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    History of Art

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    Discuss the evolution of the idea of beauty through the history of art. The idea of beauty‚ the perfect human body‚ is a result of culture: religious functions‚ advertisements‚ economy‚ and other factors. The definition of beauty is not an inherent concept‚ since every age‚ place and social class formed its own ideal of it. This evolution of beauty is shown explicitly through the history of art. Art‚ in different periods‚ was influenced mainly by history and religion. I will discuss this transition

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    Etruscan Art

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    To understand how art has developed throughout the Roman Empire‚ one must first start with history. Before the Romans were in power‚ the Etruscans were the most advanced society within the Italian peninsula. Much of the Etruscan art is influenced by that of the Greeks but they did not copy the Greeks. The Etruscans used mud and wood to build their temples instead of stone like the Greeks. The temples also only had columns on the front of buildings instead of the periphery. Most of the Etruscan works

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    Art And Humanity

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    Art and Humanity Assessing the portrayal of the human form throughout the history of art is interesting to see the evolution. Eras and locations take a major part in the style of the human from the Ancient Greece to Gothic Europe. The Spear Bearer from 450 BCE‚ Head of Old Man from mid 1st c. BCE‚ and the Cathedral of Santa Maria Nuova in Sicily‚ Italy from12th c.e. Are all great examples to see the different styles of humans being portrayed in a specific era. Each piece of work is a product

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    Creative Art and Fine Art

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    Creative art and Fine art . By a broad definition of art‚[9] artistic works have existed for almost as long as humankind: from early pre-historic art to contemporary art; however‚ some theories restrict the concept to modern Western societies.[10] The first and broadest sense of art is the one that has remained closest to the older Latin meaning‚ which roughly translates to "skill" or "craft." A few examples where this meaning proves very broad include artifact‚ artificial‚ artifice‚ medical arts‚ and military arts

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    Greek and Roman both share similarities‚ but have different characteristics and use different construction types. Greek architecture used Post and- Lintel construction‚ while Roman construction dominated in arches‚ domes and vaults. Post and- Lintel construction is evident in the buildings that make up the Acropolis in Greece‚ including the Pantheon and the Temple of Hera‚ which used drums to create columns or rows of columns that used fluting and tapering to make the columns appear to perfectly

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    Literature of Art

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    A. The two art periods that I choose to write an essay about is Classical Art and Neoclassical Art period. Classical art dates back to as early as 500 B.C. during the rise of the Greek Empire to the Roman. Classical Art celebrated the human figure (humanism) through sculpture in highly naturalistic detail. Some of the human forms are seen every day in architecture‚ sculpture‚ coins‚ and dollar bills. Ancient Greek Art social conditions that contributed to the advent of the style were focus on balance

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    Art Histroy

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    By: Nistha Pithava Nistha Pithava Art History 1 December 12‚ 2012 Take Home Final: Part 1 Section I: Ancient Near East The works of the art that is related to the Near Eastern time period incorporates the arts of Mesopotamia‚ which is ancient Iran‚ Syria‚ and Turkey between the periods of 3500 through 399 B.C. The dates of begin in the Neolithic prehistoric times and end in the historic or dynastic periods‚ which for the most part is prior to the Christian era. Near East

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    intro to art

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    the work of a documentary photographer‚ such as Dorothea Lange‚ is the different intentions of each photographer. 9. A daguerreotype was an early photographic method created using a copper plate covered with silver iodine 10. Early examples of art photography often imitatedthe narrative form of painting 11. Dada collage artist Hannah Höch used “found” photographs to express artistic composition. the overwhelming experience of the mechanized city. disgust with a civilization that allowed

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    Art and Aesthetics

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    centuries pass simultaneously art evolves too. During the GreekRoman period in history art was a powerful medium and was used as a research instrument for studying the human body. The Greeks loved perfection‚ religion‚ and their government. These values were transferred to the Romans who adapted the Greek culture together with their swag. Later on by doing so‚ the mixture of both cultures came to be known as the “classical civilization” (The Greek Spirit pg. 99). The Greco-Roman style influenced many

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    Art as a ritual

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    Art History 1 Museums as a Ritual In the article “The Art Museum As Rital‚” in Civilizing Rituals: Inside Public Art Museums by Carol Duncan‚ she compares art museums to religious seculars in the sense that they are not only similar in architecture‚ but also in their meaning and purpose; rituality. She goes on to state that unlike churches and other various places of worship‚ museums are also secular places. At such places‚ “the secular truth became the authoritative truth.” When I went to

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