Artists’ intentions are shaped by context‚ materials‚ ideas and audience. Discuss this statement with consideration of how audience interpretations of artworks have caused debate in the art world. An artwork is often an artist’s subjective expression of their context. The ideology of artists‚ their perceptions of their contexts and the materials available to them play a significant role in the creation of their artworks. However‚ an artist’s intentions can be misinterpreted or disregarded by
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Many modern artists use high technology equipment in their works. Whereas traditionally artists used a pencil or brush to make beautiful works of art‚ artists in the early twenty-first century are now using sound‚ video or computer generated images. Digital art developed from simple patterns and shapes made using computer programs to finished works of art which can look as realistic as a watercolour or oil painting. Modern art exhibitions often include more videos and installations than traditional
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Media Culture: the Triumph of the Spectacle “Media culture is a contested terrain across which key social groups and competing political ideologies struggle for dominance and . . . individuals live these struggles through the images‚ discourses‚ myths‚ and spectacle of media culture” -Douglas Kellner‚ Media Culture Table of Contents Introduction-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 History of M
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Virginia Woolf Rachna Bhutoria ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We would genuinely like to thank our Literature Teacher Ms. kundu for giving us the opportunity to work on this topic and especially giving us a great author like Virginia Woolf. We were touched to know her struggles in life and also greatly impressed by her works which are truly exceptional and modernist . We would also like to thank the people who gave in their inputs after reading Virginia Woolf’s work which helped us out to do our project
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ENGLISH DRAMA: AT PRESENT TIME Drama is a literary composition‚ which is performed by professional actors on stage (or theatre)‚ before an audience. It involves conflicts‚ actions and a particular theme. Drama was introduced to England from Europe by the Romans‚ and auditoriums were constructed across the country for this purpose. At a very early time the people of England began to act and the earliest plays were acted by monks and took place in church. In this way the people were taught the Bible
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Lesbianism‚ Feminism and Identity in Art CS3 - 2009/10 Kayley Healy Contents Page Introduction Chapter 1 – Robert Mapplethorpe (Self Portraits) Chapter 2 – Marcel Duchamp Chapter 3 – The Guerrilla Girls Chapter 4 – Lesbianism What is Lesbianism? History of Lesbianism Lesbian Identity Chapter 5 – Lesbianism and Gender in Art. Dyke Action Machine Toxic Titties Jocelyn Schneider Foye (Gender Identification Cards) Stacey Halper (Drag Kings) Conclusion Illustrations
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Nature of Abstract Art Meyer Schapiro (1937) Before there was an art of abstract painting‚ it was already widely believed that the value of a picture was a matter of colors and shapes alone. Music and architecture were constantly held up to painters as examples of a pure art which did not have to imitate objects but derived its effects from elements peculiar to itself. But such ideas could not be readily accepted‚ since no one had yet seen a painting made up of colors and shapes‚ representing
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Heart of Darkness: Modernism and Its Historians Author(s): Robert Wohl Reviewed work(s): Source: The Journal of Modern History‚ Vol. 74‚ No. 3 (September 2002)‚ pp. 573-621 Published by: The University of Chicago Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/345112 . Accessed: 30/09/2012 11:34 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service
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1. John Dos Passos: A Committed Writer The American way of life is an expression that refers to the "life style" of people living in the United States of America. It is an example of a behavioral modality‚ developed from the 17th century until today. It refers to a nationalist ethos that purports to adhere to principles of "life‚ liberty and the pursuit of happiness." It has some connection to the concept of American exceptionalism and the American Dream. It was the American day dream that especially
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CHAPTER 1 The concept of ‘Postmodernism’- A Theoretical Approach It is a cliché by now to say that we live in a postmodern world‚ and it is true that the word ’postmodern’ has become one of the most used‚ and abused‚ words in the language. Still‚ it is striking that not many people can say with assurance what this term actually means and involves. Some theorists suggest that ‘postmodernism’ refers to a mood or an attitude of mind‚ others define it as a literary‚ cultural
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