In the essay "Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics"‚ the author‚ J. R. R. Tolkien explains how Beowulf is portrayed as a historical document‚ rather than that of a work of art as he argues. The main argument of his paper is that Beowulf is “poor in criticism” as this would affect the way the reader would interpret the text. Tolkien argues that many of the interpretations are incorrect as they make us analyze the text historically versus analyzing is from an artistic point of view. Tolkien’s essay
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Eliot‚ T. S.‚ in full THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT (b. Sept. 26‚ 1888‚ St. Louis‚ Mo.‚ U.S. – d. Jan. 4‚ 1965‚ London‚ Eng.)‚ American-English poet‚ playwright‚ literary critic‚ and editor‚ a leader of the modernist movement in poetry in such works as The Waste Land (1922) and Four Quartets (1943). Eliot exercised a strong influence on Anglo-American culture from the 1920s until late in the century. His experiments in diction‚ style‚ and versification revitalized English poetry‚ and in a series of critical
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Movie Critic Lauren HUM/150 February **‚ 20** Movie Critic The story of U.S. Navy Seal Chris Kyle isn’t exactly an unknown story. Chris Kyle‚ named the Legend is said to be the most lethal sniper in the United States military history. Chris Kyle has over one hundred and sixty confirmed kills throughout his service to the USA. Kyle enlisted in the Navy after the devastation of 9/11 swept the country‚ and continued on to complete four tours of Iraq before finally coming home. The editing of American
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78 CGE12402 Appreciation of Western Art Assignment #2: Art-Class Critic Fung Yuet Yi‚ Zoe (53070488) Artwork No.28 Step 1: Genre The painting is belongs to Impressionism. The painter painted the painting based on an immediate visual impression of scene. It captured a woman sits on a chair and meditates with her hand resting on the table and her jaw in her hand. The woman in the painting is not sitting there to let the painter to draw her‚ but the painter drew her on the painting by his own
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Critic’s Opinion of A Doll’s House In Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House many views could be seen from both sides of the gender world. Critics will argue about the true meaning of the story and why Ibsen wrote the story. The main points of the play that critics discuss are sexuality i.e. feminism‚ the wrong doing of the father figure‚ and spiritual revolution. I believe these critics are each right in their own way from my understanding of the play and their ideas about the play. Sexuality or‚ in the case
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1. What does Danto mean by the End of Art? The end of art is not the death of art‚ but the wholesale elimination of what used to be considered art and its replacement by a new concept: pluralism. When art has exhausted itself and this concept has been brought into the forefront of the consciousness‚ this awareness signals the end of art. Art is no longer art in the traditional sense (having a manifesto-aesthetically pleasing‚ etc.) because the accessibility to art and to create art has allowed
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Whether an opponent or advocate of Judy Chicago’s The Dinner Party‚ there is no denying the historical importance of the piece. Even though its’ creation was only some 30 years ago‚ it is already seen as a feminist icon in western culture. The historical importance‚ to women and western culture‚ is intangible. When researching this piece‚ I found some questions intriguing‚ such as Is this piece a work of art or a study of history?’ And is it a symbol and if so‚ what for?’ My paper will discuss
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Now we must study the following questions: What significance does art acquire if we assume that our interpretation of it is correct? What is the relation between aesthetic response and all other forms of human behavior? How do we explain the role and importance of art in the general behavioral system of man? There are as many different answers to these questions as there are different ways of evaluating the importance of art. Some believe art is the supreme human activity while others consider it
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In the World of Art - draft 4 In the end of 1950’s the Pop Culture had just sprung off the new‚ hip‚ and trendy for of art; free trade was the new “it” and consumption was higher than ever (Trentmann). Among this new era of what is claimed to be the era of freedom‚ there was a man named John Berger who sat in front of a naked man‚ drawing frantically on a piece of paper that later would become/will become (jag vet inte vad du tycker ar bast?) the groundwork of his essay “Drawing.” As Berger‚ writing
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Jackson Pollock’s ultimate fan boy came in the form of Clement Greenberg‚ art critic extraordinaire of the 20th century. He loved the formal language of abstraction and found manifestations of his definition of art in Pollock’s work. His contemporary‚ Harold Rosenberg‚ however‚ would probably have been standing in the corner shaking his head at Greenberg’s enthusiasm‚ trying to rival it with his own definitions and excitement. To Rosenberg‚ painting evolved into action and feeling with a near disregard
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