... the composer who demolished nineteenth-century rhetoric. Debussy is one of the greatest musical impressionists, though symbolist might be a more accurate word to describe him. The word impressionism comes from a painting by Monet called, "Sunrise," an impression. Debussy disliked this word, when it was referred to his own music. His innovations in different aspects of music provided novel music for the ... very inspired by Wagner's works. Despite this, he came off from Austro-German techniques in music, and created an innovative style of impressionism. Impressionism and Debussy are inte...

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... different tents and areas. People were socializing and having a great time except for the occasional downpour of rain. The oil painting "Implosion" by Connie Balton is similar to the oil painting "Street at Aurers After Van Gogh" by Phyllis Dougherty. They are both very much alive in colors and the works seem ... oil smeared around in short controlled gestures. Both paintings appear to have taken a lot of time to perfect and make the colors go together. The painting "Red Sunset" by Bill Morris is an exquisite piece of artwork. This piece out of all the others I saw really attracted my at...

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... cool colors. The use of the warm colors shows the unpredictability of jazz. There are many forms of geometric shapes used in this painting. The shapes used in this painting again show the unpredictability of jazz, as well as the vibrancy of that music form. There are not a lot of distinguishing ... fact that the music is incredibly vibrant and unpredictable is quite noticeable. I can envision Stuart Davis listening to jazz and swing while painting this. You can see the notes within the painting. If you listen real carefully you can hear the music. I find Jean-Michel Basquiat's Horn Play...

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... cannot conceive how five musicians in a small room with one window can be considered a concert. Another thing I noticed within the first few seconds of staring at this painting is that the violinist has a sword strapped to his hip. "The Concert" was painted in Flemish on the year 1620, during the Baroque period. Like I stated ... I have been a musician for the most part of my life, and my personal opinion is that the title aught to be "The Rehearsal". The painting is three and a half feet tall by six feet wide. This landscape style portrait fits well with the subject matter portrayed. T...

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... I most liked about it. The fifth selection we listened to was Chant Corse pour cor en fa et Piano Danse Profane by Henri Tomasi (1901-1971) he was in the Impressionist Period. This piece was enjoyable because it moved me with his use of the solo with both the horn and piano. Henri was most famous for his interpretations of other ... ...

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... context of their plot. By tying in pieces of the opening overture, "Oklahoma presents the same theme throughout, with the same mathematical rhythm and symmetry. Following the Romantic era, the Impressionist period I music strayed from the ideas of using math as a tool. The real importance was put upon the emotion. Yet, in the music of Olivier Messiaen, Hindu rhythms are found ... ...

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... them lose their vision. The soldiers have their eyes covered with bandanas and are each holding on the each other from the shoulder creating a line. Towards the bottom of the painting, there are soldiers unable to resist with the pain the gas created. Sargent made a strong point when he chosed to make everyone of the soldiers suffer from the attack. It ... war to paint a portrait that would be hanged in the central of town where all the community to see. He was very excited to have the opportunity to make a beautiful painting. His first thoughts were that he would draw a portrait of tha...

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... last stage of the Tudor style. Art in Elizabethan days was not only portraits but it was mainly paintings on palaces, ships and painting for festivals. It was an era where they liked surfaces filled with color. Medieval painting had the closest association with religion. Before the sixteenth century there were hardly any portraits of people other than kings, but after Elizabeth ... ...

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... that individuals perceive as beautiful, intriguing, or fascinating. Art is everyone's creative and emotional escape from the crazy world we now live in and takes the form of music, sculpture, painting, song, speech, or any other thing that gives the creator an emotional escape. Many things can be considered art. Some people refuse to consider a giant nylon blob, full of foam ... are thinking or the tone of the song can always make them feel better. Music can just connect to the listener in a way that no other art form can. Can a painting move someone to tears, or connect with a personal...

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... chanson transforms from elaborate and complex to a more communicable pop style. The new chanson is simple with clear, requited emotions. Composers are exploring expression through text and soon, even word painting. Many songs were written about having fun and just living life, which was followed by the rustication of the chanson. A collection of peasant songs were written to not only amuse ... ...

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... form of art. He displayed this when looking at paintings of Jackson Pollock, an abstract exhibitionist (Louis Armstrong, 20th Century). To create his paintings pollock used seemingly random methods of painting including splattering, spreading, and orientating his paintings in different directions. Initially he was overwhelmed by the chaos inside of the paintings stating, "It was just a complete overwhelming chaos of ... ...

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... Izmir when Sezen was three years old. Throughout her childhood Sezen was fascinated in all aspects of art. Although she chose the Agricultural Faculty for her higher education, she took painting, drama and dance lessons at the same time. She also joined the Izmir Arts Association where she had lessons from Izmir Radio on Turkish Music and Art. By this time ... ...

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... a Rose" raises an important philosophical issue concerning the necessity of art in our society. Should tax payer's money be used to fund the creative arts such as theatre, litterateur and painting or instead should it be spent on services like Medicare, The Dole and Education receive more money and be deemed more importance? We can no doubt see that services such ... ...

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... them. One artist who took charge in this was Renaissance painter Giotto. His works range from his realistic Madonna Enthroned painted tempera on wood in 1310 to his ever-famous painting, The Lamentation over the Dead Christ, painted fresco in the Arena Chapel in Padua, Italy earlier in 1305. Because of his advances, artists thereafter began to accomplish the same. His ... ...

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... enjoying the session work. Many of the sessions were really good and I was allowed to do the solos which I found to be really constructive work. So it was down with painting or playing. It wasn't too difficult a decision to make. Art college days were over," Jimmy said about those times (York 32). In 1965, he was offered a position by the Yardbirds ... ...

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... art referred to any useful skill. Shoemaking, metalworking, medicine, agriculture, and even warfare were all once classified as arts. They were equated with what are today called the fine arts--painting, sculpture, music, architecture, literature, dance, and related fields. In that broader sense art has been defined as a skill in making or doing, based on true and adequate reasoning. In brief ... ...

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... had, its influence was felt in the dramatic writing of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, the German playwright, and the philosophical writing of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. The Baroque had a big impact on painting in Italy, the Low Countries, France, England, and Spain; but its influence was greater on German sculpture where it was assimilated by the alpine woodcarving tradition which produced altarpieces that ... ...

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... possible particle, could be split. In the world of politics it was the Bolshevik revolution and the radical ideals of communism. Culturally, artists broke away from the traditional way of painting and developed new genres such as cubism, expressionism, and surrealism. Music in the twentieth century was not immune from this departure from tradition. The disc jockey, or DJ, is one ... ...

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... . Art expresses the feelings and opinions of people so a real artist does not first think about how much money he can earn with his creation. No matter if it is a painting, a sculpture or a piece of music. Nowadays, everything has to be profitable and looking at it from that point of view, one can agree to Adorno's thesis. But it would be ... ...

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... America exists in a big way and is blatantly destroying the rights of the American people to enjoy the art that is music. When a person walks into a museum and sees a nude painting or sculpture, no one tries to ban that. When the censorship bureau says that musicians has the freedom of speech and can say what they want, that really means say ... ...

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... without communication. We go crazy without communication; whether it's verbal or non-verbal. We have to express ourselves, however we feel comfortable. It could be through talking, singing, yelling, drawing, painting, writing or even playing an instrument. There's hundreds of ways to communicate with other people, animals, God, or the earth. Take Picasso, for instance, he was a wonderful artist. He communicated ... ...

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... popular form of wood sculpture is "Shetani", a type of sculpture illustrating devils, evil spirits, and family trees showing togetherness. But the most popular and unusual art form is Tingatinga art, painting which depict everyday life, animals, and Tanzanian superstitious beliefs. It was founded by Edward Said Tingatinga, a talented artist with little education. These paintings are rare and are unable to be ... ...

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