In order to understand whether graffiti is an art or vandalism, it is necessary to understand the meaning of art, graffiti, and vandalism in art. ... In sanctity, art means the application or expression of imagination and creativity that can be seen in the form of painting or figure. ... Graffiti is a form of colour, shapes or words scratched or drawn on the surface of a building, desks, overpasses, moving objects, among others. ... Other forms of graffiti have been linked to political activists, whose major aim is to bring disorderly in the society (p. 167). ... The drawings and writings are ...

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Aboriginal Culture actually has Music, Dance, Art and many other spiritual beliefs. The area of art, which I have chosen to talk about, has depth and purpose. Aboriginal art is usually traditional and has some meaning. ... Aboriginal people have been producing visual art for many thousands of years. It takes many forms, ancient engravings and rock art, designs in sand or on the body, exquisite fibre craft and wooden sculptures, bark paintings and more recently an explosion of brilliant contemporary painting. ...

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Graffiti is now becoming an increasingly popular and important style of art. ... What was once only just for recreation or used to mark territories, became an art form and a means of expression. Graffiti artists tend to portray vivid emotions through their art in hopes of having an impact on people who see the art. ... The use of only children in the art is no accident. ... His art is important to him and to his audience because he uses his art as a medium to bring cognizance to social issues. ...

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Art explores many elements of life and the world. ... Whilst Grayson Perry explores identity and what is represents through different forms of art, whether as miniatures, large tapestries, statues or pots. Art is the representation of the many elements of human life. ... Grayson Perry, winner of the 2003 Turner Prize, uses the seductive qualities of ceramics and other art forms to make stealthy comments about societal injustices and hypocrisies, and to explore a variety of historical and contemporary themes. ... Art reflects what we feel, think, practice, believe or image....

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Trevor, on the other hand, was exposed to art and aesthetic things while growing up so this gives him even more reason to destroy the house. Graham Greene continues to show how Old Misery's house symbolizes art, when Trevor tells the rest of the Wormsley Common Gang that the house is "beautiful" (page51 ln 31). ... These statements make it clear that the house symbolizes an object of beauty and art. The second form of symbolism in The Destructors is the effect of the war on younger generations. ... With the sight of destruction everywhere one turns, it is only normal for something like ...

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Plato believes in a universal concept that art is an imitation of an ideal form. Plato disregards art as a form of literature due to the lack of authenticity. ... The arts are a form of literature, and like all literature, they evoke emotions. ... My point is that all literature evokes these emotions, meaning that no form of art is more harmful than another. ... Although he openly opposed art, he seemed to talk about it constantly. ...

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Cave paintings of flutes, and bull roarers dating back 30,000 years have been found in Southern France, the Pyrenees and Russia indicating the importance of art in the life of early man.3 No human culture appears to be without music. ... Music forms a part of all major occasions and celebrations, including weddings, funerals, pageants, rites of passage and festivals. ... The pursuit of art in society has enhanced technology. For instance, the first kilns were developed not to make pottery but to create figures used as art objects or in some early ritual. ... Music forms part of the social fabr...

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"Communication remains God's great gift to humanity without which we cannot be truly human, reflecting God's image."" (Cañaberal, 1993,44) The Bill of Rights has given us freedom of speech, therefore; we as individuals have expressed our thoughts, desires, and goals through the mass media. Media ha...

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In her review, she mentions that the ballet world is a male dominated craft although the aesthetics of such an art have always been an idealization of the female form. ... This shows how hard-working dancers need to be in order for people to appreciate the true beauty of their art. It is important to consider these aspects when we sit down to watch a form of art that relies on such precise fluid body movements. ... Fisher mentions "If [the art director] embodies patriarchy, then Nina's relationship with other women shows the damage that patriarchy has done. " Jacobs mentions "Under the p...

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Andy Warhol Andy Warhol was one of the founding members of the new art movement that began in the mid to late fifties, which was most commonly referred to as "Pop Art," which was short for "Popular Culture." ... Warhol's art didn"t lack in meaning, but is, rather, full with it. ... After her tragic death in 1962, Marilyn became one of the principal focuses of Warhol's art. ... Warhol, thus, played upon this superficial personality of American culture and, in turn, incorporated it within his art. ... Kennedy would have tremendous impact on the world, for all the other forms of me...

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The body art group gave the best example of cultural relativism. ... After listening to them talk about what they know, I have developed a larger tolerance for this type of art. ... After to listening to a rap song, I may be able to form an image of what it is like to live his life. ... The body art group showed me that all types of people have tattoos and piercings. ... I found it particularly interesting that when there are more than two pets in a home a hierarchy is formed. ...

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As quoted by Terry Eagleton in "Marxism and Literary Criticism:" "superstructure" are certain forms of law and politics, a certain kind of state, whose essential function is to legitimate the power of the social class which owns the means of economic production, it also consists of certain "definite forms of social consciousness" which is what Marxism designates as ideology. ... It is a form of the domination that is set for men over women. ... Terry Eagleton writes of the reflection of the experience, "art does more than just passively reflect that experience. ...

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Dancehall music, which has its roots in the reggae of the 1970s, has now become entrenched in American culture. Dancehall has brought social borders down, in a way, bringing those who inhabit an uptown world together with the downtown scene. But not always in a positive way. Dancehall, like mos...

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Customs and habits, likes and dislikes, dress, art, thoughtsa look at these give one an insight as to how a people differ from another. ... Their values most often reflect those of their elders whom they take as the guiding light and form their opinions. ...

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Art and the Modernist Museum Précis-Tony Bennett, "The Political Rationality of the Museum- In The Birth of the Museum: History, Theory, Politics Tony Bennett discusses the roles the museum plays in regard to the organization of objects and history, the establishment of acceptable public behavior and the display of power. ... The museum also establishes a "norm- in public conduct through behavior imitation, thus serving as a form of social education. ...

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Thus the creation of art, including literature must always be understood in relation to capitalist productivity and consumerism and additionally always in a historical context. ... Marx made a distinction between the means and way of production and the underlying social and economic forces and relations which he called the "base"; and the cultural forms and social institutions such as religion, education, politics, family and art-literature, which he called the "superstructure". ...

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This "phenomena- could be further facilitated through the media, advertising, art, film, or in the everyday world. ... When you view a person to be less than human it allows room for a special kind of treatment to take place; one form of treatment being abuse on every level. ... Allow the movies such as Marches in Uniform, to be seen as a work of art as a way to pervert women and their sexuality. ... But never did advertising artist distort and reshape men's bodies as they did when they transformed women into Art Deco Figurines."" (377) This point shows how women were viewed as ob...

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Explain Bourdieu's notions of habitus and cultural capital and how you believe they might influence the art education of young people. ... Moreover these children are rewarded form performing well throughout schooling with academic achievement awards such as certificates, bursaries and eventually even degrees, further perpetuating the cycle. ... Effects on the Art Education of Young people But what does this mean for art eduction? ...

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In Ovid's Metamorphosis, Narcissus is a handsome young man who saw the reflection of his face in the waters of the Styx River. He became so captivated by his own reflection, that he sat looking at himself until he died and a small flower grew in his place. After the manufacturing and widespread existence of mirror, human have became obsessed with the reflections of themselves. Literature provided us with a unique type of mirrors. It helps us to discover the perfection of ourselves but at the same time, grab our eyes on the defectiveness as well. ...

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Generally, we can say that individuals collaborate with other individuals to form a sort of "team ". This "team " isn't just formed randomly. Usually, a group is formed of people who share some sort of common interest. In the photo art piece, entitled Cause Beautiful: Hipstamatic Aims to Empower Young People, Olivier Laurent delivers to the viewer a fascinating puzzle regarding the underlying basis of identification among a group of African American youths. ... In his art, Laurent forces us to consider whether the youths' fashion choices are based on short-term efforts to "fit in"" o...

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Hypocrisy is a form of faking and acting; you become the main character of a situation you are trying to hide. ... Through the words that the poet used to express the woman's feelings, desperation, thoughts, and desires the reader can see the arrogance and selfishness that form the rich woman's personality. ... Hypocrisy is seen everywhere, and this is the main thing that made me feel related to the poem; John Betjeman's way to depict the attitudes of the upper classes is marvelous and clever, his ways of letting us know who the main character of this poem is, and how he express...

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Culture includes language, ideas, beliefs, customs, codes, institutions, tools, techniques, and works of art, rituals, and ceremonies, among other elements. ... The classic definition of culture was provided by the 19th-century English anthropologist Edward Burnett Tylor in the first paragraph of his Primitive Culture (1871): Culture . . . is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society. ...

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Hybridity as defined by Aschroft et al (1998) is the creation of new transcultural forms within the contact zone produced by colonialization. ... Hybrid identity emerges therefrom multiple forms of hybridity. Smith (2008) divided multiple forms of hybridity as identities that exist across borders, duality, gender (a false dichotomy), new identities, the diaspora (borderless), and the internal colony hybrid (formed within boundaries). ... Moreover, her mother said that she has perfected art of hurting them. ... Hybrid identity emerges therefrom multiple forms of hybridity. ...

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The Information Superhighway While the information super highway has had an effect on society, all is not positive and toward a goal of the growth to society. Corporations may experience a growth in profits by selling goods via Internet and increase these profits by the reduction in work force. T...

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Postmodernism is hard to define because it is a concept that appears in a wide variety of areas of study such as art, architecture, music, film, literature, sociology, communications, technology, and politics. ... A grand narrative in American culture might be the story that democracy is the most enlightened form of government, and that democracy can and will lead to universal human happiness. ... I believe that anything which is unable to be translated into a form recognizable and storable by a computer will cease to be knowledge. ... In fact, one of the consequences of postmodernism seems...

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