“ 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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view Installation Art‚ the term itself is not clearly defined. There are‚ however‚ different characteristics of it‚ and within this essay I will discuss the two most prevalent from my own point of view‚ and support my thoughts and opinions with examples from information we have encountered throughout this past semester. Although Installation Art has many qualities that it can be associated with‚ I believe that one which stands true above most is the fact that it Installation Art often casts the
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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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For my art analysis essay‚ I decided to analyze the statue name “Offering Bearer” located in the Egyptian gallery 105 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This statue’s artist is unknown‚ it belongs to the Dynasty 2‚ early reign of Amenemhat I (ca. 1981-1975 B.C.)‚ its dimensions are H: 112 (44 1/8 inches)‚ W: 17cm (6 11/16 inches) and D: 46.7cm (18 3/8 inches). This Egyptian statues material used are wood‚ gesso and paint. The museum provides a brief description about the Offering Bearer saying that
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Visiting the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art open my eyes to the many different types of art. From paintings to the sculptures and ceramics. There are many different styles and types of art. The beauty of different shapes‚ colors and materials is amazing. The visit of the Daum made me appreciate the many types of art. Christopher Russel exhibition was very three dimensional. It made you want to touch and feel the different textures. From the snakes in the flowers to the eagle with its wing spread
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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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Assignment 1 Art 100: Introduction to World Art Visit to the Brooklyn Museum of Art. INTRODUCTION: For the first assignment in Instructor Laude’s Art 100 class‚ the class had to visit the Brooklyn Museum’s Egypt Exhibit on the 3rd floor. Where we chose a work of art each student thought was interesting and writes a paper describing and analyzing the art work. The work of art that I chose is the Anthropoid Coffin of the Priest Thothirdes. The reason I found this artifact interesting because
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completely in the middle of the painting and that makes everything else surrounding him off center. All in all‚ Fletcher Martin has given us a painting that we can make our own but he helps us with the different techniques he uses to create this work of art. Understanding the subject matter is important to know but if you do not by Martin using color‚ light‚ and scale and space‚ you can come to a conclusion of what he was trying to get his viewers to see. To hear the message that he was trying to
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