Since the art was readable to everyone, the message in the art pieces spread easily to everyone who went to see the public exhibitions of the art. People who had access to the art formed an imagined community based on the same information they got from the Chinese revolutionary woodcuts. ... The movement used populist orientation and affirmed representational realism as the preferred form of painting the woodcut prints (Tang 2008, p. 179). ... The lower strata of society thus became the main subjects and viewers of this art form, making woodcut prints one of the most popular mediums in the twe...

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While many forms of therapy continue to emerge to treat those who have experienced trauma, art therapy is one that has been proven by a number of studies to be effective in dealing with the aftereffects of trauma. ... Art therapy is a form of expressive therapy that uses art materials, such as paints, drawing, clay, collage and even digital media such as photography and tablet technology. ... Art therapy is an interpersonal experience in which a therapist facilitates, guides, witnesses and responds to an individual's art process and art expressions. The relationship between the therapist,...

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Author Bernard Riebe summarizes the what graffiti means to its creators in her article, "Graffiti is, in my opinion, one of the last true remaining art forms, because it's an underground art form. It's what art, to me, should be about. ... The Philadelphia Anti-Graffiti Network formed in 1984 did a commendable job in arresting the growing problems about gang related graffiti. ... In many communities across the city, this form of art stands high up in the sky portraying the cultural history and rich heritage of the city. ... "For the most part, public art is invisible to its...

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As a result, there would be a complete transformation in the nature of art. ... Early Renaissance artists would seek to create art forms in line with their experience of human personality and behavior. In addition, they would also strive to depict realistic human forms with exact proportions and true to life clothing and expressions that were rich in drama and emotion. ... Drawing would also emerge as a major art form during the Renaissance as the creation of the printing press in the mid-1450s would make paper cheaper and easier for the artists to obtain. ... Art would become more than just a...

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This will be accomplished by observing the two predominated art periods, Modern art and Post Modern forms of 20th-century art. ... This article covers some of the theories used to interpret modern art, the origins of modern art in the 19th century, and its most important characteristics and modes of expression. ... Cubist paintings create an ambiguous sense of space through geometric shapes that flatten and simplify form, spatial planes that are broken into fragments, and forms that overlap and penetrate one another. . Art historians generally consider cubism to have been the most influenti...

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Pop Art first emerged in Britain as part of the general Pop movement. ... Influence also came from the revival of the decorative styles of Art Nouveau and Art Deco especially in terms of Cubism and Futurism incorporated into design. Surrealism was another form of art that inspired Pop art and can be found in the popularization of bizarre objects and also brightly colored interiors. More importantly, the use of Surrealism in Pop art interiors demonstrated the importance of fine art for interior design. ... Pop Art's contribution to modernism was that the designs used inexpensive methods to...

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Graves Western Civilization 10/29/00 Roman Art Vs. ... This interest in the order of nature eventually evolved into a fascination with the human form and the idea of human perfection. The way in which the perfect human form was portrayed by Greek artists was of a highly intellectual nature. ... The precision and realism of this sculpture captured a more accurate portrayal of the human form than ever before seen. ... The artist who was responsible for the carving of the Augustus highly modifies the so-called perfect form in order to convey certain symbols of power. ...

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Art history imagery is used in postmodernism, often in the form of appropriation, and very much relies on the reaction and interpretation by the audience. Essentially, postmodernism uses art history imagery as its resource in a cannibalistic fashion, in a "way" that challenged art's audience, perception, themes, techniques and art in general. Pop art, in a dada-istic anti-art fashion, used commercial images in a rapidly commercializing world to challenge art's audience, perception, themes, techniques and general art, and also to challenge the consumer-orientated society that was fas...

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Religious conflict between the Catholics and the Protestants had a great effect on art. ... Rococo, a playful and sensual style was developed by using pastel colors, delicately curving forms and dainty figures. ... Below is an example of Baroque art at its best in my opinion. ... Characteristics or Romanticism include deep intense colors, intensity of vision, less naturalistic, idealize nature, fluid brushwork, and not idealized forms. Below is an example of what Romantic art encompassed. ...

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There, the art and culture of Celtic civilization remained relatively peaceful and undisrupted until the Viking invasion of the late eighth century A.D. ... Art, in particular, remains one of our most valued insights into the world of the ancient Celts. Pre-Christian Celts were skilled in the arts and crafts yet had no cohesive form of written language; history and tradition were passed down orally from one generation to the next. The unique and surviving art of the traditional Celtic people lives on as an important piece of history. ... The granite kerb-stone adorning the entrance of thi...

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The "isms" of Art In the later years of our history we have come to see art progress in many stages. These stages surround modern art. ... Cubism is an art form derived from modernism and said to be invented by Pablo Picasso who invented a new style of painting, focusing mainly on line rather than color. ... Much like the futurists Constructivism sought an art that would be abstract yet easily understood. ... Lastly, it is these series of movements that defines the art of the later years of our history. ...

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During the 17th Century; also known as the Baroque Period, many investigations and discoveries formed and changed the way society viewed the world. ... The Role of Art in Contemporary Society has taken on a historical meaning. ... Today's art does not take on the same propagandistic function as it did in the seventeenth century. The church in the 17th century used art to "encourage piety among the faithful and to persuade those it regarded as heretics to return to the fold." This religious art was intended to be visually and emotionally appealing to entice and influence the largest po...

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Olafur Eliasson is an artist who brings nature into his art. ... He began incorporating the beauty of nature into his artwork, using light, water, fog, ice, temperature, and other things found in nature to create a truly unique form of modern art. ... From 2007 to 2008, Eliasson had a long tour from Modern Art Museum of San Francisco, New York Modern Art Museum, PS1 Modern Art Museum, and Dallas Art Museum to prove ability once again. ... One of Eliasson's projects titled "Your Blind Passenger" is installed in Arken Museum of Modern Art. It consists of 90 meters of tunnel form installa...

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Giving off a feeling of a close community rather than a divided and unstable group, the SASA made sure to bring the South African art form and its artists to national recognition. ... While the Colonial period was underway, South African painters and sculptors began to put the images and reflections of the new world onto blank canvases and rocks that took on a new form of its own. ... A new change and removal of certain limitations was to be taken place as the years of apartheid created more diversity in the art form. ... These two rejected the mixed South African-European arts and artists, an...

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Down the centuries, Thailand has seen the emergence and putting out A number of widely varying art styles. ... Until the 13th centuries, art forms were heavily influenced by neighboring countries notably India, Sri Lanka, and Kampuchea. ... These groups of people settled around the country's valleys and plains, using the rich environment to create art. ... With the decline of Khmer influence early in the 13th century, the Thai kingdom formed an alliance which, though it would have several capitals, has performed as a ruling nation down to the present day. ... In the 1920s, Thailand...

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In the six stanza poem, "One Art," by Elizabeth Bishop, the poet points out that one ought to be almost indifferent to the loss of any given thing - and not upset - because some things actually want to be lost. ... Bishop's realization forces her to reform her initial statement: "the art of losing isn't hard to master" is slightly changed to "the art of losing's not too hard to master" (18). ... Yes, over the course of Elizabeth Bishop's poem, this peculiar art form is examined, presenting the reader with the rather odd concept that losing things is...

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Another case demonstrates that the issue of art obscenity and government funding is far from settled. As recently as the fall of 1999 a great deal for publicity and media attention was generated by an art show appearing at the Brooklyn Museum of Art entitled Sensation. ... Although art has the power to be pleasing to the eye and to be generally thought provoking, throughout history art has also been used to challenge authority, conventional thinking and commonly held views. ... For example some of these governmental limits take the form of statutes prohibiting sale of material deemed to be obs...

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During the 17th Century; also known as the Baroque Period, many investigations and discoveries formed and changed the way society viewed the world. ... The Role of Art in Contemporary Society has taken on a historical meaning. ... Today's art does not take on the same propagandistic function as it did in the seventeenth century. The church in the 17th century used art to "encourage piety among the faithful and to persuade those it regarded as heretics to return to the fold." This religious art was intended to be visually and emotionally appealing to entice and influence the largest po...

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Prehistoric art gives us a clue and understanding about early human life and culture. The development of writing system and advanced civilization gave rise to the development of more defined and real form of art. ... The sculpture of Khafre shows importance and power of a king considering the highest quality of stone used (Davis, Art History). ... Egyptians believe in afterlife and mummification, which played significant role in their art and culture. ... It seems that Egyptian art mainly focuses on life and death events like the statue shows, whereas many prehistoric art mainly focus on woma...

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"One Art," by Elizabeth Bishop, is an emotional elegy in which losing isn't just an art, but a mastered skill. ... Although it may seem that "One Art" conveys the simplistic idea that losing items is a disaster, in fact, Bishop uses irony to express her thoughts: articulating her losses as insignificant matters, but admitting in the end to the uncontrollable affects of doubt the losses have on her and the self-knowledge and control she has gained from it. ... The number of lines (19), stanzas (6), repeated lines ("The art of losing isn't hard to master"), and meter make this poem a...

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After graduating from Saint Martin's School of Art, his sculptural activity turned towards object making, which further developed in his studies at the Royal College of Art. Leaving the Royal College of Art in London in 1977 when he went to study at the Chelsea School of Art. ... The forms Deacon creates are abstract, yet chock full of metaphorical references created by the contradicting elements in his pieces. ... This retrospective highlights Deacon's fluctuating explorations into abstract and organic forms. ... Deacon's sculptures are large-scale extravagant forms that take u...

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The history of Australian photography is most interesting has paved the way for the ever growing form of art, that is photography. ... His main focus was to capture the surrounding world e.g. the beach, landscape and city and portray the basic forms of the everyday Australians. Appendix 2, Appendix 3 The world of photography was now looking at how to make photography an independent art medium. American Photo Secessionists, Sydney Camera Circle, American and European Modernist Art Styles were already under the influence of this task. The Art Deco and German Bauhaus movements, were a major ...

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Every impressionist painter had their own contribution to the style of art known as Impressionism; Monet had his water lilies, Pissaro his romanticized rural workers, and Degas had his dancers. ... According to the Eyewitness Art book on Impressionism "Degas produced 45 paintings, 20 pastels, some 250 drawings, and 17 sculptures on the racehorse theme.... Degas was also inspired by the work of Edward Muybridge, whose freeze-frame photographs of humans and animals in motion had revolutionized the depiction of movement in art. ... Instead they form a sort of mob of color and brush strokes....

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It is one of the most important works of art of the Italian Renaissance. ... Gubbio studiolo is the art historical, it on permanent display at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, America's largest and most impressive repository of the past. ...

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Sexuality in Renaissance Art The Italian Renaissance, which spanned over the years 1350 until about 1550, is usually defined as a rebirth, focusing on the revival of classical learning and an exhilarating sense of renewed human potential in the moral, political and creative spheres. ... It is interesting to note that these works of art were only commissioned for the birth of a son, rather than a daughter. ... The restrictions on women's dress were expected to form an outward manifestation of the inner subordination they were expected to adopt. ... The sculptor's admiration of ...

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