MUSEUMS AND THEIR VOICES A CONTEMPORARY STUDY OF THE BENIN BRONZES WRITTEN BY Charlotta Dohlvik SUPERVISORS Staffan Lundén and Peter Davis Master’s Dissertation‚ May 2006 International Museum Studies‚ Museion‚ Göteborg University 1 ABSTRACT........................................................................................................................................................... 4 1. BACKGROUND ...........................................................................
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“Of all the arts‚ abstract painting is the most difficult. It demands that you know how to draw well‚ that you have a heightened sensitivity for composition and for colors‚ and that you be a true poet. This last is essential." -- Wassily Kandinsky. Abstract Art is art that is not a precise demonstration of a form or object. This depiction can be diverged in many ways including the shape‚ color‚ and form. The artist takes the object and then either simplifies it or exaggerates it using these
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Art From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the general concept of art. For people named Art‚ see Arthur. For other uses‚ see Art (disambiguation). Page semi-protected Clockwise from upper left: a self-portrait from Vincent van Gogh‚ an African Chokwe statue‚ detail from the Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli and a Japanese Shisa lion Art is a diverse range of human activities and the products of those activities; this article focuses primarily on the visual arts‚ which
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Prehistoric Art (Venus of Willendorf & the Minoan Snake Goddess) Prehistoric art wasn’t a definite period of art. It was simply the name given to all art that occurred before recorded history. It was a way of reflecting beliefs‚ values and lifestyles to one’s culture. It was an era before any written history so everything was expressed through art. Prehistoric people created different art forms to represent where they belonged‚ where they were from and what they were part of. These people created
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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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Importance of Arts in Education With all of the modern advancement of technology‚ sadly some of the components of a common school curriculum are progressively becoming extinct. Just think back‚ not to long ago‚ the library was a place where children could explore new adventures from a simple book. Students were also able to express themselves through the weekly classes in music and art. Funding has become a real concern with the slow decrease in the American economy. Now funding for the art education
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The Art of Loving is a slim volume of only a little over a hundred pages yet it packs one hell of a punch. Written some fifty years ago‚ here is a more damning indictment of modern society than anything the existential crowd of Bertrand Russell‚ Albert Camus or Jean Paul Sartre could cook up. The Art of Loving is a very concise and pithy read‚ it is written in the terse lucid style of gospel‚ each word in each line serving a critical function. This is not a writer’s style nor is a critic’s but that
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Christina Zevola May 5‚ 2009 Professor Strmiska World History- 1-2pm The Role of Art Throughout time each culture in the world has faced its own struggles and reached new heights. Many of these downfalls and achievements have been visible through economics‚ politics‚ society‚ and many more. Despite these‚ one way in which history will always be expressed is through art‚ both reserved and artifacts. Through historical paintings‚ sculptures‚ and architecture‚ many religious beliefs‚ societal
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Abdulahi Jama Art appreciation Lu mulder Fall 2012 Islamic calligraphy and arabesque. Islamic art is intellectual‚ refined and decorative; it contains no strong emotions and pathos but exhibits serene harmony. The term Islamic art covers a broad range of traditions‚ from metal work‚ carpet weaving‚ calligraphy and arabesque to architecture. It includes religious art as well as art made by and for Muslims and object made for Muslims by artists of other faiths. Islamic art can mean different
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which served numerous purposes in various cultures. Cultures cite different reasons for body adornment and celebrate the the body as "a ground on which all cultures inscribe significant meaning." Hewitt explains that body mutilation has long been part of non-Christian cultures as a positive mark of identity‚ while in many modern Western cultures permanently marking the body has been considered degrading or deviant. While discussing the role that body art plays in today’s Western society‚ it is
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