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    Samuel Johnson’s Influential Dictionary In order to provide a sufficient response to this intriguing inquiry, one should acknowledge the influential milestones of the Early Modern English period (c.1450 -1750) that laid the groundwork for the emergence of Samuel Johnson’s invaluable dictionary. On the top of that list is the evolution of the English Renaissance which is often referred to as the “Elizabethan Era” or the “Age of Shakespeare” after the most significant monarch and notable dramatist

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    Pop Art vs Minimalism “As soon as you stop wanting something, you get it.” -Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol “It is what it is, and it ain't nothin’ else.. everything is clearly, openly, plainly delivered.” -Dan Flavin Anabel Rodriguez There were two major art movements during the 1960’s: Pop Art and Minimalism.The two movements are still relevant

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    The beginning of the 20th-century ushered in a new era of Technology: Automobiles, Trains, Airplanes and the Telegraph, changed the way we perceived and interpreted the world. This new modern era, as it would later be called, had a profound impact on the Arts and Architecture. Gone was the old romanticism and symbolism that had dominated the 19th-entury earlier. Instead, Artists around the world started to incorporate the emerging geometrics of technology into their art. Cubism, Futurism, Fauvism

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    everyday things that I normally don’t look at very thoroughly. It is apparent that she was her work, in anything that she created she incorporated feeling and emotion. When she painted, she painted according to how she was feeling whether it be a modern painting, an abstract painting, a landscape painting. She took simplified natural forms like clouds, plants, and waves and used them in charcoal drawings with exquisite abstracted, expressive lines and shapes. Without a doubt, Georgia O’keeffe was

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    1 Lesson 2 Study Guide Broadway The American Musical: At the start of the 20th century, the popular vaudeville shows that crossed the nation became the training ground and inspiration for the birth of the American musical. As the primary location for the professionalization of American performance art, understanding the complicated negotiation of gendered and racial identities on the Broadway stage provides important background to the development of an American identity in concert dance through

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    cyclical with booms followed by inevitable busts. The strategic issue it faces is the uncertainty of where the art market is heading. The problem is that Saffronart cannot extend its sources of competitive advantage to markets outside of India and modern schools of art. For this reason, Saffronart is recommended to vertically integrate in India by entering the primary market and competing with galleries and dealers. This solution is optimal and actionable in India if Saffronart uses its sources of

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    Essay On Martha Graham

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    dancing three times per week. In 1916, Graham enrolled into the Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn School of Dance in Los Angeles. The school taught ballet, ethnic dance, music, codified dramatic gestures, makeup, lighting, costumes, dance history, Greek philosophy, and yoga and meditation. At age 22, Martha had a late start for training, yet was still serious and intent on becoming a prestigious dancer. Martha’s body was very supple and strong and had the ability to project most every dramatic movement. She

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    artwork of Olympia, and similarly, Umberto Boccioni’s Unique forms of Continuity and Space reflects different beliefs and conventions merely as a result of societal changes. Pop Art works such a Andy Warhol’s Marilyn x 100 and Post – modern works, such

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    Gauguin Where Do We Come From What Are We Where Are We Going -Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) -Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going? -1897 -Oil on Canvas, 5 feet by 12 feet -Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?, is the self-acclaimed masterpiece of Paul Gauguins’ career. It represents the culmination of his ideas and beliefs that he acquired throughout his life as a painter. Many visual characteristics of the painting, such as

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    etc. In Western cultures oil painting and watercolor painting have rich and complex traditions in style and subject matter. In the East, ink and color ink historically predominated the choice of media with equally rich and complex traditions. Modern and Contemporary Art has moved away from the historic value of craft and documentation in favour of concept; this led some to say in the 1960s that painting, as a serious art form, is dead. This has not deterred the majority of living painters from

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