DAVID HILLIARD David Hilliard “Widow” (2003) Research Paper by Amr Kashmiri Background & Description of his work David Hilliard makes unique multi panel images that narrate complex yet personal stories. The scenes his photographs portray are mostly staged and set up in a manner that they showcase Hilliard’s strong sense of perception and depth of field. Because the photographs are set up‚ there’s a certain kind of rigidity in Hilliard’s work that is similar to the older portraits
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IWC1 Test 1.02 Module Pre-Test Question 1: Multiple Choice The historical revival of Classical culture began during the: a) Middle Ages b) Renaissance c) Baroque Era d) Romantic Era Feedback: The correct answer is b. The historical revival of Classical culture began during the Renaissance. Question 2: Multiple Choice Which of the following was a key feature of ancient Chinese humanism? a) An emphasis on theoretical philosophy. b) A subordination of intellectual life to religious
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Movement When Where Artist Key Characteristics Modernist Topic Pictorialism Julia Margaret Cameron Louis Daguerre The use or creation of pictures or visual images a movement or technique in photography emphasizing artificial often romanticized Pictorial qualities Used as representation of people and historical events Machine aesthetic Impressionism 1870 - 1890 France Alfred Sisley A theory or style of painting originating and developed in France during the 1870s‚ Characterized
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that allowed the slaughter of World War I. 12. The Farm Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Agriculturepaid photographers to document the Great Depression. 13. Alfred Steiglitz was a photographer who became dissatisfied with pictorialism and promoted the idea that photography should be true to its own nature rather than trying to imitate painting. 14. The Dada movement was formed as a reaction toWorld War I. 15. The Lumière brothers invented the first workable film projector
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THOMAS HARDY (1814 – 1928) Transitional figure between the Victorian novel and Modernist novel‚ from Desperate Remedies (Victorian) to Jude the Obscure (nearer to Modernism). One of the main characteristics of his writing is the mixture of plausible human beings and strange and uncommon events‚ the mixture of real and fantastic without rational explanation‚ based on superstition. Recurrent themes in Hardy’s writing are: Class distinction (Tess is from the lower class whereas Alec belongs
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Symphonie Fantastique: The Hopeless Romantic ’s Guide to Nineteenth Century Program Music 1 Inspired by the great philosophers‚ poets and storytellers of his day‚ Berlioz was one of the first composers who sought to merge drama and music into a single genre through the medium of his own creative and highly innovative soundscape. The result was a five movement orchestral masterpiece that is to this day still considered one of the most revolutionary works of the 19th century. The Symphonie
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Sigmund Freud once said “unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.” Perhaps the perfect example of this phenomena is the stories of Edgar Allan Poe. Poe’s narrators often show that some traumatic past event has driven them insane with grief. But why did Poe write in such a grotesque style? Edgar Allan Poe relied on Gothic tropes in his short stories because they illustrate his repression of painful memories and showcase how his lack of acceptance
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Mackensie Archibald History of Photography October 15th‚ 2012 Portraiture‚ expressing people since photography was born Before discussing what portraiture is and the history of it‚ what first needs to occur is to understand the true meaning of portraiture. Unlike several other areas of photography‚ portraiture is a personal experience. It is based on the interaction between the subject and photographer. Portrait photography is an act which involves both the photographer and the subject to reveal
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The rise to power of Hitler and the Nazis in 1930s Germany had a huge impact on the lives of composers and the music they wrote. As well as providing a historical and cultural overview‚ select one composer whose experience exemplifies your argument. Introduction. The popularity of the Nazi party from 1928 to 1930 increased in votes by an astonishing 5.5 million‚ and then a by a further 12 million votes by 1933. This dominant support in Germany changed the course of world history forever. The lives
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Heinrich Kühn The Perfect Photograph Alexander Stolz – Erasmus – N. et.: 11031891 Heinrich Kühn – The Perfect Photograph Alexander Stolz – Erasmus – N. étudiant: 11031891 In recent years there have been an increasing number of shows about the Pictorialists‚ the fine art photographers around 1900. The Austrian photograph Heinrich Kühn counts as one of the most famous and most important among them. He is perceived as one of the founders of photography arts – the first style of art in
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