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    or personal life and tons of reasons that they might not have the time for taking care of their parents. Thus‚ the only solution for them is to send their parents to old folk homes leads to the increase of number to admission of elderly to old folk homes. The table shows the numbers of people aged 60 and above placed in old folks homes from the year 2006 to 2010. Based on the table‚ in year 2006‚ there are total 320 males and females amounting 220 and 100 people respectively. In year 2007‚ the number

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    Modern American Art

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    Urban Modernity in NY (1908) and Ash Can artists General: The thrills of technology‚ such as coney island‚ city of wonders‚ also had the nitty gritty‚ more poverty and realistic side of the city with the ash can artists • Song Slide: nickelodeon o Diversity‚ adults children white black o Let the audience feel as a presence w/in performance o Act of watching was also entertainment • Coney Island at Night- film frame o Electricity changing what nighttime meant in urban setting • Before

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    NON OBJECTIVE ART Composition with red‚ yellow and blue‚ composed by Piet Mondrian from 1937-1942  HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: * The art movement that Composition with red‚ yellow and blue was created in was Surrealism.  * After returning to Holland in 1914‚ Mondrian was fascinated by abstract paintings. * With the war outbreak in Holland‚ Mondrian was forced to stay in Holland‚ where in 1916-1917‚ he helped form the Neo-Plasticism movement. Neo-plasticism impacted and brought out the

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    Music Is an Art Form

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    TERM PAPER “Music is generally perceived as the most universal of all art forms.” The literal meaning of the word ’music’ according to any dictionary is: ’art of combining vocal or instrumental sounds in a harmonious or expressive way.’ But music has a meaning which is far broader than this. Music is life. Music means Self-expansion and oneness. It is an art by itself. Art‚ in any of its forms‚ is generated by a person‚ or a group of talented yet usually ordinary people‚ that express‚ willingly

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    According to the dictionary the word mural means a painting or other work of art that is directly executed on to a wall. The mural started out as what is known as graffiti‚ which comes from the Latin word graffio‚ meaning scratching or scribbling. Murals are in existence in almost every city across the world. More specifically‚ I want to zero in on cities such as Philadelphia‚ Los Angeles‚ and Belfast and Derry Ireland. An individual may believe that murals are there to beautify the city‚ however

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    Art Notes: Living With Art

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    Chapters 1 and 2 Notes Chapter 1 Living with Art Megaliths are large stones that are surrounded by a circular ditch. The monument is presumably the marking of graveyard and once was accompanied by other monuments. The Neolithic era is known for the uses of new tools and constructive materials such as hardening clays using a flame. Pottery was used to create bowls‚ food jars‚ cups‚ and a variance of other objects. Each culture characterizes art in its own way. Artists perform tasks such as create

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    Art Essay

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    * Name the principles of design. * Describe and define each of the principles of design. * Discuss how color may affect balance in a work of art. * Discuss the use of the principles of design when describing a work of art. 1.The principles of design are unity and variety‚ balance‚ emphasis and subordination‚ directional forces‚ contrast‚ repetition and rhythm‚ and scale and proportion. 2. Unity-is the appearance or condition of oneness. Variety-provides diversity and acts to

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    Pop Art And Art Nouveau

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    movements‚ Pop Art and Art Nouveau. This was in direct response to the mass media being produced in popular culture. Pop Art emerged partly from absorption of ideas put forward in the work of various artist such as Roy Lichtenstein and partly from a spontaneous response to the commercial imagery that was beginning to swamp the visual world in that country. Art Nouveau originally formed as a response to mass media under a group of artists in New York who wanted to counter pop culture with their art‚ music

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    Art Therapy History

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    A BRIEF HISTORY OF ART THERAPY Randy M. Vick This history of art therapy focuses on the precursory and continuing trends that have shaped the theory and practice and the literature that reflects this development. Scholarship‚ like history‚ builds on the foundations laid by others. I am indebted to the authors of four other histories that I found to be particularly useful in the preparation of this chapter. Both Malchiodi (1998) and Rubin (1999) have assembled histories based on contributing trends

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    Art and Science

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    Art and science 1 . Definition of art and science : - Art is reason applied without limits‚ geared towards an ideal and guided by the practical. - Science is reason applied within a framework‚ geared towards the practical and guided by an ideal. 2 The difference between art and science Art is geared towards an ideal‚ towards the attainment of perfection. All art is begun with some idea in mind‚ and bringing this idea across to viewers in the right manner in the goal of the artist. Yet

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