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    artist Sia Furler, known as Sia, unravels controversial changes to the way the stereotypical music video runs. So far Furler has created two videos: Chandelier and Elastic Heart, both receiving negative social and stigmatic comments of their concept questioning Furler’s artistry. Elastic Heart received the better hand in being the most controversial for its ‘pedophilia’ claims from society. However, Furler’s music video is anything but pedophilia and essentially addresses a well known issue in every individual

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    ideals, new inventions and great advances in the art world. The loss of the great American frontier and the growth of an urban population were key factors to the burst of innovation which then facilitated the appearance of modern art in America. One of the largest proliferation of modern artists came out of the renowned Ashcan School. Ashcan, which was created in the early 1900’s, in opposition to rigid idealism, was an institution whose artists focused on the nitty-gritty aspects of American life. Idealists

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    The choreography being displayed by two female dancers consisted of a negative, intense energy, constant moving towards the ground, and a dragging type of movement due to the stretchy dress. Most of the dance moves are considered characteristics of modern dance due to the movements towards the ground and dancing barefooted. Doris Humphrey’s technique of “fall and recovery” is a perfect example to the coming of the ground intensively being presented

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    process of making and change the ways people live, started the fast pace, high speed of modern lifestyle. Modern art approached with a number of painter, sculptures, poets who individually or collectively to redefine through around this century. The new art forms are creative world’s response to the perspective of the new lives and ideas provided by the industrialized and technological advances that results modern society to evolve itself in a new way. Many artists began to experiment and

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    18th of December 1879. Klee, being born in Switzerland and creating a majority of his work in Germany, was considered both a Swiss and German artist. As a child Klee was extremely interested in drawing and music. His parents pushed music in their household however the rebellious Paul viewed music of the time as “meaningless” and stuck to the path of drawing and art. Paul Klee’s artwork was heavily influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, futurism, cubism, and surrealism. Although

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    After the webpage loaded, I was taken by surprise of how simple the Museum of Modern Art's website is displayed. The layout is dominantly composed of black and white colors with orange as a highlight color. The website has a slideshow promoting the museum's most recent news and newest exhibitions. One of these exhibitions is the "Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs" collection. This is "the largest and most extensive presentation of the artist's cut-outs ever assembled." When I read this, I found it particularly

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    Martha Graham (1894-1991) was a professional dancer and choreographer. It is said that Graham invented Modern Dance. She was very talented and even won awards for her hard work including the Medal of Freedom. After viewing short clips of Graham’s style of dance, I am able to see that Graham was not afraid to dance and nor was she afraid of the music. Watching her dance in these clips, I did see freedom and elegance. I was able to see her true personality through her body movements. In comparison

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    Martha Graham: The Mother of Modern Dance The realms of self-expression some being art, music, and dance have always drawn inspiration from one another, a movement starting in one and spreading. In the case of the Modern Art Movement there is no exception. Modern Art is said to have started in 1870 and ended roughly around 1931. The Modern Music Movement started in 1910 and is currently still being considered happening today. The Modern Dance Movement had two waves, one in the early 1900's and again

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    many elements are put into it, so that the best result possible can be developed. In the video Sergei Polunin, “Take Me to Church” by Hozier viewers realize the amount of practice that had to go into perfecting the ballet and modern dance. The director of the ballet and modern dance is David LaChapelle, who helped Sergei Polunin film and photograph the dance. Throughout the ballet human experiences are brought forth with the form, repetition, and rhythm. The body of Sergei is like a sculpture that

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    majesty, dance… dance as Michelangelo’s visions dance and as the music of Bach dances.” These were the words spoken by José Limón as he witnessed his first dance program in the New York City in 1928. José Limón would come to be known as one of the most critical figures in the development of modern dance. Coming from a country with a rich, diverse culture, Mexican-born ballet dancer and choreographer José Limón contributed to the American modern artworks of dance through his own perception of movement styles

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