photography to be successful two key discoveries were still in need; to combine a light sensitive material with the camera obscura‚ and a way to make an image permanent. In the 1820s Joseph Nicephore Niepce was experimenting with ways to improve new printmaking technique of lithography. He discovered a way to copy an engraving onto glass and pewter plates by using bitumen. Bitumen is a form of asphalt that changes when light hits it. In 1826 he put a coated plate of bitumen in a camera obscura with the
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The Qing line was initially settled in 1636 by the Manchus to assign their administration in Manchuria (now the Northeast locale of China). In 1644 the Chinese capital at Beijing was caught by the renegade pioneer Li Zicheng‚ and frantic Ming administration authorities approached the Manchus for help. The Manchus exploited the chance to grab the capital and build up their own line in China. By receiving the Ming type of government and keeping on utilizing Ming authorities‚ the Manchus mollified the
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LECTURE NO 2 1=RENAISSANCE The word "Renaissance" derived from the term "la rinascita"‚which means rebirth‚ first appeared in Giorgio Vasari’s Vite de’ più eccellenti architetti‚ pittori‚ et scultori Italiani (The Lives of the Artists‚ 1550–68) Historians often divide the Renaissance in Italy into three phases.[3] Whereas art historians might talk of an "Early Renaissance" period‚ in which they include developments in 14th century painting and sculpture‚ this is usually not the case in architectural
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wanted to make art from mass-produced objects‚ he would not be able to simply paint them. The idea of using synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen creates the image of mass-production in America because silkscreen is the commercial form of printmaking used in t-shirts (Fiero‚ 66). Warhol’s artwork symbolized mass production of items in America. Warhol created
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No artist has left a loftier or more penetrating personal testament than Rembrandt van Rijn. In more than 90 portraits of himself that date from the outset of his career in the 1620s to the year of his death in 1669‚ he created an autobiography in art that is the equal of the finest ever produced in literature even of the intimately analytical Confessions of St. Augustine.1 Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (15 July 1606– 4 October 1669) was a Dutch painter and etcher. He is generally considered
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ANDY WARHOL August 6‚ 1928 – February 22‚ 1987 Andy Warhol was one of the most influential people in American modern art. Warhol was best known for his bright colored images of famous people and food cans. Through both his art and lifestyle he explored the nature of fame‚ popular culture‚ and the media. His artistic influence and unusual personality redefined the modern art world. Andy Warhol was born August 6‚ 1928 in the working class neighborhood of Oakwood‚ in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania
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Case study- Extended Response Art has always been a mean through which soul finds an opportunity to express its emotions freely. Many artists cannot separate issues of politics and society from personal and psychological issues. When it comes to the form of the work‚ there are issues of emotion‚ modes of expression and poetry. There is the issue of how an artist can make an impact on the audience which a politician or an academic cannot. An art that does not express emotions is not art. Works
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2. Art The definition of art is controversial in contemporary philosophy. The very idea of art has also been a matter of controversy. The philosophical usefulness of a definition of art has also been debated on. Contemporary definitions are of two main sorts. One distinctively modern‚ conventionalist‚ sort of definition focuses on art’s institutional features‚ emphasizing the way in which art changes over time‚ modern works that appear to break radically with all traditional art‚ and
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Keren Escoto Prof. Clayborn Western Civilization 1 April 10‚ 2008 The Impressionist Movement Impressionism‚ French Impressionnisme‚ is defined in the American Heritage Dictionary as “a theory or style of painting originating and developed in France during the 1870s‚ characterized by concentration on the immediate visual impression produced by a scene and by the use of unmixed primary colors and small strokes to simulate actual reflected light.” Impressionist painting comprises the works of
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