For centuries artists have moved audiences through the use of pictures. As time progressed those images became more and more demanding of the viewer until they were meant to invoke a physical response. Perhaps the earliest account of such emotionally exact artwork is the 1818 piece‚ Raft of the Medusa‚ by Theodore Gericault. As time progressed people became more politically aware and involved and generations of art portrayed this. Pablo Picasso’s Guernica‚ created in 1937‚ is a great example of how
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Part one: The four specific roles of an artist: 1- Artist helps us to see the world in new or innovative ways: they create new way to us to see and think about the world around us. For example Impression—Sunrise for Claude Monte‚ it resembles the world of natural appearance to create a new way of thinking about this works. Claude Monte‚ Impression—Sunrise‚ 1872. Oil on canvas‚ 19.50x25.50 in. Musee Marmottan‚ Paris. Page 506. Fig.20-24 2- Artist makes a visual record of the people‚
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for the end of World War II. Great Britain had to do what was best for the country and should be justified as a result from the bombing of the German cities in account of the nation’s pride‚ a misinterpreted perception of morals and also due to being forced into a tight situation. Although the casualties and negative impact that Germany faced‚ Britain’s actions in bombing the German cities should be justified due to the position they were in. Britain did not want to allow Germany to walk all over
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The involvement of the United States of America in global issues had been very passive with more focus on domestic issues and development until the “Pearl Harbour Bombing” of 7th December 1941 which drew it into the second world and thereafter the US-British Staff conference in Washington DC‚ maintained a leadership role in world economics and political policies. Following several conferences which were mostly joint chaired by Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt‚ the Bretton Woods Conference
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the Japanese‚ also settled primarily on the West coast. They also suffered a similar fate of segregation and upheaval at the hand of the government. In February of 1942‚ President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066‚ as a result of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. At the time there was a heightened level of fear among the American government‚ and public‚ regarding Japanese espionage and retaliation. The order forced roughly 117‚000 Japanese from their homes‚ placing them in relocation centers
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Seamus Heaney’s North is a collection of poems which examine the poet’s native Ulster from both a historical and contemporary viewpoint. The book is divided into two sections. Part one examines Ulster in terms of historical and geographical connections to the Viking and those individuals sacrificially buried in Danish Bogs. Part two an eloquent series of personal poems which yield the poets more direct reactions to the violence and helplessness which have engulfed his land. Heaney can be seen to
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There are only a few similarities between ’Afternoons’‚ by Philip Larkin‚ and ’Churning Day’‚ by Seamus Heaney. These feature mainly in the structure of the two poems. They both use enjambment for the whole length of the poem‚ with just one end-stopped line present in each. Enjambment gives both poems a sense of continuous movement. This is appropriate in ’Churning Day’ as it represents the motion of the person churning the butter. It also makes the voice of ’Churning Day’ sound out of breath‚ as
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Socio political issues affect personal opinions; these often result in artworks‚ protesting authorities and sending messages to the public. Socio Political art is a conceptual expression of an idea. This style of art focuses on communication‚ reflecting socio political events transpiring during the time and allowing the audience to convey the artist’s response. Ben Quilty produced Captain S after Afghanistan and Self Portrait after Afghanistan 1 after being commissioned by the Australian Government
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Comparison and Analysis Ever since the agony caused by the First World War‚ society has been battling the idea of warfare. The need for conflict is debatable; the benefits are a lot harder to envision than the losses it causes. As a result of the inevitable occurrence of warfare in the world…war artists emerge. Documenting different aspects of conflict through their art. ‘War art is not a typical or traditional ‘genre’ of art‚ however we could argue that it is a concoction of various genres such
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Compare how poets present the effects of conflict in ‘Belfast Confetti’ and one other poem from Conflict. “Belfast Confetti” and “Yellow Palm” “Belfast Confetti” and “Yellow Palm” are both majorly set around the imagery language used‚ and the effects of the devastation happening to the communities. Both poems are similarly themed; “Belfast Confetti” depicts the aftermath of a bomb during the troubles that people in Belfast experienced. The poem “Yellow Palm” follows a similar theme‚ portraying
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