Art Deco

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Clive Bell’s theory of art is a formalist view, appreciating art for its visual aspects and disregarding any context behind the piece. His goal was to find the common trait among all works of art. He believes that for something to be considered art, it has to have specific necessary and sufficient features. It is necessary that the piece has significant form in order for it to be art. Significant form provides us with an aesthetic emotion, which is only brought on by visual art.…

Texts can be utilised as a way for composers to create sense of visual imagery for an audience allowing them to have greater understanding of the experiences an individual goes through to create interest by using distinctively visual language. This use of language enables an audience to build a connection with the characters in the text and creates a sense of empathy. In two of Henry Lawson’s short stories “The Drovers Wife” and “In a Dry Season” and Flexmore Hudson’s poem “Drought”, we as an…

Philippe Halsman was an acclaimed picture taker. A representations' percentage he is acclaimed for included model Constance Ford, Albert Einstein, The Duke and Duchess of Windsor, and Marilyn Monroe. A survey led in 1958 by Popular Photography named Halsman one of the "World's Ten Greatest Photographers" nearby Ansel Adams, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Richard Avedon, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Ernst Haas, Gjon Mili, Yousuf Karsh, Eugene Smith, and Irving Penn. Halsman was conceived May 2, 1906 in Riga,…

In addition, it leads to the second point of the criticism, insight of the culture. Driessens states that media has its own culture and that celebrities are part of the culture because society looks up to them and follow what they do (112). However, in the song Beyoncé is contradicting the media’s culture. Beyoncé states in her song, “ It’s the soul that needs the surgery” and she also says, “perfection is the disease of a nation.” As you can see, Beyoncé is telling her followers that the media…

When art is being processed there exist within the person a sensation of affection, and this affection towards the object is understood as good or bad. When in the instance of good the object is said then to be agreeable or beautiful. The division of which is the topic of this paper, namely that Kant and Bullough outline their distinction of agreeable and beautify, as well as the agreement that when considering art; both agreeable and beauty are two different forms of appreciating art. Art when…

Tattoos and Piercings Bias Tattoos and piercings have become more and more popular fashion statements as artists continue to create new ideas, as well as the acceptance of the ink and jewelry. Although it may seem that there is an approval towards this style, many are put into stereotypical categories based on their appearance. Regardless of who the person truly is, the bias associated with tattoos and piercings often leads him/her to be percieved as less intelligent, fraudulent, and less…

Film authorship is represented in the work by the two Italian Auteurs; Michelangelo Antonioni and Federico Fellini. When considering the concept of film authorship, the director has complete creative control which enables him/her to make it their own and by doing this the director creates their own style that is seen in their work. This can be true for any director that has produced multiple films; after viewing two films by the same director you should see a certain type of style through…

plays, and musicals are all part of the arts. The arts have been used for many years for entertainment or even ways of therapy. Are the arts important to have in public schools, or are they distractions? The arts actually help students achieve more academically. Many people have different opinions on whether or not the arts should be kept in schools. The arts can help students get out of their shell and be who they actually are or they want to be. The arts are important to have in public…

In 1994, the administrators of the Milwaukee Art Museum set out to create a " majestic new entrance, a point of orientation for visitors and a redefinition of the Museum's identity through the creation of a powerful image." Up to that time, there were two buildings that made up the Milwaukee Art Museum, one, the main building that had been designed by Eeron Saarinen in 1957 in homage to the victims of the war, also another addition that was projected by the architect David Kahler in 1975 by…