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Creating The Horse Fernand Leger Calder
869 words
Alexander Calder was one of the most innovative
and original American artists of the twentieth
century. In 1926, Calder arrived in Paris and
devoted himself to a project called the Circus
that occupied him for over five years. This
contains characters and animals made out of wire,
scraps of cloth, wood, cork, labels, bits of scrap
metal and pieces of rubber. Calder transported his
little theater in suitcases and performed it for
his friends. During his performances, Calder
invented ways to simul...
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Eighteenth And Nineteenth Centuries Ch Ing
932 words
From the earliest awakenings of Chinese
civilization, the Chinese have sought out what
they believe to be spiritual perfection. This
numinous sense of flawlessness existed within the
people themselves, in nature, and between the two
as well. Art has always been a common means for
the Chinese to achieve such inner tranquility and
peace. In their art, they stressed the dignified
qualities of serenity, grace, and balance. They
avoided confusion, conflict, and all violent
emotions no matter what the...
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Proper Burial Mount Olympus
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ICARUS 038; DEADALUS The myth of Icarus and
Deadalus has spanned the ages as a story told to
teach children the value of obeying their parents.
Under further examination though, it proves to
have a set of underlying lessons, morals, and
meanings that are common in Greek Mythology and
pertain to modern day life. Deadalus was a highly
respected and talented Athenian artist who was a
descendent from the royal family of Cecrops. He
was an architect, a sculpture, and an inventor who
many said was ...
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Plato And Aristotle Renaissance Era
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The impact of the Renaissance on Europe Jacob
Burckhardt best describes the renaissance as the
prototype of the modern world, for it was the
period between the fourteenth and fifteenth
century in Italy, when the base of modern
civilisation was formed. It was mainly through the
revival of ancient learning that new scientific
values first began to overthrow traditional
religious beliefs. People started to accept a new
rational and objective approach to reality and
most important of all to rediscov...
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Human Condition South African
503 words
Jane Alexander Jane Alexander is a sculptor whose
works comment on current political issues in South
Africa. Winner of the Standard Bank Young Artist
award for 1995, she is recognised for her creative
commitment, individual vision and talent... In her
sculptures and photomontages she emphasises her
perceptions of the human condition, using her own
experience a base doing so, she had taken personal
and social experiences and transformed the into
art with imaginathing and technical skill. In her
s...
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Artistic Expression Natural Materials Japanese
299 words
Japan has been subject to sudden invasions of new
ideas and cultures followed by long periods of
minimal contact with the outside world. Over time
the Japanese developed the ability to absorb,
imitate, and finally learn those elements of
foreign culture that balance their artistic
preferences. The earliest complex art in Japan was
produced in the 7 th and 8 th centuries AD in
connection with Buddhism. In the 9 th century, as
the Japanese began to turn away from China and
develop original forms o...
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Leonardo Da Vinci King Of France
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Leonardo Da Vinci was born in 1452 on his father?
s estate in Vinci, Italy. He received his
education on the estate until the age of fifteen.
Which is when his father had noticed Leonardo? s
potential and had decided to send him to be an
apprentice to the artist Andrea del Verrocchio in
Florence. There he studied sculpture and the
mechanical arts. This was also when he first
developed an interest in anatomy. In 1472 Leonardo
was accepted into the painters guild at Florence,
where he remained for...
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Rodin Met Camille Gates Of Hell Auguste
718 words
Auguste Rodin was born November 12, 1840 in Paris
and attended the Ecole des Arts Decorative in
Paris at age 14. Rodin had a special gift for
modeling human figures and faces; therefore
sculpting humans is all he did. Decorators and
commercial sculptors exploited Rodin at a very
young age. It was some 20 years before he could
sculpt for himself, under the commercial sculptor
Albert Carrier-Belleuse. (Auguste, 19) Rodin
sculpted ornamental figures for several major
buildings in Brussels, such as ...
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Louis Xiv Civil War
470 words
Louis versus Charles King Louis XIV may have only
been five when he took the throw, but he led a
brilliant reign. His reign is the longest in
European history (1643 - 1715). The first twenty
years were his best. He carried out the
administrative and financial reorganization of the
kingdom, and the development of trade and
manufacturing. Louis XIV formed an army and won a
number of military victories. During Louis reign
he encouraged the blossoming of culture. This led
to the likes of music, arch...
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Abakanowicz Work Human Sculpture
238 words
Magdelana Abakanowicz was born in 1930 near
Falenty, Poland. She studied at the Warsaw Academy
of Fine Arts, and sought to escape from the
conventional art forms through weaving.
Abakanowicz creates sculpture in bronze, wood,
steel, ceramic, and burlap. Her main subjects are
human and animal figures presented in large groups
of 50, 80, or 150 exemplars. Abakanowicz also
works in drawing, painting, choreographing dances,
and architectural projects. Her work can be seen
in museums all over the wor...
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Matisse First One Figure
459 words
A special chapter in the history of modern
sculpture could be devoted to artists who are
known primarily for their careers as painters, but
who have also made groundbreaking contributions to
the understanding of three-dimensional form. Henri
Matisse, celebrated as one of this century's
greatest colorists, is also now recognized for the
brilliant invention he brought to his sculptural
compositions. Born in La Cateau-Cambr? sis, in
northern France, Matisse first studied law before
taking up painti...
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Medieval And Renaissance Art Medieval And Renaissance Paintings
249 words
The Medieval and Renaissance art vary greatly in
terms of subject and technique. Medieval art
produced works that were less free in theme and
style while Renaissance art explored on various
techniques and depicted reality in its truest
sense. Architecture in the medieval period had so
much religious influence while in the Renaissance
many other buildings of nonreligious subjects were
built. Therefore, town houses and commercial
edifices were constructed other than churches. The
structure of thes...
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Years Of Age De Vinci Gallery
855 words
For my cultural event I chose to visit the
Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ive always, even while
I lived in Portland, had a wish to visit it and to
experience the feeling that was so popular among
those who have been there before. I often imagined
what it would be like, but when on Saturday the 14
th of October I actually went there for the first
time I was speechless. It was a lot more then what
I pictured it to be. I spent 4 hours there and in
that time I was only able to see the first floor
and ...
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Pablo Picasso Twentieth Century
578 words
Pablo Picasso was probably the most famous artist
of the twentieth century. During his artistic
career, which lasted more than 75 years, he
created thousands of works, not only paintings but
also sculptures, prints, and ceramics, using all
kinds of materials. He almost single-handedly
created modern art. He changed art more profoundly
than any other artist of this century. First
famous for his pioneering role in Cubism, Picasso
continued to develop his art with a pace and
vitality comparable to ...
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One Of Picasso Picasso And Braque
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Pablo Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso
was considered the greatest artist of the 20 th
century because of his unique styles and
techniques. Pablo Ruiz y Picasso was born in
Malaga, Spain on October 25, 1881 to a professor
of art named Jose Ruiz Blanco and his wife Maria
Picasso Lopez. Because of his fathers occupation,
Picasso s talent was quickly noticed and
appreciated. Don Jose, an art teacher, moved
Picasso and his family to La Coruna and then to
Barcelona were he was Picasso s inst...
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Head Of A Woman Pablo Picasso Paintings
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Picasso was born on October 25, 1881, in Malaga,
Spain, son of an artist, Jose Ruiz, and Maria
Picasso. Pablo decided at a young age to adopt his
mother s name Picasso, rather than his father s
much more common name, Ruiz. An artistic prodigy,
Picasso, at the age of 14, completed the one month
qualifying examination of the Academy of Fine Arts
in Barcelona in one day. From there he went to the
Academy of San Fernando in Madrid, returning in
1900 to Barcelona, where he spent a lot of time in
the ...
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Reflected The Romantic Sensibility Reflected The Romantic Romanticism
956 words
Who most accurately reflected the romantic
sensibility of the day: the poets, the artists or
the musicians? Well first off what exactly is
Romanticism? Romanticism was a literary and
artistic movement of the late eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries, resulting in part, from the
ideals of the French Revolution and in part a
revolt against classicism and the Enlightenment.
It embodies none of which classicism and
neoclassicism did which were precepts of order,
calm, harmony, balance, idealization a...
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Adam And Eve Male And Female
909 words
Sex in Religion The ways in which the sexual body
and sexual pleasure are viewed have changed
drastically over time. This is due in large part
to the teachings and interpretations of Saint
Augustine and the Christian Church. Today and for
the greater part of the last thousand years, the
woman s body is constantly degraded through the
use of slang terms, its depiction in movies,
books, and magazines. Religion in general has made
successful attempts in condemning the art of
sexual pleasure through...
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World War Ii First World War
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Social Conditions Affect Writing by Anthony
Meszaros Advanced European societies cant support
long wars. That was thought prior to World War I.
The truth was that the Europeans could not support
a long war unchanged. The First World War left no
aspect of European civilization untouched, as
pre-war governments were transformed to fight
total war. The war drastically changed Europe's
social conditions thus affecting the writing
during this period. During this time many
movements shared a resolute ...
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Work Can Be Found 2540 2505 Bc Statue
626 words
The extraordinary statue of King Chephren is a
masterpiece of sculpture in the round. This work
is 168 cm tall, 96 cm long and 57 cm wide, which
was the approximate size of the king. The artist
who created this sculpture is unknown, as it was
found when Mariettes workmen were exploring the
fassa of Chephren's valley temple in 1860. The
statue was built during the reign of King
Chephren, which historians estimate lasted from
2540 - 2505 BC. The statue is a cut block of
Diorite, a granular crystal...
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