Essays on Artists

Response Paper

In answering the question, Joyce, you demonstrate that you understood what the quiz requires and respond adequately. Modern art (rap and hip-hop) among African-Americans reflects the oral narratives characteristic of African traditions. Like traditional storytellers in Africa, African-American rappers tell stories about the tribulations of the Black population and others issues through rap and hip hop music (Wood 2004). Stating that rap and hip hop are real art due the way they follow a specific artistic tradition from African oral narratives, Joyce says that the art enables the rappers to deliver their messages to subsequent generations. She however does

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Introduction

Japanese art encompasses a wide range of art media and styles which is inclusive of calligraphy on silk and paper, ancient pottery, sculpture, ukiyo-e woodblock prints, ink painting, the more recent manga, kirigami, origami and kirie. These arts have their foundation on the wide range of human habitation in Japan which is up to the 10th millennium BC to present day. Going by history, Japan is exposed to sudden invasions that come with alien and very new ideas which are then followed by long periods of literally minimal contact with the rest of the globe. This has caused Japanese

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The twenty first century will be marked in the history of music when sampling was on its top. Nowadays, musicians prefer to sample other musicians’ works and not to create their own songs. To write this essay, I watched a documentary Copyright criminals. The documentary presents several significant ideas which will be revealed in this essay. The essay will consist of three parts, each answering a question: arguments for and against sampling, how copyright protected artists’ profits and whether the copyright influenced the way of making music.
There are different arguments for and against sampling. While watching the documentary,

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Stevie Wonder's 1972 performance of Superstition is a classic illustration of “ABAB” song form. The “A” phrases are notated by an “aabb” rhyming pattern, while the “B” section, contains the same words each time it is sung and does not have a discernible rhyming pattern. The “B” section is followed by a brief musical interlude that is heavy on the horn section before dipping into the next chorus. The horns play a prominent role in the entire song, however, when Stevie Wonder sings the “B” section, the horns are less noticeable and Wonder's vocals are the forefront of the

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Cindy Sherman is one of most controversial artists of modern times. She has earned acclamations and criticism for her works. Critics allege that her works are unnecessarily obscene while a number of people find her work inspiring, issue oriented and raising some relevant questions. This paper intends to discuss works of Cindy Sherman and further examines the allegations of obscenity in her works.
Majority of Cindy’s photographs are not obscene and even her critics accept this fact. Cindy Sherman, through her photographs and other mediums of expressions, raises the issues related to gender, female, sexuality, oppressions and desire.

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- Museum or Gallery: American Museum of Natural History Date: 2013
- Exhibit title: Fish Illumination Artists: Keith Farnsworth
- Describe the Setting
The exhibition portrays a dry tree which has fish baited on the branches. The fish color appears to be golden yellow. The exhibition seems to be a color photograph. It has mixed media as well as intentionally sloppy arrangement.
- Is there a theme of the show?
The main theme for these exhibitions is to unveil how fish species are being exploited. The exhibitions reveal the importance of people involving themselves in the ecology conservation rather

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The movie and music industry are among the biggest and most profitable industries in current times. These industries are best known for their entertainment value but entertainment is not the bottom line as far as these two massive industries are concerned. The industries are also delved deep in informing the public and education. These two industries are well involved in disseminating information to the masses and informing the public about mainstream issues affecting mainstream life “music is the shorthand of emotion” (leo Nikolayevich). Due to the profit and sheer size of these two industries they have attracted a lot

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Introduction

One of the outstanding collections of contemporary art is the Rubell Family Collection (RFC) which was founded in 1964 in New York City immediately after its founders Donald and Mera Rubell tied knot. Being one of the largest privately owned contemporary art collections, the RFC showcases its collections in a 45,000 square foot warehouse owned by former Drug Enforcement Agency. The museum of RFC comprises 27 galleries, a film and lecture theatre, a research library with more than 40,000 volumes, a media room, a gift shop, a book store and a sculpture garden. The collection which is

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Introduction

The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) located in Sydney, Australia. The museum is dedicated to the exhibition, collection and interpretation of contemporary art pieces from Australia and other continents. The museum was the brainchild of John Power, an Australian expatriate. John’s intention was to educate and inform the Australian public on contemporary visual forms of art (MCA 2013, 1).
The Museum of Contemporary Art was officially opened in November 1991 (MCA 2013, 1). The exhibitions are housed in the former Maritime Service Board building at Circular Quay at the periphery of the Sydney Harbor. The state government decided

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Phase I: Description

The title of this object is ‘Mere et enfant’ which is a Spanish world meaning ‘Mother and Child’. The artistic feature was developed by an artist called Pablo Picasso in the year 1902. His father was an artist and Pablo’s passion could be attributed partly to his father’s artistic prowess. He was born in Malagasy, Spain and studied at an art school in Barcelona. Despite his numerous paintings, he was well recognized for his unique Cubist paintings and object design which did not match any other person’s artistic work. His artistic work to portray different viewpoints

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Introduction:

I decided to visit the Norton Simon Museum of Art, 411 W. Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, corner of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd and can safely say that I was pretty much bowled over by the experience. Paintings are arranged in a very helpful manner and I was definitely spoilt for choice with regards to the array of works on offer. First off I decided to analyse Pierre Auguste Renoir’s seminal painting, ‘The Pont des Arts, Paris’ dating from 1878 and which is oil on canvas. This is a truly seminal painting in French impressionist style and it

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- Museum or Gallery:
- Exhibit Title: Open Water And Too Much Information
- The items on display are quite several. They range from drawings, to paintings and photographs and the arrangement is quite formal
- There is no single theme in seen in the display. This is so because all the artists who have put their pieces on display have different themes to these pieces. The pieces draw from their distinct inspiration which dates to different time periods in history. Different time frames have therefore been captured making it difficult to say that there is a single theme.

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The tenuous thread of Destiny — Russian mistakes at Stalingrad — Racial mixtures — Sailors on leave.

This excerpt from Hitler’s Table Talk is particularly interesting. Here we have Hitler ranting at how Germany lost the First World War due to the fact that it had manifest destiny against it. He seems to blame the fact that Germany lost that war because it had not started producing tanks fast enough and blames the Home Front for that. He refers to the fact that the industriousness and foresight of such men as Lloyd George and Churchill looked ahead and immediately grasped the huge possibilities that the military tank could offer for better battle advantage.
Hitler also

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The Banning of Auto tunes

I remember at the age of at eight years old, instantly falling in love listening to Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” song for the first time. This song is about a girl who claimed that Jackson was the father of her child and who also used to stalk him. The beat to the song was epic and had a great tune to it that will make you jump out of the seat, and the combinations with his vocal skills made the song amazing. I loved every second of the song and at that moment is when I became a

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The work of humanist scholars as well as the renewed interest in classical learning was the greatest influence of the Italian Renaissance. The term renaissance in Italian means rebirth, and the Italian renaissance era is best known for the renewed interest in the culture of renewed classical antiquity after the period that the rebirth humanists referred to as the Dark Ages (Ben-Ezra, p. 230). The influence of these humanists greatly shaped the Renaissance writing, thinkers, art, and education because of the fact that the humanism ideas were spread across all aspects of life (Raadt, p. 511). More specifically, humanism

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MUSEUM VISIT

The museum visited is the harrett center for arts and science. This museum is found in twin falls ID. The title of the exhibition is fish illumination. This is very relevant in that it tells a lot about exactly what the exhibition is all about. The exhibition is about shedding light on fish thus the title fish illumination. The setting of the exhibition is very spectacular and very beautiful. The art pieces are strategically laced so as to clearly ensure that every piece of art stands out as unique in its own rights and yet very beautiful and very

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Introduction

Kara Walker is a modern African-American visual artist who focuses on race, sexuality, violence, identity, and race in her artworks. Born on 26 November 1969 in Stockton, California, the artist is renowned for her big tableaux of black designed paper shapes. He father was a former professional artist, university professor, and a manager while her mother worked as a secretary. Kara grew with a good relationship with his father whom she was quoted as saying that her best memories are about the times she sat on his father’s laps in the studio in their house’s garage and

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Writing Assignment after Visiting Exhibition

A Fantastic Journey is known as the first survey based in United States specifically in Brooklyn. Wangechi Mutu is the artists behind the exhibition which entailed more than fifty pieces which include the Artist’s signature, video works, sketchbook drawings, large-scale collages, sculptural installations and a site specific wall drawing. Wangechi Mutu was born in Nairobi; Kenya was able to gather as well as combining materials such as magazines cutouts, painted imagery and sculpture. This portrays her creativity and innovative way of combining materials from different sources to make an extinguish.
Wangechi Mutu works of exhibition play a vital

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Jeff Koons and Banksy art work.Both Jeff koons and Banksy are artists. Jeff achieved his profession leant his art work at Maryland Institute College of arts Jeff has done his art work in producing banal objects like balloon animals, which he produces in stainless steel, with mirror finish surfaces. For instance, Jeff commissioned with others in 1992 created a tall sculpture. The result was a 13 metres puppy which was executed in a variety of flowers and transparent color-coated stainless steel. Similarly, Banksy is also an artist. This is because most of the popular artwork was signed by Banksy.

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- Museum or Gallery:
- Exhibit Title: Sometimes, what Binds Also Chokes
- There are several items on display and they are drawings, paintings and photographs. The arrangement is formal
- There is not a single theme of the show because the artists have different pieces of art each with its own theme. This is because each has their own piece of work that draws inspiration from different time periods and themes to show the vitality and richness of their works from several time frames.
- Sometimes, what Binds Also Chokes by Keith Farnsworth. 2013. This piece speaks volumes.

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A self-portrait is an artistic representation of an artist, painted, sculptured, drawn, or photographed by the artist. Several artists have used self-portraits to highlight different aspects about themselves that they believe other artists might not critically bring out in their representations. Since the advent of the mirror in the fifteenth century, modeling artworks have greatly improved with self-portraits becoming some of the new advents that came with the mirror. For whatever reason an artist might choose to construct a self-portrait, almost all the artists in all media from sculptors to painters have attempted this exploration of self. Jean Fouquet's

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The image you are presented with in this paper is the image of a men’s urinal which was placed on a pedestal and placed in a gallery. It is common knowledge that art is a field within which various controversies and conflicts may arise concerning the criteria upon which something is considered to be a piece of art or not. Apart from the line, the shape and the form of a piece of art which follows regulations posed by different artistic movements as far as the balance, the format and the depth given in a creation are concerned

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Image I: "The Marina Piccola, Capri," Albert Bierstadt (1859)
The image presents a landscape paint of a coastal scene surrounded by beautiful runs of beaches. The artist utilizes shadowing technique to present a fine piece of art in the entire landscape. The use of color is well organized to create a fine view point. The pattern makes a cool and a pleasant feeling to any viewer. To the right a clear view of the sky and the beach makes the background that at the front view point. The paint scene portrays a unique picture of an actual beach atmosphere

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Georgia O'Keeffe was a renowned American artist of the twentieth century (Robinson, 89) who, through her famous works, became one of the most popular painters of the time. Born on fifteenth day of November in the year 1987 and later died at the age of ninety eight (Evans, 16), she grew up among her siblings and realized her goal of being an artist as early as when she was only ten. She went through high school and later joined the Art Institute of Chicago where she reached the professional level of her work as a painter and an artist.

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The art work depicts voices form various perspectives of the Jews which can be well understood if we consider various perspectives of the person who did the artwork. An artwork will have different perspectives and it depends with what you want to see as the viewer. The views will be diverse and so will be the views. Art will always speak out as the artists always looks at views of speaking to people.
The Jews at that time were going through a lot of experiences which should be considered because the artist was trying to bring the oppression out.

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The canon of classical and contemporary music

Since the dawn of time, music has been one of the most important cultural inventions of humanity. The use of music to convey knowledge and share information is so profound that almost all existing societies today have its own musical heritage. Music has always taken a vital place in the development of human culture. In fact, instrumental music and songs are regarded as one of the highest form of art by any culture at any point in time. From the tribal traditions passed on from generation to generation through songs, to the highly commercialized music industry of today, music

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Entartete “Kunst” 

Introduction:
The Entartete Kunst was an exhibition which took place in 1937 in Berlin, Germany and which exhibited several Jewish works which were deemed as degenerate by the Nazis. The exhibition was intended to portray depravity and lack of intellect as well as the perversity with which Jewish art was viewed by the German government and artistic establishment. The exhibition was actually the culmination of a complete purge of the art owned by several Jewish businessmen and art lovers whilst also including the Jewish art which was on display in public German museums and galleries. The exhibition was primarily

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The invisible dragon was originally published in the year 1993. It was supported and championed by he artists because of its forceful call in reconciliation for beauty. It was also savaged by many of the theoretically oriented critics who saw the concept of beauty as naïve. The critics ignited a debate that showed no sign of flagging. In the present edition, the writer Hickey tries to fan the flames (Hickey 37).
He writes with emphasis on more manifestos to stir up polite discussion. He also elaborates more on calls for action than the former aspect of criticism. The

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New media refers to the emerging of digital, computerized information and communication technologies such as the internet. Common software is ArchiCAD. With ArchiCAD, it is easier and faster to design houses. CD’s and DVD’s allow for the transfer and storage of information without having the need to print them. Social media such as LinkedIn allows for the development and expansion of business networks of individuals in my profession. Facebook is another social media that has allowed and increased interaction with my peers interested in the same things as me. During my free time, I may get involved

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Political art is part art that includes political themes. In visual art, political art takes stand in displaying and reflecting of political ideology by arousing the target audience or viewer by reflecting on political ideologies the are similar to or different to the viewer. There have different definitions of political art that lead to different understanding of political art in the world. However, political art is art that is reflecting on any political ideology to the target audience/viewer. In this paper, we are going to discuss about political art in general by referring to two pieces of art and

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The artist

Christian Paul Kunsch was born in Hagen in the North German state of Westphalia. He is primarily a husband and father but is also a photographer and Taoist for good measure, also describing himself as ‘European’ on his website. His work which is chiefly in black and white is basically inspired by the work of Bernard Plossu, Francoise Nunez, Henri Cartier Bresson and Lucien Herve. However he claims other influences such as the music of Radiohead, Thom Yorke and Max Richter. Another source of inspiration is Wim Wenders, the film director whose movie, ‘Wings of Desire’ is an important

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The art of the ancient Greeks and Romans is called classical art. Classical art is a name used to describe certain periods in which various artists searched for their inspiration to this archaic style. The Romans learned painting and sculpture mainly from the Greeks which assisted in transmitting Greek art to ages. Greek and Roman sculpture has had a profound effect throughout the ages. Greek sculpture took early inspiration from Egyptian and Near Eastern monumental art from 800 to 300 BC (Singh 563). However, this evolved over the centuries all this evolved into a sole Greek version of the

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There have been great women artist, but mostly in recent times. Throughout history, that role was predestined for men. For a woman to be an artist meant that she should have her free will, stubbornness and dedicate her time to art, instead of having domestic life of a wife and a mother. Woman's role in society has from the ancient times been of a person of weaker sex who is supposed to take care of others, her family. There have been exceptions to this, but very rare to the point of Joan of Arc being rare. Such women, who

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Art is to speak to people’s souls and minds so all kinds of new productions and reproductions are a natural outcome of people’s need to approach and understand art in the way that covers their personal questions on the mysteries of their existence, of their life, of their mortal journey. The aim of this essay is to present you with an answer to a relatively recent question which has risen in the field of Art and is on the issue of funding Art in the United States. How should the performing arts be funded in the United

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A sensitive, yet realistic movie about the life and work of a popular Mexican artist, “Frida” tells the story of Frida Kahlo, a young woman who begins to paint after a trolley accident in which she was badly injured, bringing her close to her death. Although she felt the consequences of that accident throughout her life through insupportable pain, she managed to fight death with creativity, internal emotion, passion, inner feelings and talent, becoming a painter. The movie presents some of her works, which indicate a strong style, vivid passion and intense emotions, marked through the use of strong,

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Introduction

Henry Matisse is one of the famous French artist, particularly known for the unique use of color and fluid as well as unique draughtsmanship. Although he was essentially as a painter, he was he also ventured into printmaking, draughtsmanship, as well as sculpting (Sayre, 18). Furthermore, together with Marcel Duchamp and Pablo Picasso, are considered as the three main artists who engineered in the revolutionary developments with the plastic arts segment in the 20th century. In the early stages of his career, Matisse was branded a Fauve (wild beast), but was later on appreciated for defending the cultural traditions

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- Identify the names of the artists involved in the film’s production: the director, the production designer, and the art director.

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Enemy at the Gates, Director
Wolf Kroeger
Enemy at the Gates, Production design
Dominic Masters
Neil Lamont
Peter Francis
Steven Lawrence
Enemy at the Gates, Art director
- Describe in separate paragraphs each artist’s role in the overall design process.
Enemy at the Gates, Director
The duties of a director in a film are not an easy task. In fact, various film companies have different thoughts regarding the precise job a director must do. Below are

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Article summary

This paper is a detailed summary of an article in social theory. The key aspects captured in the paper include the specific arguments put forward by the author within the article. The article examines different aspects of social totality in the present world. The key elements explored within the article include political, aesthetics, as well as conceptual issues. The author describes different elements of social theory in relation to mapping modes. Moreover, a succinct definition of the mapping in the area is provided with examples drawn from different artistic works provided for elaboration. The argument within the article is

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Introduction

The Bayeux tapestry is a name derived from a French name Tapisserie de Bayeux for an embroidered cloth which is normally assumes to be an actual tapestry. This clothe has a measurement of about 70 meters long which illustrates the events leading to the Norman conquest of England that entails the famous William, Duke of Normandy. As a mode of rumor that was created in the in the eighteenth century, the Bayeux Tapestry was known to be the work of the Conqueror’s queen (Bruce, 2).
As the rumors were, there is no type of evidence existing whether internal

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Pablo Picasso has for many years remained the most famous artist. He was a Spanish genius artist who earned infinite recognition across the globe in the twentieth century art. Picasso was an innovative painter who came up with astounding works arts which are now reserved in museums. Nevertheless, his competitiveness in this field came from his wide knowledge and capability of incorporating different styles. Pablo tried his best to become a great artist and therefore opted to leave Barcelona and moved to Paris which was the capital of arts in Europe.
Interestingly, some of the wonderful and adorable works

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