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Duane Hanson
Duane Hanson 1925-96, American sculptor, b. Alexandria, Minn. A member of the superrealist movement of the late 1960s and early 70s, Hanson produced life-sized tableaux of realistic figures and props. In the 1960s these frequently depicted violent, politically charged events, such as in Vietnam... Read more |
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photorealism
photorealism international art movement of the late 1960s and 70s that stressed the precise rendering of subject matter, often taken from actual photographs or painted with the aid of slides. Also known as superrealism, the style stressed objectivity and technical proficiency in producing images of... Read more |
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Willem Kalf
Kalf, Willem (b Rotterdam, 1619; d Amsterdam, 31 July 1693). Dutch painter, one of the most celebrated of all still-life painters. From about 1640 to 1646 he worked in Paris; on his return to the Netherlands he lived in Hoorn and then in 1653 settled in Amsterdam. His early works were modest... Read more |
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ecorche
écorché (French: ‘flayed’). A representation of a figure with the skin removed, displaying the muscles. Drawings, prints, and statues of such figures, both human and animal (horses were particularly popular), were much used in art teaching from the 16th century. Stubbs's... Read more |
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lay figure
lay figure. A doll-like model of the human figure, jointed so that it can be given all kinds of poses. It may be anything from a few inches in height to life-size (an example about half life-size that belonged to the sculptor Roubiliac is in the Museum of London). Articulated dolls and marionettes... Read more |
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Alison Watt
Watt, Alison (1965– ). Scottish painter of portraits, figures, and still-life, born in Greenock. She studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1983 to 1988, and like Stephen Conroy, who was a year ahead of her there, she had achieved substantial success before she completed her postgraduate... Read more |
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academy figure
academy figure. A careful painting or drawing (usually about half life-size) from the nude human figure made as an exercise, typically in an art school or academy. The figure is usually depicted in a heroic pose, and there is a tradition of suitable postures that goes back to the Carracci. Two... Read more |
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Robert MacBryde
MacBryde, Robert (1913–1966). British painter and theatre designer, born at Maybole, Ayrshire. After working for five years as an engineer in a factory he studied at Glasgow School of Art, 1932–7. He formed an inseparable relationship with his fellow student Robert Colquhoun and they... Read more |
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Hans von Marees
Marées, Hans von (b Elberfeld, 24 Dec. 1837; d Rome, 5 June 1887). German painter, active mainly in Italy (he lived there 1864–9 and settled permanently in 1873). Like his friends Böcklin, Feuerbach, and Hildebrand, he was one of the Germanic artists working in Italy who turned to... Read more |
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Derek Boshier
Boshier, Derek (1937– ). British painter, sculptor, designer, and experimental artist, born in Portsmouth. He studied at Yeovil School of Art, 1953–7, Guildford College of Art, 1957–9, and the Royal College of Art, London, 1959–62. His contemporaries at the RCA included ... Read more |
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art schools
...principally in the antique and life schools of the Royal Hibernian...design had become general art schools of design had become general art schools where women were...body. Mainly they taught still life and drawing of ornament, rather than ... |
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Folk Art and Crafts
...twentieth‐century folk art at the Smithsonian...alternative concept of folk art and crafts had unfolded...concern for the communal arts and crafts of aboriginal...subcultures could still be observed in contemporary life, helping to ... |
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martial arts
...kings or nobles.Martial arts also lie at the root of competitive...the difference between life and death in combat — speed...s military, martial arts are still cultivated for physical...designating a fighting art, such as ju-jutsu...Chinese ... |
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patronage, artistic
...to dominate political life as Morton and Wolsey had...great royal patron of arts. The Civil War put many...recognized his duty to the arts but salaries or pensions...political patronage of the arts. The Kit Kat Club, a...patronage over all aspects of ... |
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Schools of Drama
...provinces. Some actors still join the profession...Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), founded...Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), founded...Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York, founded...efforts to enrich the lives of neighbourhood ... |
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war artists
...Norman Wilkinson, were still available: Wilkinson...combat. Japanese war art looks somewhat stilted...westerner could.War art was both of artistic and...their merit as works of art, which was often high...striking evidence of what life in ... |
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Photography
...sometimes with the dead still awaiting burial.Postwar...of New York City slum life in How the Other Half Lives (1890), and Lewis Hine's photographs...photography. Meanwhile, art galleries began to display...largely created elite art ... |
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James, Henry, Jr.
...detached spectator of life was maturing, as was...complex European world of art and affairs.The author...with such masters of his art as Turgenev and Flaubert...when James's course of life was still for him a matter...appreciation of ... |
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Dickinson, Emily
...close encounters with life. Except for a year at...mythic proportions that still clings to her: the poet...anything so tawdry with her art as to put it into print.But...refusal to allow her art to become merchandise as for the art itself, ... |
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Technology
...sciences to the useful arts” Elements of Technology because...phrase “the useful arts” or the narrower “mechanical arts.”“Technology” came...technology in American life, and in the nature of...understood than others. Still, as a first ... |
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Modernism
...particularly in the arts and literature, between...argued that the aim of art should be its own self-realization, and that art itself makes life. His emphases on the...movement associated with the arts. Rather, it was a broad...the time, and ... |
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opera
...killed it off, even if fashion still prevented him from carrying out...into the forefront of the art, giving it a whole new dimension...opera as an amalgam of all the arts. In one sense his operas were...and refined and developed his art, keeping to a ... |
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Maritain, Jacques
...he devoted most of his life to studying and writing...application to life, society, art, and politics. His achievements...developing a philosophy of art (Art and Scholasticism, 1920...the order of being, is still, in the ... |
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Kūkai
...had been waiting all his life. He personally took Kūkai...time remaining in his life, and Kūkai returned...Emperor Saga valued this art and is himself considered...site of a ‘School of Arts and Sciences’, which...students from all walks of ... |
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Liszt, Ferencz
...his amorous adventures were still the talk of Europe. In the last 5 years of his life he concentrated on teaching, his...symphonic poems developed a new art-form, the syms. are compelling...incalculable results on the art. Prin. works:OPERA: Don... |
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Astrology
...stars and planets have effects on human life and affairs. It is entangled in astronomy...one not devoting himself to such ‘low arts’ (tiracchāna-vijjā). However, the...spurious. Even so, the same term was still being applied to both, ʿilm ahḳam al... |
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Henry VI
...Fifteen years later not only was Henry still on the throne (he was crowned king...malleable, vacillating, uninterested in the arts of government, and, above all, antipathetic...deposed by the victorious Edward IV. But his life was spared. There was no sentiment in... |
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lead
...untoward happened a fascination for art led him to start a collection...experience (a particular way of life): she's led a completely sheltered life. 5. initiate (action in a game...person playing the chief part: he still looked like a romantic lead... |
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Anglo-Saxons
...include a number of saints' lives, and the Anglo‐Saxon...of place‐names, of art (including sculpture...important. Yet there are still uncertainties. Gaps...wergelds, its political life was dominated by the aristocracy...political and religious ... |
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life
...a biography: a life of Shelley. ∎ either...much happiness in this life could reduce the chances...reference to the nine lives traditionally attributed...3. (usu. one's life) the period between...imprisonment for life. 4. (in ... |
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ignorant
...never went to high school but has spent his life in the fields. Although all of these adjectives...financial management). A professor of art history might refer to someone who doesn...and completely untutored in the fine arts). Someone who cannot read or write is...highly ... |
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opinion
...phrases: a matter of opinion whether his art is worthy of an exhibition is a matter...personal feelings or biases (his views on life were essentially optimistic), while a...a more or less settled opinion that may still be colored by emotion (her sentiments... |
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Arts: Master of the arts out to inspire and surprise us all; Alan Yentob's...
...creative success. The life of sculptor Barbara Hepworth...definitions of ``art'', still a muchdebated subject...t have a place in the arts. ``It does. Ever...recent track record for arts programming, which has...in genres other than ... |
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ARTS CHIEF TO DEBUT AT 'TOWN MEETINGS'
...for this job all of her life. There were the children...to the top job at the arts council in December...what I hope to bring this arts community." Haven...your chance soon. The arts council, which has members...scheduled a series of eight ... |
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Arts: Culture as varied as our communities
...disappeared tomorrow, art, theater, music...culture fans would still find plenty to...exhibits on marine life and lessons on...Beach Performing Arts Center, where...named East Village Arts District, where there are plenty of ... |
 "The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)")
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ARTS-ED CORNER ON THE DRAWING BOARD.(Pasatiempo)
...Teaching teachers about art If Lorraine Schechter...teacher learned to bring arts into the classroom...much of a wonderful life in the arts-education world yet. Still, Schechter, coordinator...administrators to the arts as a ... |
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ARTS ED CORNER ON THE DRAWING BOARD.(Pasatiempo)
...last year, and we're still not creating events...School's Performing Arts Group's presentation...Patina Gallery, Cline Fine Art and Waxlander Galleries...by exhibiting student art the weekend of May 17...Clavio said youth-based arts events ... |
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Arts gurus take to the stage for lively debate; A panel of experts yesterday...
...Sargent, the former Head of Arts at Birmingham City Council, and The Post's arts editor Terry Grimley, the panel...over the question: Is there life in regional arts? Mr Grimley drew out his notepad...s reputation as a pioneer in art. ... |
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Art for art's sake
...an obvious way to add art to the home, crafts are...Alberta Craft Council, says art is more than just a colourful...into people's everyday lives that, like a watercolour...McFall says getting art or crafts to impress others...craftsmanship, the function -- ... |
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Art does great life imitation at benefit Performances get into the auction...
...some of the art came to life. Performers portrayed...in clay. Ho painted a still life from a floral arrangement...works displayed in the Art & Soul show. The juried art exhibition includes works...director of the Foothills ... |
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Arts funding is forgotten issue in the presidential campaign.(Arts and...
...important the arts are to our lives." To that end, the...capita state arts support. Still, Denton said, "We...Patterson noted, when the arts has been a campaign issue...obscenity issue, not an arts-funding issue" ... |
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ART WORK BY GARDINER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ON DISPLAY IN HARLOW GALLERY, JUNE...
...project in Studio Art. Students began...color schemes and still life studies. 2D Pieces...Introduction To Art, Drawing and Painting...emphasize working from life and the "tricks...and an Intro To Art project. The more ... |
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