ruling class in society. Art which the ruling class favors comes to be known as high art. Because the ruling classes want to preserve their privileged social position‚ their attitudes tend to be deeply conservative. One feature of art sponsored by power factions in society is that it tends to be highly ornate and decorative. Art serves as a way for these people to show off their material wealth and power. This takes the system of patronage‚ where wealthy patrons of art sponsor skilled artists and
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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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Secular ideals were becoming more and more common throughout Italy. The growing patrician society led to a more self centered population with individualistic ideals. The expanding interest in art‚ literature‚ and virtuous principles helped immensely in the spread of secular and individualistic ideals during the Italian Renaissance.
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Travels Abroad with Goethe’s Italian Journey Foreign travel‚ I think‚ is one of the most rewarding experiences you can have in life. You never really get a chance in life to explore who you really are and what you believe until you’re able to leave your daily life and spend time in a place where everything’s drastically different. Of course‚ not all travel is mind opening and horizon broadening. Some people just go abroad in a tourist frame of mind. The only thing they want to do when
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Art History Study Guide for Final Review for final exam‚ Art 2‚ Renaissance to Modern The questions on the test will be taken from the categories below. I have left out some artists entirely and in some cases limited the objects being considered for questions. You will choose ten or twelve questions from 16 or more possibilities. Art of Venice (two questions) Titian Giorgione Palladio (Villa Rotonda only) El Greco (Laocoon [National Gallery‚ DC] and View of Toledo [Met]‚ see Met
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During the 16th century Renaissance‚ the country of Italy was reintroduced to the importance of the liberal arts: language‚ literature‚ philosophy‚ and history. It was a period of rebirth and light for a country once consumed by darkness during the time known as the Middle Ages. The fall of Constantinople in 1453 brought into Italy an influx of Byzantine scholars that sparked a refocus on such liberal studies and humanities that restructured the general governance of Italy for centuries to come
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Following the period of time known as the Late Middle Ages‚ the Italian Renaissance is significantly marked by several cultural and artistic achievements. With artists such as Jan van Eyck‚ known for his remarkable attention to human personality‚ and Michelangelo‚ painter of the Sistine Chapel‚ the quality of art during the Italian Renaissance greatly surpasses the generic faces and gothic-like qualities of the Late Middle Ages. As far as technology is concerned‚ the invention of the printing press
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On a recent visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ I took a tour of the museum with a lecturer. During the tour‚ the leader lectured on particular paintings. She told the know history behind each shown painting. She also gave the history of the period in which the painting was painted. The lecturer also helped everyone to understand what the colors in the paintings brought to each painting. While viewing the many paintings‚ the first one that caught my eye was Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier and
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“The oldest and most often invoked argument is that art‚ whatever its form‚ is a public good” (Ginsburgh‚ 2001‚ p. 759). Why? Because as the author referred‚ it can benefit not only those who attend or see it‚ and who pay for it‚ but also all other consumers‚ who do not necessarily wish to contribute voluntarily to its production or to its preservation‚ in the case of museums‚ so they are free riders. We can easily understand that artistic activities also produce externalities to all civilization
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Publication: Children and Parents Journal Date of publication: 2013 Retrieved from: http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/music-arts/the-benefits-of-music-education/ The main idea of the article “The benefits of musical education” is how music works on children’s development and what opportunities have music .According to this article music helps to work the small muscles as ears
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