Michael Kohlweg When the Bauhaus opened its doors in Weimar, Germany in 1919, no one could have predicted the profound effects it would leave on the future of art, architecture and design. Directly following World War One there was a desire to reform the art education in Germany, which brought about two fundamental demands (Whitford 27). First of which was that “all art education should be based on craft-training, the second that, since students were forbidden to specialize, the school should
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derived from Roman art, which in the hands of northern craftsmen assured strange shapes, and gradually, through copying, lost their identity” (Curle, 241). The Vikings were able to take some geometric form and ornamental detail from Romans. Both were known as barbaric fighters showing that art in the zoomorphic style stands as a rich resource for the study of evolution within art and culture. Figure II: Oval Brooch, Copper-alloy. Viking, 900-1000. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Christian theme became a central topic in mosaic art. The main element of Byzantine mosaics in churches was the use of a golden background, which caused a reflection of light creating a sense of movement throughout the picture. In the Hagia Sophia, the floors are covered with marble mosaic and the walls
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Development of Naturalistic Style: Italian Painting Byzantine art was prominent from the 5th century up until the 14th century, extracting influence from ancient Greece. Although, in the early 14th century, the Italian artists began to break out of that style of art and began a new naturalistic style. From the 1300s and on, this new style began to spread its influence throughout Italy, while still retaining some traces of maniera greca .This transition from Greek style, seen in Bonaventura Berlinghieri’s
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Industry Art It was a time of assembly lines and factories, booming population and industrialism, it was the 20th century and it was building speed. As the suburban American family turned the doorknob to their brand new, mass-produced, Levittown house they were clueless to the impact that their Model- T Ford would summon on the new modern art era. Hundreds of artists filled the modern era, but Marcel Duchamp, Andy Warhol and Banksy were among the few who were influenced by the new industrial world
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Modern Art or Modernism is the loose term given to the succession of styles and movements in art and architecture which dominated Western culture from 19th Century up until the 1960’s. Movements associated with Modern art include Impressionism, Cubism, Bauhaus, Surrealism, Futurism, Pop Art and Op Art. Modern Art rejects the past as a model for the art of the present and is characterized by constant innovation. Modern Art grew out of the Impressionist's rejection of the 'imitation of life' school
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2. The Consent (continuare) As you know the juridical act, is the expression of smbdy's will meant to produce legal effects. From a juridical point of view, the juridical will of the parties is a complex issue. It is composed by two elements: - the consent; - the consideration. The consent means the externalized decision or intent to conclude a contract. In order to be valid, the consent must fulfill several conditions as follows; 1. To be expressed by person who is mentally capable to
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o View Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night on p. 61 and Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawing No. 681 on p. 64 in Ch. 4 of A World of Art and describe both paintings in terms of their lines. What does each artist’s use of line communicate about the artist’s personality and view of the world? Van Gogh evidently found nature to be as compelling and formidable as God himself. “The Starry Night” emphasizes this. According to Sayre, Van Gogh was mentally tormented and this is evident by the use of the artist’s
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Professor Elizabeth Parke EAS 394H1 Film Analysis #1 21 May 2014 Guns and Fists: The Depiction of Chinese Struggles Against Foreign Aggression and Injustice Director Tsui Hark's Once Upon a Time in China was pivotal to the recognition of martial arts and Wuxia films as a medium that was highly capable of conveying an emotionally moving, artistic and politically relevant story. The climactic and tragic fight scene between Huang Feihong and the Westerners at the opera house, resulting in the deaths
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