Clearly, collecting, exhibiting, and conserving the works of art as well as preserving their historical meaningfulness and passing its understanding to the next generations, are on the agenda in a sense that under the circumstances of the flourish of consumerist approach towards the perception of art all of the aforementioned aspects have become a topical issue. The photo-exhibition created by Joseph Koudelka is the artist's reflection on modern times, representing his aesthetics of perception, broadly speaking, and, more specifically, his vision of social reality. Therefore, Joseph Koude...

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By imitating the repetition, harmony, and unification of nature and by using a variety of mechanical equipment, he changed the art world's perception of sculpture. ... Eliasson purposely built the tunnel with this kind of dense fog to let audiences to use different types of senses other than visual sense to find the way out of the tunnel. ... Our sense of orientation is challenged and the coordinates of our spaces, collective and personal, have to be renegotiated. ...

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Alex Katz was born on July 24, 1927 in Brooklyn , NY. Katz is probably best known as a printer but he also did paintings , drawing, sculptures, collages, and painted cut-out figures .He has also done some set design for the choreographer Paul Taylor in 1960. Alex Katz was born on July 2...

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In What is Art Tolstoy argues that art as expression of emotion makes sense, but is really only half of the theory. ... These bleak perceptions of the art world prompted Tolstoy to ask " Is it true that art is so important that such sacrifices should be made in it's name?...

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His values may or may not be the same as any other, but a good artist should be able to combine creativity with his perception of the world and life and express it well in his work. ... Elizabeth's Bishop's poetry is not quite as manipulative in the macro sense because less people are offended by it. ...

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In What is Art Tolstoy argues that art as expression of emotion makes sense, but is really only half of the theory. ... These bleak perceptions of the art world prompted Tolstoy to ask " Is it true that art is so important that such sacrifices should be made in it's name?...

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Concepts of aesthetics - and in particular those of composition - he argues, have inserted themselves between spectators and paintings to obscure and obstruct any immediate perception of the social content of pictures. ... Following the ideas of Levi-Strauss, Berger explains the development of this particular art technique and art form and its phenomenal rise in the 15th century by the need of an emerging class of mercantile capitalists, and later the landed gentry, to confirm their sense of ownership and the importance of riches. ...

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In What is Art Tolstoy argues that art as expression of emotion makes sense, but is really only half of the theory. ... These bleak perceptions of the art world prompted Tolstoy to ask " Is it true that art is so important that such sacrifices should be made in it's name?...

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However, one theory, by Leo Tolstoy, suggest it is not in our perception of art which defines a value in a piece, rather its ability to transmit emotion into viewers. ... Almost always there's an overpowering sense of a higher power lingering over the viewer. ...

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Webster's Dictionary defines "language" as "a method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way." However, language does more than communication. Since we have been educated, language has been an important media of our learni...

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