At the time, the museum had a touring "Rock and Roll" exhibit, which had its focus on the influence of the Rock -and-Roll culture on art. ... There were a few other pieces in this time period that helped to point out a major turning point in both art and photography. ... The artist, while a young woman did not have a very interesting life, and often sought refuge in the Nancy Drew mystery novels. Now, she has often caught herself talking to people about her life and actually telling the events that happened in the books instead of her life. ... The subject was a tribute to the mode...

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Although the eventual observation - that it was primarily arranged to appeal to the spectator's/commissioner's sexuality - must have seemed commonplace even at the time of writing Berger, in the process of his examination, introduces some interesting ideas on the difference between "nakedness" (to be without disguise, to be oneself) and "nudity" (to be put on display in a conventualized way, to be an object) in European art. ... Of course (and here "Ways of Seeing" picks up on its political theme), this hope only addresses the personal life of the individual and thereby diverts att...

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Even to an accountant, art may me a neat general ledger or the books balancing at the end of the month. ... It is a process that takes time. ... Do they not have a picture in their office that, if only for twenty seconds, they may glance at to take their mind off the ills and troubles in life. ... I think that someone who says that art serves no function is a very unhappy person with life. ...

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Responding to the heady intellectual atmosphere of the time and place, writers and artists, many of whom lived in Harlem, began to produce a wide variety of fine and highly original works dealing with African-American life. ... Poets and other literary writers published several of articles, poems, and books, which extended and embraced the transformed identity of African-Americans. ... James Van Der Zee (1889-1983) was the most popular African-American photographer of that time. ... For 60 years, working in obscurity, he made a visual record of Harlem life unsurpassed in scope and detail. ....

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Many famous books that are still studied and analyzed come from these two countries such as Gilgamesh (Mesopotamia) and The Book of the Dead (Egypt). ... His "codes of law" brought society under one religion and covered many aspects of life, particularly government matters. ... This is the oldest written story in the world in dedication to Gilgamesh, the "most heroic priest- kings of his time" (http://www.ed.psu.edu/k-12/edpgs/su96/meso/mesopotamia.html#hero). ... This is what makes Egypt and Mesopotamia so similar yet so diverse at the same time. ...

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He spent his life fighting for the recognition of photography as a valid art form. ... He took pictures in a time when photography was considered an only scientific curiosity and not art. ... This battle would last his whole life. ... After creating this photo from the negative, he published the image four times between 1897 and 1899 in photography books and magazines. ... I believe that his prints were way ahead of his time. ...

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In 1936, Constantin Stanislavski wrote the first of three books explaining the system the actors at the MAT used. For the first time in published form, it was recommended that actors use their own real emotions while acting instead of showing a representation of said emotions. ... It had been experienced in real life before, however. ... He believed that what happened in real life happened spontaneously. ... Unbalanced emotions on stage reflected how unbalanced emotions actually are in real life. ...

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Around the age of thirty historians believe he had started or completed three of his most famous works of art all being of the new style of woodcutting that he had made so popular in later time periods. All of the three woodcuts where religious subjects such as: The Apocalypse (1498 A.D), The Large Woodcut passion cycle (ca 1497-1500) and The Life of the Virgin (began 1500). ... Throughout my reading in "The World of Dürer" I found that Dürer's goals for his art had changed, he also made certain changes in his personal life that more befit an Italian renaissance man, and not s...

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Throughout the history of mankind, a portion of the population has felt the need to remove or suppress material that they consider to be morally, politically, or otherwise objectionable, such as artworks, books, films, or other materials, and what they are really trying to take away is the artists right to be creative and expressive. ... Some of the works of art and literature that were considered taboo a long time ago are widely available in modern day life. William Shakespeare, Michelangelo, John Lennon, Diego Rivera, and the Venus de Milo were all thought to be morally wrong or offensive at...

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