significance does art acquire if we assume that our interpretation of it is correct? What is the relation between aesthetic response and all other forms of human behavior? How do we explain the role and importance of art in the general behavioral system of man? There are as many different answers to these questions as there are different ways of evaluating the importance of art. Some believe art is the supreme human activity while others consider it nothing but leisure and fun. The evaluation of art depends
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Performance art is an essentially contested concept: any single definition of it implies the recognition of rival uses. As concepts like "democracy" or "art"‚ it implies productive disagreement with itself.[1] The meaning of the term in the narrower sense is related to postmodernist traditions in Western culture. From about the mid-1960s into the 1970s‚ often derived from concepts of visual art‚ with respect to Antonin Artaud‚ Dada‚ the Situationists‚ Fluxus‚ Installation art‚ and Conceptual Art‚ performance
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3rd‚ 2013 Assignment Two: Art as Expression‚ Or Just Aesthetics The question of what art is cannot be properly answered without asking why art is. Prior to the advent of the written language‚ art was used as a means of communication‚ and in some ways‚ written language is in its own regard‚ art. Art‚ then‚ must be an expression of meaning by the artist‚ or potentially by the client that artist created the artwork for‚ but this assumption is altogether too broad. Art is not exclusively a private
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Pros and Cons of Public Art Assignment 2 Winn‚ Laura 4/24/2014 In July of 2009 the Introduction of public art came to light when the Yakima city approved the installation of Convolution‚ a modern sculpture created by Bremerton artist Will Robinson. The attention gained by the debates of the Convolutions placement has brought public art in Yakima‚ and polices of the Yakima Arts Commission to a high in the community. An adverse reaction was given when the placement of the Transcendence
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wood‚ fiber‚ and metal-it was once common to think of crafts in terms of function‚ which led to their being known as the "applied arts." Approaching crafts from the point of view of function‚ we can divide them into simple categories: containers‚ shelters and supports. There is no way around the fact that containers‚ shelters‚ and supports must be functional. The applied arts are thus bound by the laws of physics‚ which pertain to both the materials used in their making and the substances and things
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Arts & Culture Sector Introduction to Leisure International Leisure Management Stenden University Nina Seepers 213365 Declaration 1. This work has been composed by me‚ Nina Seepers. 2. This work has not been accepted in any previous application for a degree or diploma by me or anyone else. 3. This work of which this is a record is done wholly by me‚ Nina Seepers 4. All verbatim extracts have been distinguished by quotation marks and the sources of our information have been specifically
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Studio Art - James Borg Question 7-Identify an art industry issue that you have studied this year. -Identify and describe key ideas and/or concerns in the issue. -What do you think about the issue. Art Industry Issue -Is graffiti becoming more of a crime than art and how can it be controlled. Graffiti originated in New York in the late 1970s. It started off with locals writing their names on walls and subway train just for fame. Before and after that though there were other types
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censored and supported works of art. The United States government hesitantly created the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in 1965 to provide material support for deserving artists. Initially the government did not want to support individuals or groups of individuals because it feared that the works of art they created might end up being construed as national art and it only allowed NEA to be formed after being pressured by activists. The need to cease underwriting vulgar art became apparent in 1988
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Julie Hobbs-Marin Intercultural Communications September 5‚ 2012 Does Art Reflect Culture or Does Culture Reflect Art? As I first pondered this question the obvious answer seemed to be that art reflects culture. However‚ something didn’t sound quite right. Then I realized that although I feel that art does reflect culture it goes deeper than mere reflection. There is an old song from 1968‚ performed by the "Supremes" called Reflections and a part of the lyrics is a perfect example of what
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Lesbianism‚ Feminism and Identity in Art CS3 - 2009/10 Kayley Healy Contents Page Introduction Chapter 1 – Robert Mapplethorpe (Self Portraits) Chapter 2 – Marcel Duchamp Chapter 3 – The Guerrilla Girls Chapter 4 – Lesbianism What is Lesbianism? History of Lesbianism Lesbian Identity Chapter 5 – Lesbianism and Gender in Art. Dyke Action Machine Toxic Titties Jocelyn Schneider Foye (Gender Identification Cards) Stacey Halper (Drag Kings) Conclusion Illustrations
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