In a nation that produces around 800 films a year Indian people see films a a very important part of their culture. For Indian people "cinema is integral to their lives; it is not a distant‚ two to three hour distraction‚ but an explicit life-style for them."(Jaya Ramanathan). The large screen provides an alternative‚ an escape from the realities of day-to-day life. The protagonists are totally identified with‚ the hero is applauded‚ the virtuous is worshipped and the villain is condemned. The actors
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Rene Magritte was born in 1898 and was the eldest son of Leopold and Regina Magritte. He worked as a commercial artist to support himself‚ producing advertising and book designs‚ which I think you can see in his paintings as they some what have a visual impact of an advertisement. Magritte started out as an impressionist early on in his career before arriving at his trademark surrealist style after several years of study. His early influences were Fernand Leger and his earliest works were based on
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T.S. Elliot’s “The Wasteland” and Modernism. Elliot was both influenced by modernism and a reference of it. The dramatic change in form and content in literature (and human beliefs) of the last nineteenth century and the early twentieth century is noticeable in the poem. The Wasteland is also a reflection of the between wars years and also a prophecy for all that were to come. Elliot masters the form in the poem to create a sense of pessimism‚ decadence and fugacity. It is often said that his
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Portraiture Case Study “Some of the most fascinating portraits are those that offer the viewer an emotional or psychological insight into their subject” Compare and contrast the work of THREE artists who have explored the genre of portraiture. A portrait is typically defined as a representation of a specific individual‚ such as the artist might meet in life. “It could be drawn‚ painted‚ sculpted or photographed. A portrait is usually a statement‚ made firstly by the sitter‚ who wishes to be seen
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Artist research- Rene Magritte and Kiki Smith Rene Magritte was a Surrealist painter who was born in Belgium in 1898. He wanted people to look at ordinary things in different ways. He sometimes painted objects in places where they didn’t usually belong‚ like in Time Transfixed in which a train is coming out of a fireplace. Rene Magritte started off with several oil paintings such as the ‘Les Amants’. Magritte’s earliest
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Arts 1301 - Art Appreciation Haya Hachem 1110239 Instructor: Caroline Attie‚ PHD Art Critique Assignment 1: Part 2: Interpretation & Judgement Title: Landscape with Butterflies Artist: Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dali Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 35 x 40 cm Date: 1956 Location: Private collection INTERPRETATION: Looking at this painting for the first time‚ you literally see a ‘Landscape with Butterflies’. The setting is in a desert on a hot summer’s day with clear blue skies‚ and
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Rami El-Abidin Miss Hansen First Year Writing Seminar 22 February 2012 The Persistence of Memory Salvador Dali’s 1931 painting The Persistence of Memory is a hallmark of the surrealist movement. Dali famously described his paintings as “hand-painted dream photographs” and The Persistence of Memory is a prime example of that description. The Persistence of Memory depicts striking and confusing images of melting pocket watches and a mysterious fetus-like structure all sprawled over the dreamscape
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Final Self Assessment Rachel Olson The piece of work I’m choosing to talk about is Méret Oppenheim‚ Object‚ 1936. This piece of art is in the Gateways to Art textbook and is on page 73. It’s a fur-covered cup‚ saucer‚ and spoon. MOMA‚ New York. This piece of work took these dishes and covered them in fur. This three-dimensional form could be considered a ready-made because of the fact dishes are everyday objects‚ or it could be considered surreal. Oppenheim was shooting for creating a surreal
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Like many artists Meret’s work was not originally recognized for what it was worth‚ infact it’s amazing how soon her work took off considering that she was a female artist of of the 20’s in a field that was so consistent of men. Born in Berlin-Charlottenburg‚ Germany on October 6th 1913 and died on November 15th of 1985 of a heart attack. She came from a family background of psychoanalysts‚ which gave her a different level than the other surrealists in how her work affected people and their mind
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Art is a term that describes a diverse range of human activities and the products of those activities‚ but here refers to the visual arts‚ which cover the creation of images or objects in fields including painting‚ sculpture‚ printmaking‚ photography‚ and other visual media. The Son of Man is my favorite piece of art. The Son of Man is a Belgian surrealist painting. It was painted in 1964 by Rene Magritte. The painting was originally intended to be a self-portrait. The painting conveys a man in
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