After watching the film Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)‚ I was curious about the painting that this film was inspired. Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer is one of my favorite works of art because it arouses a lot of emotions in me: curious‚ amazed‚ and obsessed. Her eye contact and her lips are about to say something. It draws me in her gaze to guess what she wants to say. Because of its huge impression on me‚ I decide to choose this artwork as the topic for my Photo Self Portrait Paper
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Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) was one of the major composers during the Baroque period. He was Italian‚ born in Venice. He is recognized as one of the most influential composers of the time‚ and his influence was widespread across Europe. Throughout his childhood he had health problems related to breathing. This kept him from playing wind instruments‚ however he learned how to play the violin. As a result of this‚ most of his compositions were made for string instruments. At the age of 15‚ Vivaldi
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A Schenkerian Analysis of “Preludio” from Bach’s Unaccompanied Violin Partita No. 3 “A single creative genius lies behind all of Bach’s music in all genres…his work exhibits a stylistic uniformity that transcends the differences between all the genres in which he composed…In short‚ Bach’s music in all the genres sounds like it is by Bach.” – Joel Lester Very few theorists touch upon the topic of motivic and structural coherence in Bach’s dance suites. The keyboard and lute suites deservedly have
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Chapter 1: Musical Styles * Glissando * Rapid slide up or down a scale * Tone Cluster * Chord made up of tones only a half step or a whole step apart‚ used in twentieth-century music. * Bitonality * Approach to pitch organization using two keys at one time‚ often found in twentieth century music. * Polychord * Combination of two chords sounded at the same tine‚ used in twentieth century music. * Polytonality * Approach to pitch organization using two or
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Lawrence in his book Culture and Values A Survey of the Humanities‚ talked about the Baroque period "Throughout the seventeenth century; philosophy - like the visual arts - continued to extend and intensify ideas first developed in the Renaissance by pushing them to new extremes. With the spread of humanism the sixteenth century had seen a growing spirit of philosophical and scientific inquiry"(402). In fact‚ with the appearance of many talented philosophers and scientists like Galileo and Descartes
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For almost two years‚ we have been in search of what we believed were time capsules‚ hidden away between the years of 1400‚ when the Renaissance period started‚ and 1750 which marks the end of the Baroque period. We are pleased to announce that our nearly twenty-four year search has ended in the discovery of two such capsules. Each of these capsules contains information‚ vital to the understanding of past cultures and their origins‚ and necessary to the development of culture today. In what
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The baroque era faced a significant amount of resistance in the domains of religion‚ politics‚ and society in general. The Catholic Church faced a lot of criticism from Protestants‚ fueled by Martin Luther. His critique was focused on the greed and abuse of power portrayed by the church. Rome was referred to as ‘the whore of Babylon’ because of the expensive art‚ extravagant banquets and grand architecture present in the church. In its defense‚ the Catholic Church responded by addressing the
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Anastasia Gvozdeva‚ 411164 History of Arts and Culture‚ 15.09.2014 Analysis 2‚ Baroque‚ Johannes Vermeer‚ The Astronomer‚ Musée du Louvre‚ Paris‚ c. 1668 Ordinary life of a Dutch scientist The Astronomer is a famous artwork made by Johannes Vermeer in 1668. It is painted on canvas with size of 40x50 cm and situated now in Louvre‚ Paris. It was made together with The Geographer‚ another work with a scientist as a main protagonist. These two works are special for the master’s oeuvre because usually
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Classical Music versus Pop Music Classical music and popular music are both genres of music that have been in existence for a long time and listened to by the entire populace. Classical music is more complex and appeals to the older population while pop music appeals to the younger population. There are benefits associated with classical music and it is of general opinion that it requires more attention to details than pop music because of its complexity. It is a known fact that music
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Handel was a skilled organist and harpsichordist and working as a violinist provided him with opportunities to perform in operas. In 1905‚ he began composing operas‚ which were very successful and attained about 20- performance run. Handel continued composing more operas‚ and in 1706‚ he moved to Italy. He continued with his passion and composed Rodrigo and Agrippina in 1707 and 1709 respectively besides writing dramatic chamber works. Over the opera seasons‚ Handel toured the major cities in Italy
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