...Walter Benjamin (1936) The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction ________________________________________ Source: UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television; Transcribed: by Andy Blunden 1998; proofed and corrected Feb. 2005. ________________________________________ “Our fine arts were developed, their types and uses were established, in times very different from the present, by men whose power of action upon things was insignificant in comparison with ours. But the amazing growth of our techniques, the adaptability and precision they have attained, the ideas and habits they are creating, make it a certainty that profound changes are impending in the ancient craft of the Beautiful. In all the arts there is a physical component which can no longer be considered or treated as it used to be, which cannot remain unaffected by our modern knowledge and power. For the last twenty years neither matter nor space nor time has been what it was from time immemorial. We must expect great innovations to transform the entire technique of the arts, thereby affecting artistic invention itself and perhaps even bringing about an amazing \change in our very notion of art.” Paul Valéry, Pièces sur L’Art, 1931 Le Conquete de l’ubiquite Preface When Marx undertook his critique of the capitalistic mode of production, this mode was in its infancy. Marx directed his efforts in such a way as to give them prognostic value. He went back to the basic conditions underlying capitalistic...
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...5 Tips for Choosing Art Paintings have never looked this delicious. As you browse our site, let us walk you through 5 helpful tips for choosing the perfect art piece that suits your taste. One of a Kind Imagine the prestige of owning an art work that has no other copy in this universe. All the advances in technology and automation will never surpass the genuine expressions and experiences of a living human being. These are all embodied in the artist's creation. You deserve the unique privilege of owning an original handmade work of art. Peruse them here today. Visual Appeal Do you like what you see? Good art has to appeal to your senses. Look at the visual play of colors, shapes, textures, lines, light, and shadow. Our art expert assembled beautiful pieces for your sensory feast. Enjoy them here. Quality A “masterpiece” is a mix of profound imagination, keen perception, and skilled hands all in one painting. A good artist is able to create exemplary works. Before, masterpieces are only housed in the great museums of our time. Today, owning a one is just a click away. A Unique Story Once you see an artwork that you like, do know the story that inspired its creation. Art is always located at the intersection of individual creativity and a unique culture captured in time. Each piece was created by a unique mind at a unique moment. Unearth these stories here. Authenticity You may never wish to sell or part with art works that you own. But it is exciting to know...
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...Interest: 1) To do a collection of Art which portrays the emotions and personalities I visualise when music, which is classified as positively influential and highly favoured, is listened to. 2) (The challenge)To Mirror these emotions and feelings exactly how they are experience using scenes/scenarios in compositions, also allowing the human body language to capture these feelings I get in Music. INTRODUCTION View point Art (and “works of Art”) is meant to be perceived and interpreted, by human organs of sense (eyes/ears). It is these senses that assist in the viewer’s interpretation/grasp of the meaning and content of an Artist’s work. Through my own experiences I agree on this point-of-view. I will like to transmit to my viewer(s) the emotions I received from Music, that have moved and or touched my soul, and my senses. The Musician and singer, through medium of Music, has connected with me but can also generate these same feelings in more than one way, creating a sociable feel as music is shared/interpreted. I should be able to create a very similar effect with my Collection of Art! It is impossible to imagine my life without Art. Art is: CREATION –(I can add brief description to this and for each topic below if needed.) BEAUTY PLAY COMMUNICATION INTUITION However, I am still investigating the definition of Art. What is its true purpose? I intend to further study this with my Art on a personal Life journey and...
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...The Watering Hole The University of Lethbridge Art Gallery is currently home to a very unique and talented exhibition for the next two weeks. Douglas Walker has transformed a seemingly plain white room into an abyss of blue and white works of art with the introduction of his art exhibit Other Worlds. Walker, a Toronto based artist, has enjoyed an immense amount of success throughout his career ranging from his smaller landscape paintings to his large scale blue tile murals which capture your attention and have the ability to activate your subconscious mind and place you in a unfamiliar world. The limited color palette of just blue and white paints are what sets Walkers work apart from the rest and helps to create an otherworldly experience for the gallery visitor. The overall art gallery experience, the actual works of art themselves, and the work that goes into creating these works of art are all factors that contribute to Douglas Walkers success. The more detail and determination that an artist instills into their work the more powerful their art will be thus translating into a more memorable experience for the audience. A successful artist is not only concerned with the art they showcase in their gallery but also with the experience their gallery presents to the audience inside. Douglas Walker is very effective in grabbing the visitor’s attention and providing them with an otherworldly experience while inside his immersive exhibit. Prior to entering Walkers exhibit Other...
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...Enlightenment • Phillis Wheatley, “To S.M., a Young African Painter, on Seeing his Works.” 1773 (poem) Requirements: * Record your initial reaction to the work (suggested length of 1 paragraph or half a page) by doing the following: 1. Describe your initial thoughts and/or feelings about the work. 2. Describe in detail at least one aspect of the work that most interests you. A. In this poem, Ms. Wheatley conveys that an artist’s pencil transfers words to life. Imagination is very dynamic, it allows the poet to go above their limits, to the mark where circumspection vanishes. Wheatley then depicts the writer's and craftsman's will as "flame," which helps them to keep on composing verses or paint sketches. She then proceeds with "However when these shades of time are chas'd away, and haziness closes in everlasting day," (Wheatley, 1753) which I think she implies that when this time of bigotry has passed, the dimness (difficult times) closes and rather comes endless light (great times). Analyze the work (suggested length of 2–4 pages) by doing the following: 1. Describe the historical context of the period in which the work was written. 2. Discuss insights into the work that can be gained from the author’s biography. 3. Analyze how this work explores a particular theme and/or stylistic characteristic from its period. 4. Explain the relevance of this work for today’s audiences. B1. This poem was written during the pre-Revolutionary War period. At this time, the world...
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...artists that were truly ahead of their time period. Both artists style was so advance for their time they did not fit into their art historical category during their era. Samuel Palmer was born in Surrey Square, St. Mary’s, and Newington. When Palmer was a child he was very frail and required a nurse growing up. Mary Ward would be his nurse to aid young Palmer, and also contributed to the development of his mind, and implanting the love of poetry in him at a young age. Palmer father’s trade was a big factor into Palmer’s intellectual development. The books the father was trading constantly changing, and Palmer’s reading skill was improving greatly and taking in everything he was learning from the various books. He read books like fiction, travel, religion, and poetry. His dad also taught him English, and had intellectual discussion on all type of subjects while walking in the neighbouring countryside. His mother encouraged Palmer copy architectural and botanical drawings and prints of easel paintings and frescoes during his younger years. But Palmer felt copying these skills was not his calling and he preferring authorship. After the death of Palmer’s mother, a minor artist had played an important role in Palmer’s life. That artist name was William Wate that had landscapist ability that cause people to make them interested in his work. Wate happened to have extremes passion for Romantic aesthetic, and also showed Palmer how to safely draw the mildest form of the...
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...ANALYSIS OF STIEGLITZ’ WORK Analysis of Stieglitz’ Work Mary Chandler Grantham University Introduction Any piece of art work is considered a representation and reflection of inspiration and creative thoughts. Every piece of art has certain themes attached to it. Similarly, work of famous photographer Alfred Stieglitz has certain inspirational themes. The objective of this research is to explore work of Stieglitz known as Steerage and its themes. Thesis Statement The work of Stieglitz in Steerage reflects his childhood and young adulthood and show how these works of art influenced his future works of art. Stieglitz took this photograph when he was going to visit his friends and family in 1907. While on his way to Europe Stieglitz took what is recognized not only as his signature image but also as one of the most important photographs of the 20th Century. While aiming his camera at the lower class passengers in the bow of the ship, he captured a scene he titled “The Steerage”. Once he arrived in Paris he developed the image in a friend’s darkroom and carried the glass plate around with him in Europe for many months. By the time he returned to New York he was so caught up in other business and personal matters that he did not publish it until four years later. This photograph displays people standing on steerage who were rejected by immigration officials of United States and were sent back to Europe. This photograph...
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...only learning from a textbook, during this semester I’ve learned how to appreciate art in diverse of ways and projects such as having presentations, individual reports, painting, sculpture-making and architecture scrapbook. However, textbook provided me the basic knowledge and terminologies that I should know while appreciating art, this is the basic required that later on I could know deeply about art. Despite this typical learning method, I, together with my group mates, also visit churches and infrastructures which are inspired by foreign styles. In fact, this architecture exploration around Cebu gave me an opportunity expanding what I learned from the textbook and combined with how to use this new art concepts and analyzing sense when facing a real art work. I was able to appreciate Filipino architects during the making of the churches we’ve been such as Cathedral Church, Sto. Niño, Plaza Independencia, St. Joseph, Anabaptist Church, etc. It was a great experience trying to locate some inspired architectures here in Cebu. Though I’m not a catholic, which made me an ignorant person towards entering into churches I don’t really visit, I still had the chance to acquire knowledge about these places I’ve mentioned above. This project I had with the group made me reminded by myself about what I saw and learned based on previous teaching topics. I discovered my daily surrounding in the view of art, and because of this different view I caught up some lost things in my ordinary days...
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...By Yasmina Reza A Teacher’s Guide Table of Contents Audience Etiquette………………………………….……………….…3 Characters……………………………………….……………………...4 Synopsis………………………………...…………………………….…4 The Source...…...……….……..………..……………………………….6 The Playwright………..………….....……………..……………………7 Glossary of Words……………..……………………………………….8 Follow-up Considerations……………………………………………10 Internet Resources……………….……………………………………12 The Alley salutes its 2001-2002 Education & Community Outreach Season Co-Sponsors: its Student Matinee Sponsor: its Production Co-Sponsors: and Large Stage Season Sponsor: 2 Audience Etiquette For many of your students, a visit to the Alley may be their first theatre experience. It may be helpful to discuss what they can expect or to have other students relay their own experiences about theatre productions they have seen. Another important point to review is the difference between live theatre and watching a movie or television. Noise Live theatre means live actors who can hear not only what is happening on the stage, but in the audience as well. While laughter and applause at appropriate times are appreciated by the actors, excessive noise and talking is not. Any sort of distracting noise—humming, sighing, chewing gum, or carrying electronic devices—is discouraged. Cell phones, chiming watches and pagers must be turned off during the performance . Applause Applause is used to acknowledge the performers and to voice appreciation or approval. Traditionally, applause comes...
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...Film Critical Essay Xinyue Zhang I saw the movie “Olympus Has Fallen” in the AMC Lennox Theatre on a Saturday night with one of my friends. There were not very much people in the theatre and for the movie I saw, there were only 20 to 30 people. There weren’t any children and all the people were very quiet so I felt really comfortable. The story in the movie happened recently because it involved nuclear war between America and North Korea. The main character Mike Banning is played by Gerard Butler. He used to be the President’s lead secret service agent. The movie starts with an accident happened 18 months before the story. It was during Christmas and the family of the President was going back to the White House from Camp David. On that trip, the car transported the President and his wife Margaret crashed. Mike only got the time to save the President, but Margaret died in that accident. Even though it was not his fault, Mike feels guilty ever since that day. After that tragedy, he was demoted to the Treasury Department because he triggers President’s horrible memories. 18 months later, the prime minister of South Korea comes to the House to meet with the President and during the meeting, an aircraft flies above Washington D.C and starts to shoot people on the ground. Because of this emergency, the President, the prime minister and other America top officials are moved to the House’s bunker. At the same time, more and more terrorists show up and start to attack the White House...
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...Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course Date Visual Analysis of the Art Work Filipo Lippi Madonna and Child and two angels Tempera 1465 is one of the paintings of the Italian Renaissance artist called fillip Lippi. The date which was executed is not known but many people especially the historian believe that this was the time of the fillip career which was between 1450 and 1465. It is one of the arts of Filipo which was he executed without the help of his workshop. The art is an important model which is useful for the later depictions of child and Madonna, which encompasses those of the Sandro Botticelli. It is the art of colorful faces of the Madonna and the two angels who represent the birth of Jesus by the virgin marry. Filippo uses many colors in his art to make the work of his art to be colorful and presentable. The clothing which the mother of the child wears is blue and their bodies are decorated with brown color. The cloth which the angel wears is white while the seat also has got a brown color with some decorations on it. In general, the background color is chocolate, and the sky is blue. The use of color represents a variety and the unity. He uses lines in his art to differentiate the different sections of the body and even the linings of the clothes. Also, the hair of the child and the angel has some lines which indicate their existence. Space is partially overlapping in that the other angel is seen via the hands of the mother and the child and also there is...
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...Works of art vary greatly across genres and time periods. Some works of the humanities seem to have originated from the minds of specific individuals or from social and cultural influences, while other works of art were influenced by the styles and characteristics of earlier periods and are often a continuation of or reaction to those artistic styles. For example, classical art from ancient Greece and Rome was revived during the neoclassical era. Cubism was a reaction to the style and characteristics of the earlier European tradition of realistic painting. The purpose of this task is to analyze, critique, and understand where creativity and inspiration originate. Your goal for this task is to discuss and analyze creativity as the continuation of, or as a reaction to, an earlier historical art period. You will choose two historical periods from the list below and discuss the relationships between the periods. You should discuss how one period revived or continued the style and characteristics of the other period or how one period originated in reaction to the other period. The following is a list of historical art periods you can choose from: • Classical • Middle ages • Renaissance • Mannerism • Baroque • Rococo • Neoclassical • Romanticism • Realism • Impressionism • Post impressionism • Cubism • Dadaism • Geometric abstraction • Pop art • Surrealism • Harlem Renaissance Task: A...
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...Renaissance and Neoclassicism are two major periods in the history of art, during which different forms of art including architecture, painting, music and visual arts significantly progressed. During these eras, many artists gained enormous fame as a result of the masterpieces they produced, reflecting how the ideologies and artistic philosophies evolved during that time. This essay compares and contrasts these two art periods with respect to the major works created by prominent artists. In this regard, the masterpiece David, created by Michelangelo has been compared with Antonio Canova’s statue Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss. Both of these works reflect the artistic progression of their ages. David represents Renaissance art by reflecting the political situation of that time, whereas Psyche Revised by Cupid’s Kiss depicts the artist’s focus on classical Greek and Roman styles. The Renaissance Era refers to a period of rebirth in art. It was a cultural movement that took place between the classical and modern periods of art (Johnson, 2005). During this phase, there were significant developments occurring within different art forms. The artists widely reflected the culture, social conditions and political structure of the society. They went beyond the boundaries of classical art, and created art pieces with unconventional ideas and depicted the political and social conditions of their societies (Earls, 1987). Neoclassicism, also called the Era of Enlightenment, is the period...
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...Almost half a century ago, John Berger expounded how authority has became the barrier of vision through analyzing the impact of ways of seeing on art. Nowadays, people seem to have no need to worry about this problem because of the development of technology. We have the most advanced and sophisticated machines which can help us to “see” the nature of object. For example, a microscope can amplify the object thousands of times and a telescope can look across the milky way through the distant galaxy. The advanced technology allows people to enjoy famous paintings in the world even if they never leave home, and people no longer need to care some disease because we have such developed medical system. Therefore, a large number of people believe that science is omnipotent. But is that the real truth? From my point of view, contemporary science has became a kind of superstition since it plays such a important role in our daily life, and it has became the barrier of vision which blinds people’s eyes as people rely on technology for everything they do. An important part of science is creativity, Edward de Bono once said, “There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same pattern.” It is those invention which led us farewell to poverty and backwardness. Among those great inventions, I believe camera is the most charming one. Berger mentioned the impact of camera...
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...• How has being an Afro-Latino influenced their art or work? • Does this individual identify himself/herself as Black or Hispanic or both? Why or Why not? Or are they just another member of their respective culture and don’t make the distinction? • As a member of one of the various target cultures in Latin America, does/or did your person face the same stigmas or denial of basic human rights (eg voting rights, education, marriage)? • Are they similar or different from Afro-Americans? How? • Did he/she have to confront similar stereotypes or racism like Afro-Americans in U.S. traditionally have faced due to issues related to race i.e. skin color, hair texture, disenfranchisement, lack of social status/ political status within their community because of their race? • How are Afro-Latinos perceived within this individual’s culture? Is it looked down upon to be a person of color, to be of African descent or “Black”? Are they called something specifically if they are mixed race? • What issues are unique to the Afro-Latino experience? • Which work have you chosen to present? Why? What about it is related to African heritage? • How is their African heritage/experience seen in their work? • Which African cultures are prevalent amongst his/her Afro Latino community in Americas? • What is their experience as Afro-Latinos coming to America? • Are your findings unique only to your Afro-Latino person or to all people of color? • What have you learned about this individual and their culture...
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