Instead of Teri letting her money go to waste, she put the painting up for grabs at a garage sale, and while doing so an art teacher said she might
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It was an exciting Thursday going to the Venice beach walkway and seeing merchants, tourists and very talented local artists. Out of the whole day, the only art work that really stood out to me from the rest of the paintings that I saw was called The Persona of Dreams painted by a man named Eric who was happened to be painting portraits of people to in order make money on the side from his real job as a barber. Also, his painting had many details that left me in deep awe and his visceral purple
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One hundred and six headless torsos frozenly traverse a small portion of the southwest corner of Grant Park. All made of cast-iron and standing 9 feet tall, these figures collectively make up the Agora, an installation by Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz. It took two years of molding and casting by the artist and her assistants at the Srem foundry in Poland before being transported to Chicago for its erection in October 2006 (Abakanowicz, Agora 2003-2006). The viewer is encouraged to walk amongst
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Rivera and Jose Clemente Orozco. The Mexican muralist movement was a time after the Mexican Revolution where these three painters used their art to depict what was going on in the nation in an attempt to reunify its people. One thing that stood out to me is the catharsis painted by Jose Clemente Orozco. It is located at the Museum of the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City and was painted in 1934. While this painting has very vivid details and numerous things going on, it corresponds with the ideas
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increase in quality. “Video Games Can Never Be Art”, a blog post written by Roger Ebert, poses the argument that Video games will never evolve to the point where they could be considered an art. This argument does not possess an easy answer. To answer the argument with either an agreement or a reasonable disagreement, the term art must first be defined. Defining what can and cannot be art turns out to be quite a difficult task however. Throughout history, art has common aspects that go into its creation:
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The Romantic Elements of “Upside Down” by Jack Johnson In the year 2018 Romantic elements still have an effect on the worlds culture. Posted everywhere on T.V., magazines and ads that display Romantic elements. Music, no matter the genre, exhibit the same characteristics or ideas that the Romanticist revealed. The song “Upside Down” by Jack Johnson resembles the similar thoughts of idealism, individualism, reverence to the natural world and physical and emotional passion,just as the Romantics before
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religiously in their music (Kromhout). Threats were made to Throbbing Gristle for their offensiveness that they were going to get in trouble if they kept going on with the act. Adding fuel to the fire, during their premiere gig, Genesis P-Orridge mounted an art exhibit consisting of entirely of used tampons and soiled diapers (Ankeny). Now not every band is encouraged to reenact some of the performances that Throbbing Gristle did but the consumers of media are intrigued by these ‘new things’. Bands are finding
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Richard Meyer is arguing that censorship generates the publicity and reproduction of the works it seeks to suppress. The Jesse Helms Theory of Art teaches us that art recirculation typically fuels efforts to contain art. Meyer points specifically to how Helms drew more attention to the art that he wished so passionately didn't exist. Two different sources that Meyer uses to support his argument are that of "The Force of Fantasy: Feminism, Mapplethorpe, and Discursive Excess," written by Judith Butler
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continues to move and search, seeking to experience to the utmost the elusive order existing within constant change” (Joshua C. Taylor). When comparing two works of art there are different factors that need to be considered. From different hues to the size of the piece. Many of these factors help distinguish and break down what the piece of art is all about. Although many paintings may have differences, there are as many similarities as well. “The Oxbow” (Thomas Cole), a view from Mount Holyoke Northampton
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Prior to taking Introduction to film studies, I was not overly critical of the films that I watched, nor did I pay much attention the technical details of the film as they appeared on screen. As a viewer I appreciated the aesthetic quality of films, how well I could relate to characters, and how engaging the narrative was. I have always liked to watch space-age and science fiction films as a form of escapism, with my favorite films being Star Trek and The Fifth Element. I have learned over the course
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