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Geometric Shapes C Escher
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Nicolas Poussin And Roman Influences
1,387 words... than into it. This is because the forms in the painting work together on the surface as a wave of light and shadow that contributes to the movement of the eye and evokes a sense of time and space. The scenes of his paintings are arbitrarily cut out of a larger context rather than composed with a distinctive com positionally framed effect (Russel, 1969) Poussin's style, while incorporating some aspects of the Baroque sensibilities, was well labeled French Classicism. To distinguish his style,...
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Patently Offensive Legally Obscene
5,385 words... to Sound Warehouse, a record store in Broward County, and bought a cassette version of the "Nasty" recording. He listened to the album, had six of its songs transcribed, and prepared an affidavit stating these facts. On February 28, 1990, Deputy Wichner sent the affidavit, the transcripts, and a copy of the "Nasty" tape to Judge Mel Grossman of the Broward County Circuit Court, requesting that the judge find probable cause that "Nasty" was legally obscene. On March 9, Judge Grossman issued a...
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The Origins Of Hip Hop And Rap
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African American Woman African American Review
682 wordsAlice Walker is an African American essayist, novelist and poet. She is described as a "black feminist. " (Ten on Ten) Alice Walker tries to incorporate the concepts of her heritage that are absent into her essays; such things as how women should be independent and find their special talent or art to make their life better. Throughout Walker's essay entitled "In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens, " I determined there were three factors that aided Walker gain the concepts of her heritage which are t...
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20 Th Century Thomas Pynchon
1,322 wordsPynchon and Ginsberg (1) The American literature is known to have been affected by the stylistic experimentation, since the last half of 19 th century. There are many socio-political and purely artistic reasons that explain it. The most important of them, in my opinion, is the fact that Marxist theory used to be very popular among left-wing intellectuals, prior to the outbreak of Second World War. After being ideologically suppressed during fifties, Marxism was able to reemerge at the beginning ...
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1,067 wordsComparative Analysis (1) When we compare illustrations of Katja Kamm and Marie Laure Cruschis, the first obvious similarity about them appears to be the fact that they both affected by primitivism, as artistic method. At the same time, we can say that illustrations primitivism has intentional properties. In other words, artists painting style, in both illustrations, is meant to emphasize the main idea, contained in analyzed pieces. Even though that is quite impossible to be absolutely sure as to...
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Greek And Roman Italian Renaissance
1,528 wordsMichelangelo's The Pieta (1) Michelangelo's sculpture The Pieta stands out as one of the finest examples of spirit of Renaissance, embodied in marble. Therefore, it is quite impossible to discuss this great work of art, without understanding the metaphysical essence of Renaissance, as peoples subconscious longing towards the ancient Greek and Roman ideals of physical beauty and intellectual excellence, as opposed to Christian concept of destruction of flesh, which used to represent an aesthetic ...
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Important To Note Thames And Hudson
2,234 wordsIn early Buddhist art, the Buddha was merely symbolized by a wheel, a bodhi tree, or a stupa. Not until the Kushan period [AD 50 - 250 ], during the reign of Kanishka I, was the historic Buddha represented in human form. The creation of a Buddha image in human form corresponded to the theological changes influenced by Mahayana Buddhism taking place in the religion. Two distinct styles of sculpture emerged during the Kushan period, one associated with the region of Gandhara and the other with the...
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2,344 wordsThe Influence of Discourse on the Artwork of Cindy Bernard Over nearly two decades, Cindy Bernard's artwork has progressed and she has become one of the truly accomplished contemporary artists of today. Writings and discourses of her work have appeared in LA Weekly, Flash Art, The Serpentine Gallery, and the New Times. For Cindy Bernard, the discourse of her work has not created or transformed her art, but rather, her art has transformed and created the discourse. Cindy Bernard was born and rais...
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First World War Surrealist Movement
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Artist As A Young Man Life To Its Fullest
2,268 words... in what he believed in. Every little thing Joyce encountered affected his writing and he made his writing to what he thought was perfect. The novel, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is an autobiography of James Joyce who delivers the influential aspects in his life and his artistic development to the reader through the eyes of the fictional character of Stephen Deals. In the novel, Stephens journey to maturation and to become an artist is influenced by his religion, sexuality and educ...
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Sistine Ceiling Sistine Chapel
1,841 wordsThe Italian Michelangelo Buonarotti, almost certainly the most famous artist produced by Western civilization and arguably the greatest, is universally viewed as the supreme Renaissance artist (see Renaissance art and architecture). He created monumental works of painting, sculpture, and architecture and left an additional legacy of numerous letters and poems. Through this vast and multifaceted body of artistic achievement, Michelangelo made an indelible imprint on the Western imagination. A mem...
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Citizen Kane Wuthering Heights
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Type Of Person Personality Types
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Leonardo Da Vinci Battle Of Anghiari
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Bernard Malamud Female Characters
1,344 wordsThe Elusive Form: The Use of Female Characters in Naked Nude Michael Mc Be English 2420 Dr. Chappell May 24, 1994 Thesis and Outline: Thesis: In his picturesque short story, The Naked Nude, Bernard Malamud uses the female characters to develop, enact, and resolve Fidelman's epiphany and to bring about the protagonists final, artistic self-understanding. I. Introductory paragraph statement of thesis. II. The prostitutes A. in contrast to Fidelman's initial idea of the artistic nude B. maybe too m...
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Art New York City 20 Th Century
4,799 words[ ] Print Modernism. IntroductioPrint sectioModern Art, painting, sculpture, and other forms of 20 th-century art. Although scholars disagree as to precisely when the modern period began, they mostly use the term modern art to refer to art of the 20 th century in Europe and the Americas, as well as in other regions under Western influence. The modern period has been a particularly innovative one. Among the 20 th century's most important contributions to the history of art are the invention of ab...
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Gawain And The Green Knight Sir Gawain And The Green
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Role Of Women Portrait Of The Artist
2,179 wordsPortrait Of An Artist The Role Portrait Of An Artist The Role Of Women In Stephen Daedalus Creative Process James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man presents an account of the formative years of aspiring author Stephen Daedalus. The very title of the novel suggests that Joyce's focus throughout will be those aspects of the young mans life that are key to his artistic development, and it allows one to consider each event in Stephens life from the opening story of the moscow to his ex...
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