Holloway‚ Enejor Art Appreciation- James November 2012 Visual Analysis 13.9 Peter Paul Rubens The abduction of the Daughters of Leucippus is a European painting‚ involving sexual erotica and cultural indication of masculinity and femininity. The painting’s imagery consists of blue skies‚ shimmering and a variety of textures to add to the rich surface and the sensual color harmonies. All figures are placed in a diamond shape‚ suggesting ongoing movement. On the left‚ dark tones act as a
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The constitution as a written document is very simple and vague‚ making it fundamentally political and thus requiring those who interpret it to take into account the present state of the country and the effects that their decision will have on the current populous. The founding fathers‚ like our politicians today‚ had conflicting ideas on how the country should be run‚ hence the length and vagueness of the document. Among these debates was the issue of the judiciary branch. Many believed that a branch
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A mural seems to be an ordinary piece of street art in some neighborhoods. But what about right on the lawn of the Illinois Capitol building? The capitol has many pieces of artwork but when colorful pieces of glass and metal comes together there is a change in the scenery. The piece of street art titled The illinois “Very Special Mosaic Mural” was created by the participants of the 1982 Illinois Very Special Arts Festival. The participants came from all over illinois‚ including the schools Northern
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The Importance of Humanities in the 21st century? In this annotated bibliography I will be trying to answer the question of the importance of humanities in the 21st century. I will be using sources from newspapers‚ books and blogs in which I found either in the UEA library‚ internet and other sources of information. I will be making summaries of the content which I read and evaluate the source as a whole‚ for this annotated bibliography most of the sources which I came across coincidently were
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High School production of “The Crucible”‚ the students took a new twist on modern acting. The entire production was done in American Sign Language (ASL) with only two people saying every person’s lines for him or her. Through this interesting interpretation‚ the actors/actresses were extremely talented at portraying emotion without uttering a single word. “The Crucible” is fictional play created in 1953 by Arthur Miller based off of the Salem witch trials in the 1690s. The Salem witch trials were
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power and might one acquires in the course of their life‚ material possessions will not last forever. In the end‚ the King’s "works" are nothing‚ and the lines inscribed upon his statue are a sermon to those who read it. This is a poem about art. Shelley used imagery and a very impressive ironical way to write this poem. Basically‚ the poem is divided into two parts; the first eight lines are describing an ancient decayed sculpture seen by a traveler. The last six lines however talk about
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Art History Professor November 2012 Throughout history art has served as a preservation and representation of the time in which they were made. During the Ancient Greek period art was not only mare naturalistic and humanistic but also became directly affected by the events going around. Both the Marble Statue of an Old Woman and the Marble Statue of Aphrodite are sculptures that were made during the Ancient Greek era‚ they each tell a story of what was going on during that point
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The Open Boat" Sections 1-3 The story opens in the month of January with the oft-quoted line: “None of them knew the color of the sky” (Crane 57). “Them” means four individuals who are aboard a dinghy‚ having been shipwrecked: the captain with an injured arm‚ the correspondent‚ the cook‚ and Billie‚ the oiler. Except for Billie‚ the rest of the characters remain unnamed. The oiler and the correspondent row the dinghy‚ while the captain provides directions and the cook bails water out of the boat
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The above listed is what I chose for my comparative art analysis essay. I decided to pick this theme because the realm of sleep and/or dream has always been fascinating and the works that depict this theme are most often very interesting to view. I’m hoping to relay to the readers that dreams and their dreamscape differ from person to person. The only thing that is common is the originality and creativity of each dream. One person can interpret a dream painting one way while another can interpret
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On September 14th‚ 2016‚ The Art of the Prank was shown in WIlliams Hall at 7:30pm‚ as a part of the Southern Circuit Film Festival. The film was a documentary based on the founder and self-appointed master of the modern-day media hoax‚ Joseph (Joey) Skaggs. It was produced by Judy Drosd and directed by Andrea Marini. The Art of the Prank highlights Skaggs’ upbringing‚ career choices‚ and the specific successes and failures that shaped him to be the great hoaxer he is today. Joey Skaggs began as
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