While reading chapter three Nussbaum’s book, Cultivating Humanity: A Classical Defense of Reform in Liberal Education, I noticed several connections to Brooks’ article, When Beauty Strikes. In many ways, Nussbaum agrees with Brooks’ argument about the power of beauty in art, or in this case literature. Like Brooks, Nussbaum argues that social change can come about through art. She first makes this claim on page 94 when she writes, “…the artistic form makes its spectator perceive, for a time, the…
my education in photography, psychology was and is of great interest to me. That being said the understanding of the human experience plays an extremely significant part in my work specifically in this series. In “Notes on Camp”, Susan Sontag “Something is good not because it is achieved, but because another kind of truth about the human situation, another experience of what it is to be human - in short, another valid sensibility -- is being revealed.” Sontag writes about sensibilities in art,…
His artwork showed his longing and need to belong and fit in very well. His education- not an artist education. Caused general criticism of…
In this modern generation everything is considered to be art, from historical cave drawings in New Zealand to scribbles drawn by your five-year old sibling on your homework. It comes down to the decision of a person securing new exhibitions what is valuable and worth being preserved. Works of valuable art are those of historical significance. Exhibition decision makers struggle to determine what is of actual historical significance in purpose of educating verses momentary amusement of the…
comparing and contrasting two of them in analysis of the shift of Shakespeare. The two approaches this paper will focus on are art worlds and the production of culture perspective. This paper will first look at the conventions of Shakespeare as art in pop culture, then it will look at the different spheres that shaped Shakespeare from popular culture to an exclusive sacralized form of art in the way it is consumed and performed. Before…
Johannes Stotter is an artist, musician and body painter from Italy. Johannes sings and also plays the violin in a band. Johannes studies education and philosophy at the University of Innsbruck in Austria. Johannes attends many social projects where he combines his music with his art work. Johannes also develops his work without reference to other body painting artists or their work. in 2009 Johannes also secured a place for himself at the international bodypainting Festival in Austria and he…
Music: The Benefits and Effects it has on our Emotions According to the dictionary, music is defined as “an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound organized in time.” An art form of sound that no person can physically see, touch, or taste, though this art form affects the listener in the deepest ways. Human emotions are affected by all of our senses, though sound allows us to communicate and understand different parts of the world. From the moment we enter this world, our ears are…
There are numerous comparisons, similarities and differences to be noted between Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri and Emily Kame Kngwarreye none more than their art work. Both being from the central desert region of the Northern Territory, Australia and the Anmatyerre language group both Clifford and Emily share simular life experiences, beliefs of the dreaming, geography and views of their country. Both artists produced their work in a matching time and place with simular preferred mediums and both…
neon art inspired by the city, past, and present. Specifically, she researches and creates paintings from a combination of historical event and personal experience. 3. How would you characterize the way the speaker talked about their work/practice? • I characterized that she stays strong, cool and calm when she talked about her work. Her paintings represent a new way of painting, because of that, she might…
Art funded by local, state, and federal governments Art improves people’s moods, overall happiness, and outlook on life. Just imagine how many lives have been saved with art. Community members constantly seek out beauty from art, but art can contribute much more than it’s beauty to a society. Art can give a location, a ‘sense of place’, help seniors be healthier, and even improve test scores. Public art provides economic, cultural and educational benefits to a community. Therefore, art should…