‘The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction’: how has the reproduction of images changed the development of art? Identify three works of your choice to support your argument. This essay will start from Walter Benjamin’s consideration about the impact of mechanical reproduction of art as revolutionizing its social function and will describe the noticeable validity of his theory in the contemporary world. By introducing three artworks that belong to different historical periods‚ namely
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LaChapelle his first commercial photography show. LaChapelle has accumulated a huge body of commercial and fine art photography‚ constructing superficial‚ vibrant color images that take signs from all regions of culture and art history‚ incorporating Pop and Surrealism alongside religious iconography and consumerist ideals. LaChapelle uses saturation
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Photorealism: A Natural Counter to Contemporary Abstraction Photorealism originated in the United States in the mid-1960s in the wake of the Vietnam War. It is an international art movement involving the precise reproduction of a photograph in paint or the replicating of real objects in sculpture. The name Photorealism (also known as Hyperrealism or Superrealism) was coined in reference to those artists whose work depended heavily on photographs‚ which they often projected onto canvas allowing images
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happiest people in the world.I don’t know what I would do‚ but I would be very happy. I will tell you about three famous people who I would like to meet. At first I would like to meet my favourite boy-band Backstreet Boys. It’s the best boy-band in pop music history. They are five guys from the USA‚ and they became very famous after their album ’’Millennium’’ release in 1999.I’m their very big fan since 2007. And if I met them I would be very happy. I would like to meet all of them‚ because I couldn’t
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attractive qualities of Kpop itself. There is no exaggeration to this Kpop fever at all because it has emerged on the international stage as a new trend in the music industry. NEW IDEAS LEARNED/ SIGINIFICANT IDEAS: Kpop music is the new trend in the pop music industry. And its popularity is quickly spreading all over the globe. IDEA I AGREE WITH: Technology is a big factor to consider in scattering out magnificent talents. Social networking sites just like Youtube and Twitter are proven to be
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Brainstorm List of Songs Graduation Place in this World Lean on Me She’s got it all 18 Years have come and gone You’re gonna miss this Word of God Speak Cartoon Song Friends Good Morning He Said Where were you when the world stopped turning Outline Brainstorm List of Songs Graduation Place in this World Lean on Me She’s got it all 18 Years have come and gone You’re gonna miss this Word of God Speak Cartoon Song Friends Good Morning He Said Where
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break though from the old rigid one. New ideas and patterns of art‚ literary and fashion‚ though at first are almost certainly to be discarded by the main stream as alien‚ are where the new dominating culture rises up from. Take Andy Warhol and his POP art as an example‚ it is at first laughed at and denigrated as mere rabish‚ proved to be of great commercial value by its young advocates and then was accepted by the public gradually in the 70’s. The youth are not only buff of new culture‚ they are
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John Hughes: Reaching New Levels of Achievement in Hollywood David Bordwell (2006) firmly believes that when faced with the challenge of creating‚ people ask themselves how they can raise the premises to new levels of achievement‚ or revive a disreputable genre. He argues that people challenge themselves with the question ‘How can I make casual connections more felicitous‚ twists more unexpected‚ character psychology more involving‚ excitement more intense‚ motifs more tightly woven? How can I display
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It first started in the mid-1980’s as a hardcore punk music movement in Washington D.C. Emo is a short term for “emotional hardcore” or “emocore”. Throughout the years as soon as popularity came‚ emo style began change. It went from punk rock to pop punk to indie rock. In the 1990’s a couple of independent records label began to specialize in this new style as they saw a possible success in emo music. After that emo gained way more popularity and that’s when it became a fashion trend. Then in the
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of page 8) If you count out loud “1-2-3-4” over and over and clap when you say “2” and “4” you are clapping the backbeat. The backbeat is the single most important characteristic of ALL popular music. 2. Riff Examples (page 10) Almost all rock‚ pop‚ R&B‚ Hip-Hop‚ etc. is based on riffs. 3. Example of Call and Response between lead singer and chorus (background singers) (page 19) “Unchain My Heart” by Ray Charles 4. Example of Call and Response between 2 instruments Listen to the harmonica
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