Cindy Sherman was born January 19, 1954, and though she was born in New Jersey, she moved with her family to Huntington, Long Island as a child. She began to paint in college, when she attended Buffalo State College. She soon gave up painting for photography because, she said, painting was so restrictive, and with photography she could focus more on ideas. She is a renowned photographer and filmmaker, and is best known for her series of photographs depicting herself as various characters. She works
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• Research Field Public spaces by their nature allow for the unfolding of real-life human dramas and the freedom of personal and social expression for both individuals and community groups. Carr for instance defines public spaces of a city such that its streets, footpaths, waterfronts, parks, plazas, town squares and laneways give form to the ebb and flow of human exchange and interaction (Carr et al, 1995). They are often where people find some of the most stimulating, exciting and worthwhile
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feelings, the vibe of the environment that we are in, and the rush of emotion at that given moment. I believe that this is where the “magic” of art comes into play. The various media can provide a way for individuals to express sentiments, relay experiences and narrate stories that are otherwise hard to communicate through words. For this assignment I chose two art works that embodied great cultural narrative characteristics: “Virgin/Vessel” by the Chinese artist, Hung Liu (Sayre 72) and “The Fickle Type”
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Students who participate in art and music at school are often more likely to win awards for school attendance, and be elected into class office. In the 1930’s, art education flourished since the Federal Art Program (FAP) provided jobs to artists and musicians as art teachers in public schools. In 1947, National Art and Education Association (NAEA) was formed to assist public schools in the funding of art programs. Although, in 1958, art education dwindled. The National Defense Education Act was formed
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Mannat Shukla Professor Candace Rose Cinema 100 5 November 2015 Director of Photography, Beniot Delhamme “Cinematography is infinite in its possibilities….much more so than so than music or language” – Conrad Hall Beniot Delhomme, born in 1967, is a French film cinematographer who also works in British and American movies. Delhomme has a great passion for cinematography. His journey in films is nothing short of a great accomplishment. Delhomme has been a DOP (Cinematographer)
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In Victor Lombardi’s essay “Music And Censorship” he states his study that “using the value of art and the artist as a starting point, Lombardi shows how censorship is an attack against our right to pleasure-it is even an attack against truth: “a censored opinion, whether true or false, sidesteps conflicts and secures our distance in the truth” (201) My position is does the censorship to affect the art of musical artist and does it make it better than the mainstream music that isn’t? And what makes
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With every generation comes a new genre or change of genre. And with those changes come harsh criticism. New artists have been called everything from insane to just plain wrong. This harsh criticism isn't something new either, in fact is it has existed since even the classical music era with composers as famous as Beethoven. But throughout history, Why is there a repeating trend of artist who do “out there” things? Artists today are doing things that, to the normal person, just seem to be strange
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Fine Arts and Art itself has always been around, and there’s constantly been speculation about whether or not makes kids smarter/ gives them a head in school. Now, due to recent studies, it’s been proven that Fine Arts due in fact help kids in school, there is Evidence of its effectiveness in reducing student dropout, raising student attendance, developing better team players, fostering a love for learning, improving greater student dignity, enhancing student creativity, and producing a more prepared
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For thousands of years, artists have incorporated personal experience and understanding into their art to display their meaning of ‘our world.’ With such a broad topic, many artists choose to create their art around personal meaning or connection to an issue in today’s society. American novelist and painter, Henry Miller stated, “The artist is the opposite of the politically minded individual, the opposite of the reformer, the opposite of the idealist. The artist does not tinker with the universe
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The Timken Museum in Balboa Park exhibits European and American art in open, spacious galleries. The rooms are airy and bare except for the paintings or tapestries featured on each wall, and one sculpture in the center room. The lighting is mostly provided naturally through large windows and skylights, and the walls are rose-colored with a textured, triangular pattern embossed. The Dutch Room gallery features portraits and landscape paintings of, among others, the accomplished Flemish artist and
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