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    portrayed as “anti-art”. With similar acts of great self-expression shown throughout history‚ always comes some form of hate towards these expressions. Georges Hugnet the author of The Bulletin of the Museum of Modern Art Vol. 4‚ No. 2‚ Dada and Surrealism states that‚ “Dada is ageless‚ it has no parents‚ but stands alone‚ making no distinction between what is and what is not.” “It approves while denying‚ it contradicts itself‚ and acquires new force by this very contradiction.” The origin of dada

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    caught my attention was Surrealism. That chapter stuck out to me because of all the imagination put into the art pieces. The very first piece by Louise Bourgeois Maman‚ if I hadn’t read what it as about or for or representing I would have thought it was a huge spider. Some artist have me guessing a lot what they do and what made them do a certain piece in the first place. But luckily I got to read how many of the pieces came about and why they were made. But the surrealism was a fun

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    Look at Picasso’s mural Guernica‚ painted in 1937 (http://www.artchive.com/artchive/P/picasso/guernica.jpg.html). Would you classify Guernica as Expressionism‚ Cubism‚ Dada‚ or Surrealism? Explain your answer by using specific visual and stylistic references. Presumably Picasso’s most appreciated work of art‚ Guernica is undoubtedly his most effective political statement‚ painted as a quick response to the Nazi’s staggering easygoing bombarding practice on the Basque town of Guernica amid Spanish

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    Modernism in Literature Introduction The horrors of World War I (1914-19)‚ with its accompanying atrocities and senselessness became the catalyst for the Modernist movement in literature. Modernist authors felt betrayed by the war‚ believing that the institutions in which they were taught had led the civilized world into bloody conflict. They no longer turned to these institutions as a reliable means to decipher the meaning of life but instead sought for the answers within themselves. Thus‚ the

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    projection of what the artists thought of society. Dada was displayed‚ like all art‚ in a variety of scenes. Public gatherings and demonstrations as well as publications of manifestos and writings‚ and exhibitions of artworks. Art movements such as surrealism and pop art which followed were influenced by Dada. Dada was a movement which took place all over Europe and North America. In many works it is evident that Dada was infact a response to World War I. This protest illustrated the artist’s beliefs;

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    Over the years‚ art has gone through many phases. Many famous artists from the past are still recognized throughout their art in today’s time. There are few painting that I consider to be monumental during their time and era. The art painting brought us great ideas on how the world is viewed and the meaning to each painting. One of the earliest paintings that I consider to be a great monumental during its time was The Scream by Edvard Munch in 1893. In his art‚ he uses a human like figure that is

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    Styles of Art Abstract -- Cubism -- Expressionism -- Fauvism --Impressionism -- Pointillism -- Pop Art -- Postimpressionism Primitivism -- Realism -- Surrealism THE STYLE >> Abstract Abstract artists felt that paintings did not have to show only things that were recognizable. In their paintings they did not try to show people‚ animals‚ or places exactly as they appeared in the real world. They mainly used color and shape in their paintings to show emotions. Some Abstract art is also

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    In this article‚ Flannery reviews the connection between modern art and biology‚ looking specifically at realism and surrealism and anatomy (of humans‚ plants‚ and animals). The first artist mentioned is Paul Stankard‚ who created beautiful paperweights replicating plants. Flannery notes that the weights “depict tiny human blood vessels” within the small plants (304). Surrealism in art depicting biology gives artists the ability to distort and recreate what is considered to be normal anatomy. He

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    Marc Chagall “Bouquet‚ Woman and Horse” Table of Contents page 1. Introduction 3 2. Background 4 3. Art Movements 5 4. Chagall’s Personal Style 6 5. Chagall’s Use of Color 7 6. Characterization and Symbolism 9 7. “Bouquet‚ Woman and Horse” (1957-9): Analysis 10 8. Integrating Art with the English Curriculum 12 9. Bibliography 13 Introduction After much deliberation‚ I

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    Marcel Duchamp His Twine

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    This essay will focus on analysing two works of art‚ Marcel Duchamp’s ‘His Twine’ and Palle Neilsen’s ‘Model for a Qualitative Society’‚ and will compare them to one another. These prominent works of art both relate to some common themes of play‚ we will be focussing on Child’s Play. Also in this essay the aspects that will be discussed or briefly mentioned will include why these pieces were or are significant works of art‚ what they both represent‚ the possible meanings behind them‚ the effects

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