Test #1: Study Notes Chapter 1 Cinephile: a lover of cinema Filmography: a list of films There are distinct types of explanation in film history: 1. Biographical History 2. Industrial/Economic Historybusiness procedures 3. Aesthetic Historyfilm art (form; style) 4. Technological History 5. Social/Cultural/Political Types of Explanation: 1. Chronology 2. Influence 3. Trends/Generalization 4. Periods (by positing trends‚ historians generalize) 5. Significance Methodological Individualism:
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Art Criticism: Summer in Cumberland The title of this work of art is named summer in Cumberland. It was painted in 1925 by James Durden which has collected in the Manchester Art Gallery. The dimension of this painting is 101.5x101.5cm. Durden used oil to pain on canvas. James Durden (1878-1964) was born in Manchester. Before studying at the Royal College of Art in London‚ James Durden studied at Manchester School of Art in Manchester. He later lived at Keswick in the Lake District. In 1927‚ he
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Saarinen(1910-1961)‚ classified as a Neo-Expressionist‚ brought a sculptor’s sensibility to his buildings. Neo-Expressionism architecture is modernist and abstract‚ but with romantic imagery and the intuitive shapes. Saarinen is best known for the TWA Terminal‚ JFK Airport‚ New York‚ where he captured the excitement of flight with giant wings of concrete. Other examples of the Neo-Expressionism style of architecture are the Sydney‚ Australia‚ Opera House‚ by Jorn Utzon‚ the work of Le Corbusier and Frank
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for formalities. Actually‚ (allegedly) in a more private setting than the essays and newspaper articles‚ Greenberg and Rosenberg might have even exchanged punches because of their very different views on the post avant-garde in America: abstract expressionism. Greenberg‚ it would appear‚ loved rules. For him‚ “Modernism used art to call attention to art” (Greenberg‚ Modernist Painting). He was all about form and technique and found symbolism and realism to be secondary‚ if not completely
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Claude Debussy In a quote from June 1885 Debussy wrote of his desire to follow his own way. “ I am sure the Institut would not approve‚ for‚ naturally regards the path which it ordains as the only right one. But there is no help for it! I am too enamored of my freedom‚ too fond of my own ideas.”. From the start of his music studies‚ though clearly talented‚ Debussy was also argumentative and experimental‚ and he challenged the rigid teaching of the academy‚ favoring techniques that at the time
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Metropolis Fritz Lang’s Metropolis is a very influential movie that portrays several underlying meanings that allows the viewer to distinguish for himself. Metropolis was the first science fiction film made‚ which symbolized a new mark in the film industry. It was produced in Germany in 1927‚ directed by Fritz Lang. This film tells a story of the world of thinkers and workers. The thinkers are people who live in a life of luxury. The workers are the people who live underground
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purpose of story development particularly well‚ doing so in similar yet contrasting ways. The element of lighting plays a vital role in the interpretation of ideas in dramatic pieces‚ often occurring under one of two subsets‚ naturalism and expressionism. Naturalistic lighting is meant to represent the reality of lighting you might see in the real world‚ which can be seen in “All My Sons”. Expressionistic lighting is meant to serve a metaphorical or developmental purpose and is relied upon heavily
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spectrum. During the age of Expressionism‚ which VanGough and other artists like him were a part of‚ expressive therapy began to develop. This took place in Europe when there was a need for emotional self-expression. In order to express this idea art work was portrayed with distortion of colors‚ shapes‚ and surfaces. This started to lead to the idea of abstraction. At this time‚ William Reich‚ who was a psychiatrist‚ started bringing psychiatry and expressionism together. He thought that this
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between the music of Debussy and the painting of Turner The music of Claude Debussy and the painting of J.M.W. Turner are‚ in most people’s minds‚ two entirely different things. However‚ each man was considered the founder of impressionism in his own artform. Impressionism was a movement in late 19th century European art‚ which was a reflection of the realizations in physics about the properties of light. Turner’s atmospheric paintings and Debussy’s tone poems‚ although different forms of expression
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In 1943 Albert Tucker painted ’Victory Girls’‚ a very odd‚ gruesome reflection of society at that time. It was a feature in a series known as the Images Of Modern Evil painted in the space of 1943 - 1947. ’Victory Girls’ is an oil on canvas artwork. The paint is applied thick and in long strokes‚ and is especially noticeable in the sky and clothes of the figures. Patches of paint has been used to distinguish the light reflections. The painting is of four figures‚ two of them are young women‚ half
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