Charlotte B. Levy Artist: Henri Fantin-Latour Title of Artwork: Leda Medium: Oil on canvas Date of Completion: 1836-1904 Location of Artwork: San Antonio Museum of Art This Paper is for Professor Jessica DeCuir‚ Arts 1301‚ and Section 070. The Art of Henri Fantin-Latour Henri Fantin-Latour‚ a French painter during 1836 to 1904‚ studied and approached art in his own style of painting. His character from his early childhood resolute the events of his life as a painter and his influence contributed
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A new study shows that listening to loud music also causes our hearts to beat faster and our blood pressure to rise as well whereas‚ listening to slower‚ softer music actually lowers blood pressure and decreases our heart rates. Italian researchers at Pavia University seem to enjoy conducting researching on how music affects human beings. One the first studies that the concluded was on how music with quicker tempos effected a person’s breathing may causing them to breath faster‚ with an increase
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concerning the genre of vocal music‚ religious music cannot be overlooked as well as the opera. In this age‚ not only liturgical music which is from the Middle Ages such as the Mass music and Magnificat‚ but peculiar music of baroques such oratorio and the church cantata were also invented‚ while there was antagonism between Catholic and Protestant. Even in the music for liturgical of the church‚ it tended to opera or a dramatic style. It was the feature of the Catholic Church music of the baroque period
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1 Middle East • 3.2 Iran • 3.3 India and Pakistan • 3.4 China • 3.5 Thailand • 3.6 Cambodia • 3.7 Japan 4 Philippines performing arts • Theatre • Dance • Music Performing arts include dance‚ music‚ opera‚ theatre‚ magic‚ Spoken word‚ circus arts and musical theatre. Artists who participate in performing arts in front of an audience are called: Performers - including actors‚ comedians‚ dancers‚ magicians‚ musicians‚ and singers Performing arts
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The Romantic era was a period of great change and emancipation. While the Classical era had strict laws of balance and restraint‚ the Romantic era moved away from that by allowing artistic freedom‚ experimentation‚ and creativity. The music of this time period was very expressive‚ and melody became the dominant feature. Composers even used this expressive means to display nationalism . This became a driving force in the late Romantic period‚ as composers used elements of folk music to express their
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the baroque era. There were changes made over the years from the baroque to the renaissance period. Differences in style accumulated along with views of art and music. Baroque era covers the period between 1600 and 1750 beginning with Monte Verdi (birth of opera) and ended with deaths of Bach and Handel. The term baroque music is borrowed from the art history. It follows the Renaissance era (1400-1600). It was initially considered to be a corrupt way of Renaissance by conservatives. The dominant trends
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The Godfather trilogy of Francis Ford Coppola is an icon of American culture and international cinema. Released over a span of eighteen years‚ the set includes The Godfather (1972)‚ The Godfather: Part II (1974)‚ and The Godfather: Part III (1990) (Marcia 423). As classic novels about Mafia in the world‚ they are made into an internationally renowned film that won multiple Oscars. Besides these‚ the films also have been praised by many celebrities. Literary critic Paul Giles‚ for instance‚ writes
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Adolphe Appia was born on September 1st‚ 1862 in Switzerland and died February 29th 1928 at the age of 65‚ (The Set Designs of Adolphe Appia). Appia was best known for his developed theories of staging‚ and his use of space and lighting. To this day his ideas have still had an influence on modern stagecraft. Appia had an early love for theater and what it had to offer‚ however back in those days pursuing such a thing was often discouraged. Appia however had the blessings of his father‚ Doctor Louis
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In recent decades‚ the word "culture" has developed a number of very negative‚ very wrong connotations. When a modern American thinks of culture‚ he thinks of snobbish rich people discussing European affairs over fine wine. He cannot relate to this image‚ thinking it pretentious and boring. This may be partially because these same snobbish rich people‚ when thinking of the rest of the American public‚ picture an unkempt hillbilly scratching himself. This notion of culture as something exclusive
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History of Drama Ancient Drama The origins of Western drama can be traced to the celebratory music of 6th-century BC Attica‚ the Greek region centered on Athens. Although accounts of this period are inadequate‚ it appears that the poet Thespis developed a new musical form in which he impersonated a single character and engaged a chorus of singer-dancers in dialogue. As the first composer and soloist in this new form‚ which came to be known as tragedy‚ Thespis can be considered both the first dramatist
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