back into the Roman and Greek arts and literature‚ a time period that was remembered. Power and wealth were key to the rebirth of the arts‚ and Italy an ideal location. In the Italian Renaissance‚ people began to look beyond tangible ideas‚ alternatively‚ pondering the abstract world‚ the philosophy of life‚ reforming the Christian Church into art‚ and artist freedom along with commissioned work were brought into practice‚ but not only was there a rebirth of the art‚ there was a changing of the government
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of her Italian heritage. I grew up surrounded by laughter and love‚ with a stomach full of authentic Italian cooking. I am proud of my Italian descent because my family has made sure to keep cultural traditions alive and celebrated. However‚ despite my love for my culture‚ I have never had the chance to visit Italy. I would love to walk along the same streets where my grandmother spent
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Art for Arts’ Sake Dear Friends‚ When I was asked to write to you about my views of the role of the Arts in society‚ I did not hesitate to embrace the task. Over the past three years‚ I have been working on a PhD in Music Education. I have finished all of my coursework‚ and have "only" my dissertation remaining. In this program of study‚ I recall many discussions in our seminar classes that were seeking to answer this very question: What is the role of the Arts in our society? For purposes
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industries with brute force and attracting much public attention. Hollywood focuses on glamorizing the Mafioso lifestyle‚ distracting from the true nature of organized crime. Over the past decade‚ the key opportunities have been utilized by the Italian Mafia‚ resulting in a powerful behind-the-scenes dominance over many aspects we may not expect. "It’s gonna be a Cosa Nostra." "The Honored Society‚ or Mafia‚ as it was less often called‚ was a vast criminal brotherhood that had developed in
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The Italian Job After watching and taking notes in the lecture the first movie that came to mind that I felt had many of the elements discussed was The Italian Job. The main elements I saw in this movie were‚ creative use of tension buildup and release through audio techniques and different movement and viewpoints with the camera. Many points in the movie instrumental music was being used to set or create a mood of suspense while the group of “thieves” are in the middle or performing a heist.
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period started‚ and 1750 which marks the end of the Baroque period. We are pleased to announce that our nearly twenty-four year search has ended in the discovery of two such capsules. Each of these capsules contains information‚ vital to the understanding of past cultures and their origins‚ and necessary to the development of culture today. In what we ’re now referring to as "Cap A"‚ we have discovered two very well known pieces of Art. One‚ now referred to as the world’s most famous smile
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all at once; opera is the work par excellence‚ to the production of which all the arts are necessary (Sutherland‚ 1). " Opera starts not with music but with its literary source (story or plot)‚ whether it be history‚ biography‚ fiction‚ or mythology in the form of poem‚ play‚ drama‚ novel‚ or original libretto"(Knapp 6). Opera is a combination of mangled drama‚ the singers‚ the music and many different arts (Knapp‚ 3). An opera is not an opera without the music. The musical representation
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The baroque era faced a significant amount of resistance in the domains of religion‚ politics‚ and society in general. The Catholic Church faced a lot of criticism from Protestants‚ fueled by Martin Luther. His critique was focused on the greed and abuse of power portrayed by the church. Rome was referred to as ‘the whore of Babylon’ because of the expensive art‚ extravagant banquets and grand architecture present in the church. In its defense‚ the Catholic Church responded by addressing the
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of Predappio in Romagna. According to Ivone Kirkpatrick (1964)‚ Romagna‚ at that time‚ was a hotbed of anticlericalism and republicanism. It was an era of rural nonconformity. Mussolini himself was named after both a Mexican revolutionary and two Italian revolutionary socialists. Both his grandfather and his father were politically involved‚ his grandfather in the struggle against the papacy and his father in the struggle to institute revolutionary socialism in Italy. However‚ his mother was deeply
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within a work of art‚ and a work of art may reflect more than one theme. A theme is an “idea” thread running through the entire history of art. There are many threads." - Chapter Three For this discussion board choose at least two “thread” categories from what is listed below. Check Chapter 3 for the textbook’s examples of what art and environments fit within these categories‚ then think of your own examples of what would be “ sacred” art‚ political/social order inspired art‚ etc. Write a post
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