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    von Ruysdael, use the elements of art to create their pieces. Georgia O’Keeffe used bold color and enlargements in her piece. These elements are used to expand the artwork, and to show more detail on the natural art of America. Her piece was painted in the colors Red, white, and blue, also an element to represent the time frame in America. This was meant to portray a time when American artist wanted to express the American style as a subject to their pieces of art. She wanted to symbolize what…

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    The Fayum portraits are panel paintings that were found in the Fayum oasis in Egypt. The style of this paintings date back to the Hellenistic Period 50BCE-250CE which is the Greek art period. These portraits were attached to mummies to cover the person’s face for burial (Encyclopedia of Art and Classical Antiquates). Fayum portraits illustrated a multicultural society of Roman Egypt. Those paintings were made by using pigments mixed with beeswax and various other ingredients like eggs, resin,…

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    Whenever a book is turned into a movie there is always a debate on which is better. People don’t realize that the person writing the book and the person making the movie are two different people but they perform under a same idea. They use the same idea but they project it differently. The book Maze Runner was turned into a movie and there was this big debate on which is better. The ones who read the book and watched the movie knew that there were a lot of differences then there were…

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    Jackie Bible Analysis

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    For better or worse, the vast majority of movies can be lumped into a typical, generic category in which they’re ultimately only worthy of one viewing – and one viewing only. You watch it and minutes or possibly even a few days later – it fully fades from your memory like a childhood trip to the dentist. The point is it’s rare to witness a movie that stands out in a clustered, often chaotic Hollywood field of endless film productions. But, from time to time, though, a film like Kevin’s Smith…

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    The Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Northern Europe brought a “revival” to the arts. A prosperous middle class arose and were able to purchase artist’s art work. Many of these pieces had religious themes, their style and creativity, made for more pieces to be created. All over Northern Europe artwork thrived. Within the 15th century both Masaccio and Van Eyck share great religious values of Christian faith within their paintings. The notion of God and saints is very noticeable because each…

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    Another social factor that contributes to the rise of this ‘epidemic’ is the role of the media and in recent times: social media. According to Tiggermann and Pickering (2006), mass media such as television, the internet, magazines and movies, bombard the lives of those in globalized societies. One of the negative effects of this overexposure is the “pervasive transmission of societal beauty ideals” (para.2). It is important to keep in mind that this is not unique to one age group or gender,…

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    filming street art. Thierry began filming the street artists because he found the art fascinating. Eventually, Thierry decided to take up the art himself. Thierry began using his skills like most street artists do; on the side of public buildings. Theirry (with the help of some friends) decided to showcase an art show. He had items such as a giant spraycanned Campbells chicken noodle soup, as well as many other contemporary art pieces. Over 3,000 people showed up to Thierry’s few week long art…

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    The painting is composed of oil on canvas, and was created in 1953. According to Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, “Hopper began Office in a Small City while he was staying in Truro in the summer of 1953, and he finished it in his New York studio in the fall” (2007). Most of his works are associated with the reflection on contemporary social reality. This…

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    Allan Sekula Summary

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    explores what it means to take a picture in modern society. There are many possibilities within the realm of photography. The power of this art form is a point of view without the interpretation of man. The camera is technically the one creating the photograph, so there are minimal effects from the hand of man in photography. Film photography is an art “in which objects preserve, mathematically their forms.” Photography perfectly captures what a person looks like. A man can be identified by…

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    What is Persistance of Vision? Persistance of vision to me, is never giving up on what you believe, never giving in to those who doubt you, and never allowing anyone to deter you from accomplishing your goals. Inventors, musicians, designers, animators, actors, and doctors; this list can go on because one of the things all these have in common is that they are all artists of some degree. Everyone on this planet who has a vision for something they believe in, the only way to achieve it, is…

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