Artwork
Astronautics owes much of its existence to the arts. On the one hand, literary works by authors such as Jules Verne (1828-1905) were directly responsible for inspiring the founders of modern s...
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Art
It would be difficult to exaggerate the impact of computers on the study and production of art. Not since the invention of photography has the art world been so radically transformed by a new tech...
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Art and Religion
ART AND RELIGION is a discrete field of multidisciplinary study that attends to the creative interplay between image and meaning making as religious activities. More general usage of ...
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Art and Society
There is no consensus as to what art is nor, until the 1970s, had sociologists expended much energy on its study or on the development of a sociology of the arts. While in Europe art h...
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Art, Style and Genre In
Style and genre are two distinct but related ways in which artworks can be grouped together in the interests of understanding and appreciation. Neither mode of classification i...
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Art, Definitions Of
A range of related topics are gathered together under the title "The Definition of Art." These include: (1) metaphysical questions, such as "Is there a set of ...
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Art, Formalism In
The term formalism refers to a number of theses and programs in the philosophy of art and art criticism, all of which assign a priority to the formal elements of works of art.
The do...
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Art, Interpretation Of
The concept of interpretation is key to our commerce with artworks. For if something is an artwork, then it falls into the category of things that are at least eligible for an i...
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Art, Performance In
Some philosophers hold that the creation of art always involves performance, and that artworks are more accurately defined as processes or actions than as objects or events. This e...
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Art, Representation In
Pictures form a subset of the artifacts that serve to represent particular things or kinds of thing, real or imagined, in a broad inclusive sense of the term represent. Like som...
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Art, Truth In
The question of artistic truth first arises with the ancients. In his Republic, Plato argues that fine art and poetry cannot impart truths because they do not give humankind access to th...
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Visual Arts, Theory of The
There are competing views on what qualifies photographs, paintings, sculpture, and architecture as visual arts. This entry focuses on theories of vision and their implicatio...
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Since the beginning of art, the female nude has always been a representation of societal beliefs and views- the female nude holds the key to important values of the time of which it has come from. It'...
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Pressed for a definition of art, Edgar Allan Poe once said:
"Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through t...
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About 40,000 years ago mankind were at the peak of innovation. These people were gathered in groups at the mouth of caves. What made the need for mankind to make art at this time? In my opinion, some...
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Art is the self- expression of the artist's beliefs, opinions, and emotions through visual, physical, oral, or verbal means.
Artists often use symbolism as an indirect form of expression. For exam...
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When an artist creates a painting it is not only to make a picture. Its purpose is to create a feeling or mood. Usually drawing more than an ordinary moment in life, usually stirring some kind of e...
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The imagination of the artist is important in the way the artist constructs their artworks, but there is always a component of relations between the artist and the world. The imagination of the artist...
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Art has changed meany peoples lives around the world. It can change you visually or emotionally. Some great artists who are guilty of this are Monet, Frida, Pablo Picasso and many more.
Picasso wa...
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Over time representations of women in art have changed dramatically. The traditional image of the female form as the muse or subject within an artwork is no longer, and women over time have gained soc...
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Without art, the world would be a vast empty void of uncreative, unimaginative, non-colourful, bland society; Toast with no butter or topping; boring, life-draining death of the mind. Art is absolute...
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Anything can be art but not everything is art. No, I am not trying to twist your brain or anything like that but seriously think about that statement. If everything was art then this paper your rea...
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This essay will be looking at a range of artists and artworks from different cultures and times. Each artist developed their own visual language in order to represent certain ideas and interests about...
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There is no one definition of art. Art is such a large force that any definition would restrict some aspect of it. Through numerous movements, art has become larger with artists adding and pushing the...
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Paintings, music, theater, and dance are various media that we use to show our expressions. They can be divulged in numerous schemes that we see, but do not know much about. In society today, we ha...
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Art has progressed over time and we are constantly exploring new ways to express ourselves. Art is essentially an emotional release to the artist, and on the observers side a strong feeling of emoti...
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