Art History | | Artist: Matisse, Henri Title: Joy of Life Medium: Oil on Canvas Date: 1905 Style: Fauvism In the Joy of Life painting Matisse used flat, bold, contrasting colors. This technique of heavily outlined forms is an expression of fauvism. Each figure is simplified with strong outlines, creating linear rhythm. These outlines give the figures shadowing and depth. In the Foreground of the painting the figures are much larger than those in the background; Matisse diminished
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Connection and Web Evolution PHI 339 One piece of art that I really like is called Acceptance vs. Rejection (Username Squish-Squash). This piece was a semi-finalist in Wacom’s 2009 Bring Your Vision to Life deviantART contest. This 2D image depicts a little girl hugging a strange creature that upon closer inspection appears to have the sad face of a pretty girl but the large, monstrous, decaying body of rejected attempts at existence. It is acknowledged to have been inspired by Hayao
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What is Art? What is art? I feel that art begins from a person’s imagination and it’s up to the person to turn their imagination into visual art, for people to enjoy its natural beauty. Art is an object or thing such as a painting, photograph, building, film, play, drawing, bowl, song, etc… that catches our attention, making us stop in our tracks to admire it’s beauty and wonder about the artist. It makes me ask myself, how someone could come up with the idea to create such a beautiful piece of
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How did the Impressionism art period influence the Post Impressionism period Robert Perfili Western Governors University How did the Impressionism art period influence the Post Impressionism period. The approach to impressionism art evolved in France during the late 19th century. It was considered the most famous French painting movement ever. Prior to the Impressionist art period France was in turmoil due to the instability of government. It saw different forms of government rise and overtake
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DEFINITION -Installation art sits right on that curious border between architecture, art and interior design – part physical experiment, part personal expression and part designed space. These works of installation artists show the untapped potential of spatial experience not often seen in more purely functional (or purely artistic) works of design. -Installation art describes an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform the perception of
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Art has been a form of therapy for people throughout history. More recently, studies have shown that creating art has had positive results for groups and individuals. The effects can be found in the individual with a mental illness as well as helping to build relationships between them and the surrounding community. These benefits can also be found at the Vision Quest Studio in Bradford, Vermont, where the director, Bob Claflin, LCMHC, provides an environment to create art with three men with
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Mankind has been expressing itself artistically by painting for thousands of years. Art has been used to describe scenarios of an event, animals, people, and objects. There are many different ways or techniques artist can use to paint. The ones we are going to talk to about in this paper are Impressionism and Post Impressionism. A. Impressionism started in the late 19th century around 1874 in Paris, France. It was started by a group called the Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors, Printmakers
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Earth art, also referred to as Land art or Earthworks, is an American movement that uses the natural landscape to create site-specific structures, art forms, sculptures. The movement was an extension of Conceptualism and Minimalism, the beginnings of the environmental movement and the trade of American art in the late 1960s influenced the artists, leading them to create works that were, to an extent, unusual from the art market. In addition to the simplicity of Minimalist objects, the artists were
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extent to which arts, sports and media both reflect and influence culture. Word Count: Introduction: 24529 24530 In the world today, virtually every individual is part of a culture Art, sports and media heavily influence and reflect culture as it permeates everyday lives of society. Arts, sports and media coincide and go hand in hand with each other defining who we are today through a variety of different ways. Sport
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helped me, they would tell you it was art. Art was my way to express myself and say things I was not able to. Because with art everything is up to the maker, it lets kids experience a measure of success. This is one reason why art is so important for special needs children. I truly believe that art heals people. Due to me being a child dealing with struggles my parents encouraged me to have an interest in art. I guess you could say I had a form of self awareness somewhat like the
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