Art is portrayed in so many different views. When looking at each piece of art and its cultural background I was interested to see more. I enjoyed each piece of art and the inspiration behind it was even more eye opening to me. There is a historical perspective behind each piece of art and we as people have not taken the time to see how art was started. I have never looked at art in such a serious way until now‚ being able to see such a wide variety of art and how each piece was created was very
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INVESTIGATE A RANGE OF ARTWORKS THAT HAVE SHOCKED OR CONFRONTED AN AUDIENCE As values have changed with modern and postmodern thought‚ artists have set to create more shocking and confronting work to distinguish themselves from the rest. Marcel Duchamp was perhaps the first to push the boundaries with his Fountain‚ a urinal in an art gallery‚ which was voted the most influential artwork of the 20th Century by 500 artists and forced his audience to think for themselves. Many artists have followed
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Caravaggio’s David with the Head of Goliath Caravaggio’s David with the Head of Goliath is a truly important picture expressing art’s underlying paradigm‚ every painter paints himself‚ in a clear and unmistakeable way. It was reported in the mid-seventeenth century that both heads‚ Goliath’s and David’s‚ are self-portraits at different stages of life though David is described as “il suo Caravaggino”‚ or in English “his little Caravaggio.”1 This clearly refers to how Caravaggio painted himself when
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A work of art is an existence in itself which is born out of the artist’s own encounters with his existence. Any work of writing too‚ therefore‚ is an existence in itself‚ containing the existential experiences of the writer directly or indirectly. It is his life turned into art. However‚ it is not solely the experience of the writer. The writer‚ when he starts writing‚ gives the work the power to create its own self. Only through this freedom‚ the work emerges as a complete entity in itself. Here
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Reading Art – Understanding Iconography David Howard ART/101 November 14‚ 2010 Lynda Sweat Reading Art – Understanding Iconography An artist can create art work through a creative process. An element of this process is critical thinking. Artists’ creativity process begins with seeing. It then goes from seeing to imagining and from imagining to making (Sayre‚ 2009). This essay will provide an explanation of artists’ roles. The essay will also include two chosen works of art
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1. Creative artists should be given freedom to express their ideas (words‚ pictures‚ music and films. However some people think government should take some restriction with them. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion? Give your reasons with own knowledge and give examples. Innovative artists bring enjoyment and inspiration to our sometimes tedious life; however‚ some people deem that artists have been entrusted with too much freedom and power and should be restricted by the
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Case study- Extended Response Art has always been a mean through which soul finds an opportunity to express its emotions freely. Many artists cannot separate issues of politics and society from personal and psychological issues. When it comes to the form of the work‚ there are issues of emotion‚ modes of expression and poetry. There is the issue of how an artist can make an impact on the audience which a politician or an academic cannot. An art that does not express emotions is not art. Works
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English 1A: Discussion Topics John Berger’s “Ways of Seeing” Topic 1: Berger argues that there are barriers to vision‚ problems in the ways we see or don’t see original works of art‚ problems that can be located in and overcome by strategies of approach. For this topic‚ discuss what‚ as you read Berger‚ gets in the way when we look at paintings‚ and what it is that we might do to overcome the barriers to vision (and to history). Imagine that you are speaking to someone interested in art‚ but someone
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Vandals or Artists in disguise Los Angeles 2013‚ sirens begin to flash‚ a loud shriek from a cop car sounds the busy streets of L.A‚ and two bulky police men storm out of their car. “ Stop! Put your hands up!” The police shout while running towards an individual with a spray can aimed towards a building. The man with the can tosses the can to the floor‚ and he remains standing still‚ obeying the police man’s every command. The individual is arrested on the spot for vandalizing public property
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Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Art Critique INTRODUCTION 1. Begin by introducing the work: list the artist‚ title‚ date‚ medium and approximate size. “The Wave” by Alexander Harrison‚ 1185‚ oil on canvas‚ approximately 3.5’x 9’ FORMAL ANALYSIS: Remember‚ the formal elements are: line‚ shape‚ color‚ volume‚ space‚ light and texture. 2. Discuss the lines in the painting. Where are they located? What direction do they go? Are they straight or curved‚ thick or thin
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