Assignment #2 Walter Benjamin’s‚ The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction Walter Benjamin is an internationally renowned philosopher and a critical theorist from the early 20th century. He has written many diverse and intellectual pieces that were strongly influenced by the social‚ political and economic movement at the time. Benjamin’s thoughts and research is still fresh and recently obtained its due. The essay‚ “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction‚” is a major
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Faculty Unit I: Art‚ Music and Religion GEPE 2020 – Humanistic Studies Miłosz Mariusz Jacko‚ Ph.D. Prudence C Reid – M00429065 12/10/2013 ART What is art? According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary; “something that is created with the imagination and skill and that is beautiful or that expresses feelings.” We make art because there is something inside the creative person that needs to be expressed! My thought around art is that it could be the poetry of
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For Lesson 5 I was to choose two paintings that stood out from the rest. Since I would normally not purchase art‚ this was something that was new to me. Skimming through the different web sites‚ reviewing tons and tons of different talented artists work pieces made me realize how much talented people surround us! The two paintings I chose are quite different from each other in the styles alone. They stood apart from the rest for many different reasons that I will explain. The first painting that
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Art and Culture Liliana Gonzalez ART/125 May 11‚ 2015 Joseph Blomer University of Phoenix Abstract Art has evolved in ways only one can imagine‚ however; their imagination does not have to go far because all one has to do is turn on the computer and connect to the World Wide Web to get information on everything. Architecture‚ sculpture‚ and painting has been around for ages‚ then photography made its way on to the art scene in the 1820’s and has taken leaps and bounds to establish itself
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Controversial Art Art is an amazing way for individuals to express themselves‚ and people always link it to controversy. Art can be for a person’s individual desire‚ motivation‚ or hobby‚ but it can also be a political message or inspiration for an entire world. A lot of famous artist use there own techniques‚ styles‚ and structures in order to implement there ideas into a form of art. An underground artist from England by the name of Banksy is famous through his controversial and unique forms of art‚ usually
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11 – Arts Name: James Park Introduction: Essential Ideas & TOK vocabulary: In our culture‚ humans create certain objects for aesthetically pleasing reasons rather than of practical value. Creativity seems to distinguish human beings from other animals (highest and most satisfying form of human life. Arts include not only painting and sculpture‚ but dance‚ film‚ literature‚ music and theatre as well. What is art? Essential Ideas & TOK vocabulary: “What distinguishes worthwhile art from junk
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What is art is the question at hand. To me art is a way a person expresses themselves with their creativity and imagination. To me art is life‚ emotion‚ beauty; it basically can’t be defined as just one definition in my point of view. Art illustrates all that a person is and all that a person could be. Art could be of the past‚ present as well as the future; I feel that what we do‚ see‚ or may hear throughout our daily lives can influence art. Art is an impossible bliss of the body‚ mind‚ and
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of the importance and the necessity of the photograph in every day life. In a society that is constantly bombarded by images from different mediums‚ photography has transformed the audience‚ its perception‚ but most importantly its expectation of visual media. Sontag claims in her customary polemic that ‘To live is to be photographed’‚ a notion quite relevant to the modern era. The camera normally associated with the curious tourist‚ often evocative of the mastery of technique by the professional
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Art can be traced all the way back to the ice age. The government uses roughly 146.2 million dollars per year to offer support and fund for art projects‚ and state governments have always repeatedly maintained a commitment to the arts (Gummow). The art funding is a good use of a taxpayer’s money‚ because it supports health and wellness‚ it creates more jobs‚ and it is a part of education. The arts are so important‚ so that is why I think that the money that goes into the arts is money well spent
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representational and abstract. While representational painting portrays recognizable objects‚ abstract painting does not look like a particular object. Instead‚ abstract art is made up of designs‚ shapes and colors. (http://www.harley.com/art/abstract-art/ ) The meaning of abstract art is‚ in its most simplified form‚ art that relies on the emotions of the artist and the elements of design rather than exact representation. This broad definition allows artists almost unlimited freedom of expression
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