similarites to another epic of the time‚ The Illiad. The article from Arts and Humaities Through the Eras‚ by Edward I. Bleiberg‚ explains how the Odyssey relates to some key points of the article. One way the Odyssey relates to the article is through the explanation of one of the themes of the book: you have to have endurance‚ and not give into the temptation. Another way that the Odyssey can relate to the article I just read is through the explanation of another epic written at the time‚ The Illiad
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passed‚ the many events that make up world history have transformed society and subsequently the purpose of art. The birth of art occurred around 25‚000 years ago and between that time and now‚ many historical events had caused the purpose of art to change throughout different eras. These different events prove to impact the art of the eras that they occur in‚ and often many events will happen and art will constantly be changing. One can draw similarities and differences between artists responses to the
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Art is a diverse range of human activities and the products of those activities; this article focuses primarily on the visual arts‚ which includes the creation of images or objects in fields including painting‚ sculpture‚ printmaking‚ photography‚ and other visual media. Architecture is often included as one of the visual arts; however‚ like the decorative arts‚ it involves the creation of objects where the practical considerations of use are essential—in a way that they are usually not for a painting
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Jane Student Dr. E. Harris English 1301 8 September 2012 Summary of Art Form For The Digital Age by Henry Jenkins In the article “Art Form For The Digital Age‚” by Henry Jenkins‚ Jenkins elaborates on the ever expanding video game industry and cites that it is now being considered a digital art. The gaming industry is also said to be the form of art in today’s economy that has grown the most. The gaming industry has progressed the most in the past century‚ starting with silent ping-pong games
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‘The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction’: how has the reproduction of images changed the development of art? Identify three works of your choice to support your argument. This essay will start from Walter Benjamin’s consideration about the impact of mechanical reproduction of art as revolutionizing its social function and will describe the noticeable validity of his theory in the contemporary world. By introducing three artworks that belong to different historical periods‚ namely
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80 ’s Music vs. New aged Music Chelsey Stafford COM/170 January 10‚ 2013 Tameka Winston In today ’s society our music comes from a different era than it was in the 80 ’s. The genre and style of the generation will follow. Music comes from the Ancient Greek muses‚ who were the nine goddesses of art and science. Music actually began around 500 B.C. when Pythagoras experimented with acoustics and how math related to tones formed from plucking strings. The main form of music during the middle
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Assignment #2 Walter Benjamin’s‚ The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction Walter Benjamin is an internationally renowned philosopher and a critical theorist from the early 20th century. He has written many diverse and intellectual pieces that were strongly influenced by the social‚ political and economic movement at the time. Benjamin’s thoughts and research is still fresh and recently obtained its due. The essay‚ “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction‚” is a major theoretical
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What is considered art has been a controversial question for many years in history and today. There are various forms and types of art. Because art is very complex and diverse‚ it is viewed and conceptualized in many different ways. Nancy G. Heller states even though a type of artwork is hard to understand‚ it’s considered art‚ and artwork that people don’t understand shouldn’t be disregarded from other types of art. She feels as though people shouldn’t be intimidated by artwork that’s hard to understand
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between the arts and Early Middle Ages culture you would want your students to know? What are three relationships between the arts and Late Middle Ages culture you would want your students to know? Why did you select those relationships? The three relationships between the arts and Early Middle Ages culture that I want my students to know about would have to be Animal Style‚ the remaining books of Christian Gospel and lastly the Manuscripts Illumination. The three relationships between the arts and the
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viewing a film in cinema. In the following essay I will look at the short essay‚ The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction‚ written by Walter Benjamin (1936) and what he means by this ‘aura’ of uniqueness. I will provide a visual example to explain this concept. This discussion will relate to the notion of distance‚ and also how Benjamin (1936) explains this in the context of mass perception through reproductive media. According to Walter Benjamin (1936:793) the aura of an artwork is its
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