In this video we take a look at Cindy Sherman’s Untitled Film Still #21 1978, this work of art is called a film still and is made to look like one however it is actually a photo using Gelatin Silver print. This is only one piece in a series of 69 self-portraits that Sherman did over a number of years, this film still is one of her earliest ones. Most people don’t even realize that the women in this photo is actually Cindy Sherman herself, most of this series of photos is of her in different clothes
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Dance Like Nobody's Watching Have you ever seen a beautiful painting that you wish would come to life? Dance is a painting that comes to life in many different styles. Hey y’all its Emmy Kay and I am a 7th grader at Dawson Middle school. I am also a dancer at Eminence Dance Complex in Roanoke, Texas. When I dance I feel so at peace and can forget all the stresses of the day. I love to dance, and I have been dancing since I was two years old. Whenever I am asked which style is my favorite, I
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Critics and culture have observed Spring Breakers to be a trashy film due to its lack of contribution to art. Why is this the case? More importantly who gets to decide whether or not, a film is ‘good’ or ‘bad’? As Foucault (1978, p. 100-1, as cited in Mills, 2004, p. 40) explains, Discourses are not once and for all subservient to power or raised up against it, any more than silences are […] Discourse transmit and produces power; it reinforces it, but also undermines it and exposes it, renders it
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From the depictions of horses and other animals inside the Chauvet Caves, which date back more than 28,000 years ago, to the millions of artists of all mediums, art is an essential part of being human. It was created before written language in 3,400 BCE, and before agriculture in about 8,000 BCE, showing just how natural the desire to create art is for humanity (“Human History Timeline - Combined Timeline”). While it has evolved many times throughout history, the style, purpose, and subjects change though
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In the movie shower we have seen a change in moral and societal values. It shows that the current state of the Chinese culture is under reconstruction; a turn to modernization and new technology. Where traditions were once cherished they are slowly being abandoned; which the director decides to show simply through the bathhouse and its everyday activities. There are changes made, they are forced to close the bathhouse for the sake of commercial property. In this the story is put old and new against
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ARTS 105 Art Appreciation Summer 2016 Session (15-55) May 30 , 2016 – July 23, 2016 Course Description Introduction to the place of visual art in modern society, to the vocabulary used in discussing a work of art, and the studio techniques artists use to produce two and three-dimensional works Prerequisite: None Proctored Exams: None Instructor Information Dr. Patricia Rooney, PhD American Studies-Visual Culture, St. Louis University M.A. Art History, Webster University
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Art theory 1 & History of Art and Design 1 Introduction to African Art Africa is a vast continent, with many cultures distinct from one another, so that various different styles can be identified. Sculpture While paintings and engravings are most frequently found in savanna areas, sculpture is most prevalent in the forests of West Africa, in particular the Congo Basin. Tradition is one manner in which a culture may be preserved. This is visible in a great deal of traditional African art. The
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HUMANITIES: FINE ARTS Section D M/W/F 11:15 AM–12:10 PM Section classrooms: Art: Goodman 204 Music: PPAC135 Theatre: Elder 146 Prof Anne Greeley anne.greeley@indwes.edu Beard, Office 115 Office hours: M/W 1:00–5:00 PM T/TH by appointment Prof Davy Chinn davy.chinn@indwes.edu PPAC, Office 164 Office hours: M/W 1:00–3:00 PM T/TH 10:30 AM–12:30 PM All others by appointment COURSE DETAILS Description MUS180 is an integrated arts appreciation course. It is part
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Standards for the Arts and Humanities Pennsylvania Department of Education 22 Pa. Code, Chapter 4, Appendix D (#006-276) Final Form-Annex A July 18, 2002 Academic Standards for the Arts and Humanities XXV. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction………………………………………….……. XXVI. THE ACADEMIC STANDARDS Production, Performance and Exhibition of Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts…………..……………… A. Elements and Principles in each Art Form B. Demonstration of Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts C. Vocabulary
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Arts and Experience in Classical Greece Classical Greek art held a prestigious manner in the Ancient Greece especially within the hierarchy of the society. The art of Ancient Greece not only showed class and beauty but also showed the high esteem of an individual of the time. Throughout Pollitt’s book Art and Experience in Classical Greece the author attempts to show various forms of art throughout the Ancient Greece, he also attempts to explain why the art was monumental in Greek society. Artists
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