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Kreg Yingst gave a talk titled Mystery: Magical Mystical Musical. His artwork is being displayed through the visiting artist program. He comes from the Southwest. He likes artist installations. He talked about the retro prospective. He relates it to the perspective of blending magic and math together to form art. He showed a piece that was in allusion that look like doors. He talks about the Chicago area and his dad was from a family of six. He also mentions the cabin and syndrome is very where…

The renaissance was a time of over 300 years which changed European history forever. The renaissance started in Italy and worked its way all throughout Europe. It was a time where arts and literature blossomed, advances in technology were evolutionary, and intellectual excitement flourished. The word renaissance means precisely this, rebirth. Prior to the renaissance was the middle ages. The middle ages was a time where most people were not educated and the only book they would own was the…

Beaudoin_A Black Death DBQ Essay The Black Death is a disease that was spread throughout Europe only in 4 years time. This disease took many innocent lives and great countries. These people living and dead were put through misery.But the misery only lasted three days, then they died. During this misery different people reacted in different ways. Just like the Physicians were precocious but they also used the Black death for money, families were in distraught, and countries were in isolation.…

Introduction The 15th – 18th centuries CE were a period of great change in Europe in particular after a millennium of relative stagnation. Scientific advancements, cultural enlightenment and socio-economic developments combined to create new artistic opportunities and to influence the thinking and directions of artists. In this essay I will initially provide a brief overview of scientific advancements during this time, and then relate these and the overall societal context to artistic…

and beliefs across to hundreds of thousands of people in Germany. According to Document D between 1518 and 1525 a third of all books were produced in Germany were by Luther himself. An example of what was published in a Lutheran Booklet are seen in woodcuts in Document E expressing the pope as the “money changer” Jesus chased out of the temple. With the popularity of such books, there was a backlash from the pope himself calling Luther a “wild boar”. Although Luther never intended in using the…

Day and Night: Escher’s Turning Point Tegan Sorensen V00885279 AHVS 260 Due: November 21st, 2017 M. C. Escher is an iconic artist, but more iconic than the artist is his art. From detailed landscapes to mind-boggling impossibilities, he worked in woodcuts, wood engravings, and lithographs. These allowed for extreme contrasts and impeccable detail. While many of his works could be named as iconic, Day and Night marked a significant change in Escher’s artistic journey. From its context and…

Starting in 1776, the American Revolution served as a launching pad for a new nation. The abuses of monarchical Britain, predominantly lack of representation and inability to effect change, shaped the ideals of the fledgling nation. Because of the American Revolution, there was radical social and economic change. The most prominent change occurred politically, its ideals leading eventually to the First Amendment. This amendment grants the citizens of the United States the right to freedom of…

period were on a quest for greater realism. However, tempera and oil painting, although common, were not the only mediums used during the early Renaissance. Beginning in the 1430s, the technique of engraving began to replace the barely developed woodcut medium. Well developed by 1450, engraving proved a much more pliable method. Book illustrations and common single prints were made less and less through…

1) According to the author of A World of Art line is important in an artist since it plays a major role in human history, delineating city limits, county lines, and state and national borders. 2) In Matthew Richie’s quote I think he is trying to talk about the structures of line and properties of how line can be structured. Then, Ritchie’s is trying to use it as a symbol when it comes to using a straight line since it can represent the direction and the curve can mean to join things. I also see…

1. Unit Title: Museum-Based Lesson Plan 2. Lesson Title: Be a Leader and not Lethal 4. Grade Level(s): eight grade students 5. Duration: Five days for 45 minutes (add 20 minutes for clean-up). 6. Lesson Focus: Students in my 8th grade class will make posters to protest violence in Chicago. Students will explore Elizabeth Catlett and Leopoldo Méndez art work. Students will identify how the artist work is related or dissimilar to…