Art History

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  • One-Sentence 'Soundbite' Revised Summary

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    Counts as Good Art” in Art As Therapy, Alain De Botton and John Armstrong discuss different techniques for how “good art” has been read and judged for years with spice of his own technique. Paragraph “Abstract” Revised Summary “What Counts as Good Art?” from the book Art As Therapy by Alain de Botton & John Armstrong talks about the fundamentals of “good art.” A good piece of art can mean many things to different people because everyone has a different vision of an art. Good art does not form on

  • Wes Anderson

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    Wes Anderson is a critically acclaimed American art director whose distinctive style has made him a well-recognized auteur. His films include Bottle Rocket (1996), Rushmore (1998), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Moonrise Kingdom (2012) and, The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). The stylistic and themal connections across his work makes his films distinguishable and iconic. With a recurring cast of actors

  • Analysis Of Rock Ola By Ralph Goings

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    piece of photorealistic artwork. The piece, a painting of a diner interior, was painted in 1992 by Goings. Going’s is a revolutionary photorealistic artist who uses one of the hardest mediums available, watercolor, to paint photorealistic pieces of art. This piece is exactly that, an incredible photorealistic watercolor painting on paper. The painting is a collection of colors most of which are cool colors. Silver and green are the most prominent colors really giving the paint a cold and empty, yet

  • Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Essay

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    film. “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon” by Ang Lee is a 115 minute film that portrays martial arts heroines who seeks knowledge from a humble master. This film is based on a martial arts novel by Wang Du Lu and featured with international casts, including Choi Yun Fat, Michelle Yeoh, and Zhang Ziyi. The story begins when a male martial arts hero, Li Mu Bai, (Choi Yun Fat) decides to retire of being a martial arts hero

  • Five Bells Kenneth Slessor Analysis

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    My immediate response to the artwork is how busy and alive the artwork is. I also noticed how John Olsen only variations of the colours blue and green for his artwork with some yellow and white. The longer I looked at the artwork the more images I noticed. I could decipher illustrations of fish in the water, ships and even little houses. This shows how much thought John Olsen has put into this remarkable piece. At first glance, it looks almost like a seed that has burst releasing, freeing plants

  • Opposing Paul Simon's Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes

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    In a world where everyone is headphoned into their iPods, while car speakers blare out conformity, what makes people stop and listen? Ingenuity. Ingenuity is the only thing that can cut through the static. Music junkies are constantly scrounging for something new and different, and this desperation for new content is the metaphoric pedestal that raised the great musicians of this generation into stardom. Paul Simon connects with people through his distinctive songwriting. Simon has even been hailed

  • Eric Fischl's Bad Boy

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    his family moved to Arizona where he began his art education at Phoenix University. Then in 1972 he graduated with his B.F.A from the California institute for the arts. After earning his B.F.A he went to Chicago working as a guard for The Museum of Contemporary Art. After two years of working there, he then moved to Nova Scotia to teach painting at the Nova Scotia college of Art and Design. His first solo art show took place in at the Dalhousie Art Gallery in Nova Scotia in 1975 - curated by Bruce

  • The Oath Of The Horatii By Jacques-Louis David

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    The Oath of the Horatii by Jacques-Louis David was considered a revolutionary painting for its time. Although his painting was one of a kind, David was still influenced by others and by his environment for his work. This painting was the first to break the rococo style and started the movement that is now known today as neoclassicism. The Oath was one of David’s more “mature” work as he used all his acquired experience “from his experiments in pantomimic expressivity and corporal communication

  • P. F. Sloan's Song 'Eve Of Destruction'

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    Music is one of the most commonly used mediums for expression when it comes to reflecting upon current, past or future society. Artists use music as a way to reach the masses and express their hopes, fears and concerns in a way that is enjoyable and entertaining. When analyzing certain songs it is abundantly clear what the composer was thinking when he wrote the piece. If one were to take a look at the song ‘Eve of Destruction’ performed by Barry McGuire and written by P.F. Sloan, they would see

  • Gloria Anzaldua's Analysis

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    The opportunity to be enrolled in Sex/Myth/Power & Popular culture has provided me with a different perspective on how the media has affected both people and in the world where they live. Through the readings and films we have watched in this class it is easy to see that people tend to be aware of only one’s own existence, through their thoughts and surroundings and accept this to be the ‘normal’ way of life. We can see that media is able to tell us what in is considered ‘normal’/ socially acceptable