A number of people have asked about the value of addressing aesthetics‚ the philosophy of art‚ or the definition of art. The reasoning is that if it is so difficult to define‚ it must therefor be ultimately subjective‚ and each person should just determine for herself what it is. Perhaps we all do determine for ourselves the meaning of anything. Because‚ as in the "tree falling in the forest" example‚ the meaning does not exist if it does not exist for me personally. I am allowed to define "table"
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ART HISTORY LECTURE NOTES 1 AH1.1 (I) Early Civilizations: PRE-HISTORICAL ART -art before historical documentation 3 periods of Pre-Historical art (The Stone Ages/Megalithic) -Paleolithic (32000-15000BC) -Mesolithic (15000-8000BC) -Neolithic (8000-1500BC) Forms of art -cave wall painting -chattel art -mobilary: figurings Characteristics -crude and unrefined -organic and of earth pigments Contents -bisons‚ horses -hunting‚ tribal wars -funeral scenes Important sites
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Stella Aghakian Mrs. Thomas Art History 10 – 3 – 2013 Prehistoric Art 1. Prehistoric man faced many challenges. For example‚ they had no means of communication and yet they had to work together to find and kill their own food. When making art‚ prehistoric man had to make their own paint brushes and create their paint. This makes prehistoric art so impressive because their paintings very accurately capture the proportions and look of the animals they drew. Prehistoric paintings are found
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The History of Art Sculpture has filled roles in human lives for centuries. The earliest scultpure was used to provide hunters with help. Later‚ statues were used to represent Gods‚ Kings‚ and Queens. Churchs were decorated with demons as a reminder of the evil that is present in the christians lives. Scupture has been monumental from the beginning and still on going. During the 15th century monuments of bibical herors were built in Italin cities. In the 20th centurcy monuments to artist were built
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Art Essay The body has been used as a sign or symbol in art for centuries. The body was used to symbolize perfection in ancient Greece‚ and in Egypt‚ to give a precise image for the God of the After-life. Not to mention their colossal monuments which promote power and glory‚ and are used to intimidate. However contemporary artists use the body as a symbol which conveys a whole range of different kinds of layered meaning‚ although the simple symbol of power has not been lost over the centuries
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IDENTITY IN ART Topic 2: Identity is a central concern of contemporary life. Critically examine and discuss how design or art has been used to explore‚ discuss and express identity. Identity is a central concern of contemporary life. Identity plays a large part in societies and individuals lives; however it has not just become a central concern. For the last couple of hundred years identity has been a central concern. This central concern of identity is and has been portrayed‚ explored and
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How ought one to go about evaluating a work of art? The first thing I learned as an art major at St. Johns was how to evaluate a work of art or one that was in progress‚ often times it was a piece we got to pick at the Met or the Momma. Sometimes it was our classmate’s work that we had to critique and evaluate. It was this process that drove me away from the Art department. There was too much nit picking and it got to be a pain in the ass to sit there and listen to some power hungry professor ripping
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Art is an expression of oneself. It’s not just the sculptures or paintings in museums. It can be anything anyone uses to express themselves. It can be writings‚ architecture‚ landscaping‚ and even cave drawings. Cave drawings may have started out as a way to communicate but have become what many consider art now. Though the definition of what constitutes art has been disputed for many years‚ one thing remains certain‚ each person has their own idea of what constitutes art and how it registers
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Poetry Analysis Research: Elizabeth Bishop “One Art” One Art by Elizabeth Bishop is a villanelle poem. A villanelle poem is a nineteen line poem that consists of five‚ three-line stanza followed by a quatrain. Bishop’s poem brings a fascinating irony between different levels of losses. Between each stanza‚ the development of trivial losses escalates into a bigger and traumatic loss that was unprepared for. An intense repetition of the phrase “the art of losing isn’t hard to master” suggests a few
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Henley Ridore English 1102 Art That Influenced Me Growing up I’ve always had an interest in art. Out of the six children my mother had I was the only one that had a serious interest in art of all nature. Growing up‚ I wasn’t as social as the rest of my brothers and sisters‚ I was able to express my emotions through painting. Throughout my years in school I always made sure I was in some sort of art class for every grade level. I high school I was recognized as being the most unique in my grade
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