Economic Differences - Slave states versus Free states.
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Andy Goldsworthy was born in Cheshire in 1956 he was brought up in Yorkshire.
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"Art is the best way to express religious ideas and values."
"Art is the best way to express religious ideas and values." It is very difficult to agree or disagree with this statement because there are many other good ways to express religion, such as music, dance and literature. Each of these ways is very different from one another but I feel inclined to agree with this statement because art lasts for a long time and because it can portray complex ideas in a quick and simple way. Also even if people are illiterate or if languages change then the paintings and issues will still be understood because of the use of symbols, whereas if they were written down then thoughts may be lost or misunderstood. Symbols are used a great deal in religious paintings. We went to the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford to look at religious paintings that use symbols to portray different issues and thoughts. There are many common symbols in these paintings such as doves, symbolising the Holy Spirit and important people wearing blue or if they were religious figures not wearing blue then they would have a gold halo over their heads. Colours are used an awful lot as signs. Blue means the figure is an important or religious person. Red is a sign of danger and suffering as it is the colour of blood and this is what we associate with the suffering of Christ on the cross. White symbolises purity. Gold is used regularly when depicting heaven because it shows
women and impressionism
Discus and comment on the representation of women in Realist and/or Impressionist painting. Refer to at least two paintings, each by a different artist. Both Impressionist and Realist artists depict women working or doing chores, for example 'the Gleaners' by Millet shows women stooping in the fields to glean the leftovers from the harvest. Pissarro also depicts a woman doing a daily chore in his painting 'woman hanging up the washing', the woman in the painting is, as the title suggests, hanging out the washing. Realist and Impressionist painters also show women relaxing, sometimes in their bathrooms. 'The Bath' by Berthe Morisot shows a girl arranging her hair in her bathroom. The painting 'the gleaners' by Millet shows women working in a field. Picking up the leftovers from the harvest was seen to be one of the lowest jobs at the time and yet these women were the focus of the picture. Before this, servants and lower working class people were portrayed as being inferior, but in this picture the light in which they are bathed illuminates them and makes them seem noble whilst they are working. Behind the women, the field is also bathed in light so that the women are silhouetted against the lighter field giving a soft feel about the painting. This painting gives working class women of the time integrity and makes them look like honest hardworking people. The painting 'woman
Tolstoy's Philosophy of Art.
Chrystal Fortugno January 10, 2004 Prof. Bunch Philosophy of Art Tolstoy's Philosophy of Art Tolstoy approaches art with a very specific and narrow view of what is real and what is counterfeit in classifying artwork and what makes a work of art good or bad. Tolstoy believes that a work of art can be classified as "real" if and only if "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" (10). He believes that art can only be defined as real by its ability to make the audience feel what the artist had intended to convey with his/her artwork. The feelings the artist intends to convey must also be sincere and true feelings based on personal experience, expressed to the audience in such a way that the viewer/listener feels as if the artist is merely expressing something he/she feels and has always longed to express. To offset this definition, Tolstoy defines counterfeit art as having "no impression on anyone" (513). He says that distinguishing real art from counterfeit art can be done simply by determining the "infectiousness of art" (514). Tolstoy claims that any piece of art, no matter how beautiful, intriguing, interesting, poetic, striking, or realistic cannot be defined as real unless it also maintains this quality of infectiousness. After
The Link Between Fashion And Art
The Link Between Fashion And Art The term "fashion" is frequently used in a positive sense, as a synonym for glamour, beauty and style. In this sense, fashions are a sort of communal art, through which a culture examines its notions of beauty and goodness. It's the make or form of anything, the style, shape, appearance, or mode of a structure. Casablanca Migueles has analyzed each of Jesús del Pozo's collections -both spring/summer collections and autumn/winter collections- from the year 1974 onwards. During the 1980s, the researcher worked as an illustrator for his atelier. This close relationship is one of the factors that explains the quality of the study. This study is the first of this kind ever conducted in Spain. The researcher states: "Fashion is so important today. It's a socio-cultural phenomenon which individualizes the human body. To dress means both to be interpreted, and to interpret others". He also declares that fashion reflects every change in our social values. "Nowadays, we live our sexuality in a much freer way. That is why we show our bodies and our underwear more frequently". If we want to understand the close relationship between fashion and art, we have to look back at ancient societies. In Egypt, Greece or Rome "sculptures and paintings reflected what people used to wear". Art is the products of human creativity, works of art collectively "a
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Critical Research of "Creativity" by Nadine Rippelmeyer
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Where I Stand
Where I Stand By: Cassey Smith I am a daughter and an enemy to my sister due to the occasional warfare in our household. I am the most annoying person in my family. Though, my sister is tough competition. I am a guitar hero when playing against my family and friends, even if they aren't the best players in the world. I'm going to be the first in my family to go to college at eighteen. Due to the fact that I am the only one in my family who had honors classes and summer homework. I am a friend to many people, but not a lot of people in my school. I like music. It's my favorite thing to do after school. I listen to anything from Fall Out Boy to Madina Lake. I like movies. Adventure stories, murder mysteries, and comedies are really the only movies I see. My favorite movies are National Treasure 2 and Clue. I also like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. I like to solve the crime before the show ends. I like, actually love, my pets. I have three: Stormey, Ko Ko, and Sam. They are what get me up in the morning, literally. I believe that people can change, even the most reluctant. Everybody changes. Evolution can be natural or even kick started by a friend. I believe that sleeping is my best friend, especially when school starts. I believe in keeping secrets. I understand that keeping secrets can be a bad thing. Though, it keeps relationships alive. I believe that the world