I visited one of the student art gallery’s on APU’s campus; I went to the Duke Art Gallery. This gallery had maybe 10 pieces in it, but there was a mixture of different types of artwork. I felt like I could not relate to all of the pieces in the hallway, some of the pieces were hard to understand the meaning behind them. For example there was one painting of a man holding a deflated balloon and in the shadows there is an outline of a full, floating balloon. The picture is kind of dark and it
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Defending the Arts Tiffany O’Connell ARTS/100 Defending the Arts Art refers to the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination typically in a visual form such as painting and producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power. They are various branches of creative activity, such as painting, music, literature, and dance. The elements of the composition of the art are used to arrange or organize the components
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Introduction: Nowadays, the province of Aklan are taking its big steps for its development and making his own history in the whole world . Aklan is subdivided into 17 municipalities. The Altavas,Balete, Banga, Batan, Buruanga, Ibajay, Kalibo, Lezo,Libacao, Madalag, Malay, Malinaw, Nabas, New Washington, Numancia and lastly the Municipality of Tangalan. We all know that the said province was well known for its sugar fine white sand, for its magnificent coral reefs and its rare sea shells no
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everyday lives. It tells about one’s existence, or helps in tracing back to past events to lead to be. A comparable example would be of an individual trying to trace back to his/her great grandparents generations ago, to their existence today. In the art culture, that exact principle is followed, and is led by patrons who then paved the way to the ever transforming landscape. A patron is a person who supports with money or gifts. Prior to the modern era of artists, a patron is said to be someone who
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1. The portrait of Three Girls is a very fashionable piece of art. The portrait is painted by William Larkin who is an English artist basically from Great Britain. Larkin is often referred as the Curtain Master, because he quite interesting includes characteristic curtains to frame most of his figures in his portraits. The portrait is very bright and flashy with strong lightning, the colors used for the flesh in the portrait are very polished and all very close attention has been given to the rich
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Maria Helena Braga e Vaz da Costa’s, “Seeing, Filming, and Imagining Space: Images of (Post)Modern Cityscapes in Contemporary Brazilian Cinema” is a scholarly article discussing the use of urban and architectural cityscape within Brazilian cinema. In films, the city can be used for multiple purposes and makes up the ‘cinematic city plot’, comprised of the city’s buildings, streets, cars, and the actions of the people within the city using these structures for travel, self-reflection, and escape
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Fine arts and music education should continue in public schools. Anyone exposed to the arts and/or music benefits from life-long advantages. Education in these areas is associated with improvement in mathematics, reading, cognitive ability, critical thinking, and verbal skills. These are very important aspects in life, all of them necessary in order to make a mark on society. Studies also show that involvement in the arts increases motivation, boosts confidence, and also improves concentration and
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Emily Morris March 9, 2015 RTF 305 Reflection 1 Best Post This article discusses the many different ways the different types of media influence youth and children. It identifies that different media have different ways of influencing children in the areas of: learning, violence, nutrition, sexuality, alcohol and smoking, and advertising. Children are so much more easily influenced by media because of their developing minds and the fact that they are still learning about social norms
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Sonam Sonam ART 1011, Section QMW Assignment #1: Museum Response My trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art was my first visit as it had only been some couple of months that i have been here in the U.S. As i got there, i found out that i was at the wrong entrance because the entrance where i was at was only for senior citizens and people with wheelchairs and strollers. So, I took the stairs and went to the counter to get the tickets. All their staffs were very friendly and were very happy
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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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