The Arts have always been involved in the world‚ but there has always been someone behind the scenes that censors what is shown. Lately‚ people believe that more is shown than necessary. It has seemed in the past that nude portraits have been acceptable‚ but now if that was shown in‚ say‚ a public school people would be offended. “No one has come up with a workable definition of art that can universally separate garbage like Karen Finley ’s body goo from Michelangelo ’s David.”(Shapiro) Art is truly
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Modern Era | Modern art is defined as “art that has been and continues to be created in our lifetime”. This is the current period of art and has been since 1920. Many different movements occurred in the modern era and most of them were very controversial and they changed the way people thought. I chose what I thought was the most vital and important four of the seven areas of artistry. I believe architecture in the modern era is an important area because they are what are making the modern era
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Industrial Revolution was a turning point in America and Europe that affected how the people in these two areas lived for the good and bad of many. Machines during the Industrial Revolution set the standard for what the future would hold for America and Europe‚ but would not only would their futures be changed but the outcomes of their revolution would spread causing a global revolution. The machines brought about not only a huge growth in modernization‚ but a huge change in the lives of the working
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culture. b. Cultures exchange ideas that impact the development of artistic styles. c. Artists create work based solely on their imaginations and are not impacted by culture. d. All of the above. 2. Like history‚ art history: a. is an objective‚ or factual‚ academic field. b. originated during the postmodern era. c. developed out of science. d. is biased depending on who writes the history and what they decide to include or exclude. 3. From the very first Cave Paintings to contemporary
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Performance art is an essentially contested concept: any single definition of it implies the recognition of rival uses. As concepts like "democracy" or "art"‚ it implies productive disagreement with itself.[1] The meaning of the term in the narrower sense is related to postmodernist traditions in Western culture. From about the mid-1960s into the 1970s‚ often derived from concepts of visual art‚ with respect to Antonin Artaud‚ Dada‚ the Situationists‚ Fluxus‚ Installation art‚ and Conceptual Art‚ performance
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Pearl Harbor was destroyed. The Japanese fleet consisted of 353 planes that attacked in two waves. These waves caused an extraordinary amount of damage. Eighteen Ships were sunk or destroyed‚ more than 2‚400 americans were killed‚ and nearly 1‚200 were wounded. More than 300 aircrafts are damaged or destroyed. The Japanese canceled their second attack because of the excessive damage. Pearl Harbor should not have came as a shock to the American culture and people because there was an extreme amount
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THE AMERICA I BELIEVE IN A quote by Dr. Seuss. “You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own‚and you know what you know.”What was it like before 9/11 that’s different from now and the future? When will America become a home‚ or how will America become superior? Who will change America? Why should America change? Back before 9/11‚ many people didn’t care about race‚religion‚etc. We were like one big family‚ but after 9/11‚ more people became more guarded and cantankerous
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Introduction What is art? There are many definitions that can be given to art depending on the person talking about it and by these definitions; the following questions can be answered. Why is art necessary? What does it benefit us if art is applied in our lives? What can it do for us? What is its importance? These are the questions some people think of when they hear the word art. I have learned some things in my GREATWK class especially the definition of art and how to answer these questions.
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Traditional art VS Digital art Fri‚ May 15‚ 2009 News Because we live in a century dominated by technology innovation‚ art itself has been offered new creative horizons. But these new advantages have not been considered so beneficial for the art by some conservative art lovers‚ who believe that if the art is not created using traditional tools (pen‚ oils‚ watercolor‚ etc.) that art cannot be considered true art (true in the meaning of recognizing it’s real values). Even if the painting‚ the
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Degenerate Art-1993‚ The Nazis vs. Expressionism Name Institution Date Degenerate Art-1993‚ The Nazis vs. Expressionism This documentary is written‚ produced and directed by David Grubin‚ it was in the Nazi regime and was about the art exhibition. Entartete Kunst is a term in German meaning Degenerate Art which was borrowed from the Nazi regime to describe modern art.This regime was highly considered a corrupt and extremely immoral and they termed it
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