Full Name: ID Number: Course Number and Title: 1511 Visual Theory Lecturers: Melanie FerDon‚ Henry Symonds‚ Lynnemaree Patterson Assignment Title: Research Essay Semester: 1 Due Date: 3p.m. Week 13 Thursday June 6‚ 2013 Name of File for turnitin: ____________________________________ Office Only Received Date .. / ../ .. Initial …………. One of the most influential and independent artists of the 19th Century was Frank Stella. In this essay I will discuss and analyse one
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Between 1130 A.D. and 1230 A.D. twenty-five cathedrals were built within 100 miles of Paris. All of them were "Gothic." The historical style itself originated at the abbey church of St. Denis in Saint-Denis‚ near Paris‚ where it exemplified the vision of Abbot Suger. The first truly Gothic construction
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ART 1/PREHISTORIC THROUGH GOTHIC ART Chapter 1: The Birth of Art 1-5 Nude Woman (The Venus of Willendorf)‚ 28‚000-25‚000 B.C. 1-6 Woman Holding a Bison Horn‚ from Laussel 25‚000-20‚000 B.C. 1-7 Two Bison‚ 15‚000-10‚000 B.C. 1-9 Bison‚ detail of cave at Altamira‚ 12‚000-1‚000 B.C. 1-10 Spotted Horses and Negative Hand Prints‚ cave at Pech-Merle‚ 22‚000 B.C. 1-11 Hall of Bulls‚ Left wall‚ 15‚000-13‚000 B.C. 1-14 Stone Tower‚ Jericho‚ 8‚000-7‚000 B.C.
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monuments during the Romanesque and Gothic periods‚ which lead to a great cathedral construction boom across Europe. The Gothic architectural styles were distinctive in not only the large windows and use of stain glass but they were known for their use of flying buttresses and they were built to be more vertical as if they were reaching out to the heavens. It is also known for the introduction of art within the Cathedrals including the stained glass‚ the use of gargoyles‚ and column figures just
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period are Abbaye aux Hommes (the Abbey of the Men) in Caen‚ France; Worms Cathedral in Germany‚ the Cathedral of Pisa with its famous leaning campanile (bell tower)‚ Modena Cathedral and the Parma Cathedral in Italy‚ and Durham Cathedral and Peterborough Cathedral in England. Saint-Georges de Boscherville Abbey‚ France‚ has a square tower over the crossing. The western pinnacles are in the Gothic style. Speyer Cathedral‚ Germany‚ from the east‚ shows the apse projecting from a chancel framed
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The Rich Brother and Cathedral Thesis Paper Danny Miller LCS 121 Section H 9/28/14 “The Rich Brother” by Tobias Wolf‚ tells a story of two brothers with very different lifestyles and perspectives on the world. The main character Pete is a very successful real estate agent in Santa Cruz who tends to get caught up in the materialistic things in life. He always wants his image to appear superior to others‚ from the house‚ to the car‚ to the clothes and he seems to look down upon on those who are
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another Gothic Cathedral. They created a mounsterous three hundred and seventy seven feet high‚ and four hundred and twenty seven feet long church: The Chartres Cathedral. The pointy tips of the monument was to form a sense of direction that allowed people to ultimately see for themselves that it does serve as a divine function. It is cemetrical to create a sense of peace and harmony. The Cathedral did not only stand as a center point for the city‚ but also a place of worship. The cathedral has been known
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The different gothic styles were influenced heavily by politics‚ religion‚ and the geographic location. Majority of the styles include the pointed arches‚ the ribbed vaults and the flying buttress. Gothic design is accustom for many of the great cathedrals‚ abbeys and churches of Europe. It is also the architecture of many castles‚ palaces‚
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the German Expressionism between 1905 and 1925‚ Viadimir Tatlin’s Abstracts from 1907 forward‚ Pablo Picasso’s Cubism from 1907-1915 to name a few. Further into the 1900’s bought Dada‚ Surrealism‚ Abstract Expressionism‚ Pop Art‚ Optical Art and Minimalism. I would define Modern Art as art that was developed from the development of exploratory ideas in the individual artist’s mind who is painting. In my opinion Modern Art stepped away from traditional techniques and expanded art into deeper thinking
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1865 and was based on Whitman’s experiences working as a nurse in the American Civil War. John Adam’s is most often recognized as a minimalist‚ and well known for his pieces Doctor Atomic‚ and Short Ride in a Fast Car. You can hear examples of minimalism all throughout the piece. What I found interesting was that when Adams was working on this piece‚ his father was dying of Alzheimer’s disease. This gave Adams the ability to connect with Whitman’s poem on a much deeper level. Not just by having
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