BILL VIOLA Conceptual framework Artist Raised in Queens in New York He had an English mother and American father He studied at Syracuse university He has a fine arts degree He is a part of the rainforest project “the real is considered to be only what can be touches‚ named‚ observed and recorded. Viola’s installations aim to transcend the material world He has re-contextualised art making of the past through using new technology. His work has the same reaction from the audience but with new
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The life of Jesus‚ and the spread of Christianity The beginning: Jesus was born to Mary and Joseph sometime in the fourth century according to the gospel of Matthew. The exact date is not sure because there were no records kept at that time. It was told that Mary had conceived a child before she was married to Joseph. In that time‚ it was taboo to have a child before marriage. When Joseph found out about this‚ he was going to call off the wedding. That night an angel appeared to him in a dream
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Visual Arts: Their Ability to Become a Universal Language Visual Arts: the channel of education‚ through which all men grow and advance in the world‚ no matter their provenance. Why hesitate to admit the true nature of what art really means? For many it means a life. It is important for everyone to recognize and realize that visual arts have‚ indeed‚ become an important part of everyone’s everyday lives‚ and are widely recognized to the extent that they have the ability to be understood as a universal
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Anil’s Ghost is the critically acclaimed fourth novel by Michael Ondaatje. It was first published in 2000 by McClelland and Stewart. Anil’s Ghost follows the life of Anil Tissera‚ a native Sri Lankan who left to study in Britain and then the United States on a scholarship‚ during which time she has become a forensic pathologist. She returns to Sri Lanka in the midst of its merciless civil war as part of a Human Rights Investigation by the United Nations. Anil‚ along with archaeologist Sarath Diyasena
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Final Project Laura Wittwer Throughout history artists have been drawn to epicenters of art for numerous reasons. In these gatherings art movements have been formed. The three main centers and movements focused on here are the Venice-Florence-Venice triangle‚ which brought us the Renaissance and High Renaissance period. Paris‚ which attracted artists who began the Impressionism and Post-Impressionism movement and New York where Abstract Expressionism emerged. The artists of the high Renaissance
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Josquin Desprez: Ave Maria . . . virgo serena Josquin Despres (c. 1440-1521) was acknowledged by his contemporaries as the most accomplished composer of his time. Martin Luther proclaimed that‚ “Josquin is a master of notes‚ which must express what he desires; on the other hand‚ other choral composers must do what the notes dictate.” Although very little is known about Josquin’s early life in the lowland region of northern France‚ he most likely received his musical training through his
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painter‚ poet and architect. He created the “David” from 1501-1504; it is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture and Michelangelo’s greatest work of art. The 17 foot marble portrays biblical king David with his fight with Goliath. He also created the Pieta (1498-1499) which is a marble sculpture in st. Pete’s Basilica in Vatican City. It depicts the body of Jesus on his mother Mary after the crucifixion. He also sculpted the Moses (with horns) and created the ceiling of the Sistine chapel- most remounted
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Giotto and Picasso Giotto di Bondone and Pablo Picasso‚ two of the greatest artists in history‚ greatly influenced today’s art and its techniques. Both of them broke the boundaries applied to their time and expressed space in ways that had never been seen before. Nonetheless‚ there exist differences between the two. For instance‚ their artistic styles and stages differed. While Giotto painted in the Gothic period and in the style of frescoe‚ Picasso‚ being a painter of the twentieth century
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Discuss the role of the supernatural in Aeneid 3 In ancient poetry‚ gods were people too; early epic was history but a history adorned by myth. This fantastical‚ mythical element came via the gods‚ envisaged as anthropomorphic deities. In Virgil’s Aeneid these gods function in epic as literary vehicles and as characters no less detailed and individual than the people in the poem. In this world where the mortal and the supernatural not only coexist but interweave with one another‚ the Aeneid follows
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The 21st February and Creativity muzahid billah There are some movements in history whose events decide not only the fate of the present‚ but of all time to come‚ setting the stage for the emergence of the free spirit of man and his realization of the ends of his creation. These events are shaped by the inevitable forces of history‚ and they take a clear dialectical pattern of conflicts involving good and evil‚ justice and injustice‚ freedom and bondage‚ truth and falsehood. And in course of
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