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Contemporary Art and Theory...Full Full Art as a professional and academic discipline has a long history spanning several generations. Through this long history it has also undergone a series of interesting and somewhat confusing transformations representing what is often termed the various movements and schools of thought. Therefore contemporary art as it is today is in many ways an outcome of all that took place during the centuries past. A very likely question to be asked would be, in the light of all these developments what then is contemporary art Simply put, contemporary art is an ongoing development of artistic work building on the foundation of what has been created already. It is against this...
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Art Theory...Question What is the purpose of art outside the context of decoration 'A Thousand Words' Art's unique strength is that it speaks many languages.Like mathematics, the visual arts accessible to the literate and the illiterate, the Chinese laborer, the Bolivian military officer, the US university student. While each viewer brings his own set of expectations and his own cultural context to a certain piece of art, he is not limited by language barriers, education, or literacy. While tools certainly exist to aid artistic comprehension, a painting is accessible on many levels and to many groups of people. The old adage of 'a picture is worth a thousand words' came into being...
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A Theory of Art...Defining Art: A Futile Endeavour or an Important Task The task of describing the physical properties and nature of the world around us often defies our efforts, such as when we attempt to describe the colour purple without the benefit of having any other colour to use as a reference. Beauty, grace, and melody are also ill-equipped for definition without a cultural or social context to frame the definition. Art, which may be a combination of several senses colliding with the cognitive process, becomes especially problematic as we search for a definition. Recent centuries have evolved the meaning, as well as the definition, of art as more liberal understandings of the requirements are applied and new theories are encountered. Art... and acts...
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Art Criticism/Formal Theory... Art Criticism A close analysis of Marshall’s piece “Better Homes, Better Gardens” dazzles the viewer with colorful, linear imagery that immediately brings to mind the innocent simplicity of a children’s picture book. However, the mentality that served to re-entrench the racial lines that had been so bitterly battled over, is also reflected in this painting as an integral part of the overall image. “Better Homes, Better Gardens”, then, is a satirical look at the prospect of the brightening American future on the heels of the 60s, reiterating the fact that the social reform movements that were supposed to bring about a better life for all actually was referring mostly to the white middle class at the expense of those still living... up of...
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Introduction to art theory...14 May 2008 WESTERN ART AND ITS MODERNIST EVOLUTION Western Art, as the suggests, is predominantly a blend of European cultural traditions. From the known researches, the western art dates back to 3rd millennium BC (James.J.Sheehan, 2006,) .The western art culture existed parallel with Ancient Egypt and Ancient Aegean civilizations. As time passed, a consistent pattern for artistic development within Europe became clear with Ancient Greece which was adaptation of Roman art. This period is referred as classical period which flourished for next two millennium. It was followed by medieval art which was religious in focus. The lack of...
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Art theory...really relate to the picture. Modern battles may not always be physical like what is portrayed in the picture, but these battles are as true and heart sickening like those which have been recorded and painted by historians.
Francisco de Goya is considered one of the impressionists (huntfor.com). Though he started his works decades before impressionism was popularized, de Goya’s works reflected the features of the theory of art. His works, as other impressionists do, picture what is seen as common, daily dealings. As the name implies, works of this theory paint a picture in people’s minds as they see the realities in the work of art. The impressions are usually from what...
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Art paper...a column, one looks like an old-time prescription bottle, one looks like it could be a flask or maybe even a camera. One object that is brown could be a flute of some sort as it has multiple black holes that look like an instrument. It also looks like a mound of papers underneath or even on a place mat. As I previously stated, it looks like a still life in a way but in a way that is not realistic but instead more modernized and abstract in nature.
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I think what the artist is trying to say in this art work is simply describing things around him during the time frame in which this was painted. I think that it is none other than a grouping on a table of things that are of interest to him or...
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Contemporary art and theory... Contemporary art and theory Discuss the various binaries of performance. Include visual analyses of artworks together with key artists, theorists, and terminology in your response
Various binaries of performance art have posed a great challenge to traditional form of visual art such as sculpture and painting. However, performance art incorporates concepts and styles from other art such as work like arts and ritual.
Vaudeville and cabaret inspired elements of Dada performance, which shows desire to embrace and appreciate popular art and mass cultural ways of dressing. Joseph Beuys adopted the term actions to describe performance art since it differentiated traditional types of entertainment found in theatres.
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Contemporary theory and art...Contemporary Art and Theory
Different types of binaries of performance have posed a negative implication to traditional types of visual art like painting and sculpture. Evidently forms of Dada performance was inspired by Cabaret and Vaudeville. In this regard, it depicted the desire to appreciate and embrace the popular versions of art and the cultural modes of dressing.
Dada reiterates that performance is means designed to get rid of traditional types of culture and aesthetics. This consequently leads to the discovery of true reality. One example is evident through Joseph Beuys in which he employed actions in description of performance art because it...
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Comparing Art theory and Art work...Number] Art Theory and Art Work Art theories have existed as long as the art itself. The theories focus on elementary ideas in the visuals of the art. This paper will compare the expressive theory of art with the work of the Dutch artist named Piet Mondrian who worked to express art in its basic form focusing on beauty, colour, and technique rather than being influenced by other ideas.
The expressive theory of art explains that art is judged by the artists’ inner feelings, emotions, and...
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