political society of a drought-driven land of Kush. The irony in a political society of one’s nation can or may be conjured up by seeking the existence of freedom‚ but by any means it all ends up with the bondage of our own ideals and prejudice. “A surrealist mixture of the real and the imagined‚ the logical and the absurd‚ The Coup is Updike ’s imaginative recreation of an Africa of the mind as well as a commentary on American technological rationalism and materialistic values—a theme that informs many
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Psychological state describes the state of mind that we are under. Psychological state can take many forms such as manic‚ anxious‚ and depressive. In saying this‚ our psychological stater can influence things form day to day life. Throughout history events and objects have been reflective of the human psychological state. One of the most prominent subjects to psychological influence is art. Artist such as frida Kahlo‚ Salvador Dali and Vincent van gough‚ to name a few‚ are just some of the selections
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LOOKING AT WAR Photography’s view of devastation and death. by SUSAN SONTAG Issue of 2002-12-09 Posted 2005-01-03 Awareness of the suffering that accumulates in wars happening elsewhere is something constructed. Principally in the form that is registered by cameras‚ it flares up‚ is shared by many people‚ and fades from view. In contrast to a written account‚ which‚ depending on its complexity of thought‚ references‚ and vocabulary‚ is pitched at a larger or smaller readership‚ a photograph
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Girl Before a Mirror shows Picasso’s young mistress Marie-Thérèse Walter‚ one of his favorite subjects in the early 1930s. Her white-haloed profile‚ rendered in a smooth lavender pink‚ appears serene. But it merges with a more roughly painted‚ frontal view of her face—a crescent‚ like the moon‚ yet intensely yellow‚ like the sun‚ and "made up" with a gilding of rouge‚ lipstick‚ and green eye-shadow. Perhaps the painting suggests both Walter’s day-self and her night-self‚ both her tranquillity and
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play-acting and make-believe’’ (Warner‚ M. ‘Game On’ 2005). She states that numerous contemporary artists are intrigued with the idea of childhood play and this has ‘’never been as central to artists’ enterprise as it is today’’ Warner makes references to Surrealist art in relation to childhood play‚ specifically to the way in which it freed the artist of conscious‚ rational control and instead aimed to explore uninhibited dreams and imaginings. It expanded artwork into a realm of cognitive
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"The Little Deer"‚ by Frida Kahlo‚ caught the attention right away. her love of nature and the world as one of her primary sources of inspiration. This painting is one of the many symbolic representations of Frida’s naturalist persona. Frida‚ as the deer‚ is a creature of nature. She’s innocent‚ and she’s organic. She looks poised and proud as an animal‚ and although the representation is surreal and strange-feeling‚ it conveys a sense of emotion and imaginative thought that makes it enjoyable to
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Evaluate the use of different material and techniques in the development of an artists’ body of work INTRODUCTION Robert Klippel was an Australian constructivist sculptor who was “inspired by the intricacies and the profusion of our natural and man-made environment and by his quest for a spiritually relevant form...” (Deborah Edwards). Klippel was mostly known for his style of combining together an extraordinary diversity of found objects and junk materials. Most of his works were usually untitled
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Different eras of political history are frequently identified with royal dynasties‚ or great wars and revolutions. Eras in the history of art and architecture may be distinguished by styles such as Renaissance‚ Gothic‚ Impressionist or Surrealist‚ and so on. Techniques too have marked different eras over the centuries: from the primitive tools of the Stone Age‚ to the Industrial Age marked by steam and electrical power and the discovery of turbines‚ and engines. Today‚ we have entered
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CHAPTER 11 Theatre Today MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS Please choose the best answer for the following questions. 1. The theatre may be considered a conservative institution because it conserves or preserves a. a consistent ideology characteristic of political parties. b. the history and conventional way of working as a theatre. c. the political and economic views of the time. d. the moral attitudes of a select group of people. Answer: b 2. Postmodern playwrights and directors
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Movement When Where Artist Key Characteristics Modernist Topic Pictorialism Julia Margaret Cameron Louis Daguerre The use or creation of pictures or visual images a movement or technique in photography emphasizing artificial often romanticized Pictorial qualities Used as representation of people and historical events Machine aesthetic Impressionism 1870 - 1890 France Alfred Sisley A theory or style of painting originating and developed in France during the 1870s‚ Characterized
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