Yasunari Kawabata was the first Japanese person to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. His style combined elements of classic Japanese prose with modern psychological narrative and exploration of human sexuality. Deeply influenced by the culture of his homeland‚ his writings capture the vivid and melancholy beauty and spirituality of Japan‚ while his own experiences and studies contributed to his assay into emotion. Kawabata was born on June 11‚ 1899 in Osaka‚ Japan into a prosperous family; his
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1920’s French Avant-Garde Film The avant-garde cinema defies custom of the Hollywood narrative. It is called “the art‚ experimental‚ independent film”. This avant-garde films challenge to the main current in commercial films. Especially‚ 1920’s movements of the avant-garde film emerged as a strong part of the art culture in Europe. For instance‚ the Dadaism and the abstract film seek extremely abstract and emotional images. Also‚ the impression and the surrealism express subjective conscious
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1. Find and post a picture of a piece of art from the Post Impressionism‚ Symbolist‚ or Art Nouveau periods‚ that is not on your list of "Required Art". Include the work ’s title‚ artist‚ medium‚ period and date . (1 points) Le Chahut‚ Georges Seurat‚ oil on canvas‚ Post Impressionism‚1889-90. 2. Are there horizontal‚ vertical‚ and or diagonal movements in the work? Describe what you see. (3 points) The painting depicts a scene in a music hall. There are two male and two female dancers doing
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Index: I. Definition of Expressionism 2 II. Origin of the term 4 III. List of Expressionism artists 7 IV. Before Expressionism 9 V. After Expressionism 10 VI. Some of the most
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Session 6 Activity: Discussion RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE There are two activities for Session 6: Activity 6.1 (parts a and b) and Activity 6.2. You will be working independently with the opportunity to respond to others for activity 6.1. Both the activities take place on the DISCUSSION BOARD. Activity 6.1 Art and Music: Comparing a work of art to a piece of music. General notes: Try to make comparisons that go beyond ’art that illustrates a piece of music well’ or ’music that fits what is happening
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Lucinda Nicholls‚ 10.1 Part 1 La fille aux cheveux de lin is the eighth piece in Book 1 of Debussy’s Preludes. It is a typical example of his impressionist composition style‚ impressionism in this case meaning a type of program music which aimed to evoke moods and impressions through tone colour and harmony. Impressionism also relies on allusion and suggestive understatement to convey its subtle meaning. La fille aux cheveux de lin is alluded to be in ternary form‚ with the opening theme from
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each term and give specific examples. (8 questions) Rococo the Enlightenment Neoclassicism (and neoclassical history paintings) Romanticism (consider the various expressions of this across Europe) mid-19th century French Realism Impressionism Post-Impressionism Cubism and Fauvism Art of Venice (two questions) Titan or Giorgione‚ 1510 -Oil on canvas -Brownish from being very old‚ we man in center -Musus=figures‚ idealize female nude‚ loose brushstrokes Titian‚ Venus of Urbino‚ 1538
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a time in which the composer could show its individuality and personal voice. Powerful emotions were used in contrast to quiet ones to evoke emotion from the listener. Melodies were complex and often irregular and having dramatic rises. Impressionism is described as
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Impressionism can be said to be one of the first modern art movement in painting as started and developed in Paris in the period of 1860. Its influence was significant as it spread in Europe and the United States. These artists were turning away from the old
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A still from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari The early twentieth century was a period of wrenching changes in the arts. In the visual arts‚ such innovations as cubism‚ Dada and surrealism—following hot on the heels of symbolism‚ post-Impressionism and Fauvism—were not universally appreciated. The majority of people in Germany‚ as elsewhere‚ did not care for the new art which many resented as elitist‚ morally suspect‚ and too often incomprehensible.[2] Under the Weimar government of the
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