image even more profound and glorified. Within the background‚ we can see a column like structure that not only draws the viewer’s eye vertically downwards towards the main figure‚ but also implicates that the artist was attempting to integrate classicism by referencing architecture from the classical world. The most apparent structure is the column‚ which is a visual representation of spiritual stability and logic. Rembrandt basing a majority of the scene around the base of the pillar is meant to
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ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY ART Woodbury University Professor Kathleen Onofrio FN 205 Spring 2004 Office Hours: by appointment Required Text: Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art: A Sourcebook of Artists’ Writings‚ eds. Kristine Stiles and Peter Selz‚ University of California Press‚ 1996. General Information Attendance and participation is mandatory. Our lectures and discussions ARE the course. Assigned readings are not optional either‚ as they are the substance behind the
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BAROQUE STYLE Baroque architecture is the building style of the Baroque era‚ begun in late 16th-century Italy‚ and lasting in some regions‚ notably Germany and colonial South America‚ until the 18th century. It had its origins in the Counter Reformation‚ when the Catholic Church launched an overtly emotional and sensory appeal to the faithful through art and architecture. Complex architectural plan shapes‚ often based on the oval‚ and the dynamic opposition and interpenetration of spaces were favored
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that matter seventeenth century art was known to be more of naturalistic form and used very strong movements of lighting in their paintings‚ sculptures‚ and architectures. For instance‚ "... Baroque is dynamic with tension between naturalism and classicism. Baroque has very dramatic lighting with strong artificial light and dark. Strong movement exists in the paintings and architecture‚ both real and unreal" (History and Appreciation
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mental breakdown of the smallest elements of events‚ environmental behavior. The knowing of how to overlook the inevitable whether you want to or not. The knowing that there are two major parts of the environmental behavior: Classicism- is the effects as coarse and tawdry‚ and preferring the naked beauty of the optical and auditory sensations. • Romanticism- immediate
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A.R. Rajaraja Varma (1863-1918)‚ the celebrated poet‚ critic and grammarian is known as Kerala Panini for his lasting contributions to Malayalam literature. He wrote books on grammar and rhetoric which earned him the title of Kerala Panini and eventually prepared the ground for an enlightened renaissance in Malayalam poetry and literary criticism. He is said to have inaugurated a new era in modern Malayalam poetry. Kerala Panineeyam is considered to be an authoritative work on Malayalam grammar.
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Philosphy Music The Classical era in music is often identified as being from the years 1750-1800 (more often classified by historians as spanning between 1800-1827)‚ but its origins can be traced to the early part of the century. Classicism refers to the aesthetic attitudes and principles manifested in the art‚ architecture‚ and literature of ancient Greece and Rome and characterized by emphasis on form‚ simplicity‚ proportion‚ and restraint - this influence is clearly seen in the
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Pre-romanticism paintings like Volaire’s‚ The eruption of Mt. Vesuvius‚ displays images of sublimity through light‚ colors and movement. These Sublime images directly display the wildness and the magnitude of nature. While other artists of the pre-romanticism movement use sublimity none use sublimity quite like Volaire does. Volaire’s paintings are unique because they feature dynamic paintings of volcanoes‚ movement‚ and feature brilliant colors which are aesthetically different from his peers of
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changing time a new expressionistic style‚ Romanticism‚ began to emerge that reflected a more humanistic approach to music dwelling on emotions and feelings rather than mirroring the formalization of the world. Romanticism is seen‚ in opposition to Classicism‚ as a phenomenon that re-occurs throughout artistic and intellectual history. Romanticism encouraged the worth of individual thought and expression‚ this new freedom eventually introduced the form of program music that replaced the “Sonata Form”
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Ossian Awakening the Spirits on the Banks of the Lora with the Sounds of His Harp François Gérard’s painting‚ Ossian Awakening the Spirits on the Banks of the Lora with the Sounds of His Harp‚ depicts an intense‚ yet somber nocturnal scene. In the foreground sits Ossian at the bank of a narrow river playing his harp. “His head is bent with profound feeling; his clenched fingers and rigid arms‚ along with the disarrayed flow of his hair‚ convey the energy with which he plays… [Facing] him is the seated
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