He was a set designer; he used the Rococo art style in his set designs and he also implemented Industrial Art into his work. “Melies bought Robert Houdin’s theater in 1888; he learned and used many things from Houdin’s theater such as stop motion photography‚ double and multiple exposures
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The Italian author and violinist Arcangelo Corelli practiced a wide impact on his peers and on the succeeding era of writers. Conceived in Fusignano‚ Italy‚ in 1653‚ a full era before Bach or Handel‚ he contemplated in Bologna‚ a recognized musical focus‚ then settled himself in Rome in the 1670s. By 1679 had entered the administration of Queen Christina of Sweden‚ who had taken up home in Rome in 1655‚ after her surrender the prior year‚ and had set up there an institute of literati that later turned
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French Rococo Era Painter‚ 1703-1770 Francois Boucher seems to have been perfectly attuned to his times‚ a period which had cast off the pomp and circumstance characteristic of the preceding age of Louis XIV and had replaced formality and ritual by intimacy and artificial manners. Boucher was very much bound to the whims of this frivolous society‚ and he painted primarily what his patrons wanted to see. It appears that their sight was best satisfied by amorous subjects‚ both mythological and contemporary
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Raft of the Medusa Theodore Gericault‚Raft of the Medusa‚ 1818-1819 [oil on canvas]491X716cm The Raft of the Medusa was created by Theodore Gericault in the years 1818 and 1819 during the French Romantic period. This oil painting‚ which stands at a massive 491x716cm‚ was created to capture the tragedy of the Medusa.This essay discusses what the Raft of the Medusa was‚ the reasons behind why Theodore Gericault made this painting and the political impacts it had at the time it was made. The ‘Medusa’
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TEXTURE • Refers to the perception of touch which distinguishes a wide variety of surface qualities. Texture can be imaginary. • It exists as a literal surface we can feel‚ but also as a surface we can see‚ and imagine the sensation might have if we felt it. • Texture can also be portrayed in an image‚ suggested to the eye which can refer to our memories of surfaces we have touched. TEXTURE IN 2D • The tradition of rendering simulated textures goes back to classical antiquity in the paintings
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Orientalism: Edward W. Said‚ post-collonail studies / Odalisque: exotic‚ erotic subjects like the harem girl(turkish word); redining or recumbent‚female nude; recurrent figure throuhout Western Art/ Die Bruke-The Bridge: 1905-ernst cuding kirchner (dissolved in 1913); earlliest German group to seize the avant-garde spirit; means “bridge”-members believed their work would be a bridge to the future; artists lived and worked communally producing intense‚ anguished pictures with harshly distorted forms
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TO: Pamela Hunt‚ President of Robeson Community College FROM: Taylor Britt‚ Employee at Robeson Community College DATE: April 11‚ 2013 SUBJECT: Family Vacation to Rio de Janeiro‚ Brazil INTRODUCTION A family vacation to Rio de Janeiro‚ Brazil‚ a new experience‚ a new beginning‚ a new awakening‚ a new picture‚ and most certainly a new memory. Traveling companions are Taylor Britt‚ nineteen‚ Cynthia Britt‚ mother‚ forty-eight and Megan Britt‚ sibling‚ twenty-three. The approximate length
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New Era University College of Art and Science SYLLABUS in HUMANITIES 1 (Adapted) Syllabus/Course OUTLINE Credits: 3 units Description The Course introduces the creative expressions in their various forms and functions. The categories of these artistic expressions are analysed. Whether these be in fine and the folk arts‚ or a space‚ temporal‚ and combined arts‚ or as specialist and communal art‚ these creations and their process‚ appreciation‚ and function foster a deeper understanding
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CHAPTER 11: Technology‚ Culture‚ and Everyday Life‚ 1840-1860 AGRICULTURAL ADVANCEMENT: Western movement increased with John Deere’s steel tip plow‚ cut labor to clear acres for tilling. Wheat became vital to the West—McCormick invented the mechanical reaper. These machines used in the North more than South—the South had slaves. Land was “worn out” by overfarming in the East‚ so farmers came up with new techniques (new fertilizer and animal feed). TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS: Eli
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