Arts Appreciation 1301 Chapter 1 Quiz 1. Chapter One opens by describing the work of artist Cai Guo-Qiang. Gunpowder is an unusual material to draw with and the sky is an unusual surface to draw on! What reasons does the artist give for using gunpowder as his drawing material? Cai Guo-Qiang wished to create beauty from something like gunpowder‚ which is originally considered a force of destruction. 2. On page 3‚ the author (Sayre p.3) states: “Appreciating art is never just a question of accepting
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Introduction Born in the town of Strasbourg in the Alsace province East of France to parents of education and means‚ Paul Gustave Dore happened upon a lucrative business that made him the bane of Parisian art critics but the most sought after illustrator in England and The United States. His father was a civil engineer and he was the second of three male siblings. His father hoped to break him of his wild imaginations and his propensity to put them to paper with pencil. While accompanying his
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Tennessee’s Lemon Law does not cover used vehicles. However‚ there are several other types of laws that can be used to help in the event there is a discovery that you bought used car lemon. First‚ the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has what’s called the Used Car Rule that requires dealers to provide consumers with a Buyer’s Guide with warranty and information. If the dealer has in any way failed to abide by the FTC Used Car Rule‚ you may have the basis for a legal claim. If the dealer has‚ for
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is one of the very few brand names that have become a synonym for the product — Hoover‚ Kleenex‚ Band-Aid‚ Post-it and … Manolo. He studied literature and architecture at the University of Geneva‚ and art at L’École des Beaux-Arts and L’École du Louvre in Paris. Originally‚ he wanted to be a set designer and took a portfolio of drawings to New York in 1971 in the hope of finding work there. Paloma Picasso‚ a friend from Paris‚ arranged for him to meet Diana Vreeland‚ the editor of US Vogue. When
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Tahirih Osborne 11.16.11 HHIS 101 Jeff Bibbee Tutankhamen: Anatomy of an Excavation.Howard Carter’s diaries.The first excavation season in the tomb of Tutankhamen.Part 1: October 28 to December 31‚ 1922 © Griffith Institute‚ Oxford OX1 2LG Otter Box This document provides an in-depth description of Howard Carter’s initial discovery of the ante-chamber to King Tutankhamen’s tomb. November 26th describes the discovery of an unidentified room filled with artifacts‚ while November 27th describes
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Tony Chen 5/5/11 Mr. Solowey Renaissance- Leonardo da Vinci Perhaps when everyone hears this name the idea of genius and the painter of Mona Lisa come to mind. Nor is he only a genius and the painter of Mona Lisa but he is a very multi-talented person. The type on art Leonardo used was known as “chiaroscuro” a color shading technique. Leonardo was not a proud man as he said “I have offended God and mankind because my work didn’t reach the quality it should have.” Brainyquote.com 2001-2011
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Museum Field Trip Last night I had an amazing experience. I toured museums in multiple States and on two Continents. This also happened to be the least expensive cultural experience of my life since it was done from the privacy of my own home. “How is that possible?” you may ask. I toured each museum from my computer. Each museum had its own unique experience‚ complete with different types and eras of art. All of the art was beautiful in its own way. However‚ I’d like to inform and impress
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One difference between the ancient and modern Olympic Games is that the ancient games were played within the context of a religious festival. One of the more intriguing true stories about ancient Greece and the Olympics of ancient Greece would have to be that during the Olympic Games‚ all fighting stopped. No matter how long or how fierce a battle had raged‚ every soldier in the battlefield put down his weapons and travelled to Olympia‚ there they would compete in athletic games designed to honour
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Joseph Mallord William Turner was an English artist who lived in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Turner is known for creating art that is sometimes indistinct. Turner became known as “the painter of light.” Joseph Mallord William Turner was born on April 23‚ 1775‚ to Mary Marshall and William Gay Turner‚ a barber and wig maker. He also had a younger sister‚ Helen Turner. Turner had to overcome family issues‚ concerning mental illness‚ growing up. First his sister died in 1786‚ at an early
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini is a versatile and inspired Italian artist in the history of baroque art. Sculptor and architect are the two well-known characters. However‚ Gian Lorenzo Bernini is also a painter‚ a city planner and a man of the theater. Bernini was born in Naples in 1598. He was the sixth child of Pietro Bernini‚ who is originally from Florence. In 1606‚ Gian Lorenzo Bernini learns the art of sculpture from his father. His talent was soon observed by both the painter Annibale Carracci and Pope
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