1. Examining a work of art in its historical‚ social‚ and political __________ enables you to better understand it. A. design B. context C. element D. genre E. ideology 2. Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is best known for her extremely realistic and often anguished __________. A. genre scenes B. self-portraits C. landscapes D. still lifes E. assemblages 3. Until modern times‚ art works have been primarily devoted to __________ themes. A. war B. religious C. secular D. rural E. political 4. An anti-commercial
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It seems that nowadays artists are no longer limiting themselves to representing their surroundings by simply sketching or photographing them‚ exactly as they are. Contemporary art is now promoting a new concept‚ that encourages the artist to interpret their surroundings and depict them in their own unique way a concept known as‚ Scape. Scape’ is rapidly becoming more popular than ever in contemporary art‚ which I believe is due to its diversity and the ability it gives artists to escape’
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Radical Art Movement of the 70’s Is the art of the 1970’s to suffer a fate similar to that of the 1930’s‚ which has so often been presented as innovatively dull and empty‚ not worthy of much consideration? Ian Burn1 Using a pinnacle moment in history to learn about arts from that era is a fun way to discover artists‚ and their works‚ that one might not have otherwise researched. The purpose of this report was to obtain a better understanding of art in the 1970’s. There’s many ways to approach
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Running Fence The project “Running Fence” created by Christo and Jean-Claude was a piece of art that has an unlimited appreciation of love and limitless aspects. In no point in the making was this piece of art was created to harm or destroy anyone’s property. This project faced community’s disapproval‚ rage‚ and doubt for about forty five that the project was being completed. The Running Fence project is bigger than itself and leaves behind a long lasting journey. The eighteen feet high fenced
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‘What I like so much about contemporary art now is its ambiguity‚ its uncertainty. It is precisely this quality that engages and unsettles us’ – Benjamin Genocchio‚ art critic. How does this view challenge traditional ideas about art? Discuss particular works such as installations‚ happenings and site-specific works. Audiences make pretentious judgements on artworks due to their ambiguity and uncertainty. However‚ traditionally site-specific art was created to exist in a specific place‚ rather
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French Cinema and Society – Final Paper Analyse and compare the gender dynamic in Jules et Jim and Les Valseuses. This essay will attempt to explore the idea that although both Jules et Jim and Les Valseuses explore progressive gender dynamics‚ ultimately their films remain grounded on traditional gender concepts. Both films move around the French-loved triangular structure between protagonists‚ around which this paper will explore gender in two ways; through a look at the classic woman-man
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The two characters are similar in ways with the same perspectives and are in the same historical event. Farewell to Manzanar‚ by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston‚ and The Bracelet by Yoshiko Uchida is about the characters being Japanese‚ to concentration camps. Due to the fact that they’re in a war between the United States and Japan. The two characters are similar in ways when they both have had their fathers sent to all-male camps or in a prisoner-of-war camp‚ and both are living in
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-C.-F Hachette where he then worked in advertising. His first novel was La Confession de Claude (Claude’s Confession). He then went on to journalism. He continued to write many works such as Therese Raquin(1867)‚ Madeleine Ferat (1868)‚ La Fortune des Rougon (Beginning in 1870)‚ Fécondité (1899) Vérité (1903) and Justice (which remained incomplete). He defended the art of Cézane‚ Manet‚ Claude Monet‚ Edgar Degas and Pierre-Auguste Renoir in newspaper articles. However‚ his novel
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Claude Monet vs. Joseph Mallord William Turner Art has filled our past‚ is filling present day and will fill the future. Art is something that has always been and will continue to be. Great men can depict many things through their art. One artist can look at something and paint a picture that can make you happy or sad. Artist paint pictures of nature that can evoke in each one of us‚ peace‚ tranquility or rage and fear. How do they motive us as a human race? How can a painting make us take a second
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2. Trial V. Conclusion To the French‚ Joan of Arc is known as Jeanne D’Arc. Of her many names‚ she referred to herself as “La Pucelle” or the Maid. Joan led a fascinating life and is one of the most heroic women in all of history: in her early years she struggled with being different‚ in her mid-life she was a military leader‚ and in the time of her death she was wrongly accused of something she had no part in. Jeanne was born in the Barrois region of eastern France in the town of Domremy
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