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    Time Passing Eva Bartlett Artists can successfully embrace an aspect of “Time” and interpret its passage in a meaningful way in their artworks. Two such artists are Andy Goldsworthy and Julie Rrap. Andy Goldsworthy‚ born in 1956 in Cheshire‚ England is a site-specific sculptor and photographer who creates both ephemeral and permanent works and installations using only natural sources. Goldsworthy’s awareness and appreciation of the landscape began with his work as a farm labourer in his youth (Artnet

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    What is it about ’the bush’ that is so special to Australians? The bush has an iconic status in Australian life and features strongly in any debate about national identity‚ especially as expressed in Australian literature‚ painting‚ popular music‚ films and foods. The bush was something that was uniquely Australian and very different to the European landscapes familiar to many new immigrants. The bush was revered as a source of national ideals by the likes of Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson. Romanticising

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    Frida Kahlo

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    personal and cultural identity. Las Dos Fridas is one of Kahlo’s largest works at approximately 68 x 68 inches in size.1 It is a departure from the retablo format she frequently used‚ reflecting Kahlo’s desire for her work to be noticed at the Surrealist exhibition for which it was intended.2 Two monumental‚ full length representations of the artist are seated side-by-side on a simple green bench‚ gently holding hands. Behind them‚ dark‚ jagged clouds blanket the sky‚ eliminating any specific

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    Pop Art vs. Abstract Expressionism • Characteristics of Abstract Expressionist Paintings-optical buzz‚ all-over composition‚ Matisse sometimes painted images on large canvases‚ as did Picasso but paintings still retained an object like character- the viewer needed to stand back to see the complete composition. Abstract expressionist paintings‚ on the other hand‚ draw the spectator into them. The field of vision is thus larger than the field of vision of the spectator‚ who finds himself in a world

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    ST. DOMINIC COLLEGE OF ASIA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND COMPUTER STUDIES Title of Case Study “The Difference Between Digital and Traditional Painting” Submitted By: Sheena G. Ureta AB Multimedia Arts 4A 2013 ABOUT THE SCHOOL SDCA LOGO Located at the gateway of Bacoor‚ St. Dominic College of Asia (SDCA)‚ a progressive and globally-oriented collegiate institution‚ revolutionizes the higher education

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    Art Deco Crossover

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    The Art Deco Crossover: A Merging of the Avant-Garde and Decorative Arts‚ 1910-1939 The twentieth century ushered in an eclectic‚ luxurious and modern style of design and decoration the world would define at the Paris 1925 exhibition as Art Deco. The material world was now an amalgamation of new technologies and processes and drew from many worldwide influences. However‚ the greatest influence of the movement was the new visual language‚ color and iconography of the avant-garde art world: Cubism

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    Dr Strangelove Analysis

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    Why do values dictate society? How are they created? And by what means are they challenged? Values assert themselves as the framework of history‚ events and ideas take place in this framework and every so often one will bounce against the walls causing a dint in the frame‚ a dint that will either be repaired or one that will be left as part of the ever changing structure. Dr Strangelove or How I learnt to stop worrying and love the bomb directed by Stanley Kubrick ventured outside the framework‚

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    Daisy Juarez Ms. Kim English II Honors 21 December 2012 Aldous Huxley Figure 1 Young Aldous Huxley. (“Aldous Huxley”). Widely known author Aldous Huxley was born on July 26‚ 1894 in Goldalming in the Surrey County in South England. Huxley’s family members were somewhat famous as well. Brothers Julian and Andrew Huxley became biologists following the footsteps of the family’s previous generation. Huxley’s grandfather‚ Thomas Henry Huxley‚ was a famous biologist that was nicknamed “Darwin’s Bulldog”

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    The definition of artistic practice is known as the way an artist goes about doing his/her work‚ it can include influences‚ ideas‚ materials‚ tools‚ techniques and skills. An artists influences‚ intentions and choices may be shaped by the innovations of other artists‚ for example‚ if the artists feel the same way about political‚ social and cultural issues. Concepts are usually reused but shown in different ways. Chosen artists that display this theory and have affected the development of modern

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    Frida Kahlo Biography

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    Coyoacán‚ Mexico City‚ Mexico in her father’s beloved ‘Blue House.1’ She died at the age of 47 in her beloved blue house on Tuesday‚ July 13th‚ 1954. Frida Kahlo is one of Mexico’s most famous artists and represents resilience and strength. She was a surrealist and her artwork reflected visual honesty. Due to her weak and fragile body after her accident she went through 30 operations on her spine and made constant visits to the hospital. In spite of so much pain Frida Kahlo channeled that and her emotion

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