Reviewing current art‚ both locally and globally‚ it appears that much of it has or purports to have a political content. One reason for this focus is that technological advances encourage snatching digitized fragments from reality that document the persistent global nightmare of human inhumanity. This process thus duplicates in art the same nightmare we see every day on TV or the Internet. Very little of this work‚ whose apology is that it is “consciousness raising‚” amounts to more than superficial
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Fashion as Art: Is fashion today considered a high art form worthy of being exhibited in museums? What is fashion? Is it art? Is it high art? In the world of fashion and art today‚ this is a contested question. Many art critics do not see fashion as an equal to the fine arts such as painting and sculpture. Critics have made remarks that fashion design should be “under the heading of vanity for its intent is of no inner value” (Miller 25-40). Edmund Burke and Immanuel Kant both
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Art Nouveau Art nouveau‚ which simply means ‘New Art’‚ started around the 1890’s right till the First World War and was an artistic movement which started throughout most of Europe and eventually spread to the USA and the rest of the world. The name was taken from a shop in Paris called “la Maison de’l art nouveau”. It was an attempt to create a new style of art and to abandon the Victorian styles of the 19th century. This movement was said to be influenced by two very different styles of art
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‘Art Deco’ was an art movement that flourished through the 1920’s and 1930’s. The decade opened up an extensive variety of original and distinctive styles and still remains to be the foundation of ‘an era so rich and so remote that at times it seems to belong to the unfathomable domain of dreams (Cocteau‚ n.d).’ Art Deco was a necessity at the time‚ due to the economic crisis and war. Society needed pop colour and creative‚ eccentric designs to brighten up the dull life they were living. People needed
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Discover When people think about art‚ I’m fairly certain that most of them don’t thinkof videogames as their prime referent‚ instead opting for paintings and sculptures. In the mind of the general public‚ some believe art lies in works that are complex enough and that mimic reality accurately. Others judge art as the Fine Arts‚ which are those intended uniquely for beauty instead of utility‚ like a painting or a song. For critics and connoisseurs like Robert Belton‚ "art is the product of a human activity
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16. Discuss four characteristics of Romanesque art. Give examples. The Romanesque art period started from approximately 1000 AD to the rise of the Gothic style in the 13th century‚ or later‚ depending on region. The preceding period is known as the Pre-Romanesque. The term was invented by 19th century art historians‚ which retained many basic features of Roman architectural style. Mostly round-headed arches‚ as well as barrel vaults‚ apses‚ and acanthus-leaf decoration but had also developed
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chapter 5 Space Fig. 90 Donald Sultan‚ Lemons‚ May 16‚ 1984‚ 1984. Latex‚ tar on vinyl tile over wood‚ 97 in. 971/2 in. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts‚ Richmond. Gift of the Sydney and Frances Lewis Foundation. Photo: Katherine Wetzel. © 1996 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. W ISBN 0-558-55180-7 e live in a physical world whose properties are familiar‚ and‚ together with line‚ space is one of the most familiar. It is all around us‚ all the time. We talk about “outer” space (the space
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significance does art acquire if we assume that our interpretation of it is correct? What is the relation between aesthetic response and all other forms of human behavior? How do we explain the role and importance of art in the general behavioral system of man? There are as many different answers to these questions as there are different ways of evaluating the importance of art. Some believe art is the supreme human activity while others consider it nothing but leisure and fun. The evaluation of art depends
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Ch 1 - The nature of art Cathedra - Barnett Newman‚ 1951‚ Oil on canvas art forms - An activity or a piece of artistic work that can be regarded as a medium of artistic expression. Music‚ dance‚ theater‚ literature‚ and the visual arts. visual arts - drawing‚ painting‚ sculpture‚ film‚ architecture and design work of art - The visual expression of an idea or experience formed with skill through the use of a medium. medium‚ media - A particular material along with its accompanying technique;
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RENAISSANCE ART Renaissance was the period of economic progress where cities were built. The term “Renaissance” came from the French language meaning‚ “rebirth.” In this period‚ another word was created for man. There was a classical learning in the study of the ancient Greek and Roman texts. The period stirred enthusiasm for the philosophy and artistic values of the ancients. The ideals of classicism- balance‚ harmony‚ proportion and intellectual order became the artistic standard of the time.
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