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    Subcultural styles are distinguished from mainstream styles by being intentionally "fabricated"‚ their contractedness‚ as different from conventional. Hedgier considered punk subculture to share the same "radical aesthetic practices" as dada and surrealism: "Like Duchamp’s ’ready made’ - manufactured objects which qualified as art because he chose to call them such‚ the most unremarkable and inappropriate items - a pin‚ a plastic clothes peg‚ a television component‚

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    “biomorphic vocabulary‚” which is what Noguchi coined to “abstract the human figure into fragmented‚ bonelike elements.” Meaning‚ he practiced taking live objects and manipulating them in a such a way that is completely free‚ as it consists with surrealism. Next is the painting The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Grant Wood. He is depicting the story of how Paul Revere dashed through a colonial town on horseback to alert the locals that British troops were coming. Although‚ Wood embellished this factual

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    called it expressionism. Italian artists‚ refusing everything with old roots and inspired by the rapid development of technology‚ appearance of first cars and airplanes‚ developed in their turn the art movement under the name “futurism”. Finally‚ surrealism‚ exploring the secrets of dreams and filling art with psychological meaning‚ reached its apogee during the early 20th century with the works of Marc Chagall‚ Joan Miro‚ Rene Margritte and fantastic Salvador Dali. Origins of Modern Art In the

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    numbers in the titles of his paintings. At first he “numbered his works simply to create a personal inventory. Later‚ a numbered title corresponds to the date a canvas was painted or to its number in a sequence of paintings.” A second example of a surrealism automatism painting is “8.47 ou Les carquois fléchi” (Fig.2). The gigantic abstract oil canvas had the highest pigment levels‚ with widest choice of color‚ from red yellow and green; however the main subject of the painting is the yellow flower

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    The title of this particular Frank O’Hara poem is a direct reflection of its theme and overall meaning. The speaker of the poem‚ Frank‚ is recalling a memory he has of a particular moment in time that made him consider why he chooses to wire poetry over expressing himself through another artistic medium over the course of three free-verse stanzas. "Why I’m Not A Painter" is one of the many confessional poems to come out of New York School era of poetry. At first glance‚ the dominant images

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    20’s‚ such as inventions of the automobile‚ radio and airplanes‚ new fashion styles‚ skyscrapers and movies. With life changing‚ so did art. Mostly throughout the 1920’s there were a variety of art movements and styles that were popular. Such as surrealism‚ Art Deco‚ regionalism and with new technologies came photography and also film. In 1929 the stock market crashed causing many people jobs and their life savings. Banks were continuing to fail and jobless workers would rely on crime and theft

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    Abstract Art & Expressionism in America Abstract art expressionism is mostly known as the experimental‚ free expression‚ nonrepresentational painting marked by spontaneous expressions. Abstract became and intuitive painting technique producing a non-formal work of art characterized by non-symmetrical lines. Abstract Expressionism is not only a term used to describe a form of art; it’s also a New York school of painting recognizable by free spirited created abstractions. Abstract Expressionism later

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    instructor. After art school‚ Picasso decided to travel to Paris because he thought that it would be the perfect place for him to try out different styles and forms of art. While in Paris‚ Picasso perfected his widely known artistic styles: cubism and surrealism (“Pablo Picasso’s Early Life- Before 1901”). In the creation of Picasso’s magnificent work of art‚ he utilized an immense canvas that measured 11 feet tall and 25.6 feet wide in order to fully capture the message he sought to convey: the destruction

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    saw them. In 1795 he was elected director of painting at the Royal Academy and served until 1797‚ then being appointed Spanish Court Painter in 1799. Goya soon after begins a time where his imagination goes wild‚ and he enters a world of surrealism‚ which at the time proved to be unexceptable. Being unable to present these paintings‚ he withdraws his works and continues his job. During Napoleons invasion and the Spanish war of Independence Goya became court painter for the French from

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    Ugly Betty is an American television comedy-drama series‚ produced by Sony Pictures Television. It is one of the most popular shows worldwide with around 2.03 million viewers‚ screening in over 130 countries including Australia‚ Canada‚ United Kingdom‚ Germany‚ Italy‚ France and Japan. Inspired by a Colombian telenovela Yo soy Betty‚ la fea‚ ABC Studio planned to create a weekly program for U.S. audience. Differing from the original one‚ the American version had a different main plot and explored

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