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Fruit That Grows Fruit That Grows In Man Arp
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Art is a fruit that grows in man, like a fruit on
a plant, or a child in its mother's womb, once
commented Jean Arp -- a remarkable
twentieth-century sculptor, painter and poet
associated with and a forefather of the Dada and
Surrealist movements. The avant-garde artist was
born on September 16, 1887 in Strasbourg, France,
where he studied at the Ecole des Arts et Mtiers.
In 1905, he transferred to the Weimar Academy and
then to Paris at the Academic Julian in 1908, and
subsequent to graduation ...
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Women In Greek Art
1,136 words
Women in Greek history have had many roles. In
Ancient Greece the mythological stories tell of
very powerful women. Some archeological finds hint
at the same suggestion. Women also represent some
of the most powerful of deities. In the Classical
Age women were subservient and primarily
homebound. Women did the sewing, cooking, cleaning
and raising of the children. In Hellenistic times
women were becoming more a part of society yet
still played the part of the subservient wife and
mother. Women p...
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Hues Of Black Alberto Giacometti Life
998 words
His purpose was to express the totality of life
and find the real through external experiences. He
was celebrated for his elongated figures that
followed his break from the surrealists. But, who
was Alberto Giacometti? Alberto Giacometti was
born in 1901 in the Italian speaking town
Borgonova, Switzerland. Being the son of Giovanni
Giacometti, an impressionist painter, he was
encouraged in art at an early age. Giacometti had
great confidence in his drafting ability at the
age of 10, and at 14 he...
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Jim Thomson House Baht Per Person Thai
956 words
The first time when I heard this name "Jim
Thomson's House" in the class of English for
Guide, I didn't know what this place is like and
there were many questions about this house in my
head such as where is it located? who is Jim
Thomson? what did he do? why his house is famous?
and what are interesting things in there?
Fortunately, when the list of my questions
finished, my friend who sat beside me suddenly
told me, she had ever gone to Jim Thomson's house
two years ago. So I eagerly asked her...
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Myths And Legends Rules And Regulations
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The Haida, meaning The People, once were numbered
at over 10, 000. They occupied the Queen Charlotte
Islands of British Colombia. Their numbers were
numerous and their life was prosperous. In 1774
there was the first European contact (Gunn) and
the Haida, unknowingly, let the lion out of its
cage, they let white man enter their territory.
The Europeans brought trade, but they also brought
colonization. A word the Indians did not know
would cause them such horror. Smallpox and many
other epidemic...
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Greatly Influenced Buddhist Temple
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Rice, the staple food of the Korean diet, is eaten
at most meals. Millet, wheat, barley, corn, and
sorghum are also eaten, especially in the north.
The vegetables Koreans eat include potatoes,
Chinese cabbage, turnips, and onions. Garlic and
red peppers are used as seasoners. Kunchi (pickled
vegetables) is a favorite dish. Fish and other
seafood's are the usual sources of proteins. To,
or rice, is a popular confection. Traditional
clothing, made of cotton or synthetic materials,
is worn only by ...
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Lived In A Time Area Where The Greeks Great
504 words
The Greeks contributed many things to todays
society. Their ideas were extremely innovative and
they lived in a time of great discoveries. Their
influence has touched on subjects such as
philosophy, politics, medicine, math, and art, to
name just a few. The men who developed these
important ideas many years ago benefit each one of
us and have an important effect on todays culture.
There are many famous Greek philosophers. One of
the most famous is Socrates. Socrates believed in
a persons charact...
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Geometric Shapes B C
440 words
William Zorach conceived a sculpture entitled
"Victory" that shows an indebtedness to the late
classical fourth century B. C. idealized images of
Venus, combined with a figural attitude of flight
that is perhaps derived from the twisting torso of
the conceptions of flight in the winged Victory of
Samothrace. The figure exhibits a lustrous surface
of sensual light that is reminiscent of the finish
on Donatello's bronze image of David. The torso
may be viewed at once as a provocative and modern
he...
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Museum That One Italian Art Renoir
659 words
Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born in 1841 to a tailor
and dressmaker. He attended a Christian Brother's
School where he was taught the rudiments of
drawing. At the age of 13 he was apprenticed to a
firm of porcelain painters, Levy Freres et
Compagnie, whose workshops were near the Louvre.
At the same time, he took drawing lessons from the
sculptor Callouette. After serving his
apprenticeship as a porcelain painter, he worked
for a M. Gilbert, a manufacturer of blinds. In
1860 he became a student of...
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Sculptures Paolozzi Work
297 words
Paolozzi was born in Edinburgh to Italian parents
in the year 1924. He grew up there and went to art
school and colleges in Scotland. When he started
his career he was a painter and a sculptor on the
side but soon he began to sculpt more and paint
less developing new ideas and styles. Many
sculptures emerged from 1945 but out of all of
them Paolozzi seems to be the only to invent a new
style of sculpting. Until Paolozzi created his own
style you could see similarities between his work
and other ...
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Glass And Steel Saarinens Twa Controversy
587 words
The architects that I am comparing came from two
different parts of the world and yet, in some ways
the message (s) behind their work and the
incorporation of engineering, geometrical and
sculptural elements into their designs and their
new identity as Americans brings them closer
together. Low Ming Pei was born in Canton, China
in 1917 and came to the United States for his
further education. Because of his fathers
influence on him, who always encouraged Pei in
designing, he attended MIT and it ...
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Art New York Work Of Art
1,870 words
Man-made objects produced for acquisition depend
on the ability to carry an image of style. The
consumer is persuaded that ownership will enable
them to inherit this style transforming their
lives into perfect, happy reflections of the
people featured in advertisements. These objects
can be applied to any aspect of life as a fast
answer to the question of style. The media
promotes and reflects the current mainstream
culture's standards for life style, class and
importance of appearance. The medi...
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Art Deco Gothic Architecture
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In this essay information will be given in order
to compare and contrast data about three different
styles of architecture. The three styles are Art
Deco, Art Nouveau, and Neo Gothic. In order to
fully give a clear explanation of these styles,
information about architecture will be given first
then the three styles will follow with comparing
and contrasting points in between. First, to
inform about architecture, one must explain what
it is. Architecture, referring to building is
defined as The p...
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Chartres Cathedral Stained Glass
394 words
Chartres Cathedral is the cathedral church of
Notre Dame (Our Lady) in the city of Chartres in
northwestern France. It is one of the foremost
examples of High Gothic French architecture, and
is widely noted not only for its innovations in
architecture, but also for its many sculptures and
celebrated stained glass. The oldest parts of the
cathedral are taken from a Romanesque church,
which was destroyed by a fire in 1194. The present
day cathedral was constructed on this church? s
foundation, wit...
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Greek And Roman Primary And Secondary
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Elements of Structure: Color is an important way
of expressing feelings and moods. The use of color
by an artist can convey sublime messages to the
beholder that could not have been done with a
thousand words. Color is just one of the many
elements used by artists: there are five basic
elements in any painting or sculpture line, shape,
color, texture and value. This project describes
some of the techniques that artists use to convey
their thoughts, including color. The line is the
simplest of th...
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Vel Zquez De La
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Costa Del Sol It is possible that the Neolithic
revolution, the discovery of agriculture the
passage of nomadic to sedentary peoples, reached
Europe by way of Africa through what is known
today as Andalusia. This historical center of
influence, an east west displacement, from the
Mediterranean to the Atlantic began with a
revolution that introduced the usage of metals and
the arrival of colonizers from the east. A
confluence of fertile lands, of metallurgy and
fishing activities took place in th...
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Baroque Style Architecture Achieved
309 words
The Baroque style of art and architecture
developed in Europe, England, and the Americas
during the 17 th and early 18 th centuries. The
baroque style is characterized by an emphasis on
unity among the arts. The baroque artist achieved
harmony in painting, sculpture, and architecture
and created new spatial relationships. In painting
and sculpture this was achieved by means of highly
developed naturalistic illusionism, usually
heightened by dramatic lighting effects, creating
an unequaled sense ...
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Great Deal High Tech
872 words
Greek and Japanese Architecture For a great many
years, architecture has been a breaking point for
different artistic eras in history. Some of the
most famous? works of art? have been chapels,
temples, and tombs. Among the most dominant and
influential eras of great architecture are the
sophisticated, stoic Greeks-Roman periods and the
more mystical, elemental Japanese eras. These two
very distinct and very different eras have more in
common than you may realize. When work began on
the Parthenon...
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One Of The Most Famous Marcel Duchamp
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Museum Marcel Duchamp Matt Giles Museum Project
Duchamp Stripped Bare, Even Marcel Duchamp was
born on July 28, 1887; thus, began the life of one
of the most famous of the Cubists, Dadaists, and
ready-made artists (Paz, 181). His work was
important because of his love of new and different
taking art in a new direction each time he
created. I force myself to contradict myself so as
to avoid conforming to my own taste
(duchamp's-children. fine). This explains his
attempts at different types of art...
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Pope Julius Ii Lorenzo De Medici
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Michelangelo Michelangelo Buonarroti born March 6,
1475 in the small village of Caprese Italy. A
sculptor, architect, painter, and poet in the
Italian high renaissance. Michelangelo's father
Ludovico Buonarroti had connections to the raining
Medici family, Michelangelo studied at the gardens
when he was 15 years old, shortly after he was
invited into the household of Lorenzo de Medici,
the magnificent. Michelangelo's future was shaped
to a large degree by his life in lorenzo's
household. Lorenzo...
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