After the Enlightenment, a European intellectual movement of the late 17th century which promotes focus on reason and individualism, political and social reexamination become more and more present in the art. The new paradigm occurs in The Raft of the Medusa (Le Radeau de la Méduse) by Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault, an oil painting created in 1818 and 1819. Although the formal differences between Romantic and Modern artworks, Yellow Harbor (Gelben Hafen) by Paul Klee, a watercolor and transferred
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Understanding Manager Roles, Organizational Systems, and Challenges The Brewery Arts Center, located in Carson City Nevada, is a non-profit organization that brings a variety of artistic endeavors to this and surrounding areas. Taking up 2 city blocks and 2 very old buildings, this organization has an art gallery, art store, and 3 classrooms providing classes for pottery, painting, and one open classrooms for various art classes. There are also two stages for performing and a media center. All of
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People say that I am creative, yet I never saw that aspect in me. It is true that I involve myself much in the fine arts, especially music, yet I never felt like I created worthwhile works. As such, anything that did not reach my high standards did not see the light of day. That all changed when I stumbled upon a biography of Vincent van Gogh. Despite being somewhat familiar with his pieces, I had never given them much attention. So, in order to better acquaint myself with his life and works, I decided
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I decided to attend the ASU (Arizona State University) Art Museum. It is located on Mill Avenue and 10th Street. I had actually expected the museum to be much larger. It consisted of three main levels made up of five different exhibits. Also, on top of the museum was a roof gallery which held the sculpture part of the museum. When I walked into the museum, the first gallery I visited was called the Lower Level South Gallery. This gallery was very unique and contained many beautiful Japanese paintings
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excessive is plausible and a recurring theme through art history. Most explicitly seen is from Professor Muzaffar’s lecture about Loos himself. Loos, through his beliefs, started a reform in art. Following Loos, and with the help of the introduction of “more primitive” cultures allowed for abstraction and the overall simplification of the form to become a new art style. Yet, this need for simplicity isn’t only shown through newer styles of art. The modern man refuses to acknowledge that the “classical”
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The Art of Music Katrina Dudley-Proby MUS-101 Music Appreciation Michael Rader 01/11/16 Introduction Music has so many components and elements to it, from pitch, sounds, dynamics even durations. It could be someone singing a solo a cappella or with musical instruments. Music is something that is utilized in most of our daily lives rather it be contemporary, rhythm and blues or classical. The mechanisms that are used to produce sounds has a broad range ad categories such as, string, percussion
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Definition of Art According to Oxford Dictionary Art is defined as: “The expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power” Another definition of art by George Dickie in 1969, as “A work of art in the classificatory sense is (1) an artifact (2) a set of the aspects of which has had conferred upon it the status of candidate for appreciation by some
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The “Cage” of reality The “Cage” of reality George Downey Excelsior College Abstract A paper on the how the videos by Sir Ken Robinson relate to the subject of creativity how creativity is stifled by the education system in the United States. I will offer some suggestions of how we can offer some changes to the current system and the benefits and potential costs if we do not. The “Cage” of reality How often in the auspices of teaching young children do we hold something up for them to
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Completely cast in bronze, the Vase in the Shape of a Bamboo Basket with Bean Vines and Butterflies possesses a dark gray color. It does not serve a functional role, despite being a vase, and is, therefore, only ornamental. As indicated by its title, this metalwork depicts a bamboo basket covered in bean vines and butterflies. Both leaves and beans poke through the basket’s weaving, while a couple of butterflies appear to be resting on the basket’s top portion. In addition, the basket, itself, sits
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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
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