Although early prose fiction prototypes of the novel had been popular with readers since the late seventeenth century‚ the English novel as such only became a mature and predominant literary form in the mid-eighteenth century. After decades of embattled popularity—embattled because the guardians of aesthetic value saw these works of fictions as a frivolous and corrupting upstart too derivative of French romance—the novel finally won a respectable place in the literary echelons in the 1740s‚ due largely
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not say that‚ in building‚ it produces an actual house‚ and in painting‚ it produces a house of a different sort‚ as it were a man-made dream for waking eyes?- Plato “A photograph is never interesting for its own sake‚ as art must be…‚” was the claim of conservative writer and philosopher Roger Scruton in his controversial 1989 paper ‘But is it art?’ Many responded strongly to Scruton’s claim that a photograph‚ unlike a painting‚ can never be representational‚ in any aesthetically pertinent sense
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an early-20th-century avant-garde art movement pioneered by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso‚ and later joined by Juan Gris‚ Jean Metzinger‚ Albert Gleizes‚ Robert Delaunay‚ Henri Le Fauconnier‚ and Fernand Léger‚[1] that revolutionized European painting and sculpture‚ and inspired related movements in music‚ literature and architecture. Cubism has been considered the most influential art movement of the 20th century. The term is broadly used in association with a wide variety of art produced in
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strikes a chord with a large number of viewers… Well‚ that’s success!! With this thought in mind let’s dive into the work of art history. Let’s analyse the work of some masters. We can take our new found learnings and try to apply it to our own photographic efforts. Lots of Photographers use Classic Art as a Starting Point A few years ago I attended a workshop by famous photographer Art Wolfe. He spoke about how his training in classical art influenced his photography. Once I started to compare
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Among the large quantity of Chinese paintings‚ Zhao Mengfu’s Autumn colors on the Ch’iao and Hua Mountains is one of the most significant masterpieces‚ regarded as an outstanding representative of the paintings in Yuan Dynasty and the whole works of its author. This painting is a hand scroll‚ ink and color on paper‚ and its size is 28.4x90.2 cm. In the painting‚ the author depicts the beautiful autumn scene of Ch’iao and Hua Mountains. Firstly‚ it is important to know about
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approximately two decades‚ from the late 1860s through the 1880s. The term impressionist was first used by French art critic Louis Leroy in 1874 based on Monet’s painting Impression‚ Sunrise. Leroy found the term fitting to describe the loose‚ undefined and "unfinished" style that Monet and several other artists applied to their paintings. With the 19th century Industrial Revolution and the reconstruction of Paris into a modern city‚ the city scene became one of the Impressionists’ favorite subjects:
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African-American Art A mural is an artwork of painting that is applied on the wall‚ permanent surface or ceiling. One of the distinguishing elements of a given mural is the architectural feature that is harmoniously attached on the image. Wall paintings are sometimes painted on canvases and then attached on walls. However‚ this is subject to controversy in the field of art. There are two types of murals in African and American setting. They include; Photographic mural and painted or image murals.
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Andy Warhol- Research Artist Andy Warhol was heavy handed in his use of repetition and color. He used these elements in many of his screen printed creations. This print of Marilyn Monroe‚ first produced in 1967‚ has become an iconic image often replicated and referenced in the media. Altering colors overlaying the same contoured image is a style now commonly seen. More than twenty years after his death‚ Andy Warhol remains one of the most influential figures in contemporary art and culture. Warhol’s
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The short story Narrative genres‚ such as the novel or the short story‚ are born out of the very powerful human need to tell stories‚ out of our fundamental desire to give shape to experience in order to understand it and share it with the community. Through story telling early communities made sense of natural phenomena‚ unexpected events‚ and personal experience. Storytelling enabled them to pass on valuable information and to keep the memory of their ancestors alive down the generations. Storytelling
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Photomontage is the process and result of making a composite photograph by cutting and joining a number of other photographs. The composite picture was sometimes photographed so that the final image is converted back into a seamless photographic print. A similar method‚ although one that does not use film‚ is realized today through image-editing software. This latter technique is referred to by professionals as "compositing"‚ and in casual usage is often called "photo shopping." Many of the early
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