Humanities Today The Encyclopedia Britannica (2006) defines the humanities as "Branches of knowledge that investigate human beings‚ their culture‚ and their self-expression." (Humanities). Those branches of knowledge include philosophy‚ literature‚ languages‚ the arts‚ religion and history. The humanities examine the human condition by studying the elements of culture that describe what is or was valued and considered important at a particular point in time. 15th century Italian humanists referred
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Influences of Dada on the work of Jamie Reid Jamie Reid has always been one graphic designer that has excited me; not only is his work powerful‚ but every piece has a meaning and reasoning behind it Jamie Reid is most famous for his iconic sex pistols album covers in which he successfully managed to ‘subvert and court the media’ and was one of the first to break through the ‘permissive society.’ His controversial and unique way of thinking has led him to become such an iconic graphic designer
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Andy Warhol Biography 1928-1987 Campbell’s Soup: Black Bean (c) VG Bild-Kunst‚ Bonn 2001/2002 No other artist is as much identified with Pop Art as Andy Warhol. The media called him the Prince of Pop. Warhol made his way from a Pittsburgh working class family to an American legend. Born in Pittsburgh Andy was born in 1930 in Pittsburgh as the son of Slovak immigrants. His original name was Andrew Warhola. His father was as a construction worker and died in an accident when Andy was 13 years
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HUM 1020 Unit 4 Study Guide Chapter 17: Romantic Era Define: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. bel canto gesamtkunstwerk lieder natural selection leitmotiv Times to Know: 1. Beginning of the French Revolution (1792) 2. American Civil War (1861-1865) Names to Know: 1. Louis Pasteur 2. Charles Darwin 3. Ludwig van Beethoven 4. Jacques-Louis David 5. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 6. Shelley‚ Byron‚ and Keats (started Romantic poetry in England) 7. Charles Dickens 8. Edgar Allan Poe 9. Emerson
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Reading the Visual – Dr Daniel Chandler MC10220 Matthew Ruckwood 03/05/2005 The Perception of Motion Pictures “Why‚ when we look at a succession of still images on the film screen‚ are we able to see a continuous moving image?” During the late 1970s and early 1980s a small group of film scholars radically broke away from the time-honoured explanation of how the human eye (and mind) perceived the apparent motion in cinema. They abandoned the notions of ‘persistence of vision’ and the
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Richard Jackson is an American contemporary artist born in 1939 and raised in Sacramento‚ he spent his free time hunting on a 2‚000-acre ranch in Colusa County with his family‚ who are descendants of President Andrew Jackson. He studied engineering and art at Sacramento State College. He held down odd jobs like Christmas tree farming and mining for gold in Sierra City before getting his first gallery shows in L.A. in the 1970s. He now has a studio where he does all his work in Sierra Madre‚ California
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‘’The moment you believe you understand a great work of art‚ it’s dead for you’’ (Oscar Wilde‚ cited in World of Quotes) Visual Art is the embodiment of the artist’s perceptions and values. Artists convey private and public interpretation of their work using signs and symbols. The audience identifies signs and symbols found in artworks to create their own meaning. Semiotics is the study of signs and symbols‚ this understanding can give the viewer a more insightful interpretation towards artwork
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The development of abstraction in the 20th century art in the paintings‚ Sketch I for "Composition VII" by Kandinsky and the painting‚ "Nude Descending a Staircase‚ No. 2" by Duchamp all include a variety of line‚ color‚ plane and composition‚ all elements of abstraction art that create an ambiguous mood to the overall painting. In the first painting‚ Sketch I for "Composition VII" by Kandinsky the artist uses different forms of color and line to create a look of flat feel. For example‚ the
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MODERN ART A brief overview of art styles from the 1900 through to the 1970’s IMPRESSIONISM •Impressionism began in 1874 in France. •It took it’s name from Claude Monet’s “Impression at Sunrise” (1872). •It was a reaction to the precision of images created by the newly invented camera (1853). • Therefore‚ the artists were concerned with capturing the effects of light as it changed through the course of the day. •They began painting outdoors – called plen-air‚ and depicted the weather
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To what extent is the truth different in mathematics‚ the arts and the ethics? María Inés Zelaya Luque Theory Of Knowledge Essay Teacher: Lesa Raber Date: Thursday 18 February 2010 Word Count: 1‚588 Cadidate Number: 003741-011 The world “Truth” is more an adjective rather than a noun. There are true statements true evaluations and true reasoning but not a reality that can be called “The Truth”. Therefore when we consider
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