The Relationship Between Art and Politics During the Italian Renaissance During the Renaissance, art and politics were two very powerful and celebrated arenas of Italian culture. Art at this time was seen as a connection that was being established between the surreal and everyday life. ... This is evident through the excessive warring and violence that was so prevalent during the Renaissance. ... Artists, during the Renaissance, were often very poor and could only survive on how good their work was. ... This is evidence of the growing power of the church, politically, that was seen during the ...

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(Witcombe, 4) First used during the Renaissance, the word "art" was a collective term for sculpture, painting, and architecture. ... (Witcombe, 10) Largely, the new modern artists rejected the standards and principles of the academies and the Renaissance traditions. ... (Witcombe, 11) This statement was in ironic mockery of the Renaissance tradition which had placed the artist in a dignified position. ... 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 consider...

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For the gallery report assignment, I went with my class to the Art Gallery of Ontario, located in Downtown Toronto (317 Dundas Street West) on Thursday, November 6th, 2014. ... From here, Michelangelo demonstrates how he viewed the perception of beauty back in the Renaissance period. Michelangelo drew her this way, because he presumably thought that Cleopatra had the same beauty standards as women in the Renaissance period. ... It is amazing that a work from one of the most famous artists in history have their work being displayed at the Art Gallery of Ontario. ... Michelangelo's work w...

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(AAMC,2007) The definitions and histories of decorative art and the fine art. The differences between decorative art and fine art. ... The essay focuses on the two main catalogues: Decorative art and Fine art. ... Also, decorative art is overlapped with the larger category of applied art. ... It wasn't until the Renaissance that the profession of "artist" was reached to a new higher level, reflecting the newly perceived importance of the "design" element. ...

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His extraordinary talent made him be admired by thousands of people, who treasure real art. ... He wrote a book "Analysis of Beauty-, in which he described the principles of his art. ... Many artists of Renaissance period used to draw cherries or they called them the "Fruits of Paradise- as a symbol of Heaven or innocence. ... From the analysis of Hogarth's art it can be seen that William Hogarth was a master not only of creating general pictures of happy people, but also of being able to portray all the aspects and facets of life. His moralistic, satirical and cynical paintings and engra...

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Introduction I have chosen 19th century art and the Aesthetic Movement to consider What is an aesthetic? ... Section 1 Definition of Aesthetics Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of art, beauty and taste. ... Friedrich Nietzsche expresses For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication. I believe Nietzsche means that art can be a source of new values that create a beautiful illusion or joy and celebration which overrides some of the realities of life, like pain, suffering and uncertain...

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Defining art can be a rather difficult task, because what one may perceive to be art another may not. After researching the definition of art, I have found that many have attempted to define art. ... To me, art means creation. ... The distinction between artist and craftsman hardly appears before the Renaissance, and the term fine arts, does not appear until the mid-18th century. ... In its strict sense, fine art...

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