Kente Cloth and The Doors of Royal Palace of Ikere in Nigeria
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The Hostile Hospital
Pablo Neruda's Biography . From those various - and varying - chronicles, it becomes clear that from a very early age he lived in an entranced absorption in everything around him, natural and human, and at the same time, as a solitary child, he stumbled on poetry and became similarly entranced by it. From then on, he never stopped writing; it was like breathing to him, he said 2. He moved from his previous absorbed solitude into an artist's underworld of close friendships, night-long conversations, and passionate sexual love, discovering the poems of Rimbaud and Baudelaire and the companionship of other poets. 3. The five years before he moved to Chile were for the poet, separated from his language and his roots, a time of extreme loneliness and alienation; yet at the same time, he was taking in through his senses the wonders and horrors around him. 4. Out of that extreme distress of spirit came Neruda's poems [...] which cast private experience in a hallucinatory flow of images, part surreal, part prophetic, and the voice Neruda was making confidently his own. 5. From that transforming experience came the vision for his next undertaking, a cluster of poems in which he explored and revealed how Latin America had come into being, invoking not just its exotic geography but also its drastic history, its social & political realities, its dictators and its injustices. 6.
AKRAM KHAN COMPANY - RUSH
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For this essay I have selected the Statue of a Wounded Amazon, height 80 1/4inches, and Aphrodite holding a Winged Eros, height 49 3/4 inches, as my subject to compare and contrast.
Celita Hamilton Unit 2 Individual Project Comparing Ancient Art Melissa Zimberg For this essay I have selected the Statue of a Wounded Amazon, height 80 1/4inches, and Aphrodite holding a Winged Eros, height 49 3/4 inches, as my subject to compare and contrast. Title: Statue of a Wounded Amazon Title: Statue of Aphrodite Holding Winged Eros Artist: Unknown Artist: Unknown Date: 450-425 B.C. Date: late 4th Century B.C. Style: Roman copy of a Greek bronze statue Style: Hellenistic Cypriot; said to be from the temple at Golgoi The Amazons were a mythical race of warrior women known for their skills in archery and horsemanship. This marble statue depicts a wounded Amazon. She has been stripped of her weapons and horse, and wounded underneath her right breast. She wears a short, sleeveless chiffon unfastened at one shoulder and belted at the waist with a makeshift bit of bridle from her horse. Despite her misfortune the warrior appears calm and shows no signs of pain or fatigue. She rest her right arm on her head, this is usually a sign of sleep or death. Of this marble copy, the lower legs and feet have been restored with plaster casts from other marble copies;
Language is a system of arbitrary symbols and grammatical signals which meaning is attributed and used for the expression or communication of thoughts and feelings.
ID number: 4580175 ERS section 3 Assignment 4: Definition Due Date: 8 November 2002 Language Language is a system of arbitrary symbols and grammatical signals which meaning is attributed and used for the expression or communication of thoughts and feelings. Language has certain things in common. They are sound-pattern, words and grammatical structure. A sound-pattern is a group of sounds that the human can utter. Words are sounds or sound-patterns that has a meaning. Words may stand for objects, actions, or ideas. According to this definition, there is no resemblance between words and objects which they describe. Grammatical structure is the manner in which words are combined to form larger, meaningful units such as sentences. Undoubtedly, spoken language such as German, Spanish and English are examples of language because they are used for communication in society and they have grammatical rules for speaking and writing. Algebra and mathematical functions are also type of language since they have rules for expression of mathematical meaning. For example, '4/5' has a meaning, but '4/0' is not mentioned for mathematical meaning. Furthermore, the order of symbols in algebra has an effect to the meaning. For instance, 'x = 5x - 2' compares with 'x = 2 - 5x'. It has different meaning and rule for solving the problem. This definition also
TMA 02 There are many differences which I see between Cezannes Bathers and Vecchios Bathing Nymphs which make them both interesting yet very different pieces.
TMA 02. There are many differences which I see between Cezanne’s Bathers and Vecchio’s Bathing Nymphs which make them both interesting yet very different pieces. Firstly, both Cezanne and Vecchio use colour very differently to create two extremely contrasting pieces of art. Cezanne has used a restricted palate of cool colours with only a splash of warm hue; this creates a dark and almost cold feeling to the figures in the foreground. Vecchio on the other hand has used a more wide range of both cool and warm hues to give the cooling effect of nature and the warmness of the models. Vecchio also gives each figure incredible life like qualities by highlighting detail vividly with colour. Cezanne and Vecchio both use light, but they use it differently. Cezanne has used a weak light source which appears to be coming from the viewpoint of the spectator and it is carefully highlighting the outline of the figures. The light source in Vecchio’s Bathing Nymphs on the other hand is rather difficult to pinpoint. It appears to be coming from the top left of the painting, highlighting the background landscape and buildings. The middle ground of the painting appears to be darker, as if overshadowed, but Vecchio’s use of colour vividly picks out the figures. This use of light gives a dramatic contrast between light and dark. The perspectives of the two paintings appear to be
Jean Dubuffet's Urgence.
Jean Dubuffet's Urgence After acquainting myself with Jean Dubuffet, I felt that I could then, and only then, make an informed critique of his work, without merely injecting my pure opinion. My arguments are based on artistic analysis. It's useful to remember that my viewpoint may be informed, but it's still also subjective, and I found upon analysis of Dubuffet's piece, Urgence(89, fig. 3.19), a critique may raise more questions than it answers. I find this is especially true of contemporary art, because we have abandoned traditional agreements of inspiration. Jean Dubuffet was a self-taught or untrained artist who was unaffected by artistic standards of the time. He focused on the art drawn by children and the insane; people who were free from corrupting cultural influences. Often, the first thing to ask yourself is "What was the artist trying to express?" Dubuffet rejected the view that art must be aesthetically pleasing or that it should illustrate visual reality. He was basically trying to shake up the established ideas and disturb the rules and procedures of the domain. Overall I believe his piece achieves his goals. And while this sounds a little idealistic I do agree with what he believed. However, I must ask "Can a person make advancements in a domain which he or she does not study it rules?" (Or at least be aware of them?) I believe Dubuffet falls short in
Comparing two Cezanne paintings of Mont Sainte-Victoire
Compare and contrast Plate 1.3.20 ‘Paul Cézanne, Mont Sainte-Victoire with Large Pine, c. 1887, Courtauld’ with Plate 1.3.22 ‘Paul Cézanne, Mont Sainte-Victoire from Les Lauves, 1904-6, Kunstmuseum. Cézanne’s Mont Sainte-Victoire with Large Pine and Mont Sainte-Victoire from Les Lauves, are both interesting pieces of art with their own unique style and technique. Plate 1.3.20 was painted 17 year earlier than Plate 1.3.22. Both paintings are similar in size and the artist used oil paint and canvas in both of these works. Another similarity is that both of the paintings depict the same landscape around the artist’s homeland. The two most apparent differences between the paintings are in the use of colour and the technique. In Plate 1.3.20 Cézanne used a limited palette of green to yellows with a hint of orange and blue which suggest a warm climate with a sense of calm. The warmest colour is on the side of the mountain which is painted with a mix of different hues, assembled into a recognisable object. In Plate 1.3.20 Cézanne used strokes of dark colours mainly to outline forms like the tree trunk in black and the fields in dark blue. In Plate 1.3.22 Cézanne seemed to play with the colours more. He used more vivid colours with a greater contrast between the light and the dark hues. Different colours of green created a sense of depth which increases the
Topdog Underdog
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". . . The pre-war suffrage movement paved the way for votes for women"
Jenna Mooney 6.3 Extended Essay The Suffragettes ". . . The pre-war suffrage movement paved the way for votes for women" A quote from historian Paula Barley which is suggestive in saying that the actions of the Woman's Suffrage Movement were the decisive factor in women gaining the vote in Britain. In the Representation Of The People Act in 1918 the vote was given to all men over the age of 21 provided they had resided in Britian for over 6 months. Women over the age of 30 who were householders, married to a householders or university graduates were also given the vote. It can be said that the actions of the Women`s Suffrage Movements undoubtedly played a major role in woman gaining the vote in Britain in 1918. However many historians hold debates regarding whether the actions of The Woman`s Suffrage Movement were soley responsible for the achievement of the vote in 1918. This essay will discuss the importance of the Women`s Suffrage Movement whilst also examining other contributing factor to women gaining the vote. It is useful to establish the social political and economic position of women in the years leading up to 1914. In the 1850`s, a steriotypical view of the family life existed in Britian which centred on the middle class conception of the family, which was the dominant male figure of the family being the proctector, breadwinner and dicision maker and the