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    rulers‚ is that which has excited most general interest and has been most deeply studied by savants of all nations. But the great importance of it consists more in the historical records yielded by the reading of hieroglyphics and in the representative arts‚ Sculpture and Painting‚ than in Architecture properly so-called. It would seem that wood was used extensively in early buildings. At Saqqara‚ near Cairo‚ where impressive stone ruins have been found‚ going as far back as the IIIrd Dynasty (c. 2900

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    Art 101 Reading Art

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    knight is on fire because he is losing his battle‚ just like the main character in Bradbury’s novel. http://literarymumblings.wordpress.com/2009/05/ o An explanation of the iconographic or symbolic significance of one work of art Two Venetian Ladies really does create a visual record of the artist’s time and place. In addition capturing two women who represented that time period through their clothing‚ he also uses several iconic images that suggest deeper meaning

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    commodification of art. The most prevalent arguments were the debates of aesthetics‚ traditionalists versus the avant-garde. Traditionalists valued realism‚ technique‚ and the use of perspective which was scene in historical paintings and portraits. In comparison‚ avant-garde focused on a deliberate change of style which included impressionism‚ and unnatural use of color. Although‚ neither side of the debate is clear cut. Many traditionalists experimented with the aspects of traditional painting

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    ART 305: ART & MASS CULTURE Class Syllabus Professor Eve Wood Fall 2014 Office hours: Thu 3PM & by appt. Office: Sagebrush 224 Office phone: (818) 677-6454 - no messages E-mail: wood_eve@csun.edu Meeting time: ONLINE COURSE DESCRIPTION: Prerequisite: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. An introduction for the non-art major to the relationships between art and mass culture. Illustrated lectures explore the development‚ techniques‚ and ideas underlying the

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    The History of Art Forgery

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    The Art of Forgery History of Art Forgery 4/15/2012 | Abstract The purpose of this paper is to examine the history of Art Forgery and the history of one of the greatest art forgers of our time‚ Tom Keating. The paper will go into the basic history of art forgery from the first recorded art forgery all the way up to the ways forgeries are made today. It will also go into the changes of how forgeries were detected and how forgers are prosecuted. The history of art forgery

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    Hitler’s Degenerate Art Show From paintings to sculptures‚ both realistic and modern‚ the International Exhibition of Modern Art at the 69th Infantry Regiment Armory was the first modern art show to arrive in America to exhibit works by Americans and Europeans alike. Opening its doors on February 17 of 1913‚ the exhibit astonished many New Yorkers with the modern style coming out of Europe. As many as 88‚000 people attended the Armory Show‚ the most to ever attend an art show in New York. Fast-forward

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    Art Periods/ Movements Characteristics Chief Artists and Major Works Historical Events Stone Age (30‚000 b.c.–2500 b.c.) Cave painting‚ fertility goddesses‚ megalithic structures Lascaux Cave Painting‚ Woman of Willendorf‚ Stonehenge Ice Age ends (10‚000 b.c.–8‚000 b.c.); New Stone Age and first permanent settlements (8000 b.c.–2500 b.c.) Mesopotamian (3500 b.c.–539 b.c.) Warrior art and narration in stone relief Standard of Ur‚ Gate of Ishtar‚ Stele of Hammurabi ’s Code Sumerians invent

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    The development of Art has increasingly changed since the 20th century‚ due to the influences of many great artists‚ movements and how Reality and Illusion is used within their works. The art movements and the developing revolution also created a great change in the acceptance of what art is. The six major movements which changed the world of art began in the 1850’s when Impressionism was founded. Impressionism was followed by Fauvism in the early 1900’s which influenced the next 4 isms‚ Expressionism

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    Art and Aesthetics

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    Art and Aesthetics at Work Edited by Adrian Carr and Philip Hancock Art and Aesthetics at Work This page intentionally left blank Art and Aesthetics at Work Edited by Adrian Carr University of Western Sydney and Philip Hancock University of Warwick Editorial matter‚ selection and Chapters 1‚ 5 and 9 © Adrian Carr and Philip Hancock 2003 Other chapters (in order) © Adrian Carr; George Cairns and Tamar Jeffers; Mary-Ellen Boyle; Catrina Alferoff and David Knights; Nick

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    Fashion as art; is art Fashion? * Sanda Miller “Like art‚ clothes can provide the subject of historical research.” According to the reader by Miller‚ fashion‚ like architecture fulfills primarily a functional dimension. This is said with art being something of display‚ admiration and in some cases personal relation. Art being something decorative and less functional than clothing‚ because clothes can be worn‚ but avante garde fashion is where the differentiation between art and fashion

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