Art 1030: Art Appreciation Instructor: Steve Bishop Essay One Josalyn Cook 1/26/2011 What Makes Art Art? Art is an object or piece of work that brings one pleasure. Art is also something you see or feel and you cannot even begin to describe the ways you like it or how it makes you feel. Art is something that portrays beauty and happiness. Art lets you see the world through another person’s perspective. Most art seems to tell a story about where a person has been and the things
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"They Say / I Say With Readings" is written by Gerald Graff‚ Cathy Birkenstein‚ and Russel Durst. It was published in 2015 by W.W. Norton and Company. The Preface of "They Say/ I Say" is essentially about how the goal of this book is to make the writing process simpler for people and to break down the topics and methods that will be discussed in the textbook. According to the Preface‚ all effective arguments are created using the "they say/ I say" format. The authors of this book encourage the
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movements‚ Pop Art and Art Nouveau. This was in direct response to the mass media being produced in popular culture. Pop Art emerged partly from absorption of ideas put forward in the work of various artist such as Roy Lichtenstein and partly from a spontaneous response to the commercial imagery that was beginning to swamp the visual world in that country. Art Nouveau originally formed as a response to mass media under a group of artists in New York who wanted to counter pop culture with their art‚ music
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#1 What Makes Art Art? When thinking about the question of this essay it makes you think what does make art art. Art is defined as works produced with both skill and imagination to create a painting or sculpture. With that said‚ I consider art to be in many forms It can be made out of food‚ chalk‚ paint money and many others. Many famous pieces are made from these items your child’s mother’s day card or Jillian Beever famous for his 3-D pieces made out of chalk. So you see art can be made out
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Art is any form of self-expression. Art is something that is created that entertains‚ inspires‚ educates or makes a person feel something good‚ bad or unexplainable. Art is whatever the artist does or makes in which they deem to be art whether it is of value or not. There is a wide variety of art‚ some that people wouldn’t imagine as art‚ but a true artist sees art in every creation. Art is everywhere and in everything I see. Art is not just a painting‚ poem‚ drawing or a ballet. When I think
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What Makes Art Art? What makes Art Art? Can Art be defined? An artist can create anything and put their mark on it and deem it as art. I believe art to be a sculpture‚ painting‚ or any piece of creative work that brings enjoyment to the artist and an appreciation from the beholder. Art allows you to view the world through someone else’s eyes and obtain their perspective on the subject at hand. Art is everywhere around us. It is expressed in many forms and fashions. From railroad car
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I have chosen to do a “close reading” on the first poem in the book‚ “Land To Light On” by Dionne Brand‚ for Reading Journal one. After reading this poem‚ I cannot help but find myself correcting the English grammar in some of the phrases. Such as “If I am peaceful in this discomfort‚ is not peace‚ is getting used to harm. Is giving up.” It should be “it is not peace‚ it is getting used to harm. It is giving up.” Also the last line in the poem should be “My eyes are not mirrors”. Maybe the poet’s
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all seem like everyday objects but should we be calling them art? When we were growing up we were taught that art was a beautiful painting - like Van Gogh’s Sunflowers‚ or a perfect sculpture of a human - like Michelangelo’s David‚ but we were never really taught that conceptual and contemporary art were ’proper’ forms of art‚ even though it was established in the sixties. It made us think and challenge our own assumptions of what art should really look like. People didn’t understand the idea of
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Chapters 1 and 2 Notes Chapter 1 Living with Art Megaliths are large stones that are surrounded by a circular ditch. The monument is presumably the marking of graveyard and once was accompanied by other monuments. The Neolithic era is known for the uses of new tools and constructive materials such as hardening clays using a flame. Pottery was used to create bowls‚ food jars‚ cups‚ and a variance of other objects. Each culture characterizes art in its own way. Artists perform tasks such as create
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Kevin Foy Professor Marbach Art 101-001 February 22‚ 2010 Revision 1a.) Japan used blue because they are a country that has a wet climate and very green grass. California used yellow because their climate is very hot and sunny. It is always bright out there. According to the artists‚ the gates in central park are saffron which I believe are that color because it’s a major color you see everyday in the city.‚ Some examples were construction worker vests and the most important on was the color
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