...In: Art as an Expression and Communication ART AS AN EXPRESSION AND COMMUNICATION We express our emotional state by some visible signs and activities. ART AS A CREATION The word "CREATION" refers to the act of combining or re-ordering already existing materials so that a new object is formed. Art is a planned activity. Sometimes the art object maybe the result of a cooperative activity, by a team of artist motivated by a common goal, as in the production of a play or movie. ART AND EXPERIENCE Three major kinds of experience involve in the artistic activity. Experience which the artist which the artist wants to communicate. Act of expressing this experience that of creating the art object or form. Artist's gratifying experience of having accomplished something significant. ART AND NATURE Art is not nature. A work of art is man-made, and although it may closely resembled nature, it can never duplicate nature. ART AND BEAUTY A thing of beauty is one which gives us pleasure when we perceive it. The delight that we experience is called " AESTHETIC PLEASURE", "AESTHETIC" came from the greek word which means " to perceive with the senses ". The subject of art refers to any person, object, scene or event describe or represented in a work of art. REPRESENTATIONAL OR OBJECTIVE ARTS - arts that have subject. EXAMPLES: Painting, Sculpture, Graphic Arts, Literature and Theater Arts. WAYS OF REPRESENTING SUBJECT 3 Ways Of Repsenting Subject: * REALISM- when...
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...September 23, 2010 An Examination of the Philosophy of Dadaism and It’s Existential Roots Dadaism is an artistic movement that prospered from Europe around the 20th century. Many believe that this form of art is a representation of the “nihilistic protest against all aspects of Western Culture mainly due to a direct result of revulsion and rebellion against the horrors of war” (Shemool). However, what these artists really wanted was to open the minds of society to a new world of illogicality and endless possibilities without the limitations of moral and religious belief. The purpose of this artistic movement is to challenge the conventional principles of morality and establishment of laws by portraying its unique incongruous form of art. Its bizarre and inimitable ways depict some of the basic principles of existentialism, which is “a modern philosophical movement that stressed the importance of personal experience as an individual who are seen as a free agent in a deterministic and seemingly meaningless universe” (Collins English Dictionary). This concept aroused controversy in society since such eruptions of “absurd” terminology were never before seen or accepted. Although some of the works of Dadaism meddled with the tolerance of human society, its true intentions were to re-establish the values of romantic practices and indispensable morality of humanity when uncorrupted by societies’ taboo beliefs. Many of the people during the 20th century were not ready for the absurd world...
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...ART AS AN EXPRESSION AND COMMUNICATION We express our emotional state by some visible signs and activities. ART AS A CREATION The word "CREATION" refers to the act of combining or re-ordering already existing materials so that a new object is formed. Art is a planned activity. Sometimes the art object maybe the result of a cooperative activity, by a team of artist motivated by a common goal, as in the production of a play or movie. ART AND EXPERIENCE Three major kinds of experience involve in the artistic activity. Experience which the artist which the artist wants to communicate. Act of expressing this experience that of creating the art object or form. Artist's gratifying experience of having accomplished something significant. ART AND NATURE Art is not nature. A work of art is man-made, and although it may closely resembled nature, it can never duplicate nature. ART AND BEAUTY A thing of beauty is one which gives us pleasure when we perceive it. The delight that we experience is called " AESTHETIC PLEASURE", "AESTHETIC" came from the greek word which means " to perceive with the senses ". The subject of art refers to any person, object, scene or event describe or represented in a work of art. REPRESENTATIONAL OR OBJECTIVE ARTS - arts that have subject. EXAMPLES: Painting, Sculpture, Graphic Arts, Literature and Theater Arts. WAYS OF REPRESENTING SUBJECT 3 Ways Of Repsenting Subject: * REALISM- when things are depicted in the way they would...
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...[pic] Discover the Eternal Principles The Bible doesn’t have a theology of beauty or an aesthetic (a theory about the beautiful) of beauty. However, many things in the Bible are described as beautiful. And there is much about beauty that can be inferred from the Bible. Some of the teaching points below will deal with Scripture texts in which the Bible directly talks about beauty, but most will deal with texts that provide a theological foundation for how we, as Christians, should think of beauty. Teaching point one: God’s creation is beautiful and meant for our enjoyment. Read Ecclesiastes 3:11–14. The book of Ecclesiastes is best known for its ode to time: “For everything there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die…” (NRSV). Alongside this theme, there is the well-known theme about life being vain, “a vanity of vanities,” a mere chasing after the wind. Missed, sometimes, in the midst of this gloomy, almost despairing perspective is another motif: that life is a gift from God and that the good things of life—food, drink, work, play, and love—are to be enjoyed. Beauty is part of them. [Q] What does this text teach us about beauty? ➢ How should we live in relation to the beauty of God’s creation? In the article, Stackhouse says that evangelicals generally don’t see the need for aesthetically pleasing church buildings because, they argue, the money could be better spent on evangelism...
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...Les Demoiselles d'Avignon is a celebrated painting by Pablo Picasso that depicts five prostitutes in a brothel, in the Avignon Street of Barcelona. The controversial eye-catching painting now hangs in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Les Demoiselles d Avignon work represents a major milestone in the history of modern art. Picasso's controversial and powerful painting broke all traditional concepts and perspective of ideal beauty. It distinguished him from other artists and ushered in the new artistic movement of cubism. In the months leading up to the painting's creation, Picasso struggles with the subject -- five women in a brothel. In 19th century art, prostitutes played a significant role as they were regarded as subversive and disruptive to the social and sexual status quo . Picasso's awareness of this theme must be remembered when examining this work since it aided the painting in becoming the most important artwork of the century. The painting began as a narrative brothel scene on Avignon Street in the city of Barcelona where Picasso was a young up and coming artist. Here he created more than 100 sketches and preliminary paintings before his final design. Initially the painting had five naked prostitutes and two men, a patron surrounded by the women, and a medical student holding a skull, perhaps symbolizing that "the wages of sin are death. " The sailor seemed to be walking into this curtained room where the ladies stand and the woman on the far left now...
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...No muse was identified with the visual arts of painting and sculpture. In ancient Greece sculptors and painters were held in low regard, somewhere between freemen and slaves, their work regarded as mere manual labour.[2] The word art derives from the Latin "ars" (stem art-), which, although literally defined, means "skill method" or "technique", and conveys a connotation of beauty. During the Middle Ages the word artist already existed in some countries such as Italy, but the meaning was something resembling craftsman, while the word artesan was still unknown. An artist was someone able to do a work better than others, so the skilled excellency was underlined, rather than the activity field. In this period some "artisanal" products (such as textiles) were much more precious and expensive than paintings or sculptures. The first division into major and minor arts dates back at least to the works of Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472): De re aedificatoria, De statua, De pictura, which focused on the importance of the intellectual skills of the artist rather than the manual skills (even if in other forms of art there was a project behind).[3] With the Academies in Europe (second half of 16th century) the gap between fine and applied arts was definitely set. Many contemporary definitions of "artist" and "art" are highly contingent on culture, resisting aesthetic prescription, in much the same way that the features constituting beauty and the beautiful cannot be standardized easily...
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...away. In poetry they use metaphor. An example : “you are like a red rose”, a red rose is a metaphor for beauty. Line 1-2: ‘’One day I wrote her name upon the strand, but came the waves and washed it away.’’ The speaker and his love are at the beach (strand) and the speaker is in a romantic mood, because he writes her name in the sand. The waves wash the name away. Line 3: “Again I wrote it with a second hand,” The speaker writes the name again. Second hand is the same as again. The line needs to be complete and he had already used “again”. Line 4 : “But came the tide, and made my pains his prey.” Tides: the periodic variation in the surface level of oceans. The tides are a metaphor for life and death, often used by poets, because it´s one of the cententies of life. The tide is presented as a predator. His pains (efforts) are the prey of the waves. Death is also a predator, the tides are life and death. Line 5-6: ‘’Vain man, said she, that doest in vain assay, a mortel thing so to immortalize.’’ Vain has two meanings here, Vain (man) = you think too highly of yourself. Vain (assay) = useless (try). It´s useless to try and make her live forever, to make her immortal, she’s telling him. That´s impossible. In doing so he´s proving he´s vain, because he thinks he can do that and he pretends to be God. God will make you live forever when you´re in heaven, only God can make you immortal. Line 7: “For I myself shall like to this decay.” = I, myself will...
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...The essay will argue the link between indigenous art, and public art in the post-modern world within which we live. Using the site of Fiona Foley's public art sculpture Bibles and Bullets as a focal point, public art as aboriginal tradition, and public art as a postmodern concept will be analysed. Located in Redfern park, Redfern, the artist's sculpture stands on the ground of great historical context to indigenous people. The context of not only Redfern park, but also the suburb of Redfern holds significant meaning to Aboriginal Australians. In the 1920's indigenous Australians migrated from rural areas of NSW to Redfern. Since then, the Aboriginal communities of Redfern have faced numerous hardships (creative spirits 2014). Redfern Park was the site of Paul Keating's famous 'Redfern Park speech'. The site links both postmodernity and tradition in its meaning, purpose, and structure. The postmodernistic use of art as a way to disrupt movement and space challenges traditional artistic conventions. Fiona Foley is an indigenous artist who was commissioned to work on numerous public art installations. Her art does not depict traditional indigenous scenes such as the dream time, but rather has meaning deeply rooted in the modern history of the invasion of indigenous land. Foley uses public art because once in the public domain, you can't look away. Redfern, and Redfern park both hold significance relating to indigenous Australians. Redfern was the largest Aboriginal populated...
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...Critiques Chapter 1: 1. Mona Lisa is one of the most famous pieces of art work in the world. Leonardo da Vinci used a light and dark contrast in this portrait to achieve the emphasis of her mysterious facial expression. (Page 2). 2. The artwork of the “Kenyan woman” there was a variety of colors. The colors in this work portrayed the beauty in different cultures. The smile of the Kenyan woman shows that happiness is beauty. (Page 3). 3. This picture is of the Column of Trajan in Rome, Italy. The spirals on this piece of architecture portray the victories of Napoleon Bonaparte. The history and antiqueness of this column makes this picture beautiful. (Page 8). Chapter 2: 1. Sol LeWitt’s “Lines from four corners to points on a grid” shows how even a line can make a piece of artwork. This piece of work portrays simplicity along with complexity with the use of lines. (Page 28). 2. Elizabeth Catlett’s “Sharecropper” shows the strength of an African American woman. The use of texture in this picture shows the harsh environment the woman was living in. The woman’s look shows her overcoming the hard times. (Page 33). 3. Jacob Lawerence’s painting “Harriet Tubman Series No. 4” portrays a sense of freedom. The people in his painting seem to be jumping and leaping for joy as they overcame an obstacle in their lives. (Page 35). Chapter 3: 1. The artist Deliah Montoya’s artwork known as “Los Jovenes (Youth)” shows a bond of friendship. It portrays the culture...
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...Roman Art – The Identity of an Empire Christina Kapua ARTS/100 April 18, 2013 Taurie Kinoshita Roman Art – The Identity of an Empire The Romans ingeniously display majestic art while incorporating function and purpose to build an empire. The Romans had many forms in which they created art. They adorned their city, homes, and palaces with paintings, sculptures, and grand architectural structures. Rome admired and emulated the artistry of the Greek, Egyptians, and Celtic designs. They learned engineering techniques from the Etruscans that has developed Rome’s historical development and style. With its influence of other cultures, Romans have established its own characteristics of ancient classical Rome, which has carved a pathway to many forms of artwork in the past and present time. The different genre that Rome has influenced is two-dimensional arts, sculpture, and architecture; with significant contributors, such as Michelangelo Buonarroti and Gian Lorenzo Benini. Historical Development and Evolution of Style Influenced by the Etruscans and inspired by the Greeks, the Romans artistry evolved to display realism and power. Romans learned practical and advanced engineering techniques from the Etruscans that began the groundwork for the vast buildings built to serve the needs of a growing population. After the overthrow of Greece majority of their artwork, and sculptures were brought back to Rome to adorn their city and palaces. Many Greek artists migrated to Rome to impart...
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...Middle Ages and Renaissance Art Western Governor’s University It is interesting how two different artistic periods can compare to each other. When comparing Middle Age art to art of the Renaissance, I find a vast transformation of ideas and mentality between the two eras. The Middle Ages, also called the Medieval period, lasted from the 5th to the 15th century. It began with the collapse of the Western Roman Empire and merged into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. Christianity, religion and the church played an important role in life in the Middle Ages. Life seemed difficult in the Middle Ages. A vast majority of the population could read or write. The population’s hope was declining and this lead to a strong belief that the next life in heaven would be better than the current life that they were in. The basic government and society in Europe during the middle ages was based around the feudal system. (Eco, U. (1986). Because Christianity played an important role during the Middle Ages, early Christian art icons were popular such as images of Christ, the Virgin Mary or saints. Also popular were illuminated manuscripts that were of a religious nature. Because of the radiant glow created by the gold, silver, and other colors that were used, these handwritten and decorated or painted texts were called illuminations. These were still being created in the Middle Ages. Architecture of the Middle Ages also focused on a Christianity theme. Two...
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...revisionism throughout their tales so as to allow both their feministic values to be expressed and to allow the female narrative voice to be heard and thus emphasise the sense of female empowerment and independence which permeates both volumes. As Sarah Gamble writes, both writers use the fairy tale as a vehicle for the perpetuation of female oppression in culture.[1] Transformation is a traditional theme of the fairy-tale with it being a key aspect of Carter's 'Cat tales.' In 'The Courtship of Mr Lyon', the love of Beauty is a catalyst for the metamorphosis of Mr Lyon which causes a transformation from his strong bestial qualities with his “unkempt” looks and his “rough, hot, stiff stubble” into the stereotype of the gentleman who walks calmly in the garden with his wife. Her enduring love for Mr Lyon develops him from the “leonine apparition” into the “handsomest of all beasts.” In ‘The Tiger’s Bride’ Carter inverts the classic tale and instead, it is Beauty that undergoes the change. In this tale, we see the female protagonist objectified and “lost to the beast at cards.” In this tale, after the daughter releases the responsibilities of caring for her father, the girl sees her role in a masculine dominated society in the reflection of...
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...wing was constructed in 1919, using R.C.C. for columns, beams and roof, the latest construction technology then prevalent, and plastered rubble stone and coursed stone masonry. The building’s new history, so to speak, begins in 1991 the year Indus Valley was born. That year, 12 prominent architects of the city brainstormed for the evolution of a design for the campus of the new institution. A few weeks later, Shahid Abdullah, one of the founders of the Indus Valley, found the beautiful old Nusserwanjee building, then used as a warehouse and for offices, which was for sale in other words it was to be demolished. What followed was an impossible ambition to buy the building and move it to Clifton. The beautiful structure would be perfect for art and design studios. The underlying motives behind this decision were multiple to save the building from demolition, to introduce a novel method to save architectural heritage and provide a hands-on, once in a lifetime experience to the faculty and students in the area of...
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...case, it was only the Christened Europe which was going through a period of intellectual darkness and barbarity. The Muslim world, as well as Spain, and the Chinese Empire were both culturally brilliant and geographically extensive. Thus, Bertrand Russell in the chapter ‘Reflections of the Re-awakening East’ says that it is the narrow outlook of the Europeans to term this period “The Dark Ages”. Q.2 On what grounds does the author argue that Communism is the “most modern and virulent form of Western Imperialism”? Ans. In the chapter ‘Reflections on the Re-awakening East’ Bertrand Russell argues that Communism is the most modern and bitterly hostile form of Western policy to establish their political and economic hegemony over other nations. He says that although Communism is not widely recognized in either the East or the West, it is wiping out the ancient and glorious traditions of civilization in Asia. He also says that China has been greatly affected by it and advises the other Asian countries that re-awakening of East should not mean subjection to Communism as its philosophy is German and its regime is imposed by military force. In addition, he says that poetry and music and art and love and the simple joys of life are necessary to make human life tolerable, but these elements are forgotten in the Communist philosophy. That is why Bertrand Russell considers Communism the most modern and virulent...
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...Minimalism describes movements in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and music, where the work is stripped down to its most fundamental features. The term "minimalist" is often applied colloquially to designate anything which is spare or stripped to its essentials .The terms have expanded to encompass a movement in music which features repetition and iteration. As a specific movement in the arts it is identified with developments in post-World War II Western Art, most strongly with American visual arts in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Prominent artists associated with this movement include Donald Judd, John McLaughlin, Robert Morris . Effortless, unfussy, unadorned, and powerfully understated, stark minimalist style is one of few fashion trends that works for virtually all women of any age, shape, or social occupation. There's something extremely confident and uncomplicated about this unpretentious look, which showcases a woman's shape, face, and personality, without any need to distract the eye with ornamental embellishments or patterns. Minimalism is a way of life that means simplicity. It is not so aggressive in comparison with ego centric life and believes in simple procedure for life. In minimalism the leading force is delicacy of feelings. It proffers easy structures, simplicity, self-assurance, and a straightforward philosophy, which leads to satisfaction. Minimalism living style has been around for thousands of years but its popularity increased...
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