze‚ gold‚ silver but the most that Greeks used to make is metal to make art. But there was something stronger than metal‚ it was…..iron‚ iron is harder than metal. Metal can be melted down and made into something else‚ many metal sculptures and other metal items were melted down so they could be for other things. The Greeks made many things like bowls and vases‚ cauldrons‚ knives and daggers‚ shields‚ armour‚ decorative
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Visual Arts: Their Ability to Become a Universal Language Visual Arts: the channel of education‚ through which all men grow and advance in the world‚ no matter their provenance. Why hesitate to admit the true nature of what art really means? For many it means a life. It is important for everyone to recognize and realize that visual arts have‚ indeed‚ become an important part of everyone’s everyday lives‚ and are widely recognized to the extent that they have the ability to be understood as a universal
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Art Essay The body has been used as a sign or symbol in art for centuries. The body was used to symbolize perfection in ancient Greece‚ and in Egypt‚ to give a precise image for the God of the After-life. Not to mention their colossal monuments which promote power and glory‚ and are used to intimidate. However contemporary artists use the body as a symbol which conveys a whole range of different kinds of layered meaning‚ although the simple symbol of power has not been lost over the centuries
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IDENTITY IN ART Topic 2: Identity is a central concern of contemporary life. Critically examine and discuss how design or art has been used to explore‚ discuss and express identity. Identity is a central concern of contemporary life. Identity plays a large part in societies and individuals lives; however it has not just become a central concern. For the last couple of hundred years identity has been a central concern. This central concern of identity is and has been portrayed‚ explored and
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Art Review The artist I would like to introduce is Tang Ying Mui‚ Grace. She is currently working as an active female contemporary artist in Hong Kong. Grace’s main form of art is installation art. Grace is well-known for her continue exploration of the use of thin plastic wrapped wire. She likes working with this material not only because it is low-priced but due to its flexibility. She can mould the wire into different shapes - as if it was a 3-D drawn line stretching from papers into the
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I think that since the beginning of art as we know it‚ there has been a link between observational art and anatomy. Many of the early prehistoric drawings were based upon observations of animals and people. As civilization progressed‚ art evolved and changed as people became more aware of how both human and animal anatomy worked. Leonardo da Vinci is an artist whose observational drawings were greatly affected by human anatomy. Da Vinci was known primarily for his painting‚ but he was also an
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Art and Humanity Assessing the portrayal of the human form throughout the history of art is interesting to see the evolution. Eras and locations take a major part in the style of the human from the Ancient Greece to Gothic Europe. The Spear Bearer from 450 BCE‚ Head of Old Man from mid 1st c. BCE‚ and the Cathedral of Santa Maria Nuova in Sicily‚ Italy from12th c.e. Are all great examples to see the different styles of humans being portrayed in a specific era. Each piece of work is a product
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‘Art Deco’ was an art movement that flourished through the 1920’s and 1930’s. The decade opened up an extensive variety of original and distinctive styles and still remains to be the foundation of ‘an era so rich and so remote that at times it seems to belong to the unfathomable domain of dreams (Cocteau‚ n.d).’ Art Deco was a necessity at the time‚ due to the economic crisis and war. Society needed pop colour and creative‚ eccentric designs to brighten up the dull life they were living. People needed
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What is art? What is art? This is a question that if you ask one hundred people you would get one hundred different answers. Art to some is scribbles or junk to another. I find that I enjoy paintings that are realistic. I do not like paintings that are unrealistic in that subjects are too large or small for their surroundings. One of my favorite paintings is “The betrothal of the Arnolfini” is realistic and shows the love between a husband and a wife‚ or a man and a woman who are ready to vow
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The Art of Loving In Erich Fromm’s novel‚ The Art of Loving‚ the author tackles the task of defining what exactly is meant by the word love and what it means to love someone. He begins by presenting his theories on love and how they apply to the different areas and aspects of life. He then explains how these theories should be applied. The author’s account is very convincing and gives readers a clear understanding of what exactly love is and how they should use his explanation in developing their
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