Art Censorship In recent news there was a controversy over art shown in Santa Fe Community College’s gallery. The artist Pat Payne created obscene religious pictures that for the most part were mocking the Catholic religion. I feel that there is no need for artwork to be censored if in an appropriate place. Placing paintings that may seem to be obscene in an art museum‚ gallery‚ or anywhere else that attract mostly mature individuals is appropriate and obviously placing those same pieces of
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Deborah Tatko Art 131 Maggie Whitley November 15‚ 2012 Portraits Throughout History Portraits and self portraits throughout history have been crucial to the development in the artistic world‚ be it due to self development in the artist own personal gain of self understanding or if it is an economical gain of not having to pay a model to sit for the artist while he/she works. Without all of the amazing portraits society has gained over the years‚ especially in the 16th century. Take The Mona
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of Namban Art during the Christian century in the history of Japanese Art. I will concentrate on three essential elements in order to discuss this topic. Firstly‚ what is Namban art exactly? Secondly‚ I will briefly look at the history of the Christian century. Finally‚ I will relate the rise and fall of Namban Art to the rise and fall of Christianity during this period. What is Namban Art. The word namban itself translates as "Southern Barbarians". The term relates to the type of art which was
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! Modernism and Postmodernism in Australian Art: ‘Australian Identity’ When westerners first came to Australia in the late 1700’s‚ we found ourselves extremely disorientated in this mysterious world‚ causing confusion within ourselves and loss of identity in place. But now as we are evolving‚ we begin to heal ourselves through learning to live in a more empathetic relationship with the land‚ being influenced and influencing the ancient soils we stand upon. As we began to acknowledge that nature
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What is art? What is art? This is a question that if you ask one hundred people you would get one hundred different answers. Art to some is scribbles or junk to another. I find that I enjoy paintings that are realistic. I do not like paintings that are unrealistic in that subjects are too large or small for their surroundings. One of my favorite paintings is “The betrothal of the Arnolfini” is realistic and shows the love between a husband and a wife‚ or a man and a woman who are ready to vow
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Topic One: Women in Art The role of women in the Art is complex because artists were affected both by the art and stories of the past and the women that they saw around them every day. The influence of the various roles of woman produced some of the greatest art. Women had a different role in ancient Greek society than they do today. It also seems likely that the role of women changed radically from ancient‚ pre-classical times to the more familiar classical period. Classical Greeks were definitely
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not impacted by culture. d. All of the above. 2. Like history‚ art history: a. is an objective‚ or factual‚ academic field. b. originated during the postmodern era. c. developed out of science. d. is biased depending on who writes the history and what they decide to include or exclude. 3. From the very first Cave Paintings to contemporary artwork created today‚ which of the following have always remained constant? Art ______________. a. provides much needed decoration for domestic spaces
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cuisines and some of us even go to school and get a degree in culinary arts. The fact that we always needed food is easy to see but when and where did we start to care about the different types of taste‚ presentation and aspect of the food; let us explore the history of culinary arts together. The Beginning The history of culinary arts goes all the way back to 1800s when the very first cooking school in Boston was teaching the art of American cooking as well as preparing the students to pass on their
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Every day thousands of people are diagnosed with life threatening diseases and every day thousands of people are being cured. Whether or not art was instrumental is unclear; I would like to think it was in many cases‚ but I cannot say this with certainty. One thing I do know is that for more than twenty years‚ the University of Florida has been using art to help people through rough times in their lives. The documentary we watched in class mainly showed the writing portion of the program‚ but there
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Everywhere there is Art. We pass art in different forms every day. Billboards‚ graffiti‚ statues‚ and sculptures are all forms of art. With a little investigation work one can find that art has a place within every town. Not only that‚ but is found so easily on the web and at libraries. There are many venues that exist in my own art world/area that are publicly displayed. Many of these venues let artists‚ student‚ children‚ adults‚ and the community to view such imagery. The places I investigated
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