...All empty space does not consist of stones. 6. Therefore, stones do not exist. To go even further, I can add another step in order to conclude that ordinary objects do not exist. The additional step would be that if ordinary objects exist, then stones must also exist. Therefore, ordinary objects do not exist. First we must see what objects exists and what objects occupy a position in space and time. Objects in the universe include planets, people, atoms, chairs, and the sun. They are all made out of parts and they are all composite objects. In order to explain the idea of composition we can say that the x’s compose a composite object if and only if the x’s, taken together have a function that none of them have separately, the x’s are physically bonded, and the x’s are inseparable. Nihilism supports Unger’s idea that stones do not exist because nihilism supports the idea that composition never occurs and therefore,...
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...INTD 103 Freehand Drawing | Elements and principles of art and design | The elements and principles of design are the building blocks used to create a work of art. The elements of design can be thought of as the things that make up a painting, drawing, design etc. Good or bad - all paintings will contain most of if not all, the seven elements of design.The Principles of design can be thought of as what we do to the elements of design. How we apply the Principles of design determines how successful we are in creating a work of art. THE ELEMENTS OF DESIGNLINE Line can be considered in two ways. The linear marks made with a pen or brush or the edge created when two shapes meet.SHAPE A shape is a self contained defined area of geometric or organic form. A positive shape in a painting automatically creates a negative shape.DIRECTION All lines have direction - Horizontal, Vertical or Oblique. Horizontal suggests calmness, stability and tranquillity. Vertical gives a feeling of balance, formality and alertness. Oblique suggests movement and action see notes on directionSIZE Size is simply the relationship of the area occupied by one shape to that of another.TEXTURE Texture is the surface quality of a shape - rough, smooth, soft hard glossy etc. Texture can be physical (tactile) or visual. see notes on textureCOLOUR Also called Hue see notes on colourVALUE Value is the lightness or darkness of a colour. Value is also called Tone see notes on tonal contrastTHE...
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...Visual Art Critique MUS 2313.003 Event: Gallery I & II of the Department of Art and Design Where: JCM Building at Texas State University Craven Image- Bill Komodore The Craven Painting was the first to catch my eye. Perhaps this was because the texture made the image seem blurry or maybe it was because it was the biggest, colorful painting you see when you walk in the door. Whatever the reason, I just had to stop and stare. At first glance it look like a soda can, and when you squinted your eyes, it even looked like the word ‘Craven’ that was in the middle said Coke. But maybe this was just what I saw especially because I was thirsty at the time. As for what is being said, I can honestly say I do not know. I am not an imaginative person so art is a weak point for me. I know craven means cowardly, which makes me think that he uses the background to abject fear to the audience. He then contrasts the background blacks and greys with a sudden orange in the middle, which draws the attention viewer’s attention to the center. The object in the middle looks like a jar that could be characterized with feeling entrapped which could continue to evoke fear. Last but not least, the lines in this painting are running in many different directions. As Dennis Spore says, “Artists use line to control our vision, to create unity” (Sporre, 15). In this artwork the artist actually does the opposite, with “non traditional brushstrokes”, to create chaos that continues the feeling of trepidation...
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...the cards for Manet. Ironically, his art career is still being appreciated over a century later. Manet's uncle, Edmond Fournier, supported Manet is his early art interests, arranging frequent trips to the Louvre. Eventually, Manet and his parents were on the same page and they supported his calling for art. The artist’s use of color, space and composition: The lemon by Manet is a unique piece of art. Manet utilizes realism to capture the simplistic form of the fruit. However, this painting is nothing less than sophisticated demonstrating Manet’s true command of color and touch with his brush. The painting is encompassed by dull, dark colors with sporadic brightness. Manet uses different forms of yellow to capture the color, shape, and texture of the lemon. The sudden brightness in the painting can be seen as the natural reflection that the lemon and the plate give off. He also utilizes dark browns mixed with green to reflect the depth and texture of the plate. His brush strokes are different throughout the painting. At times the brush strokes are hard and streaky, and at other times very clean. The painting is open composition, with the plate that the lemon is resting on going off the canvas. The lemon is horizontally depicted, with a strong shallow sense of...
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...compose, within strict boundaries, while playing. There are actually fully written ensemble compositions out there without improvisation. The compositions are still considered modal improvisation because the compositions still follow the conventions of maqam. 2. Islamic Call to Prayer and Jewish biblical cantillation are not considered “music” of “singing,” because of sensuality. Islam believes music is overly sensual. Islamic Call to Prayer does have definite pitch, rhythm, and contour. However, Islam does not think of Call to Prayer as sensual, but “as heightened speed or ‘holy’ speech, delivered in a style requiring both declamation and the spinning out of syllables”(248). Full-fledged singing is often forbidden for Judaism because of sensuality. To get around full-fledged singing, Judaism uses the term cantillation. Cantillation is thought of as a heightened speech that is between speaking and singing. Even if a cantillation has a melody, it is still not referred to as “singing.” 3. There are many factors that make Persian classical music different from Arabic music. One of the differences is the difference between the Arabic maqam and Persian dastgah. While Persian musicians have created “composed” melodic phrases, Arab musicians rely on oral tradition of melodic phrases. The “composed” melodic phrases created by the Persian musicians make short compositions, and are called gusheh....
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...レオナルド・ダ・ヴィンチ 『絵画論』 ▪ レオナルド・ダ・ヴィンチ(1452 -1519) o イタリアのルネサンス期を代表する芸術家 o 本名はレオナルド・ディ・セル・ピエーロ・ダ・ヴィンチ (Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci ) o 絵画、彫刻、建築、音楽、科学、数学、工学、発明、解剖学、地学、地誌学、植物学など o 万能人(uomo universale )、「飽くなき探究心」と「尽きることのない独創性」 o 肖像画『モナ・リザ』と宗教画『最後の晩餐』 o 絵画作品、レオナルドが残したドローイングや科学に関するイラストが描かれた手稿、絵画に対する信念 ▪ 手稿 o ルネサンス人文主義 o 13,000ページ、手稿にドローイング o 芸術と自然哲学が融合したもの o レオナルドが興味と関心を持ったあらゆる分野の事象が書かれている。 ▪ 「絵の本」から 絵画とほかの芸術との • 絵画と詩人との相違 • 絵画と音楽との相違 • 絵画と彫刻との相違 遠近法 Perspective • 線的遠近法 • 色彩遠近法 • 消失遠近法 • 空気遠近法 光、影、色 ▪ 参考文献 杉浦明平訳 岩波文庫 レオナルドダビンチの手記 (上) The Notebooks of Leonardo, Da Vinch Irma A. Richter, Oxford University Press -絵画とほかの芸術との 画家は、自分をする美を見たいと思えば、 肝をつぶす:to be amazed 実際この宇宙の中に本質として、現在としてあるいは想像としてあるものを、かれはまず頭の中に、次は手の中に所有する。そしてそれは非常に優秀なので、それらがいかなるものであろうとも、同時に一眸の中に均衡のとれた調和を生じる。these are of such excellence that they can present a proportioned and harmonious view of the whole, that can be seen simultaneously, at one glance, just as things in nature. 絵画は自然から生まれる、自然の孫。 絵画を軽蔑するものは哲学をも、また自然を愛していない. he who despises painting loves neither philosophy nor nature. 絵と詩の 絵と音楽 音楽は絵画の姉妹という以外に呼びようがない。 眼に比べて第二次的な感官たる聴覚に従い、 for she is depending on hearing, the sense which comes second[1],and her harmony is composed of the union of its proportional parts sounded simultaneously, rising and falling in one or more harmonic...
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...In this essay I will attempt to analyze the artwork named “Beguiling Lure “ by Isaac Talley made in 2009. The medium of this artwork is acrylic and oil on canvas. The composition is simple with the main focus being a dangling object and a portrait of a single bird. The multi coloring of the background is bright and soft with dark and light hues. The artist was able to deliver the paint onto the canvas in different directions and angles which gives the appearance of overlapping colors,roughness and a uneven texture. There is a small horizontal space that has been left blank and untouched in the middle of the canvas that provides a dividing line separating the upper portion of the painting from the lower portion. Even though there is no similarities in the main two subjects in the painting the artist brings balance, proportion and unity to his work by using the same background colors and patterns from top to bottom. The eye is automatically drawn towards two specific areas on the canvas and directly to the middle upper portion of the painting where a circular white object is attached to a dark blue string of yarn that hangs from a peg at the top of the canvas. In the bottom right corner a is a painting of a black bird standing with its back to the viewer as it looks towards the hanging object. I think the painting is a form of expression in which the intention is to give the viewer an increased awareness of how we have become a materialistic society. Because of our increased...
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...Noticeable from the distance is the installation called For Lots of Lost Windows by Akiko Utsumi. It is conceptual art combining nature and man-made materials that invites its viewers to look beyond what is present in time and grasp the spiritual connection that the evolving nature presents. The scale of the installation is evidently intended to be large and visible from distance that it is too large compared to the common windows in our houses. The composition is divided from the foreground, the middle ground, and the background. The idea and purpose of the artist is for the viewer to rediscover the beautiful scenery through her “own view” - her window. The window is a standalone structure that stands as a foreground in an open space covered...
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...introduced to music when he was five years old when his father taught him the solfeggio and the banduria. Abelardo completed his first composition, a waltz entitled "Ang Unang Buko" dedicated to his grandmother, at the age of eight. By the age of thirteen, he was playing at saloons and cabarets in Manila, and by fifteen, he was teaching at barrio schools in San Ildefonso and San Miguel in Bulacan. In 1916, Abelardo entered the University of the Philippines Coservatory of Music, taking courses under Guy F. Harrison and Robert Scholfield. During his studies, he composed the melody of the university's official anthem, U.P. Naming Mahal. After earning a teacher's certificate in science and composition in 1921, he was appointed head of the composition department at the Conservatory in 1924. Years later, he ran a boarding school for young musicians, among which were Antonino Vuenaventura, Alfredo Lozano, and Lucino Sacramento. Abelardo died in 1934 at the age of 41, leaving behind a collection of roughly 140 compositions. He is known for redefining the kundiman, bringing the form to art-song status. Notable among his works are 'Nasaan Ka Irog," "Magbalik Ka Hirang," and "Himutok." The main theater of the Cultural Center of the Philippines and the building housing the College of Music in UP Diliman(Abelardo Hall) were named in his honor and memory. Compositions: Nasaan Ka Irog Magbalik Ka Hirang...
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...common characteristics these three groups of students have, some challenges that an educator My have to overcome when it comes to teaching that particular group of students, what special learning opportunities can be offered to the whole class, and some specific strategies to help each group of students to be able to successfully succeed. First, let us take a look at some of the characteristics of children with ADHD. Some of those characteristics are doesn’t pay attention to details, has trouble staying focused, has trouble following directions, constantly fidgets and squirms, acts out without thinking, and often leaves his or her sit where sitting quietly is expected. Some characteristics of children with Down syndrome are short attention span, language impairment, refusing to comply with requests, and delayed social development. A person with autism can display the following characteristics; some of those characteristics are may not imitate others, may not understand social cues, may be resistant to change, and may only focus on one thing such as a particular toy. Now we will take a look at some of the common characteristics that all three groups have in common. First of all, in all three of these groups the children have some sort of disability. Children will ADHD, Down syndrome, and Autism often at times has a hard time...
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...entirely correct, because in one hand short-term memory has been though as a place into where information is put. In the other hand we have that Working Memory is though as an active system that processes the information present in short-term memory. Digit Span Test is a memory test in which a series of number are shown to subjects, who are then asked to recall the numbers in order. I am going to show you a video where we can see how the digit span test works. Chunking is known as the process of recoding or reorganizing the information, Which is one way to held more information in short-term memory, by combining this information into meaningful units or chunks. Lets say we have a sequence of 10 numbers, one way to chunk is seeing this sequence as a phone number, so instead of having 10 separate bits, there would be only three chunks. Maintenance Rehearsal is one way of remembering information by repeating it over and over in order to maintain it in the short-term memory. The duration of the Short- Term Memory lasts about 12s to 30s without rehearsal and it is susceptible to interference. For example, when you get interrupted, and have the necessity of start over because you forget what were you saying. DIGIT SPAN...
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...* Firm Name - Cracker Barrel Old Country Store * Explanation (perceived wait time) - Rather than looking at wait-time as a problem, Cracker Barrel has actually found an ingenious way to turn a customer's wait-time into an opportunity to increase profitability. Cracker Barrel, as anyone who has been there probably knows, is a southern style food chain that serves country style foods at an exceptionally low price. They are often found right off of interstate freeways and state highways, and draw a lot of travelers in by positioning themselves in these locations. When you walk into a Cracker Barrel, you must go through the gift shop to get to the actual dining room, and the gift shop is just LOADED with various southern style groceries, gadgets, and games. One cannot help but be distracted by everything that you can buy in this gift shop. Cracker Barrel is usually packed, which usually means that you will be waiting once you get there. However, with everything there is in the gift shop to distract you, the wait-time does not end up being perceived as very long at all. In fact, a lot of the time when people's names are called, they are standing in line waiting on the gift shop cashier to ring them up for whatever they have collected in the store during their wait. * Propositions * Occupied Time Feels Shorter Than Unoccupied Time: While waiting to be sat, there are many things to occupy customers' attention in the gift shop. There are games you can play...
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...2012. There is a widespread belief among teachers that students’ constant use of digital technology is hampering their attention spans and ability to persevere in the face of challenging tasks, according to two surveys of teachers being released on Thursday. The researchers note that their findings represent the subjective views of teachers and should not be seen as definitive proof that widespread use of computers, phones and video games affects students’ capability to focus. Even so, the researchers who performed the studies, as well as scholars who study technology’s impact on behavior and the brain, say the studies are significant because of the vantage points of teachers, who spend hours a day observing students. “I’m an entertainer. I have to do a song and dance to capture their attention,” said Hope Molina-Porter, 37, an English teacher at Troy High School in Fullerton, Calif., who has taught for 14 years. She teaches accelerated students, but has noted a marked decline in the depth and analysis of their written work. She said she did not want to shrink from the challenge of engaging them, nor did other teachers interviewed, but she also worried that technology was causing a deeper shift in how students learned. She also wondered if teachers were adding to the problem by adjusting their lessons to accommodate shorter attention spans. “Are we contributing to this?” Ms. Molina-Porter said. “What’s going to happen when they don’t have constant entertainment?” The...
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...Examine both the advantages and disadvantages of using unstructured interviews with students to find out about the effects of a streaming education. “Steaming involves allocating pupils of similar ability to the same class for all or most lessons”-Item B. If you conducted unstructured interviews they would tend to be a quiet time consuming and expensive way of finding out about the effects of streaming. Another weakness is it can be hard to gain access to interview participants as they are hierarchical institutions the permission of the head, the local authority and parents may have to be gained. However, in a school if the head gives permission for you to do your study on effects on streaming he/she may be able to make sure that staff and students are able to give up their time to be able to talk to you. This is particularly important when using unstructured interviews as individuals in school are very time pressured and so might not be able to give up the time to discuss the issue with you. The problem with this is that you could end up with an unrepresentative sample as if the principle is worried that you might reveal some kind of streaming bias he may only allow you to interview staff and students that show his school in the best possible light. One problem with doing research on young people is that they may be reluctant to fill in a questionnaire seriously and with younger children they may find it hard to express their opinions. One strength of using unstructured...
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