The meaning of a work of art/media//design is not fixed‚ whatever the intention of the maker. During the Renaissance the female nude became a popular subject for painters‚ said to glorify beauty‚ truth and love. However‚ history suggests that in a society unfamiliar with confrontation with female flesh‚ certain nudes were greeted with shock and disgust. In fact‚ some nude images may have even been created with pornographic intent. This essay will address the title ’s statement using Titian ’s 1538
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the culture in which they are made. Throughout history‚ artists have manifestly depicted the society that surrounds them and as time has progressed‚ artists have continually alluded to the values and restrictions that society has placed. Manet’s Olympia‚ Judy Chicago’s Dinner Party and Orlan’s Orlan Gives Birth to her Loved Self‚ all represent various ideas and interest through the development of a visual language. As society has evolved‚ the depiction of the human body has gradually moved from the
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The Great Pyramid of Giza One of the most famous structures on the list of the seven wonders of the ancient world is The Great Pyramid of Giza. What makes this structure the most recognizable on the list? Not only is this pyramid the oldest structure on the list‚ but it is the only structure that still remains. The Great Pyramid of Giza was the tallest man made structure in the world for 3800 years which is not only a testament to its durability but to its mark as one of the most remarkable structures
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Narcisa Rizal (1852-1939) Narcisa is the third child and was married to Antonio Lopez‚ a teacher and musician from Morong‚ Rizal. Like a doting sister‚ Narcisa was very close to Rizal and could recite all of Rizal’s poem from memory. Olympia Rizal (1855-1887) Olympia was married to Silvestre Ubaldo who was a telegraph operator from Manila.Olympia unfortunately died from childbirth in 1887. Lucia Rizal (1857-1919) Lucia was the fifth child and was married to Matriano Herbosa. One important fact to
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relationship between music and mathematics‚ as they envisioned music as a concept of harmonious order reflecting the cosmos and human soul. Many people in Ancient Greece had a liking for sports‚ most of the men and boys trained/played sports religiously. Olympia‚
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Riefenstahl was a German dancer‚ actor and filmmaker between the 1920s and 1940s. She became well known for her career as a filmmaker‚ which had flourished during the years of the Nazi regime. It was during these years that she made her famous films Olympia (1938) and triumph of the will (1935). As a child‚ leni loved dancing‚ gymnastics and theatre and above all she dreamed of dancing as a child on stage‚ her mother was supportive of her desires‚ but her father was unsympathetic. In 1918 when she was
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The early nineties defined a turning point‚ a culmination moment particularly fixed on an emerging subculture of Pacific Northwest musicians‚ who would later define what is now known as “indie” music. Based in Olympia‚ Washington‚ this movement developed out of a “do-it-yourself” (DIY) strategy‚ where artists took to repurposed materials in order to convey bold personal points. Among these creators were the young female founders of the feminist punk rock movement‚ Riot Grrrl. Radical‚ edgy‚ and
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the Ancient World. Ancient Greek and Roman scholars wrote about these wonders of architecture beauty. Located around the Mediterranean and Middle East‚ the seven wonders were: Great Pyramid of Giza‚ Hanging Gardens of Babylon‚ Statue of Zeus at Olympia‚ Temple of Artemis at Ephesus‚ Mausoleum at Halicarnassus‚ Colossus of Rhodes‚ and the Lighthouse of Alexandria. This paper will review four of these wonders. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are thought to be series huge and magnificent gardens
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comprises: DQ1: Assess the impact of photography on the 19th century political and social landscape. How did it affect paintings? Use one example from Gardner’s Art through the Ages and one from the Internet. DQ2: Compare Manet’s Olympia to Millais’s Ophelia. Discuss how each work represents the artist and his period. Use one example from Gardener’s Art through the Ages and at least one from the Internet. General Questions - General Academic Questions BIO 100 INTRODUCTION TO
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Introduction Historians have oft referred to the twentieth century as the most violent in human history. Indeed‚ it was a period of much turbulence that included two cataclysmic wars of a scope that had never been seen before. In addition to violence‚ it was also a century that bore new ideas about Western society‚ including its philosophy‚ politics‚ and arts. This period of modernism‚ which began in the late nineteenth century‚ entailed great innovation while challenging the ideas and norms that
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