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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Throughout history the creative urge of man to present to fellow men a different perspective or representation of life-or even the afterlife-has surfaced time and time again in the form of artwork. ... Essentially, artwork is not art because of theory, and art based on theory cannot be creative or truly said to be art. ... The purity of flatness essentially came down to a style in which lines, forms, colors, and contours all are merged eloquently in such a unification with the flatness of the canvas that it is art, as pure as art can be. ... To make long stories short, more or less, art th...

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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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Indian Art has been through many winds of change. ... The RASA theory on the other hand, relies on the fact that any creative form of expression is to spiritually transcend their individual self and achieve a state of liberation (Moksha) via a state of pure bliss (Ananda), brought out by desire (Kama) and form (Rupa). ... For example, the stone of Shiva in the form of Mahesha (The Great Lord) showcases the diety seated and heavily adorned. ... Symbolism plays a pivotal role in Indian art, more so than art from any other culture. ... In conclusion, aesthetics in Indian art function on a more sp...

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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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Digital art, which is based on the traditional art, refers to forms of expression and transmission of the art form with digital form. ... Digital art can simulate a form of reality by a mixture of various senses (Christiane Paul, 2008). ... Whereas with traditional art, art works look more natural. ... The purpose of it is to turn traditional shadow shows into electronic forms so that they can become more accessible and preserved. ... The increasingly aesthetic interest also can promote the inheritance of traditional form of artworks. ...

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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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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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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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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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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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Chapter 17: Modern Art Modern art is when ever artists use new subjects, materials, and techniques. ... Ingres was one of David's students and his forms were smooth and sculptural with flattened space. ... Postimpressionists were against impressionism art. ... Out of all the groups of modern art I like the impressionists the most. Because of their need to create new and different art forms. ...

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More often than not the abstract artists is not imitating nature or pursuing realism, but concerned with the spiritual or emotional state of colour and form, line and texture, balance and harmony, and will attempt to engage the viewer in a way that narrative, realistic of naturalistic art cannot.? ... Christo and Jeanne-Claude confront what does exist with what they alone have determined can exist as a dramatic and beautiful form. ... Rosalie Gascoigne began her art life arranging flowers. She had no art training. ... Connecting people with beautiful materials and structures with spiritual ...

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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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It has become apparent that the impact made by art has lessened dramatically in recent times, as audiences become used to the traditional forms and features of art. ... The work is one which not only attempts to engage the audience to form their own opinions, as does Piccinini's, but also endeavours to sway the respondent to matching Rrap's own views of society and its flaws. ... Here Piccinini has presented her view of what these 'Perfect' babies would look like, the exaggeration of the form expressing her views. ... The purpose of the art is to show the issues of societ...

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A man once said "I do not think that it is wise, at this stage of understanding, to attempt to propose a precise definition of consciousness, but we can rely, to good measure, on our subjective impressions and intuitive common sense as to what the term means.The same seems to hold for art You know what it is, I know it, but a definition is something else. so lets look at some basic concepts that people might have for "visual art" to be considered high art or low art. we have four catagories concept, asthedics, and excuition. i believe that if u have these three elements you have a great ...

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Art, it's everywhere you look. ... At this point in time, so many people were interested in art that many Societies were formed to display art. ... Surrealists claim to create forms and images not primarily by reason, but by unthinking impulse and blind feeling-or even by accident. One modern art movements in art was Pop Art. Pop art was an art movement, mostly American, that became well known during the 1960s. ...

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What is Art? Who determines what Art is? ... Therefore, hunting, mathematics, cooking, grammar, medicine, and agriculture, in addition to painting, sculpture, and architecture, were all seen as forms of Art. ... Futurism, Expressionism, Dadaism, Surrealism, the De Stijl movement, the Bauhaus, Abstract Expressionism, and Pop Art, among others characterized the diverse works of Art that define contemporary art. ... Clearly, contemporary art is not only different, but also more widely accepted than Art was in the past. ...

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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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Art for Politics Sake: Art Censorship in Communist China, And The United States We want one single, grand lie which will be believed by everybody - including the rulers, ideally, but failing that the rest of the city -Plato from his Republic Today if an average American was asked if he or she believed that censorship was an important part of the perfect state, they would not only answer "no" but they would say that the perfect state must have no form of censorship in order for it's people to be happy. ... Though Plato was a champion of rational thought, he made clear ...

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After choosing one song that I feel is an unquestionably "good" piece of art right away I came up with a few aspects that seem to be applicable to all art in my opinion. ... When taking in what a work of art has to offer the first impression I am given is through its intensity or volume. Whether it is ranging from extremely sharp edges and colors to the softest hum of a tune, there is no limit to what art can do to ones imagination using this form of portrayal. ... However, no matter what the artist originally intended the meaning to be almost any work of art can be adapted to what the view...

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Auden seemed to try to uphold the idea that works of art can and should provide unity, coherence, and meaning. ... While other writers of the era conveyed modern ideas in form and style, such as William Faulkner's multiple narrators and stream-of-consciousness format displayed in The Sound and Fury, Thomas and Auden radiated modern thought through their ideas and subject matter. ... Indeed, nighttime, even though it functions as a lull in the hunchback's otherwise continual war with society and allows him temporary escape, represents an even worse form of suffering for the hunchbac...

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After attending the celebrated Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gregg asked "Do you like the Denver Art Museum?" ... Others, such as the Denver Art Museum, only pale in comparison. ... The two pieces of art cannot be compared as far as the quality or ideas, but they are both unique in their own art form. This class hasn't taught me what is good and bad art. ... I believe that if the person looking at the painting sees good art, than at least in their own world, its good art....

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The Pop Art movement was a response to the ideas of Abstract Expressionism and radically changed the landscape of art. ... "It was the visual art movement that characterized a sense of optimism during the post-war consumer boom of the 1950's and 1960's" (Pop Art - The Art of Popular Culture). ... They effectively recognized its "pervasive presence as a natural fact" (Gersh-Nesic, Pop Art - Art History 101 Basics). ... He saw them as "pre-formed, conventional, depersonalized, factual, exterior elements." ... It is both "sensual and cerebral - an art about ar...

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