D. Pasturel Arts 2C Winter 2013 Midterm Review Date of Quiz: Thursday‚January 24 Date of Midterm: Wednesday‚ February 13 The following are images which you will need to know for the exam. I will ask you to call to mind the artist‚ or the title‚ or the date‚ or the period. You should memorize all of the information provided. * 1. Bemini. Baldacchino. St. Peter’s‚ Rome. 1624-1633. Italian Baroqu6. pg.673. 2.Bemini. Ecstasy of St. Theresa. Comaro Chapel. 1645-1652. ItalianBaroque. pg. 675
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My expressive essay concerns the portraits of two artists‚ Francis Bacon and Pablo Picasso. Two such protraits are "self protrait" 1971 by Bacon and "weeping woman" 1937 by Picasso. I believe that both these paintings have been strongly influenced by their own life experiences. Francis Bacon was born on the 28th of October 1909 and he died on the 28th of April 1992. Bacon was born in Dublin‚ to parents of British descent. Captain Anthony Edward Mortimer Bacon‚ his father‚ was a veteran of the
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Art Essay The body has been used as a sign or symbol in art for centuries. The body was used to symbolize perfection in ancient Greece‚ and in Egypt‚ to give a precise image for the God of the After-life. Not to mention their colossal monuments which promote power and glory‚ and are used to intimidate. However contemporary artists use the body as a symbol which conveys a whole range of different kinds of layered meaning‚ although the simple symbol of power has not been lost over the centuries
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The poem the unknown citizen written by w.h Auden portrays from the point of view of the government what or how an ideal citizen should look like. This piece is written in third person omniscient to project a non-bias perspective and that way transmit the “truth” without being affected by feelings or personal point of views. Moreover at the end of the poem the author makes a relevant turn which effect is making the reader question himself if what was depicted before is the right thing‚ if that ideal
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Critical Essay. The two artists I have chosen to compare are‚ Audrey Flack and Giorgio Morandi. They both work in very different movements and use their artistic skills in completely different ways. Audrey Flack works with photorealism that emerged in the 1960’s‚ where as‚ Giorgio Morandi worked with metaphysical painting from 1918-1922‚ but then later on focused on hue‚ tone‚ and the arrangement of his objects. Audrey Flack is an American artist who specialises in photorealism painting. Photorealism
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George Herbert Walker Bush was the 41st president of the United States. He came into the presidency as one of the most qualified candidates to assume the office. George had many accomplishments and overcame many obstacles throughout his term of presidency. George H.W Bush was born on June 12‚1924‚ in Milton‚ Massachusetts. George was the son of Prescott Sheldon Bush who was a Senator from Connecticut‚ and Dorothy Bush who came from a well known family. They were both very wealthy and politically
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The loss of freedom and individuality in the modern world could be countered by human warmth and compassion but all too often it’s not. In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and the selected poetry of W.H. Auden‚ the protagonists routinely lose individuality and freedom but hardly ever is this loss countered by expressions of human warmth and compassion. ‘John the Savage’ enters the Brave New World but loses the freedom and individuality he has grown up with. In the same way ‘Miss Gee’ and the Jewish
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This year South Africa celebrated 25 years since Former President F.W De Klerk delivered the historic February 2‚ 1990 speech in which he committed to pave a way for the countries’ peaceful transition into a democratic dispensation. President De Klerk should at every possible occasion that arises be praised and applauded for such a brave gesture - Mr De Klerk is indeed a patriotic citizen who put his country above himself - and no one can take that away from him. Allow me to use this platform to
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Art Essay ‘Persimmons and silk’ was printed in 1997 by Cressida Campbell‚ an Australian artist born in Sydney 1960. This piece of artwork is a woodblock print‚ drawn directly onto a plywood block using a linear drawing technique and is …cm x …cm. The theme of this print is a still life composed of flowers and fruit on a silk tablecloth. It is not a symmetrical print; while it is very balanced it is asymmetrical in design. In the left foreground there is a bowl of persimmons and the flowers are
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The Art of the Essay It is the fall of 2008‚ and a 14 year old kid is sitting in his Freshman Introductory English class. Classes essentially just started and like always‚ the new freshmen are still giddy in the excitement of a new school with new classes. Kids walk around with their class schedules in their back pockets‚ stopping and investigating the potential of each and every one of their friends ’ list of classes. Freshman English‚ Freshman Science‚ Algebra I‚ World History‚ and Fundamentals
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