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Art therapy
Art therapy Definition Art therapy, sometimes called creative arts therapy or expressive arts therapy, encourages people to express and understand emotions through artistic expression and through the creative process. Origins Humans have expressed themselves with symbols throughout history.... Read more |
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United States. National Endowment for the Arts
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is an independent federal agency that supports and funds the arts in the United States. The endowment was established by the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965, which defines the arts to include music, dance, drama, folk art,... Read more |
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Italian art
Italian art works of art produced in the geographic region that now constitutes the nation of Italy. Italian art has engendered great public interest and involvement, resulting in the consistent production of monumental and spectacular works. In addition, Italian art has nearly always been closely... Read more |
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Arts Theatre
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Clip art
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degenerate art
degenerate art (entartete Kunst). Term applied by the Nazis to all contemporary art that did not correspond to their ideology (see NATIONAL SOCIALIST ART). Such art, which included most avant-garde work, was systematically defamed and suppressed in Germany throughout the period when the Nazi Party... Read more |
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Art Brut
Art Brut (French: ‘Raw Art'). Term coined by Jean Dubuffet for the art produced by people outside the established art world—people such as solitaries, the maladjusted, patients in psychiatric hospitals, prisoners, and fringe-dwellers of all kinds. In English the term ‘Outsider... Read more |
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Arts and crafts movement
ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT. Started in England in the late nineteenth century, the Arts and Crafts movement affected nearly every aspect of household design, from architecture to pottery, and continues to do so. The movement was a response to the dehumanizing effects of the... Read more |
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Robert Henri
Robert Henri , 1865-1929, American painter and teacher, b. Cincinnati as Robert Henry Cozad. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. In 1888 he went to Paris, where he worked at Julian's and the Beaux-Arts until, dissatisfied with the schools, he set up his own studio. In 1891 he... Read more |
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Egyptian art
Egyptian art (2686–2181 bc) Works were chiefly...characterized by front and side views of the human figure, flat colour tones, symmetry...subjects. With the decline of Egyptian power, Greek and Roman forms supplanted national art. |
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anthropomorphism
...representation of the gods in human form or, more generally...forms other than their human ones by metamorphosis...and was granted the power to ask for anything...imagining the gods in human form, so that in art the only way to tell...to ... |
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face
...surface structure of human and other vertebrate anatomy — in humans containing a total...and smell.The human face is commonly...mythology, religion, art, and literature. When...terrible beauty of the human face, its potential...conceal, its ... |
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language
...by which to classify humans within the order of nature...an explosion of cave art and symbolic behaviour some...signalling systems and human language, has prompted...whole orang’.The power of the language faculty...a sure sign of social ... |
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Titans
...to the great size and power of the Titans, attributes...in classical and later art it is often difficult...suggests a dual nature for human beings. In this variant...with a thunderbolt. Human beings were then created...part of our identity as ... |
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chimera
...combining the identities of human and beast, or merging...explore the boundaries of human identity by asking what...behaviour. In medieval art, particularly in illustrated...evidence of the limitless power of God.The Chimera herself...language, representing ... |
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bathing
...adoption by advanced human societies: when we bathe...product of centuries of human endeavour, world-wide...put to use by tribal human groups as part of their primitive...Bathing for beauty, power, and status was a refinement...dipping’. The cosmetic ... |
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sculpture
...earliest echoes of the human body in sculpture. Some 35 000...but more salient for art historians has been the...different aspects of the human form as if each were seen...clarity in delineating power, not some ‘way of seeing’ or...differentiated sign for ... |
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metamorphosis
...someone using magical powers. For instance, in Hindu...divine figures share human and animal attributes...established boundaries between human and beast, god and mortal...as well as classical art. Daphne was a river...she gives birth to a ... |
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Technology
...sciences to the useful arts” Elements of Technology because he...role of social choice and human agency in technological change, and inspired...natural and social—to human ends. Technology so understood...bound up with questions of power and ... |
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art
...expression or application of human creative skill and imagination...their beauty or emotional power: the art of the Renaissance...his collection of modern art. ∎ creative activity...sculpture: she's good at art. 2. (the ... |
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Symbols
...So pervasive is the human use of symbols that E...Man, 1944) called the human species animal symbolicum...turn to symbolism in arts and literature at the...S. Peirce realized, humans use different kinds...evoke coherence by their power to ... |
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symbolic interactionism
...understanding of the underlying forms of human interaction. Heavily influenced...highlights the ways in which human beings are distinctly symbol...as in Howard S. Becker's Art Worlds (1982) and Arlie Hochschild...thing as a solitary individual: humans are ... |
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life
...state of being alive as a human being: she didn't...existence of an individual human being or animal: a disaster...living thing, esp. a human being: she has lived...imprisonment for life. 4. (in art) the depiction of...MacDonald to life with ... |
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realism
...literature and the visual arts in which accurate depiction...involves a contrast between human thought or imagination...distinguish the real causal powers and mechanisms of which...applicable to both the human and the natural sciences...Scientific Realism ... |
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nature
...of the earth, as opposed to humans or human creations: the breathtaking beauty...violent by nature. See also human nature. ∎ inborn or hereditary...defecate. from nature (in art) using natural scenes or objects...English (denoting the physical ... |
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God
...a superhuman being or spirit worshipped as having power over nature or human fortunes; a deity.act of God an instance of uncontrollable...27 bc), ‘divine nature gave us the fields, human art built the cities.’God makes the back to the... |
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Benin, Kingdom of
...sculptures rank with the finest art of Africa. It developed by...kingdom achieved its greatest power under Oba Equare, who ruled...but by the 18th century its power waned with the growing strength...slave-trading and the use of human sacrifice in religious ... |
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cat
...associated with witchcraft, and in Christian art a cat may be shown in a picture as emblematic of sinful human nature; cat may also be used informally for...position has a right to observe a person of power and influence. Proverbial expression recorded... |
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Music
...a major part of all religions. It has powers to alter and match moods, to sustain and...At moments of despair and of triumph, humans sing, and sing together.In India, sound...construction the building of a temple (see ART). In the Vedas, music is embedded in... |
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POLITICS OF BOSS' CD IS HUMAN.(ARTS)
...understandable. Politics is present in any human endeavor involving power and influence. A common but critical...of politics for some to employ power and influence to achieve selfish...not ordinarily choose to do. Power and influence can, however... |
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Preferential states of the dichotomy of human nature: art and science.
...section or composition. The arts allow us to express and...grasp the meaning of the human experience, the arts would be a great choice...representation of humanity. Both art and science are facets...express it through the arts. Creativity ... |
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'COMMON GROUND: CONNECTING HUMANS, MUSIC ART AND THE NATURAL WORLD' EARTH DAY...
...Common Ground: Connecting Humans, Music, Art and the Natural World...nature through a variety of art forms and topics. The...concentrations of music, math, art, science, and interactivity...participants will explore the power of the ... |
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New Technology Xe847(R) Produces Digital Photos and Video That Appear as Seen...
...technology company Digital Arts GmbH has developed a filter...color-constancy of the human visual system: up to a certain degree, the human eye perceives the color...fluorescent lighting, human skin always looks natural...demo movie showcasing the ... |
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A Hazara in detention wins prestigious Human Rights Art Award in Darwin,...
For the first time, a Hazara has won the annual Human Rights Art Award in Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory...Pashtun warlords who roamed the region and eventually took power under the Taliban government, destroying the famous... |
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O'KEEFFE PHOTO EXHIBIT TELLS A VERY HUMAN STORY.(ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT)
...now on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In the first one, O'Keeffe stands...schoolteacher, though, but a high priestess of art, dressed in a black cape that appears...they cannot compare with the narrative power of the portrait that O'Keeffe distilled... |
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Sculptor moves beyond realism; Artwork adds special effect to human...
...in formaldehyde shocked Americans in the Brooklyn Museum of Art's "Sensation" exhibit not long ago) and Rachel Whiteread...himself despite his size. He should be at the height of his powers, but instead seems impotent in every way. To produce the extraordinary... |
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The figure: concealed and revealed. (the human figure in art)(Editorial)
...the stories, the subtle power of our imaginations created...popular culture image of the human figure in the late 1990s...and our awareness of the human face and figure seem to...popular culture icons than art gallery archetypes, it...and what it means to be ... |
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Ethiopian POW portrays human condition with art
...between the woman and her art was clear. She, too...is areflection of the human condition at its worst...experience influences my art, but it is beyond my...at the School of Fine Arts in Addis Ababa aboutthe...Supposedly, the militarism ... |
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Film festival puts focus on human rights violations.(Arts and Lifestyle)
When people think of human rights violations, they...at the Museum of Fine Arts, is the centerpiece of the International Human Rights Watch Film Festival...Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center's Joyful Noise...the Temple Worshippers, Power of ... |
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