ELVIRA SUKAMTOH SARA COTTER ART HIST 110 ------------------------------------------------- 15 MARCH 2013 The two paintings that appeal to me the most are the genre-painting‚ In Grandmother’s Time by Thomas Eakins (1876) and Tattered and Torn by Alfred Kappes (1886). The main subjects for the two paintings are the woman at the center of the composition. Through the differences in color‚ light‚ and the objects in the composition‚ these two paintings express two different stories. These paintings
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African Art History African art history has played a significant role in shaping the culture and history of the world. The belief that Africa is the cradle of the history of mankind is virtually unshakeable. The origins of African art history lie long before recorded history‚ preserved in the obscurity of time. Rock Art is centuries old‚ while shell beads fashioned for a necklace have been recovered in a cave in the furthest reach of the southern peninsula of South Africa that are 75 000 years old
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Saira Nicole O. Raymundo HU 101 sec 6 ART CRITIQUE MC GALLERY OF WOMEN’S ART The moment I entered the gallery of Women’s Art I really felt something different.. because it was cold‚ I really liked that temperature because it is very hot outside. Upon entering a smiling guard came to us and lectured us some rules to follow while visiting the gallery. I was really proud of my gender because of the works I saw. All
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Art and Aesthetics Everything that we see around us is piece of art‚ but not everyone is able to notice it. Main thing that distinguish art and not art is only our attitude‚ the way we look at object that we are observing and the way artist present the art work to his audience. Personally I think that everything might be an art if you use your creativity‚ include your imagination and release all your potential‚ which was inherent in you by nature many years ago‚ while you are looking at
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Professor: Kim de Beaumont 11/30/12 I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and after seeing all the paintings‚ sculptures‚ and art works‚ I chose Kouros‚ for my final paper‚ because it shows Greek’s first nude youth male during Archaic period on ca. 600 BCE. My piece of art is Marble statue of Kouros (male youth) which is characteristically depicted nude with the left leg striding forward and hands clenched at the side. This noble figure of a youth is one of the earliest freestanding marble
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Egyptian art depicts people in a rigid‚ blocky‚ stiff manner and the people portrayed were generally religious or political figures often sculpted or painted in profile. For example‚ the "Palette of King Narmer" located in Hierakonpolis‚ Egypt is a blah-colored "stone slab with a circular depression" (Kleiner 57). This palette depicts the king on both sides in human form escorted by his "sandal-bearer." Please note that this is an example of Egyptian art where profiles are indeed‚ demonstrated. This
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I think that our 5th grade should go to the art museum. The reason we should go is because of the amazing art because the art there is really beautiful. The other reason is to learn about the history and why they made it.The last reason is because of the history. The history is really fun to learn about. My first reason is because of the history.The history is really cool to see and learn about.The reason I picked history is because I like to learn about people from an earlier time. So‚ that
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of the technological breakthroughs or discoveries that changed art during the Modern Era‚ 1800-1945. Indicate specific ways in which these changed the form and/or content‚ themes‚ purposes/functions of art‚ and the lives of artists. Photography Light bulbs Use of metal in construction There have been many inventions since the 19th century that has been incorporated in the artistic realm. Photography has created a new genre of art available to people. This invention allows people to see an image
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art. The discussion will include a formal analysis of each of the two artworks mentioned. The analysis will cover the materials and techniques used during this period of Greek art‚ the relation of certain styles to one another‚ the function of the artworks‚ its subject matter‚ and the social or religious meaning and context. As illustrated in the marble sculptures of the Winged Victory (Nike) of Samothrace and the Aphrodite‚ Pan and Eros‚ the Hellenistic era exposed such expansion with dramatic
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Celtic art is art associated with various people known as Celts; those who spoke the Celtic languages in Europe from pre-history through to the modern period‚ as well as the art of ancient people whose language is unknown‚ but where cultural and stylistic similarities suggest they are related to Celts. Also covered by the term is Celtic revival art from the 18th century to the modern era‚ which began as a conscious effort by Modern Celts to express self-identification and nationalism. Typically
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