Art is not limited to canvas and clay sculptures. ... Artwork takes many different forms and while everyone has their own style and taste, it is too difficult to measure the true worth of art. ... Buddhist art is also an art form that concentrates mostly around gods and goddesses. ... This was a very unusual art form to me as I have never seen this creative design to make a 3D sculpture. ... I am not a fan of British art. ...

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Art Nouveau as a style does"nt result from European history soely but consits of a mixture of elaborate, oriental, and classical elements, wanting to express the break with traditional forms, on one hand reflecting the spirit of the Belle Epoque and influencing it at the same time. In the western world as similar to the east, Art Nouveau was primarily a movement of the applied arts - interior and furniture design, architecture, book production and illustration - Art Nouveau, characterized with its graceful, asymmetrical lines based on organic forms, and exotic, rich imagery, is among the most ...

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The concepts of art and the different philosophers work on art. ... Painting One form of painting is Egg Tempera; here the coloring is mixed with egg yolk or both the yolk and the white of an egg. ... His sculptures translate topics, use of forms, and mixture of media. 4. ... In the start it was considered a medium of communication and not a form of art. 7. ... Installation Art Is art that is or has been installed. ...

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From what I learned from visiting the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, early modernism included many different sublets of artistic form. ... Dada: With this form, everyday objects were altered ever so slightly and called "art". ... With no rules or obligations to any true form of art at this time, art work of splashes and brushstrokes were the inspiration of artists far and near. Similar to early modernism in America, there were sublets of art forms in late modernism. These included: Period of Time Type of sublet of Artistic Form 1945 - Present Abstract Expressionism 1950s/60s O...

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What exactly is classified as art and what is not is very subjective. ... I can sometimes understand abstract art, or at least recognize the fact that a piece of art took a long time to create and a lot of effort was put in. ... The odd thing about art is that there is no one way to describe what is and what is not art. ... Art is just a different form of expression. ... There is definitely such a thing as over analyzing art. ...

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However, American Art has its place too in the importance and history of art culture. ... However it is important that American art be seen as influential as European art within the art culture. ... The art lights illuminate the featured paintings and art pieces so that they may take center stage. ... Each painting within this exhibit extends itself through color, tone, texture and form. ... It is my belief that art imitates life. ...

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Native American Art and Spirituality I spoke with my friend Tom Attle, who has a Bachelors degree in Art, and he told me that there is no term in Indian Culture for Art. ... They are right not to have a word for art, as art is very spiritual, and the Great Spirit is in everything. ... "Art cannot be expelled from human culture, any more than thought...Art cannot be dismissed as mere embellishment. ... The anthropological items we view as Native American art contain expressions of spiritual concepts, but were not created for their own sake, beauty is just a part of form and function, a...

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Today any and everything is considered art. What is art? How should it be created? Who is an artist? Some believe only something created on an easel can be classified as art. They shun modern art and completely ignore pornography. Some critics believe everyone can't create art. Well I ...

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My definition of art will differ from other people's definitions. ... Secondly a work of art should draw the viewer's interest. ... Finally, to truly appreciate art you must understand the time and effort that went into making the work of art. I believe that art has a complex meaning that includes many things and takes many forms. ... To be able to fully appreciate a work of art I think that it is necessary to know the background on how the work of art became what it is. ...

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Taylor Mercer Boatright 11:15 October 6, 2014 Art Evaluation Essay Art, "the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power." Between visiting the Kimbell Art Museum and the Modern Art Museum, the Modern Art had more to observe, and in my opinion was a better overall experience. The work of art I chose from the Modern Art Museum to evaluate was The Ark by Melissa Miller 1986. ... Each piece of art is displayed on big walls a...

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For my museum report I decided to do mine on a Kouros found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. ... The rigid stance with the left leg forward and the marks at the side, was derived form Egyptian art. ... In this early figure almost abstract, geometric forms predominate; and anatomical details are rendered in beautiful anagous patterns. ... Here the artist delineated the figure's anatomy with ridges and grooves that form geometric patterns. ... The eyes are relatively large and wide open, and the mouth forms a characteristic closed-lip smile known as the Archaic smile, used...

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The voyagers and their descendants who formed settlements in the South Pacific encountered a wide variety of environments, and their art reflects the resources available to them. ... Despite such diversity, art and religion are integral to all Native American lifeways. ... We include the art of large powerful states with leaders who used art to preserve their authority, and the art of independent communities that survived through exchange of raw materials, end products, and ideas. ... There is a strong emphasis on representations of the human form in the collection, and one central theme of th...

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Music, singing, dancing, poetry, and sketching are just a few of the different forms of art that I use to express myself in a way that I enjoy. ... Arts help people Learn to identify, appreciate, and participate in the traditional and non-traditional art forms of their own communities and the communities of others. ... Different art forms help us develop the verbal and nonverbal abilities necessary for lifelong learning. ... Art shows people's individualism. Without art wouldn't we all be the same?...

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Music, singing, dancing, poetry, and sketching are just a few of the different forms of art that I use to express myself in a way that I enjoy. ... Arts help people Learn to identify, appreciate, and participate in the traditional and non-traditional art forms of their own communities and the communities of others. ... Different art forms help us develop the verbal and nonverbal abilities necessary for lifelong learning. ... Art shows people's individualism. Without art wouldn't we all be the same?...

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Music, singing, dancing, poetry, and sketching are just a few of the different forms of art that I use to express myself in a way that I enjoy. ... Arts help people Learn to identify, appreciate, and participate in the traditional and non-traditional art forms of their own communities and the communities of others. ... Different art forms help us develop the verbal and nonverbal abilities necessary for lifelong learning. ... Art shows people's individualism. Without art wouldn't we all be the same?...

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Music, singing, dancing, poetry, and sketching are just a few of the different forms of art that I use to express myself in a way that I enjoy. ... Arts help people Learn to identify, appreciate, and participate in the traditional and non-traditional art forms of their own communities and the communities of others. ... Different art forms help us develop the verbal and nonverbal abilities necessary for lifelong learning. ... Art shows people's individualism. Without art wouldn't we all be the same?...

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As an art history student and someone who lives in New York City, visiting art museums is something very familiar to me. ... I visited The Metropolitan Museum Of Art where I experienced amazing works of art, like the Temple of Dendur, The Impressionist galleries with paintings by Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Signac and other works of art by various artist. ... Witness at the metropolitan museum of art it is not simply just a piece of art but it is a confirmation of history that enlightens us about life century's ago. ... The only human form in the painting is a canoe filled with what app...

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I had the pleasure of discovering Jose Bedia's work of art entitled, "Figure Who Defines His Own Horizon Line" in the Miami Art Museum. Even though the whole floor was populated with art work created by the same artist, which something that I was not expecting, this piece of art in particular caught my attention. ... I also enjoyed trying to figure out the meaning of the art without reading the story. ... The person who is looking at the painting can notice how he let the tempera go down across, forming the main lines, because of the gravity. ... Also in this work, there is a little ...

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"Art is either plagiarism or revolution." Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), French artist. Quoted in: Huneker, Pathos of Distance, p. 128. What is Art? This very same topic has been on the minds of many great people for many years. Just what exactly is art? Art is a form of expression. It is beautiful, u...

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Dancers and Eating Disorders Eating disorders affect thousands of people in the world but female ballet dancers are taught to think that the only way to succeed in their dream to be a professional dancer is to be thin.(The Incidence rate of Anorexia in ballet dancers) Dance is a very physicall...

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Whether seen in a painting or heard in a song, the many different forms of art prove time after time that it a force to be reckoned with and a force that will never die. ... For Orpheus, art holds a much different meaning. It is not held as a tool for pride, but is the deepest form of expression for grief and loss. ... Art does not have to be a mere form of distraction or entertainment. ... All through Ovid's Metamorphoses there is an overwhelming concern with art and more specifically the problems that art faces. ...

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Many African ways to create art are considered some of the finer elements of art that you should be aware of today. African art is considered to be a suitable form of artistic expression in recent centuries. Many artist use African art as an inspiration to create their own works of art. African art has opened the door for many other forms of art from many other cultures. ... The art of African cultures have been blended seamlessly into many western forms of art. ...

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Art Nouveau Art Nouveau was an international decorative stile that thrived for about twenty years. ... Vine tendrils, flowers, birds and commonly the feminine form. ... Art Nouveau designers and illustrators attempted to make art a part of everyday life. ... Grasset was influenced with medieval and oriental art. ... Its sources included Gothic art and Victorian painting. ...

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Yet, according to artists, museum curators, art patrons, art educators, art critics, art historians, and others involved with art, art follows some rules that characterize what is considered art today.... Maybe this is only because modern art is the most popular form of art of the time period I am growing up in. ... (Goguen, 3) Another type of art called "found art" or "readymade art" challenges the role of the artist as the constructor of art. ... (Goguen, 2) Conceptual art is another form of art that challenges the materiality of art, by using physical forms that may be relatively prosa...

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"Art is a mirror of any given society: Art reflects the major beliefs values and assumptions of the society that it is created in."" ... A more secular and humanistic form of art was made. ... An even better example of this shift in views from the medieval art to the Renaissance art was Michelangelo's sculpture of David. ... The Renaissance artist paid so much attention to detail that sometimes the bodies looked to be without skin; this was because the artists would look at human bodies to see what the true form of the body was and would often paint this detail of the lines of muscle into...

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