Liz Harris is the minimalist‚ ambient artist better known as Grouper. Her tenth studio album‚ Ruins‚ is a bare‚ raw‚ and hushed work that was almost entirely made in 2011 on a trip she took to Aljezur‚ Portugal. It was recorded on a portable 4-track‚ and one of the only instruments used is an upright piano. While living there‚ Harris found inspiration in the physical state of her surroundings. On walks‚ she came across the ruins of old estates and a nearby village. She describes the album as “a document
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Seam Carving for Content Aware Image ResizingYashovardhan Sharma‚ Parth ShrivastavaApril 2015AbstractImages can be scaled or cropped for resizing but there is a loss of content by using these methods. Toeradicate this loss in content‚ Seam Carving was introduced. A Seam is an 8 connected path of pixelswhich traverses an image either from top to bottom or from left to right. Each pixel is assigned an energyusing an Energy function and vertical/horizontal seams are generated on this basis. They are
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It’s a cold and overcast day in February and a man sits alone at a park bench‚ at the Odette Sculpture Park. He watches as the river splashes aggressively about‚ caused by the strong wind blowing that day. Perched above him on the top of a hill just a few feet from the road‚ sits a large-scale sculpture called “Salutation”‚ by Ralph Hicks. Standing only 6 feet tall‚ it’s original conception called for the sculpture to have a height 30 feet and be placed at five of the major entryways leading into
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In fact‚ many surviving rune carvings all over Viking areas in Europe are inscriptions written in the third person by persons wishing to commemorate the deceased. Creating epitaphs of this kind was the task of rune writers or carvers‚ usually retained by the wealthy. The carver often declares his own name or that of the person who wished to remember another‚ often a warrior who lived and died nobly or valiantly in battle. For some Vikings‚ the person who carved the rune performed a kind of divination
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the courtyard houses are of distinctive features‚ with some brick carvings or wood carvings dotted on the prominent places such as the screen walls and the lateral walls of the door. The porch‚ flowers-hung gate (chuihua gate‚ the second gate which separates the outer court and the inner court)‚ drum-shaped bearing stone‚ as well as doors and windows with wooden partition are also the key points for ornamentation. All these carving decorations and colored drawings are the embodiment of folk customs
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Abstract Art is very complex. It is a reflection of the different views people have of their heritages and generally involves a lot of emotion when being created. A few examples of different types of art include: music‚ dance‚ carvings‚ sculptures‚ paintings‚ architectures‚ and theater. Painting/Sculpture Painting is the process of art using paint‚ in a picture‚ as a protective coating‚ or as decoration. As with many other forms of art a person can express anything that they feel with
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Formal Analysis of Aztec Feathered Serpent Sculpture Facing out into the eyes of museum-goers‚ the Aztec feathered serpent sculpture currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art dates from between fifteenth and early sixteenth century. Though the iconographic motif of the feathered serpent is a common and meaningful one in Aztec art‚ the formal elements of this piece communicate an equally strong message. Through deliberate choices in the crafting and facture of this seemingly dense
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the sculpture. PROPORTION The sculpture and background are in proportion. DESIGN Choice/Variety of elements‚ use of space‚ and focal point skillfully and effectively capture the subject’s main idea. FOUR STANDARD WAYS OF CREATING SCULPTURES 1. Carving - cutting out from a block‚ a stone‚ marble‚ log of wood‚ soaps‚ glass‚ etc. until what is left is the desired shape. Sculptor uses chisels‚ knives‚ drill‚ saw‚ files‚ sandpapers and grinders. Favorite is wood which is easier to carve and shape
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Story telling advertising is the relationship among relevant stories told to meticulous brands or campaigns in advertising. Since story telling have been a resemblance feature to humans since the stone ages “Stone Carving “ ‚ it is now used in advertising to deliver a coinciding parallel that would engage and interact the audience with the advertised brand. It uses unique contents that allow a supplement of emotional acceptance and intellectual thinking to the viewers. Australia’s mining story telling
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Kendric Ivan A. Moneva Grade V – St. Joseph A gemstone or gem (also called a precious or semi-precious stone‚ a fine gem‚ or jewel) is a piece of mineral‚ which‚ in cut and polished form‚ is used to make jewelry or other adornments. However certain rocks (such as lapis lazuli)‚ or organic materials that are not minerals (such as amber or jet)‚ are also used for jewelry‚ and are therefore often considered to be gemstones as well. Most gemstones are hard‚ but some soft minerals are used in jewelry
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