"Art is a human activity consisting in this, that one man consciously, by means of certain external signs, hands on to others, feelings he has lived through and that others are infected by these feelings and also experience them.".
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When we think of history we don't often think of art. We don't realize how the history of art can help us learn more about the people, the cultures, and the belief systems of those who lived hundreds and thousands of years before us. Art has developed, influenced, and contributed starting from the great Stone Age to the present day. Art gives an insight into the changes and evolution that man and culture have gone through to become what is today. Art is culture, art is the essence of the people who make it and the best way to appreciate art is to look at the history of it and it's evolvement through time. The Great Ages consists of four distinct ages: The Old Stone Age, The New Stone Age, The Bronze Age, and The Iron Age. These four Great Ages is the complete history of art from the beginning to the present day. Each age is named characteristically for the type of material used for that time. Stone was used in the Old and New Stone age, bronze in the Bronze Age, and iron in !.
the Iron Age. The Great Ages began with The Old Stone Age starting at 100,000 BC. The people lived in tribes and clans and often moved from place to place, hunting and gathering to live. They believed all life was sacred and all beings were divine, including animals. The tribal teachings taught that man and nature are one. Hunting and gathering was a sacred ritual because they would often believe they were at one with the animal being hunted. An illustration in Art Through The Ages, (Hall of the Bulls found in Lasacux, c 15,000-13,000 b.c. Largest bull approx. 11"6" long) a beautiful caves painting of Bulls. It shows how sacred these animals were to the people. The painter took the time not only to paint such a true to nature image but also purposely put it in a remote location hundreds of feet above the entrance.
What has changed is the idea that important political things came out of the era not just important art forms. ... The Zen and Samurai culture both took root during this period and they were mutually beneficial to each other. ... With all this increased contact between Japan and China it is not hard to see how the Chinese began to influence the Japanese ideals of art. ...
Burnham and Root set up Burnham and Root in 1873, with Root as the designer and Burnham the businessman and organizer (Zanten, "Root" 137). ... In 1873 they set up their own firm of Burnham and Root. ... Burnham and Root followed loosely ideas by R. ... Burnham and Root were placed in charge, Burnham of construction and Root of design (Zantin, "Burnham" 273). Before his unexpected death from pneumonia, Root had produced imaginative sketches for the exposition buildings as well as for the Art Institute of Chicago (Zantin, "Root" 138). ...
First, I must state that this may not be what you are looking for in any way. I might also add that my selection of literature is neither artistic nor philosophical. It did, however, move me. I read The Hot Zone by Michael Crichton in 1995, and throughout my post-Hot Zone series of reads, it stil...
Feminist Art The woman's art movement/Feminist Art Time Frame = Began late1960's - 1970's. ... Challenging the patriarchy - Male dominance and Low Art and high Art. ... Art News 1971. ... They see it as the root of all problems for women. ... This can be seen in the idea of High Art and Low Art. ...
Many new art forms and ideas were developed during this wonderful time. ... One example of the art in their architecture is The Parthenon. ... This mixture of feelings led to the most dominant literary art of the fifth century B.C. ... Within the new severity another concept in art was developed in Classical Greece. Ancient Greek psychology recognized two forces at the root of human emotional expression, Ethos and Pathos. ...
Every impressionist painter had their own contribution to the style of art known as Impressionism; Monet had his water lilies, Pissaro his romanticized rural workers, and Degas had his dancers. ... According to the Eyewitness Art book on Impressionism "Degas produced 45 paintings, 20 pastels, some 250 drawings, and 17 sculptures on the racehorse theme.... Degas was also inspired by the work of Edward Muybridge, whose freeze-frame photographs of humans and animals in motion had revolutionized the depiction of movement in art. ... When you focus a camera on a subject near the lens, the thi...
Today dance is seen as a form of art, but it did not start out as such. ... As history tells us, the years came and went and all the while dance was evolving into and art that would soon reach to every corner of the globe and be one of the most dynamic art forms. ... The art of dance was now a much broader and liberal field (Stodelle, 201). ... The art of dance has been the root of social well-being for centuries, not only in just one part of the world but all over the earth because every society of every culture has been a contributor to this art form. ... In my opinion dance is the most...
