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    Introduction This paper is intended to compare and contrast two sculptures, the Statue of Memi and Sabu and the Seated Statue of Gudea. It will also consider if the intended purpose or function of the sculptures has an effect on their appearance. Statue of Memi and Sabu This statue is carved in high relief from limestone and was painted. The figures of Memi and Sabu are standing side by side sharing an embrace. It varies from the normal carvings of the time in that Memi (the husband) is returning

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    Adriana Rosas 2 September 2016 Ms. Cooper Art Appreciation Compare and Contrast 1 “Pitman” Janet and Wassily, Similarities and Differences Janet Echelman is an artist who creates astonishing art out of fabric material. She creates thoughts that people get lost in. Her art is very deep as she incorporates texture of fiber, steal and lightning in her sculptures. She also included colorful colors that contrasted to the environment and to what her art needed to stand out. She hung her sculptures

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    stories with fiction. This is a contrast to Nabokov’s ideology, because he says that “Every great writer is a great deceiver, but so is that arch-cheat Nature. Nature always deceives,” (Nabokov). This contrast in their essays presents a difference in O’Connor’s and Nabokov’s view on the element of truth in fiction. O’Connor argues in her essay that fiction is art, and because fiction is art it must contain the element of truth. She states that, “The basis of art

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    someone for the “real world.” Sanford J. Ungar and Robert Reich explore both of these subjective values in their essays “The New Liberal Arts” and “College is a Ludicrous Waste of Money.” Ungar, the president of Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland, discusses why a liberal education should be sought after; he does so by introducing common misconceptions about liberal arts and, using argumentative persuasion, proves their insignificance. On the other hand, Reich, the former secretary of labor, argues against

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    to The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria; I choose to go to Vancouver Art Gallery to take look Takashi Murakami, Emily Carr and Lui Shou Kwan’s art work. After finish looking at them, I found out a different culture will make their art work totally different. Takashi Murakami is a very influential Japanese artist born after the 1960s. It is not only an artist widely loved in Japan, but also an idol of a new generation of young people in Japan. He challenges the traditional concept of art. The theme

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    After viewing the concert excerpts, construct a comparison of these two concerts. For this assignment I chose to compare and contrast two concerts. The first concert is from the modern era, while the other is a Baroque Era concert originating from the 17th Century preformed by a modern day orchestra. The Baroque Era Concert takes place in a large modern day Lutheran Church in front of a small crowd of well dressed onlookers. The second concert that I chose for this assignment is a modern day rock

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    From doing this first assignment project, I learned how focused the French culture is on art and how involved it is in their everyday lives. Art can come in so many forms in the French culture, a few being paintings, sketches, sculpting, and making music. As well as this, I learned about Impressionism which is a form of art that specifically came from the French culture in the 1870s and the 1880s. This form of art was created by a group of Impressionists whom were all French. Lastly, I learned how the

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    Benin Art

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    To answer the questions in Primary source assignment 4, I will look at the Benin plaque, the oba with Europeans, and compare and contrast it to art encountered in primary source assignment 2. I will then consider what role isolationism played in relationships between Portugal and communities in the East and West African coasts. Finally, I will look to answer the question on who discovered whom, and conclude by looking at the long term effects of Portuguese contact with Africa. When taken out of

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    various forms of baroque art requires knowledge of its historical context. The 17th century could be called the first modern age. Human awareness of the world was continuously expanding. Many scientific discoveries influenced art; Galileo's investigations of the planets, for example, account for astronomical accuracy in many paintings of the time. BAROQUE STYLE--emphasized movement, contrast and variety as with the painter Caravaggio who used dark' s in background in contrast to lights in the foreground

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    A Comparison of Two Paintings from the Renaissance Period Introduction      This paper will compare the themes found in the paintings “Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist and an Angel” by Domenico di Bartolomeo Ubaldini (Puligo) and “Madonna Enthroned” by Giotto. Both paintings deal with fables from the Christian faith but were executed during different periods in art. The Giotto painting was created around 1310 and the Puglio painting was executed between 1518 – 1520. Here, these two

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