Art-2 Comparative Formal Analysis The Culture Shift between the Paleolithic and Sumerian Period The Old Stone Age (Paleolithic Period) marked the birth of art. During that period‚ humankind began to acknowledge the forms of human and animals‚ thus creating many sculptures and paintings in attempt to represent the world around them. Venus of Willendorf (ca. 28‚000 BCE.) also known as Nude woman‚ from Willendorf‚ Austria‚ was one
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Analysis: New aesthetic: “The Black Piece” shares the main aesthetic change brought about by post-dramatic theatre which is the loss of representation of reality through mean of narration. When asked about the story behind the performance‚ the choreographer said there was none. On the contrary‚ the performance aimed at taking the audience into a journey of emotions and fantasies explored only through movements‚ which are themselves the centre of the performance as it’s through them that the journey
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Art Analysis The Merode Altarpiece‚ a piece by artist Robert Campin‚ is a representation of the Annunciation of Christ. The piece was originally painted in Flanders during the Early Renaissance period in 1425. It is a considerably small altarpiece‚ commissioned for a private residence‚ created with oil on wood panel. The piece is currently held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The scene depicted in this particular altarpiece is very popular among artists during the Renaissance and
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Formal Analysis Theodore Géricault’s breathtaking composition‚ The Raft of the Medusa‚ is extraordinary: exhibiting an intensity that sets it apart from all other works to date. Upon viewing this piece‚ it becomes immediately apparent that there is a tense struggle being depicted by Géricault. When one lays their eyes on this piece‚ they are guided along a fading beam of light shining upon the raft‚ from the bottom left of the painting to the top right. This guide‚ of sorts‚ occurs naturally
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Formal Analysis of Event Horizon “Event Horizon” is a site-specific work by Kara Walker commissioned by the New School University that wraps around the walls in the staircase found in the lobby at Arnhold Hall. The piece was commissioned in 2005 and there are clear signs of student interaction with finger smudges along where the railing touches the wall. The piece is done with latex paint on wall using only black paint to create the shapes on the wall. The artist’s piece revolves around the ideas
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Analysis Paper Details of Threshing Wheat (1938-1939) Thomas Hart Benton Egg tempera and oil paint Viewed at the Swope Art Museum Threshing Wheat At the Swope art museum there is an abundant amount of art work that possesses the qualities to capture the eye. However I specifically noticed the piece “Threshing Wheat” by Thomas Hart Benton was equivalently capable of catching my attention and having me focus on the painting. The moderately warm colors of the painting essentially speculate
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A Piece of Black Coral Imagine a world where we are all equal‚ where we are all the same and where we don’t have a segregation of classes. Jacques Cousteau and Pablo Picasso are friends but will never be equal. In the short story “When Jacques Cousteau gave Pablo Picasso a piece of Black Coral” written by Pasha Malla‚ the author shifts from happy warm greetings to a segregation of social classes using literary elements such as descriptive details‚ old fashioned diction‚ and vivid imagery to show
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Paper (Formal and Contextual Analysis) Feiran Zhou ART 101: Ancient and Medieval Art Professor David Areford 11/29/2012 The Comparison of Roman Art and Egyptian Art Art has existed since thousands years ago. It has existed in many different ways‚ in different places and styles. Art is influenced by different cultures. Different cultures have their own ways of seeing the art. Art is created by different beliefs. Different beliefs create art for different purposes.
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Peter Cano Art 104 – Spring 2012 Formal Analysis Essay “Madonna del Prato” The “Madonna del Prato” is renaissance painting by Raphael Sanzio‚ once a student of Perugino. Raphael is best known for his “Madonna” paintings‚ The “Madonna del Prato” along with others is believed to have been influenced by Leonardo. The line in “Madonna del Prato” doesn’t seem infinite‚ they tend to end and begin somewhere else creating the whole picture and bringing it all together as one picture. For
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Art 311 Fall 2007 W 7:00 11/07/07 Formal Analysis The west wing of the J. Paul Getty Museum holds several wonderful 18th and 19th century paintings. Two such paintings are “The Farewell of Telemachus and Eucharis” by Jacques Louis David‚ 1818; and “Belisarius” by Francois Gerard‚ 1797. Both of these paintings are extremely refined oil paintings‚ and both are representational figurative paintings‚ each with two figures. In
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