...When you first hear the word “beauty”, what do you think of? Celebrities dressed in expensive red-carpet gowns that you hopelessly admire from afar? An art gallery filled with sculptures and paintings much too complex for you to interpret? Perhaps a simplistic landscape viewing of the breathtaking natural world? Whatever it may be, the definition of beauty has always depended on the person you are asking and the time period they are in. Clearly, certain things that may have been considered beautiful at one time, may not be deemed as beautiful in today's society. This is why I believe beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder. For the third marking period, I finally decided to read a book on art. After going through the chapter on the renaissance...
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...Part 2 Cézanne Compare and contrast Cézanne’s Bathers (Plate 1.3.4) with Correggio’s Leda with the Swan (Plate1.3.8). The first painting I will examine is one piece of a long series of paintings by the artists’ artist Paul Cézanne. The collection is known as Bathers, which hangs in The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Said paintings have been produced over a long period of time, from 1894 to 1905 – a year before Cézanne’s death. The painting in question displays an array of six naked females in an outdoor setting. Other than this the narrative seems to be missing. The figures in the painting seem strangely distanced from each other as the landscape dominates the front of the image where the bathers are backwards in the painting. The faces of the females are devoid and lack expression and their bodies seem to merge with the landscape. The figures are not defined, uneven and appear unpersuasive. It is as if the painter had finished painting the figures and returned to the finer details of the landscape. The dense space between the figures caused to become a difficult image to read to the average spectator. To the left of the image we see parts that do not seem to make sense, due to their ambiguity of form. Even though Cézanne did not conform to the century’s norm, the formal way of the painting – i.e. how the artist lays the painting, the way the painting is composed and the colours the artist chooses, is constructed in a very traditional manner. He depicted the human...
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...have happened that can be verified through experience or observation. The phrase “new ways of thinking”, seems more ambiguous because how can there be new ways of thinking? However, for this essay, the definition of thinking from a different perspective or thinking in a way that is different from all previous ways of thinking is used. This, however, allows different people to have different new ways of thinking. A new way of thinking to one person would no longer be the same to another person. Most often, people would firmly say that new ways of thinking are innovative and new advances are advantageous; for example, in Economics, advances in technology would lead to a greater productive and allocative efficiency, which would result in greater levels of economic growth for a certain country, which, of course, it’s a great benefit for the society. However, there is also a need for discovery new data and facts to broaden our knowledge, and we can’t overlook this. It’s human nature. Humans seek to understand the world in which they live in: its physical and non-physical aspects. This need in man is natural, and can be described as an impulse that has driven our kind through the generations and lead evolution into the areas of breakthrough. Using examples such as in economics, art and science, I will attempt to...
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...Understanding Art DUE: 10/12/2014 MIDTERM Giacometti uses organic lines. As far as I can see the lines are very different and a lot of the time the lines are more repeated and may I use the word scribbled on rather than clean strait and perfect. The lines he uses are often undefined and show more of a silhouette rather than a clear picture. It is not a complete blur though. Often times they are easy to decipher and you can see the picture he is creating even with the lines being how they are. I would say that his paintings are Bas- relief. I believe this because he often uses symmetrical and more rounded shapes than common shapes like squares and rectangles. He tends to be what I like to call a freehand artist (probably not an accurate term.) He tends to draw using more unusual lines and shapes. He doesn’t play by the books. Something I admire in his work. Foreground is shown throughout his works. You can see that the sculptures or the main “character” of the painting is usually placed ( or appears to be placed) towards the front more often than the back. He catches your eye to the main idea this way. The figures are distorted. They don’t have a real sense of balance or proportion. They tend to be formed how they want. The body’s on the figures for example are never really accurate to one another or too symmetrical obviously if there’s an arm on one side their tends to be on the other side but they may not always align or be doing the same thing. In my opinion and from...
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...Theory of Architecture 2: Manuals Architectural Design Process and Methodologies The question of the actual design process and methodology of design is more confusing when dealing with architectural design because architectural design more often involves in a team work. Before, most architects are considered more of an artist; they can design but was not able to explain or defends the need to add a significant amount of funds for the particular design. In today’s architectural trends, there are set of rules and guidelines to be followed that could affect or help in making a design. The process should involve the following step. [TSSF Inc.] 1. Assemble the team – As stated above the architectural design involves a team of people. At the outset of the project there should be a scheduling or at least a tentative assembly of efficient architects and consultant who identify the project’s scope and purpose. There should be a project’s team leader who holds the overall responsibility and identifying the right person/s in their fields. 2. Clear Communication – As again stated before, the design part involves a team. The communication should be always available for any enquiry of the different involves, especially for the owner or their representative/s. The Project Architect coordinates regular meetings to design staff, specialists and the Owner’s representative. 3. Budget and Cost Control - Cost control is critical to the success of any project. This is true...
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...1. Exec Summary Architects, developers, and interior designers use architectural visualization to help sell their projects as images can better describe a project than verbiage. Whether a house, a high-rise office building, a bridge, or an entire development, they all share an intense design process. From initial concept, to line drawings, to high resolution conceptual art, the goal is the selling of your idea. And it is the high resolution conceptual rendering which communicates the embodiment of your project and subsequently promotes excitement and sales. The use of 2d images is commonplace. Site plans, floor plans, and elevations can convey general information and are necessary for the builder, but this information is sometimes lost on the end customer. These drawings can suggest the...
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...CONTENTS Chapter Page No. 1. Computer Graphics 2.1. Overview 1 2.2. History 1 2.3. Image Types 2 2.4. Computer Animation 4 2.5. Applications Of Computer Graphics 4 2. OpenGL 3.6. What is OpenGL? 5 3.7. Rendering Pipeline 5 3.8. Libraries 7 3.9. Header Files 7 3. System Requirements 4.10. Software Requirements 8 4.11. Hardware Requirements 8 4. Project Details 5.12. Overview of Games 9 5.13. Genres 9 5.14. Classification 10 5. Implementation 6.15. Header Files Used 11 6.16. Functions Used 12 6. Source Code 17 7. Snap Shots 27 8. Conclusion 31 9. Bibliography 32 COMPUTER GRAPHICS Overview The term computer graphics includes almost everything on computers that is not text or sound. Today nearly all computers use some graphics and users expect to control their computer through icons and pictures rather than just by typing. Computer graphics is the field of visual computing, where one utilizes computers both to generate visual images synthetically and to integrate or alter visual and spatial information sampled from the real world. The term Computer Graphics has several meanings: * The representation and manipulation...
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...language. Vocabulary can also limit how we communicate with one another because using certain words to describe something may make understanding it much more complex. For example, when one uses abstraction they take away individualistic value to the subject to which they are referring. Does one abstract a cow to the point where they are nothing but a farming asset, or not abstract the cow enough to the point where it is only a large mass of particles and organisms? When there are multiple meanings for the same word, or if something is able to be interpreted in various ways, words and phrases may often be misunderstood and used incorrectly. Areas of knowledge (AOKs) such as language, art, and mathematics are prime examples of why vocabulary can limit how much we know. Literature, as well as other forms of art, can be interpreted in various ways. Math contains various methods, which may be used to reach the same conclusion. Questions begin to arise, such as “Does vocabulary always help us to communicate?” and “How can we avoid...
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...talents, and career desires. By explaining events from my life, I plan to give insight into who I am as a person and what I have to offer to potential employers. I will provide personal experiences, which pertain to me acquiring certain skill sets and also research about the graphic design market. My goal in this paper is to show the drive, passion, and love I have for becoming a graphic designer and artist. To achieve this goal, I have organized my paper into four main sections. In the first section, I provide an account of four important events in my younger years: winning a drawing contest for a local church, taking art lessons with a very talented local artist in the low country, winning first prize at the Coastal Carolina State Fair, and working for a small graphics business. In the second section, I discuss my transition from high school into college with art, the skills I have attained, and my MBTI test results. My paper draws to an end with a third section that offers research of the graphic design market which is the field I chose to major in while attending college concludes with a fourth section that discusses the importance of what success means to me. I also include a resume attached after my bibliography. Before I can begin the examination of my four main sections, however, I need to provide some insight into who I am; it is to this that I now turn. I’m a simple southern girl who was born and raised in Charleston, SC. I’ve lived in Summerville all my life; I first...
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...University BSM 580 MGT 441 – Philosophy of Corporate Culture Facilitator: Nick Ipock June 21, 2012 Leadership today takes many forms and has numerous definitions and styles. Servant Leadership, though not a new concept, is at the forefront of discussion from leaders and observers around the globe. The final paper for Philosophy of Corporate Culture focused on the steps necessary for successful change implementation. This paper will expand upon the idea of Servant Leadership and whether it will help or hurt change implementation within a given organization. Prior to any discussion about the qualities, actions, and implications of being a servant leader, we must first take a look at its modern day origin and definition. The phrase “Servant Leadership” was originally coined by Robert K. Greenleaf in The Servant as Leader, an essay that he first published in 1970. In that essay, he said: “The servant-leader is servant first… It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. That person is sharply different from one who is leader first; perhaps because of the need to assuage an unusual power drive or to acquire material possessions…The leader-first and the servant-first are two extreme types. Between them there are shadings and blends that are part of the infinite variety of human nature” (Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership, 2012). Though the term servant leadership is a modern...
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...Both artists, Samuel Palmer and William Blake were two 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...
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...gathered from my contextual factors and pre-assessment inform me of what type of students I will be teaching. The contextual factors help me to have a better understanding of the type of demographic my students belong to and what type of learning styles they attain. This information will also allow me to know of any outside characteristics that may inhibit learning for an individual student and the students as a whole. For example, some students may have learning disabilities and the student’s as a whole may react negatively to artworks involving polytheism. Giving the pre-assessment allowed me to fully understand what level my students are performing for that particular unit. I have found that I need to focus a lot of time on vocabulary definitions and how to apply the terms to artwork. Prompt Results of Pre-Assessment The students in this introductory level drawing class consists of students that are required to take this class as an elective or students who have an interest in drawing and wish to pursue it. The students in this class have limited experience with the concepts and skills in drawing. The pre-assessment results allow for an analysis of where the students are in terms of general knowledge. The pre-assessment for learning goal one allowed me to have a base quality level of the students’ performance. It enables me to see what each student is capable of in terms of skill and accuracy in the beginning. In learning goal two, the questionnaire provides a quick...
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... Arguably, the stylization approach to the meaning may open up the possibility of anime produced in countries other than Japan.[3][4][5] For simplicity, many Westerners strictly view anime as an animation product from Japan.[6] The earliest commercial Japanese animation dates to 1917, and production of anime works in Japan has since continued to increase steadily. The characteristic anime art style emerged in the 1960s with the works of Osamu Tezuka and spread internationally in the late twentieth century, developing a large domestic and international audience. Anime is distributed theatrically, by television broadcasts, directly to home media, and over the internet and is classified into numerous genres targeting diverse broad and niche audiences. Anime is a diverse art form with distinctive production methods and techniques that have been adapted over time in response to emergent technologies. The production of anime focuses less on the animation of movement and more on the realism of settings as well as the use of camera effects, including panning, zooming and angle shots. Diverse art styles are used and character proportions and features can be quite varied, including characteristically large emotive or realistically sized eyes. The anime industry consists of over 430 production studios including major names like Studio Ghibli, Gainax and Toei Animation. Despite having a fraction of the domestic...
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...that enriches the lives of individuals, builds better organizations and ultimately creates a more just and caring world. While servant leadership is a timeless concept, the phrase “servant leadership” was coined by Robert K. Greenleaf in The Servant as Leader, an essay that he first published in 1970. In that essay, Greenleaf said: “The servant-leader is servant first… It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. That person is sharply different from one who is leader first, perhaps because of the need to assuage an unusual power drive or to acquire material possessions…The leader-first and the servant-first are two extreme types. Between them there are shadings and blends that are part of the infinite variety of human nature.” “The difference manifests itself in the care taken by the servant-first to make sure that other people’s highest priority needs are being served. The best test, and difficult to administer, is: Do those served grow as persons? Do they, while being served, become healthier, wiser, freer, more autonomous, more likely themselves to become servants? And, what is the effect on the least privileged in society? Will they benefit or at least not be further deprived?“ A servant-leader focuses primarily on the growth and well-being of people and the communities to which they belong. While traditional leadership generally involves the accumulation and exercise of power by one at...
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...In his memoir, An American Comedy (cowritten with Wesley W. Stout), Harold Lloyd asserts that while growing up “I was average and typical of the time and place.” He continues: “Supposing Atlantic City had been holding Average American Boy contests, with beauty waived, I might have been Master America most any year between 1893 and 1910.” This insistence was not random; it suited someone who doggedly set out to create a type on-screen as close as he could make it to an average specimen—a mirror image of the American audience. The fact that the man who said this was anything but average, a brilliantly gifted physical performer with a genius for constructing comic gags, who moreover understood the film medium with greater sophistication than all but a handful of his peers, speaks to both his modesty and his vanity. It also approaches the mystery of why audiences today may find it harder to connect with Harold Lloyd than they do with, say, Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton. He embodied the spirit of the American dream that any average individual with gumption could attain success, an ideal that still seemed within reach in the twenties, before the Depression, Vietnam, and national disenchantment. Chaplin flirted perennially with pathos, Keaton with melancholy, while Lloyd went his merry way, positive thinking and triumphant. “It’s the optimism,” wrote his defender Richard Griffith, “which chiefly sticks in the highbrow craw and accounts for the continued fundamental lack of interest...
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