Art Essay- The context‚ of which art is created‚ clearly reflects its history and where it is from. Society’s values are further highlighted by the piece and give us insight into what life was like. This is interestingly interpreted by Juan Bautista de Espinosa’s exuberant baroque style painting‚ with a heavily catholic influence from Spain in the late 1500’s‚ as well as Margaret Olley’s contrasting and simplistic sensibility of the mid 20th century. Each artist’s aesthetic‚ although significantly
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Mpoyo Mulongo ART 263. Art History I Assignment # 3 06/26/2013 AEGEAN ART Aegean art refers to art that was created in the Grecian lands surrounding‚ and the islands within‚ the Aegean Sea. The Aegean Civilization of the Grecian islands was composed of three different cultures: * Cycladic (Cyclades Islands) 3000-2000 BCE * Minoan (Crete) 3000-1400 BCE * Mycenaean 1400-1100 BCE According to Stokstad‚ on the Cycladic Islands‚ late Neolithic and early Bronze Age people had a thriving
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Arts in Culture Art is about ideas and representing them into visible perceptions and concepts. These ideas come from the heart and mind of the individual artist‚ putting all the talent they have into the artwork. In a way‚ that makes everyone that can specialize in a certain activity and create their expressions an artist. A cook preparing a meal with an appetizing appearance‚ an artist painting a beautiful painting‚ or a football star breaking a tackle for a game-winning touchdown all have the
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Indian Art is the art produced on the Indian subcontinent from about the 3rd millennium BC to modern times. To viewers schooled in the Western tradition‚ Indian art may seem overly ornate and sensuous; appreciation of its refinement comes only gradually‚ as a rule. Voluptuous feeling is given unusually free expression in Indian culture. A strong sense of design is also characteristic of Indian art and can be observed in its modern as well as in its traditional forms. The vast scope of the art of India
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of Namban Art during the Christian century in the history of Japanese Art. I will concentrate on three essential elements in order to discuss this topic. Firstly‚ what is Namban art exactly? Secondly‚ I will briefly look at the history of the Christian century. Finally‚ I will relate the rise and fall of Namban Art to the rise and fall of Christianity during this period. What is Namban Art. The word namban itself translates as "Southern Barbarians". The term relates to the type of art which was
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The Art of Loving “The art of loving”‚ written by an American psychologist Erich Fromm in 1957‚ mainly discusses about three aspects: the reasons of love being an art‚ the theory of love‚ and the practice of love. He thoughtfully explains that an art of loving requires many effort and knowledge‚ comprehensively analyzes the theory of love‚ and specifically introduces the ways of practice the art of loving. Even if the work is done for about fifty years ago‚ there still have many remarkable
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Art and science 1 . Definition of art and science : - Art is reason applied without limits‚ geared towards an ideal and guided by the practical. - Science is reason applied within a framework‚ geared towards the practical and guided by an ideal. 2 The difference between art and science Art is geared towards an ideal‚ towards the attainment of perfection. All art is begun with some idea in mind‚ and bringing this idea across to viewers in the right manner in the goal of the artist. Yet
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What is art one might ask? Art can be seen as expression‚ form and representation. Art as representation is related to mimetic theory (Stremmel 2006). Mimetic theory comes from the Greek word "mimesis‚" which means imitation and representation (Hall 1997).Representation of art began with early ideas of Plato and Aristotle. Plato viewed art as an ‘imitation of nature.’ Due to this‚ art had no knowledge and therefore had no intellectual value. According to Plato‚ art was a copy of a copy thus barely
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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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early-20th-century avant-garde art movement pioneered by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso‚ and later joined by Juan Gris‚ Jean Metzinger‚ Albert Gleizes‚ Robert Delaunay‚ Henri Le Fauconnier‚ and Fernand Léger‚[1] that revolutionized European painting and sculpture‚ and inspired related movements in music‚ literature and architecture. Cubism has been considered the most influential art movement of the 20th century. The term is broadly used in association with a wide variety of art produced in Paris (Montmartre
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