Tom Wesselmann’s acrylic painting on linen Smoker #9 was created in 1973‚ a time when sex appeal could sell just about anything. His billboard style painting is simplistic yet very dramatic. The picture concentrates on a limited number of object: a woman’s mouth‚ a cigarette‚ a woman’s hand and smoke. Isolated on the wall‚ these elements are deprived of a background allowing the shape of the canvas provides an empathetic boundary between the world of the picture and the world around it. Tom uses
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Magritte recycled from the paintings belonging to these eras. And then moves forward checking where Magritte’s art appears in today’s world. Needless to say the information I stumbled upon while researching was very intriguing and shocking sometimes. Rene Magritte has influenced art‚ heavily. Outline I. Modern Art‚ a revolution on classicism. 1. Magritte recycled many paintings from classicism and neo classicism. His paintings appear nowadays not only in paintings but also in films‚ plays
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and René Magritte are world-renowned artists both known for different art styles and different views on art itself. Roy Lichtenstein is a Pop artist and painted Drowning Girl whilst René Magritte‚ generally a surrealist‚ painted The Lovers. Both paintings focus on using the elements and principles of design to portray the themes of Love and Loneliness. By analyzing these two artists and their artworks this report will evaluate how successful the artworks and artists are at conveying the themes of
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Day at the Museum In the history of humanity‚ civilizations have always made a place for fine arts or works to be displayed to the people; we know these places as galleries and museums. Presently many different genres of art are displayed but many of these works are similar in the fact that they are all influenced by styles developed in the early twentieth century. I went to visit a museum recently‚ I viewed the art it was filled with‚ and I left with a different view of art than when I had arrived
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[Comparison of Eastern and Western Philosophers ] Comparison of Eastern and Western Philosophers I will compare the Western philosopher Socrates to the Eastern philosopher Lao Tzu. These two philosophers had some things in common with their ideas and philosophies that they pursued. Socrates was a western philosopher that lived in Athens Greece and Lao was thought to be from what is now known as the Hunan province of China. Socrates Socrates lived in Athens which was a city that
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leave hidden messages within his artwork‚ cleverly painting the reality he see’s. For this particular symbolic painting Magritte uses oil on canvas‚ the sharp detail he uses in his brush strokes make the image look real but not real at the same time. His witty version of reality he paints fall into surrealism‚ although his artwork include symbolic owls his painting is clear‚ interesting and well defined‚ he wanted his viewers to look at his painting and appreciate what is right there‚ not leaving them
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some difficulties in communication and acceptance of a person with a different culture. There are some similarities and differences between western culture and eastern culture. This essay will compare and contrast the differences between Thai cultures and Western’s culture (British‚ Americans etc.) and some similarities between them. Western countries such as Britain and America have their own ways of greeting. Normally they greet each other by saying ‘Good morning’‚ ‘Good afternoon’
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were an art director‚ I would choose to a portraiture display to show the progression of styles through time. Since my exhibition has to do with historical context‚ I would arrange my pieces in a very strict chronological order. The dates of the paintings themselves would not have to be in chronological order‚ but the order in which the different art styles came about would have to be followed exactly. My exhibit would start off with The Mona Lisa‚ by Leonardo da Vinci. This was painted c. 1503-1519
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Gweon‚ Yong Keun Assignment #2‚ FORL212-2 Due: 8th October‚ 2009 Effects of Western culture on teenagers Led by wealthy Western countries‚ the mass media‚ the fashion industry and the education curriculum‚ the perception of beauty is increasingly being defined by Western parameters due to reasons such as globalization‚ free trade and high technology. The inundation of Western culture is undeniable as it has effects that are both unconsciously beneficial and detrimental in our daily lives. Teenagers
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and soul which we receive from our culture. Western culture can also be referred to as advanced culture; this is because its ideas and values promote the development and sustainment of advanced civilization. Western culture has had quite an influence in india but it has its pros & cons too. There are many good things in the western culture which we have adopted. But why do we see only the negatives? Even the Indian culture has influence the western world. the globe is shrinking & we are all getting
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