A. “Spiral Jetty” by Smithson As it is mentioned in the “Troublemakers”, artists, such as Smithson, were trying to find a bigger and different canvas and material for their art. They used cranes as their brush and land or earth as their canvas. This choice of material gave them an opportunity to work on a super large scale. Along with these respectful materials, the large-scale artwork creates an “awe”. Also, the spiral form that Smithson chose for his art piece is a spiritual and mystic form. There
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Yayoi Kusama: The Modern Alice in Wonderland Being a pioneer in the minimalism and feminist art movement, Yayoi Kusama is constantly pushing boundaries in the realm of culture and art. Every element in Kusama’s artwork, such as repetition, pattern and accumulation, questions the viewers to rethink social and political norms of society in the hopes that it would inspire change to gender equality. Her installation, Walking Piece, serves as an exemplary example of dissolving boundaries between human
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Alex Schuetrumpf 15 February 2015 Article Review #2 Rohwer, D., & Polk, J. (2006). Practice Behaviors of eighth-grade instrumental musicians. Journal of Research in Music Education. 54(4), 350-362. Rohwer and Polk or the University North Texas wrote this study to better understand the practice behaviors of eighth-graders. This study does not apply to vocalists or keyboardists. This information would be beneficial to directors to understand whether or not his students know how to practice efficiently
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day performer is able to see with ease the tone with which the music calls to be expressed. The allegretto moderato promptings at the very beginning of the piece seems to echo the fluttering heart of the character or in this case the singer identifying with the character, as she prepares to enter into marriage. As the piece gradually develops it continues to show the attempted containment Suzanna is striving for. At the same time the music reveals the slips of uncontrolled nervousness the singer relates
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Celia Coats MUS - 110 Writing Assignment Week 9 In relation to Haydn’s String Quartet this statement is used in the text to go into stating that in this part of time music was ready for something new, but not completely, and Haydn did a good job at transitioning into different versions of melody while still keeping the things that everyone was accustomed to. He was able to add a fresh spin unto things by delivering a song that had repetition, contrast, and variation all wrapped up into one piece
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I have loved music since I was little. One of my favorite CDs as a kid was Mr. Bach Lives Upstairs. I loved to listen to classical music. When I was six, mom parents told me that I had to learn to play an instrument. They gave me the option of playing the piano, or the violin. I was disappointed because although I liked listening to music, I wasn't really interested in making music. I eventually chose the violin. I practiced for fifteen minutes a day, and gradually I got better. I started to get
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I attended a performance of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra performing music made by Danny Elfman for Tim Burton films. Each piece focused more on capturing the mood the music captured in that overall movie. Instead of focusing on one composition from each movie, a medley of multiple compositions from the film was made to give an overall feel of each. Compared to the Mozart’s “Little Night Music” performance I attended a week ago, the atmosphere was more relaxed. The patrons for this specific event
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03.11.2015 The choreography of vortex [Won Chae] Beginning with pianissimo, repeating melody of snare drum is rising in a continuous crescendo with a breathtaking and moderate movement under the spot light. When you are about to feel there is no air to breathe, this repeating eco introduces and adds other instruments one by one with highly saturated dancing. I would never forget the moment when I was captured by this beautiful choreography ‘Bolero’1 performed by Sylvie Guillem2. I was not even in
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Commedia dell’Arte Is an Italian form of theatre which comedy is created by inprovisation and a collection of stock characters. It literally means 'comedy of The actors'. It was started within the 16th century and continued until the 18th century.Commedia dell’Arte Influenced the work of many play writers including Shakespeare.Commedia dell’Arte At had big influence on Shakespeare's 'taming of the shrew'. An example within 'the taming of the shrew' could be tranio. Tranio is melodramatic and adds
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In Sanford J. Ungar’s article, “The New Liberal Arts”, he claims there are some misperceptions present in respects to the Liberal Arts and Sciences. Sanford J. Ungar is an American Journalist, author, and the former president of Goucher College located in Baltimore Maryland. Amongst Ungar’s prodigious texts is his essay, “The New Liberal Arts”, in which he depicts, analyzes, and counters seven misperceptions there are to the field of the Liberal Arts and Sciences; for instance, a few of the common
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