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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Performance art is an essentially contested concept: any single definition of it implies the recognition of rival uses. As concepts like "democracy" or "art"‚ it implies productive disagreement with itself.[1] The meaning of the term in the narrower sense is related to postmodernist traditions in Western culture. From about the mid-1960s into the 1970s‚ often derived from concepts of visual art‚ with respect to Antonin Artaud‚ Dada‚ the Situationists‚ Fluxus‚ Installation art‚ and Conceptual Art‚ performance
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3rd‚ 2013 Assignment Two: Art as Expression‚ Or Just Aesthetics The question of what art is cannot be properly answered without asking why art is. Prior to the advent of the written language‚ art was used as a means of communication‚ and in some ways‚ written language is in its own regard‚ art. Art‚ then‚ must be an expression of meaning by the artist‚ or potentially by the client that artist created the artwork for‚ but this assumption is altogether too broad. Art is not exclusively a private
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And what of our human art? Must we not say that‚ in building‚ it produces an actual house‚ and in painting‚ it produces a house of a different sort‚ as it were a man-made dream for waking eyes?- Plato “A photograph is never interesting for its own sake‚ as art must be…‚” was the claim of conservative writer and philosopher Roger Scruton in his controversial 1989 paper ‘But is it art?’ Many responded strongly to Scruton’s claim that a photograph‚ unlike a painting‚ can never be representational
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Pros and Cons of Public Art Assignment 2 Winn‚ Laura 4/24/2014 In July of 2009 the Introduction of public art came to light when the Yakima city approved the installation of Convolution‚ a modern sculpture created by Bremerton artist Will Robinson. The attention gained by the debates of the Convolutions placement has brought public art in Yakima‚ and polices of the Yakima Arts Commission to a high in the community. An adverse reaction was given when the placement of the Transcendence
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Studio Art - James Borg Question 7-Identify an art industry issue that you have studied this year. -Identify and describe key ideas and/or concerns in the issue. -What do you think about the issue. Art Industry Issue -Is graffiti becoming more of a crime than art and how can it be controlled. Graffiti originated in New York in the late 1970s. It started off with locals writing their names on walls and subway train just for fame. Before and after that though there were other types
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Innovations were brought to the seventeenth-century Dutch art market. Initially‚ artists joined the artists’ guild‚ such as the guild of St. Luke‚ after well trained in the artists’ schools or in apprenticeships. The guild usually restricted the sales of the artists’ works. Therefore‚ artists were not allowed to trade their art pieces freely. However‚ over the course of the seventeenth century‚ commissions decreased‚ and artworks were more affordable for the middle class. Especially after the Eighty
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The analysis. “Art for heart’s sake”. Дейнеко Дарья‚ ЛПС-001-O-11 I’d like to tell you about my analysis of the story “Art for heart’s sake” . It’s a very interesting story written by R.L.Goldsberg. He was an American sculptor‚ cartoonist and writer. He graduated from the. He produced several series of cartoons that were highly popular. His best works are “Is There a Doctor in the House?”‚ “Rube Goldsberg’ Guide to Europe” and “I Made
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Is my Elvis lunchbox art? I must admit that this assignment was somewhat challenging for me. In reading the Sporre’s “Reality Through The Arts” (pg25)‚ I’ve come to realize that I tend to lean more towards an Aesthetic approach in evaluating and analyzing art. While I may find intrinsic emotional value or inspiration in pieces of art‚ I mainly see‚ consider and enjoy it for what it is. The artwork that I chose is a sculpture in my home that when looking at it gives me a different way of viewing
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censored and supported works of art. The United States government hesitantly created the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in 1965 to provide material support for deserving artists. Initially the government did not want to support individuals or groups of individuals because it feared that the works of art they created might end up being construed as national art and it only allowed NEA to be formed after being pressured by activists. The need to cease underwriting vulgar art became apparent in 1988
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