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
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division and inequality. However, the painting is not one of despair, but one of hope and empowerment. The Flag is Bleeding not only emphasizes disparities between sexes, but also between races and even social classes. The work of Ringgold and other artists and activists of the time helped to perpetuate civil rights movements of all types, aiding in the United States’ ultimate decisions to implement major changes in federal and state legislation, and thus saving this bleeding country. Nowadays, the fight
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The rise of mass media during the 1940’s - 1960’s contributed greatly to the growing presence of popular imagery in society. Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol are two artist who questioned the value of art during this era. They did so primarily by taking an experimental approach to their works, such as using the silkscreen, as well as demonstrated a unique view on artistic authorship. Both Rauschenberg and Warhol shifted from a conceptual outlook and pushed the boundaries on what was considered
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Expectations, Glass Menagerie, Gulliver's Travels, The Handmaid's Tale, Heart of Darkness, The Iliad, Invisible Man, Jane Eyre, The Joy Luck Club, The Lottery, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, Metamorphosis, My Antonia, My Papa's Waltz, Neuromancer, The Odyssey, Oedipus Rex, On the Road, Oresteia, Paradise Lost, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Pride and Prejudice, A Raisin in the Sun, A Rose for Emily, The Scarlet Letter, Siddhartha, Sir Gawain and the
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influential” artist of the 21st century (Sherman). She is known for transforming herself into “familiar and non-specific” characters (Moorhouse 19). Sherman’s Untitled Film Still #3, 1977 is a 8X10-inch silver gelatin print highlighting the subject matter responsible for launching her iconic career. This image is one of the sixty-nine photographs making up the Untitled Film Stills series created between the years 1977 and 1980 when Sherman first moved to New York. Although the artist is in her photographs
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To me it looks like a person sitting down playing the harp with their face looking up maybe he’s singing 2. Bull Leaping, from the palace, Knossos (Crete), ca. 1400-1370 BCE. What does this ceremony consist of? Leaping of the bull in which a young man grasped the horn of the bull and vaulted onto its back. What is the medium for this painting? Fresco What is the difference in the depiction of male and female figures? The female are painted in a dark color and the male are in a light color
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James Montgomery Flagg James Montgomery Flagg was born in Pelham Manor N.Y on June 18, 1977. James Flagg’s parents were Elisha Flagg who was a business man and Anna Elida Coburn. He was an illustrator and a writer for over twenty years and had some very famous art work that people still remember today. Some of the things that will be cover on James Montgomery Flagg are his education/apprenticeship, the culture and society of the time period his work was made, historical design/art precedents
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and lords from northern France, joined after 1226 by Louis VIII, plays itself out in a war. In 1229, Count Raymond VII of Toulouse, who had been Louis VIII's main adversary, is compelled to cede territory to the king's control. • ca. 1210–1250 Artists at Chartres install an elaborate and extensive program of stained-glass windows in the cathedral under construction there. In addition to religious and historical subjects, the intensely colored windows depict numerous scenes of tradespeople at work
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ideas were no longer used and more relevant types of discussion were used. began to rewrote to a less educated | 2 | Different | Greek women were thought of as property and allowed few rights Women in Greece were taught very basic education as young girls. They were taught how to make a home and rear children.(Barrow, M)2013 | While Roman women to be property of their male guardians. The Upper Class was given more rights. Such as owning and selling property. As well as being able to inherit from
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no clear answer. I hope to explore this border and, using mentally disturbed artists, to explain how, if there is such a thing as insanity, it can be beneficial to the world and not seen as an obstacle. There is such bias and so many flaws in diagnostic systems that we cannot be sure to what extent someone can be creative without being labeled as insane. My aim is to find the relationship between the two, studying artists such as Edvard Munch and Van Gogh. Their art has influenced artistic movements
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