The Bauhaus (the full name Bauhaus means “state building house”) was the most famous school of architecture and design of the 20th century. Founded by Walter Gropius at Weimar, Germany, in 1919, the Bauhaus was originally a combined school of fine art and school of arts and crafts. In his…
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George Maciunas was a founding member and the central coordinator of Fluxus, an international community of artists, architects, composers, and designers. He made several short films called FluxFilms. Here are a couple of his productions …. This FluxFilm is called 1,000 Frames and it was made in 1966. You might…
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The term simultaneous contrast refers to the manner in which the colors of two different objects affect each other. The effect is more noticeable when shared between objects of complementary color. 01:01:51 “Simultaneous contrast makes reference to the manner in which the colors of two different objects affect each other.”…
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The term conceptual art came into use about 1965, to describe art in which the artist’s propositional concept is of primary importance but the manner and matter of execution are deemphasized. The term was defined (1967) by Sol Lewitt, a pioneer and theorist in conceptual art. Cube Structure Based on…
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01:56:11 “Juxtaposition is the act of positioning close together–as in a side-by-side composition.” 01:57:35 “Random juxtaposition causes the stimulation of creativity in art, design or other lesser creative pursuits by contrasting two unrelated concepts or objects. Usually the goal or problem to be solved is on the one hand and…
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Infrared is electromagnetic radiation with longer wavelengths than those of visible light, and is therefore invisible. Slightly more than half of the total energy from the Sun was eventually found to arrive on Earth in the form of infrared. By way of artistic interpretation, some of this became visible light…
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Cropping, or Crop Suey, refers to the removal of the outer parts of an image to improve framing, accentuate subject matter or change the aspect ratio of the image. Depending on the application, Crop Suey may be performed on a physical photograph, artwork or film footage, or achieved digitally using…
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Art is a widely diverse range of human activities involved with creating visual, auditory or performing artifacts (artworks), expressing the author’s imaginative or technical skill. Art is intended to be appreciated for their beauty or emotional power. In their most general form these activities include the production of works of…
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The human eye is not a selective instrument; it cannot distinguish two superimposed colors as such. Taking advantage of this fact, in 1801, Thomas Young, and later Hermann von Helmholtz, found that it was possible to match any given colored light using a combination of three primary light sources. Occasionally…
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