‘The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.’ -Pablo Picasso How can events in the life of an artist influence the work they produce? Although the ideas that shape an artist’s work come from within‚ their inspiration comes from the outside world: their own experiences within it and reflections upon it. Pablo Picasso painted Guernica in response to the bombing of a village in northern Spain‚ perhaps finding some relief in transferring uneasy thoughts sparked by the tragedy
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Art Review The artist I would like to introduce is Tang Ying Mui‚ Grace. She is currently working as an active female contemporary artist in Hong Kong. Grace’s main form of art is installation art. Grace is well-known for her continue exploration of the use of thin plastic wrapped wire. She likes working with this material not only because it is low-priced but due to its flexibility. She can mould the wire into different shapes - as if it was a 3-D drawn line stretching from papers into the
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MUSEUMS AND THEIR VOICES A CONTEMPORARY STUDY OF THE BENIN BRONZES WRITTEN BY Charlotta Dohlvik SUPERVISORS Staffan Lundén and Peter Davis Master’s Dissertation‚ May 2006 International Museum Studies‚ Museion‚ Göteborg University 1 ABSTRACT........................................................................................................................................................... 4 1. BACKGROUND ...........................................................................
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Iconoclasm‚ Incarnation‚ and Art During the time of the Byzantine period‚ the utilization of religious images was a controversial subject. This controversy consisted of three parties; the Carolingians‚ iconoclasts‚ and iconodules and each party had their own interpretation on how and where these religious images could be used. Although each party had a different view‚ there was something in common amongst the three of them‚ they all agreed that God is the only thing that someone may worship. The
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Ancient Greece art is beautifully decorated by the craftsmen. Art was made with bronze‚ gold‚ silver but the most that Greeks used to make is metal to make art. But there was something stronger than metal‚ it was…..iron‚ iron is harder than metal. Metal can be melted down and made into something else‚ many metal sculptures and other metal items were melted down so they could be for other things. The Greeks made many things like bowls and vases‚ cauldrons‚ knives and daggers‚ shields‚ armour‚ decorative
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1.0 Art Life history of Picasso Pablo Picasso is a Spanish artist and he is Small‚ muscular with radiant black eyes. Picasso was a master at drawing‚ painting‚ sculpting‚ graphics‚ ceramics‚ and theatrical design. His career spanned nearly the entire era of modern art‚ starting with the realism era in the late nineteenth century and drawing to a close with the advent of neo-Expressionism‚ a style inspired by Picasso’s last works. Picasso was continually developing new ways of expressing himself
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The Arts play a large role in the expression of inner thoughts and beauty in my life. From dance and music to abstract art our concept of life is shown through the various ways in which we interpret it. We use the Arts as a means of touching that part of us that we cannot reach with Physical Science‚ Social Science‚ or any of the Humanities. The arts allow us to be as specific or as abstract as we please. It helps us become closer to ourselves and to others around us. Though there has been a lot
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UNIT 1‚ SCIENCE AS A HUMAN ENDEAVOUR Structure 1.1 Introduction Objectives I ! 1.2 Linking Past with Present b Why Search the Past What is History of Science 1.3 Some Aspects of Science r The Institution of Science The Method of Science The Tradition of Science The Social Function of Science 1.4 Summary 1.5 Terminal Questions 1.6 Answers 1.1 INTRODUCTION - Science is a human endeavour. Human beings‚ from prehistoric times‚ attempted to control nature for their own welfare. For this‚ they
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American Art and Architecture Two opposite forces have coexisted in American art since the establishment of the first colonies. On the one hand‚ American artists have been aware of their European cultural heritage and of continuing innovation in Europe; on the other hand‚ they have had to adapt European forms to the exigencies of their native situation. This interaction between rival forces is hardly unique to American art--all art grows within a tradition--but what distinguishes the American
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The Renaissance Mind Mirrored in Art By: Susan Fegley Osmond Source: World and I. 13.12 (Dec. 1998): p18. From General OneFile. Art reveals aspects of the Renaissance worldview that formed the foundations of the modern era. This article aims to outline some basic changes in worldview that took place during the Renaissance -- a movement and an era of awakening that turned from the medieval order and laid the basis for Western civilization up to the present. Today‚ when the Renaissance is
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