More Human than Human is the first episode of the BBC series entitled How Art Made the World. This documentary discusses on how people in the past rarely use realistic human images. From little figurines‚ to cave paintings and murals‚ and up to towering statues‚ Dr. Nigel Spivey investigates on how this has become so. The relics discovered were observed to have some body parts that were exaggerated while others were completely ignored. These exaggerated parts are said to have certain significance
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English 101-A51 Essay 15 February 2011 More Human than Human Technology has advanced by leaps and bounds over the past twenty years. What was once considered science fiction is now yesterday’s headlines. In just a hundred and fifty years we have gone from the first combustion-powered motor vehicle to space exploration and now we are managing our lives from handheld mobile devices. So let’s face it‚ technology evolves at a faster rate than humans. In fact it moves at such a rapid pace that
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How Art Made the World Though humans have been around for nearly 150‚000 years‚ they have only been creating sculptures and statues for approximately 1/5th that time. Over the past 30‚000 years‚ the human brain has manipulated our image of the human body through the exaggeration affect. When the Ancient Greeks managed to make realistic statues‚ they were not happy because it was boring. Much like the nomadic tribes long ago they felt the need to exaggerate the body to create the ideal image.
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HOW ART MADE THE WORLD The day pictures were born As particularly mentioned at the documentary‚ the theory is our life would be unrecognizable and impossible without images. To understand and question upon that theory we need to find out how much images important in our daily life and what would be the alternative way of images as representations. When we carefully analyse the importance of images and seek out the alternative way of them which might be used as alternative channels in modern
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obsessed with the human body. Plastic surgery exists to perfect the flaws people find with their bodies. Make-up exists to disguise imperfections and beautify. Exercise has become less about health and more and more about improving physical appearance. So it is safe to say that nowadays society focuses on beauty and obtaining the ideal‚ perfect silhouette‚ but people have focused on the body to the point of obsession almost since the beginning of time. This is known today because the human body has been
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The Human Form In Art Michael Herren Art 1150.01N 19 November 2008 The Renaissance art produced in Europe in the historical period called the Renaissance. Broadly considered‚ the period covers the 200 years between 1400 and 1600‚ although specialists disagree on exact dates. The word renaissance means “rebirth”. The two principal components of Renaissance style are the following: a revival of the classical forms originally developed
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Human beings are more alike than different “Human beings are more alike than different.” This is a statement that may be argued by many people. Personally I agree with this statement because even thought‚ all of us are unique individuals‚ but the purpose of our existence is the same. Humans are greedy‚ greed is a feeling where we want more than what most people have in the world. People are this way because of society and the world in general. People all want money‚ we cannot do much unless we
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“It is ironic that the beasts are often more humane than the humans” Discuss The Bloody Chamber highlights prime examples whereby the beasts convey very human characteristics such as: love‚ compassion and vulnerability; more so than the human characters. Although one interpretation is that the humans in the stories are the more humane characters‚ I’d argue that it is the more the humans that convey features such as: violent‚ cruel‚ selfish and other inhumane characteristics. First it is important
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define art as vision or as intuition‚ as Benedetto Croce does in his essay "What is Art?" By this definition‚ the works of someone with a beautiful vision would be beautiful‚ and art would be an external manifestation of an internal state. The importance of art is related to the nature of our human built environment‚ and whether we create it to be a comfort or a torment. To understand the place of art and beauty in contemporary culture‚ you need to turn to history. You could define art as vision
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National Security is More Important than Human Rights The conception of human rights and freedoms is the cornerstone of American traditions‚ law and the indicator of democracy. The approach of prevailing interest in personal privacy‚ property privacy and non-interference of state authorities in private affairs is the basic ground for modern organization of American society. For centuries the courts have been standing safeguards of protection of persons against unreasonable intrusion of the State
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