White Temple and Ziggurat Ziggurats are pyramidal structures with flat tops‚ usually constructed as portions of a temple complex by many groups within the cradle of civilization. While we only have the stone remains today‚ they were more than just architectural sights to be seen. The bricks were glazed with different colors according to their level and many of the walls sported astrological artwork. At the top of ziggurats were the actual temples. This positioning was advantageous for the priests
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! Modernism and Postmodernism in Australian Art: ‘Australian Identity’ When westerners first came to Australia in the late 1700’s‚ we found ourselves extremely disorientated in this mysterious world‚ causing confusion within ourselves and loss of identity in place. But now as we are evolving‚ we begin to heal ourselves through learning to live in a more empathetic relationship with the land‚ being influenced and influencing the ancient soils we stand upon. As we began to acknowledge that nature
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Functions of Art Whatever form of art we see‚ its main characteristic is to please our senses. Art expresses the feelings of the artist that can be interpreted by us in various ways. This lesson will discuss the different forms of art‚ its elements and principles of art design that make our life more enriching. Objectives At the end of the lesson‚ you will be able to: 1. discuss the different forms of art; 2. distinguish the functions of art; and 3. reflect on the functions of art with regard
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The Merchant of Venice Opinion Piece Essay Most times in William Shakespeare’s plays there would be a full of complex characters‚ that when there thoroughly analyzed show their true personalities. This is true in his famous play‚ The Merchant of Venice‚ the character Portia is not the helpless and innocent young women many other characters perceive her to be but in reality she is completely different. Shakespeare shows Portia’s true colours when she makes racist jokes towards Jews and people
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Kimberly Schmutzler Petry English 101 09 26 October 2011 Ancient Egyptian Art The combination of geometric consistency and keen observation of nature are characteristics of all Egyptian arts. “Ancient Egyptian art reflected that civilization ’s religious beliefs‚ according to which the terrestrial life was merely a brief interlude compared to the eternal life which followed”(Egyptian art). Everything had to be represented from its most characteristic angle. Egyptian crafts in all the statues
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sweet and serene style. Contextually speaking‚ he was influenced by the intense religious spirit of the era (Getty Guide‚ 2012.) The religious influence of the period shows with the cherub‚ and the cultural era shows in the style of skull‚ money pieces‚ and books and crown in the upper right corner. Vanitas is done with oil on canvas‚ while Wheel of Fortune is done with oil over acrylic on canvas. Flack was a pioneer of photorealism‚ and Wheel of Fortune shows this trompe l’oeil style. The skulls
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Villeta‚ Sheena C. Professor Hernandez FSARTH1 19 August‚ 2013 Art Critique Title: Glance Left and Right Artist: Pattara Chanruechachai Medium: Photograph Print on Newspaper Dimensions: 250 x 250 Date: 2013 Description: Chanruechachai creates a work that analyzes and criticizes the current urban condition where deterioration and regeneration of urban sprawl take place. He prints the images of deserted buildings found in the suburbs and pastes them onto newspapers that have articles on the economic
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‘Art Deco’ was an art movement that flourished through the 1920’s and 1930’s. The decade opened up an extensive variety of original and distinctive styles and still remains to be the foundation of ‘an era so rich and so remote that at times it seems to belong to the unfathomable domain of dreams (Cocteau‚ n.d).’ Art Deco was a necessity at the time‚ due to the economic crisis and war. Society needed pop colour and creative‚ eccentric designs to brighten up the dull life they were living. People needed
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Danto mean by the End of Art? The end of art is not the death of art‚ but the wholesale elimination of what used to be considered art and its replacement by a new concept: pluralism. When art has exhausted itself and this concept has been brought into the forefront of the consciousness‚ this awareness signals the end of art. Art is no longer art in the traditional sense (having a manifesto-aesthetically pleasing‚ etc.) because the accessibility to art and to create art has allowed the masses to
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Out the front door and down two steps got me to the lower portion of my back deck. I then swung a right and went down three more steps. I followed the trampled path of grass through the back yard‚ right to the edge of my property. I laughed inside because my dad always had some remark on how his grass never looked nice in the back. I then thought to myself‚ we followed the path multiple times a day anyways‚ and would always continue to do so. By this time‚ I hit the end of the yard and into the woods
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