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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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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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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Sculpting has evolved so graciously and drastically since the dawn of its art, science, and some might even claim necessity. There is just something magical about taking a plain marble slab or block, and finding the form and figure within. ... Not only was it regarded as a high-caliber art, it was necessary for painters. ... His intense chiaroscuro elegantly supports his knowledge of color and form, making his paintings stand out even from a distance. ... One might not be able to properly portray that person at such a distant relation to their original form. ...

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This life-sized work of art has an academic artistic style which is orderly and systematic. ... This piece has a naturalistic view to it as you can see the belly formed through the cloth. ... Both pieces of art are academically naturalistic because of its systematic symmetry. The artistic style uses organic, calligraphic, and compositional lines that define, flow, thickness, curves, and form throughout the entire piece of art. ... For example, the statue of Yakshi is a figure of a female form, unlike the statue of Buddha, which is a figure of a male form. ...

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Origin of Art David Sculptures David, who was destined to be the second king of Israel, destroyed the Philistine giant Goliath with a stone and a sling. ... Donatello's David is mainly a closed-form sculpture. The objects and limbs are centered on an S-curve stance, which balanced his human form. ... Michelangelo's sculpture is closed in form, like Donatello's David. ... This movement outward from a central core forces the viewer to take into account both the form and the space between and surrounding the forms-in order to appreciate the complete composition". ...

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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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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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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 immortal flesh eventually formed into a circle of white foam which created Aphrodite. ... There were many different types of art work ranging from Gothic paintings to Japanese Art. ... Some were from European art and from American art styles. ... There were tours to help explain all of the different art works that were displayed. ... Other parts had Islamic forms of art too. ...

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Public Art in Adelaide takes many shapes and forms, for example, a painting a sculpture a fountain, a performance or a personal work. ... Public art can also be in the form of a memorial, to serve the purpose of communicating a special someone or a historical contemporary event in history. ... I researched the commissioning process when a city council or a governing body invites effluence's a firmly incorporated artists, craftspeople, art workers and designers to submit a design to the Art for Public Places program. ... "People can get away form the hustle and bustle of their office a...

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Donatello was well known for playing a large part in Art History. ... Donatello showed his admirers how he would combine two kinds or art. To start, a clear explanation of what classicism and realism in his art time, from the "Understanding Art" text that we use in class, the definition of realism is: A style of art characterized by portraying subject matter accurately and truthfully. ... Realism also consisted of a pleasing picture, fitted to form, represented clearness and ideal beauty, whether being natural or artificial, sometimes striking or interesting in an unusual way. ... Classi...

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In Greek they were inspiration from Egyptian art, and over centuries they evolved there unique way of art. Their art captured the human form in a way that was really never seen before and since then was copied throughout centuries. ... Art to them was a form of striving for truth and great feeling, basically meaning they wanted perfection or beauty. ... The form of classical sculpture became fluid and natural and the stylization of the archaic art gave way to realistic figures which emanated the illusion of moving through space. ... Egyptians wanted their art to be stiff and plain. ...

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He studied art at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles from 1949 to 1952 and again from 1955 to 1956; and he studied at the Chouinard Art Institute also in Los Angeles from 1953 to 1954. ... During the late 1950's and 1960's, Mason belonged to a group of free-form or abstract expressionists. ... Mason created sculpture with little regard to utility and function, focusing mainly on form and elasticity of the clay. ... During the 1970's, Mason used firebrick in a series of restrained minimalist pieces that retained a richness of color and depth of form. ... John Mason is a pione...

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INTRODUCTION My essay shall be based upon two magnificent artists who used the human form in most of their art pieces; these artists have become quite exquisite in their painting styles and life. ... The divine art of painting was just one of a mass of activities that absorbed him. ... He could also form sculpture in marble, bronze or clay. ... Leonardo continued to study human form but started to draw his pieces more than paint. ... In Paris he continued to paint magnificent works of art and sell them to the public. ...

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The stylistic differences of these two pieces of art reflect the two pharaoh's different views on religion, politics, and daily life. ... For the first time in Egyptian art, the figure of a pharaoh was not idealized. ... When Khafre was pharaoh during the Old Kingdom, Egypt art and architecture was full of grandeur and pompousness that was seen in the pyramids. ... His god, Horus, is shown protecting him on his sculpture in the form of a falcon. ... Akhenaton's god was represented neither in animal nor human form but simply as a sun disk emitting rays. ...

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They were created in a frozen walking stance with their weigh distributed evenly in an unreal symmetrical form. ... Lastly because of the realism in figure form that was achieved, sculptors were now able to carve body hair in the appropriate places more accurately. ... In general, today art serves a much different purpose. "Art for art's sake." ... As for the role art should play in religion, I think it should be done with care. ...

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This art piece is not completed by just one artist but a large work group of roman decent. ... There is a process and a number of materials used to create such a beautiful piece of art work. This form of art work is mainly used in religious establishments and common to find in a modern Catholic church. ... Gothic art is unlike any of the art work we have studied this semester. ... As a nurse and a devote catholic that is why this art piece stood out....

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Donatello believed that man was the apex of life, as the Greeks believed, and that he should be shown in his natural form. ... Donatello went on to create the first bronze statue of the Renaissance, showing an incredibly realistic soldier on horseback."3 The ancient Greeks wanted to "show the strength and grace of the human form."4 In his sculptures you can see the outlines of the muscles and veins, as if it is almost real. ... His sculptures looked almost strange and so "new" to the renaissance that it proves that he was free to choose what to do with his art. ... Thus, the tale...

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You can find all of these items at most art stores or online art suppliers. ... After getting the basic form of the torso, you will start to take out the extra clay from it after marking the areas that needs more or less of the clay by using the modeling tool, please look at Figure 5. ... So, here, marking the areas comes useful in order to get the right shape by applying clay to form the general shape, or gesture as it is showing in Figure 7, and 8. ... Adding the details comes next by using the ripping, and the modeling tool, and that after getting the right form of your torso, Figure 9. ...

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The Eshnunna Statuettes, dating back to 2700 BC, reveal important information about Ancient Near-Eastern Art and the Tel Asmar of that period. ... Kneeling has been a highly regarded form of praise and love towards higher beings for centuries. ...

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Unlike such contemporaries as Aristide Maillol, who consciously echoed classical archetypes, Matisse sought to render the female nude with a new immediacy, freed of art-historical conventions. ... By turning the figure away from the viewer, Matisse explores the challenge of endowing the human form with expressive power. ...

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The Italian artists developed new perspective and achieved naturalism as they created works of art that synthesized ancient content with contemporary form. Goldsmith, artist, and sculpture, Andrea del Verrocchio (c. 1435-1488) was focused on physiological verisimilitude in his art. ...

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