Dan Bussiculo November 19‚ 2005 Ancient Civilizations Museum Project For this project I visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ on at least four different occasions‚ September 20th being the first visit‚ the subsequent three I didn’t write down. I chose to examine the Ancient Egypt civilization‚ which is extremely rich in everything from hieroglyphics and statues to jewelry and tombs. The first item I examined was the royal acquaintance Memi and Sabu‚ from Dynasty 4 2575-2464 BCE. It
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Ancient Egyptian Influence of Funerary Art and Architecture Since the beginning of time civilizations have evolved in numerous ways. One of the earliest civilizations to evolve quickly in a great number of ways was the ancient Egyptians. The ancient Egyptians had some of the most advanced forms of writing‚ metalworking‚ sculptures‚ and architecture for its time. As time passed‚ the Egyptian culture grew and matured. They began to be increasingly wealthy and subsequently started to spend more time
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Ancient Greek Art vs. Modern Day Art Greek art is split up into four periods: ancient‚ byzantine‚ modern and contemporary. An example of ancient art is the Parthenon. The Parthenon can be a place to pray or it would be a safe place at times of invasions. The Parthenon is actually a place to thank and worship the Goddess Athena for helping the Greeks defeat the Persian empire. Famous Greek art is mostly sculptures‚ vase paintings‚ and architecture. I already
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Comparison Paper Modern European Art 1900-50 By the end of World War I in 1918‚ artist had a remarkable change in their styles of art. Two very pronounced artists‚ Fernand Leger and Max Beckman‚ served in the war and impacted their art profusely. World War I was an era of industrialization in culture and in the economy‚ and as the world changed‚ so did European Art. Leger fascination with the past and his vital experience in the war had a profound impact on his work. While the war was undergoing
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MUSEUM REPORT ‘İSTANBUL MUSEUM of modern art’ ISTANBUL MUSEUM OF MODERN ART History of the Museum In 1987‚ the project of Istanbul Modern arose at the first International Contemporary Art Exhibition‚ namely the International Istanbul Biennial. Nejat F. Eczacıbaşı‚ founder of Istanbul Foundation of Culture and Arts‚ impressed by the dynamism of the exhibition and proceeded to establish a modern art museum which is permanent. The Feshane‚ textile manufacturing factory
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The artworks of Ancient Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt are both strikingly different and similar at the same time. Consistent is the theme of serving the different gods the two cultures believed in. In Mesopotamia the various city-states each had their own protective deity‚ and in Egypt they sometimes differed from one dynasty to the next. Whatever the case‚ with the beginning of kingdoms and rulership came the need to justify a position of power and establish a hierarchy. And as more time passed
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Academic Institutionalization of the "fine arts” and the nature of academic instruction * The academy set the standard for what was art. * Very specific criteria * Only allowed to do History Painting: an event out of history‚ the bible‚ or mythology * Other than history – portrait‚ still lives‚ genre painting * Subject matter: history/mythology/politics * Studying in Rome was the high point of artistic development * Mengs‚ Parnassus‚ 1761 *
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Open University Course A316:- Modern Art: Practices & Debates‚ 1995 ’It quickly emerged that the proper and unique area of competence of each art coincided with all that was unique to the nature of its medium. The task of self-criticism became to eliminate from the effects of each art any and every effect that might conceivably be borrowed from or by the medium of any other art. Thereby each art would be rendered ’pure ’‚ and in its ’purify ’ find the guarantee of its standards of quality as
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compare & contrast essay 1st hour english 4 8/13 Modern Art or Graffiti Have you ever wondered what graffiti is? How about why modern art looks like it does? Have you ever thought to your self if graffiti and modern art could be compared or contrasted? Well‚ here’s your answer. Modern art‚ like graffiti‚ is based on style‚ but in modern art the style is mainly based on the time‚ not based on expression. In modern art there are many styles a few of such as impressionism‚ fauvism
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longer the only primary patron of the arts. Private families‚ governments and other secular groups begin to hire artists with greater frequency". Drifting away from the Church’s authority‚ creativity prevailed and an age of exploration and experimentation developed following the rather stiffness and devotion to extreme religious norms in the Middle Ages. The rise of creativity correlated with the bolster of knowledge and scientific exploration that affected art significantly between the 15th and the
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