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	Technical terminology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sometimes technical terminology is termed jargon or, particularly in law, terms of art or words of art.
		Precise technical terms and their definitions are formally recognised, documented, and taught by educators in the field.
		Other terms are more colloquial, coined and used by practitioners in the field, and are similar to slang.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Term_of_art (397 words)

	New media art - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		New media art (also known as media art) is a generic term used to describe art related to, or created with, a technology invented or made widely available since the mid-20th Century.
		The origins of new media art can be traced to the moving photographic inventions of the late 19th Century such as the zoetrope (1834), the praxinoscope (1877) and Eadweard Muybridge's zoopraxiscope (1879).
		More recently, the term "new media" has become closely associated with the term Digital Art, and has converged with the history and theory of computer-based practises.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Media_art (396 words)

	Islamic Art Indroduction
		The term suggests an art unified in style and purpose, and indeed there are certain common features that distinguish the arts of all Islamic lands.
		Although this is a highly dynamic art, which is often marked by strong regional characteristics as well as by significant influences from other cultures, it retains an overall coherence that is remarkable given its vast geographic and temporal boundaries.
		Royal patronage of secular art was also a standard feature of Islamic sovereignty, one that enabled the ruler to demonstrate the splendor of his court and, by extension, the superiority of his state.
	www.lacma.org /islamic_art/intro.htm (1318 words)

	ART, Quick Term Papers, Term papers, 051022
		Performance art is a visual art in which the creative activity and skill of the artist is the central focus.
		The performing art piece is often of an autobiographical nature as artists take off their masks and presented 'themselves or their actions as the art work'.
		Addresses the questions in the debate about propaganda vs. art of whether the artist can be separated from the art he or she produces and to what extent the artist is complicit in the use of their artwork for propaganda purposes.
	www.quicktermpapers.com /lib/essay?A=netessays&KEYW=ART (3774 words)

	Fine art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The term has been used to refer to a limited number of visual art forms, including painting, sculpture, and printmaking, and is still used by schools, institutes, and other organizations to indicate a traditional perspective on the visual arts, often implying an association with classic or academic art.
		The more recent term "visual art" is widely considered to be a more inclusive and descriptive phrase for today's variety of current art practices, and for the multitude of mediums in which high art is now more widely recognized to occur.
		That fine art is seen as being distinct from the crafts is largely the result of an issue raised in Britain by the conflict between the followers of the Arts and Crafts Movement, including William Morris, and the early modernists, including Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Group.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/F/Fine-art.htm (387 words)

	www.ArtBrut.com
		In Roger Cardinal's seminal book "Outsider Art" published in 1972, he describes a "fantastic excursion into a world where hermits, madmen, dropouts, innocents and spiritual fanatics create their own widely imaginative art." Certainly, not all Outsider Art as we use the term today, is the product of the insane.
		The term refers to an art that is raw, meaning "uncooked by society".
		There are clear indications that this art will be absorbed into the wealth of strong and exceptional 20th and 21st century work, and the need for uncomfortable adjectives to describe it will diminish.
	members.aol.com /beverlysuekaye/about.htm (949 words)

	Art: General Term Paper Help
		Even though art therapy has been used in some fashion since at least the first half of the twentieth century its range of helpful effects is still only partially explored and therapists constantly invent new ways to use the arts to assist people with physical disabilities and psychological problems.
		Introduction Since the early discoveries of prehistoric art in the mid-19th century, scholars and archaeologists have sought to determine the functions and the significance of art in Paleolithic society.
		Modernism in the arts was, in large part, a response to social change in the industrialized world and early abstract painting was an aspect of modernism that emphasized spirituality in art and the individual nature of the artist's expression.
	www.research-assistance.com /hazel-doc/ra-topics/art_general.html (9230 words)

	Erowid Art Vault : Boundaries in Question : Examining "Visionary Art"
		The term Visionary Art could be said to define artworks that are directly inspired by non-ordinary states of visual consciousness, or that depict a world of such expanded or intensified imagination that the only comparison that can be made is to such states of consciousness.
		Working outside the fine art “system” (schools, galleries, museums and so on), these people have produced, from the depths of their own personalities and for themselves and no one else, works of outstanding originality in concept, subject and techniques.
		Relegating psychedelic art to a style of graphic design born of a specific era is not a valid approach.
	www.erowid.org /culture/art/art_article1.shtml (1341 words)

	Pop art -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Pop art movement was largely a British and American cultural phenomenon of the late 1950s and '60s and was named by the art critic Lawrence Alloway in reference to the prosaic iconography of its...
		Modern art embraces a wide variety of movements, theories, and attitudes whose modernism resides particularly in a tendency to reject traditional, historical, or academic forms and conventions in an effort to create an art more in keeping with...
		Another term is pop art, a phrase coined in the early 1960s to assign artistic values to commonplace...
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9313030?tocId=9313030&query=jasper (918 words)

	Art Nouveau
		It was an extraordinary movement in art history from the end of the nineteenth century and lasted from about 1880 to 1915.
		Art Nouveau was an International modern art movement and had different names in different languages.
		Art historians tend to interprete this new movement as a natural reaction to the Industrial Revolution.
	www.artelino.com /articles/art_nouveau.asp (640 words)

	Art Classes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Art is open to all students at any grade level.
		The objectives of term one are to receive an understanding of the principles of art and how to use and work with art tools.
		Seniors interested in having basic art background and are not interested in pursul9ng further work in art are encouraged to take the first term of Art 1.
	www.rhinelander.k12.wi.us /RHS/dept/artclasses.htm (427 words)

	artnet.com: Resource Library: Entartete Kunst (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Term used by the Nazis in Germany from the 1920s to refer to art that did not fall into line with the arts policies of National Socialism, chiefly avant-garde work.
		At the end of the 19th century the term was used in association with Nietzsche’s concept of decadence.
		William II had attempted to regulate art, claiming, in his speech at the inauguration of Siegesallee in Berlin in 1901: ‘Art that goes beyond the laws and limits imposed on it by me ceases to be art.’ In 1913 a resolution ‘Against degeneracy in art’ was passed in the Prussian house of representatives.
	www.artnet.com /library/02/0263/T026387.ASP (552 words)

	ArtLex's Art page
		The term is primarily used regarding artists and artwriters of the second half of the nineteenth century, especially Charles Baudelaire (French, 1821-1867), James A. McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903) and Oscar Wilde (English, 1854-1900), and Edgar Allan Poe (American, 1809-1849).
		Arts Education Partnership (formerly the Goals 2000 Arts Education Partnership) is an American national coalition of arts, education, business, philanthropic and government organizations that demonstrates and promotes the essential role of the arts in the learning and development of every child and in the improvement of America's schools.
		Partnership organizations affirm the central role of imagination, creativity and the arts in culture and society; the power of the arts to enliven and transform education and schools; and collective action through partnerships as the means to place the arts at the center of learning.
	www.artlex.com /ArtLex/Art.html (4753 words)

	The Mavens' Word of the Day
		The "art" in term of art is not art as in "artist" but art as in "artisan." A term of art, therefore, refers not to the fine arts, but to any specialized field of endeavor.
		According to an introduction to an art exhibition written by Professor Christopher L. Witcombe of Sweet Briar College, "The term for art in Greek (tekhne) and Latin (ars) does not specifically denote the 'fine arts' in the modern sense, but was applied to all kinds of human activities...based on knowledge and governed by rules.
		Legal terms of art enable a lawyer to use language precisely, clearly, and consistently; there is no deviation in either the form of the term or the sense it conveys.
	www.randomhouse.com /wotd/index.pperl?date=20011026 (432 words)

	Assignment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Some would define this term as art from minorities while others would view it as art with cultural backgrounds that are originally not from America.
		She also explains how these terms aid “cultural racism” in such areas as art censorship (controlled mostly by “upper echelon” white males) by forcing “minority” artists to revise their “modes of self-expression” and self-identity in order to conform to “mainstream strongholds” and uphold to the “notion of Quality” (20).
		She also brings to light the concept that “American” art should not focus on race, gender or terms like multicultural or minority but about art “that combines a pride in roots with an explorer’s view of the world as it is shared with others” (17).
	www.public.asu.edu /~wholaren/Assignment1.html (971 words)

	Art :: Term Paper Center
		Explores the abstract art of 1940's and '50's New York artist, Mark Rothko.
		Examines the importance of art to society and humanity.
		This paper is a research proposal to document any differences that may exist in the reading skill level of children enrolled in full-time vs. children enrolled in part-time kindergarten programs in the City of New York.
	www.termpapercenter.com /art.html (285 words)

	Singular Visions \| Contemporary American Folk Art
		American folk art of recent years includes many voices: the mud paintings of women violinists by Jimmy Lee Sudduth, the metal cutouts of Uncle Sam and Elvis by R. Miller, the carved mother and baby pigs of Garland and Minnie Adkins, and the scrawled and intense religious visions of Mary Proctor.
		Uniting most of these terms, whether describing an object or an environment such as Simon Rodia's Towers in Los Angeles, is the premise that the creators are self-taught and lack academic training in their art medium.
		Pop Art was expanding the categories of subject matter for art, music and festivals were generating a new interest in folk expressions, and academia was shifting away from the study of great men toward an interest in the life of the common person.
	xroads.virginia.edu /~UG03/folk/essay.html (2394 words)

	Abstract Art
		The term non-figurative is used as a synonym.
		Abstract art is not an invention of the twentieth century.
		In the twentieth century Wassily Kandinsky is considered as the inventor of non-figurative art.
	www.artelino.com /articles/abstract_art.asp (454 words)

	List of computer term etymologies - Art History Online Reference and Guide
		Names of many computer terms, especially computer applications, often relate to the function they perform, e.g., a compiler is an application that compiles (programming language source code into the computer's machine language).
		The term was embraced, and possibly popularized, by the Unix operating systems: various local (and later Internet) services were provided by daemons.
		The term is derived from the classical myth of the Trojan Horse.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/List_of_computer_term_etymologies (3885 words)

	Pop Art Art - Artists, Artworks and Biographies
		Abbreviation of Popular Art, the Pop Art movement used common everyday objects to portray elements of popular culture, primarily images in advertising and television.
		The term Pop art was first used by English critic, Lawrence Alloway in 1958 in an edition of Architectural Digest.
		Pop Art made commentary on contemporary society and culture, particularly consumerism, by using popular images and icons and incorporating and re-defining them in the art world.
	www.wwar.com /masters/movements/pop_art.html (371 words)

	Introduction to Art History -- Art 205, Winter Term 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Lectures: This course examines art from the early Renaissance to the seventeenth century.
		Students will be presented with the proper terminology for discussing art and will be expected to learn and correctly utilize it in their written work.
		Close comparison of works or art is a technique of study that should be cultivated from the beginning.
	oregonstate.edu /Dept/arts/courses/ART205/205syll.html (679 words)

	IAI Forensic Art Certification Board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In response to this need and to a professional mandate, the IAI Forensic Art Certification Board was established at the Conference of the International Association for Identification to provide, in the interest of the public and of the criminal justice system, a program of certification in forensic art.
		All terms shall be for six (6) years and commence as the appointments expire for prior terms with a new Board Member appointed each year.
		When a vacancy occurs on the Board, other than the normal expiration of Board Member's term, the President of the parent body shall appoint, within thirty (30) days, a Certified Forensic Artist who is a member of the IAI to fill the remainder of the vacant term of office.
	www.theiai.org /certifications/artist/board.html (486 words)

	Advice on Short-Term Investing in Art and Antiques from Jake Biddington
		Acquiring an art object that appeals to you solely for its supposed resale potential is a mistake.
		Fine art and antiques fetch the highest prices in the area where they were created.
		Young Jake, as he is known within the virtual BIDDINGTON clan, views art, antiques and collectibles as stores of value similar to stocks or foreign currencies.
	www.biddingtons.com /content/investingshort.html (748 words)

	Boston University - Summer Term - Art History Courses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Offering training in the perception, description, and appreciation of works of art and architecture, this course is intended for students of art history, studio art, engineering, science, and anyone else with an interest in an enhanced experience of the visual world.
		Following coverage of the fundamental visual vocabulary, buildings and works of art, both local and world-famous, are considered in regard to their intended functions.
		Examines abstract expressionism, pop art, minimalism, earthworks, and neo-expressionism in relation to major issues in postwar culture, politics, and art criticism.
	www.bu.edu /summer/courses/art-history.html (481 words)

	Optical Art: Artists and their Works
		Optical Art is a mathematically-themed form of Abstract art, which uses repetition of simple forms and colors to create vibrating effects, moiré patterns, foreground-background confusion, an exaggerated sense of depth, and other visual effects.
		With Optical Art, the rules that the viewer's eye uses to try to make sense of a visual image are themselves the "subject" of the artwork.
		In the 1960's, the term "Op Art" was coined to describe the work of a growing group of abstract painters.
	www.artcyclopedia.com /history/optical.html (181 words)

	Term Papers On Art, Research Papers, Essays (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Art has always been an important tool for understanding various eras and their influence.
		It has served as a reflection of the times during which it was created and for this reason, art is considered a very sensitive medium.
		Art History Idealization in art refers to the representation of things according to a preconception of ideal form or type; a kind of esthetic distortion to produce idealized forms.
	www.essaysportal.com /essay/Art.html (219 words)

	Art Deco artists and art...the-artists.org
		During the years when Art Deco as a style was in fashion the term Art Deco was not known.
		The term was coined in the 60's by Bevis Hillier, a British art critic and historian.
		The name Art Deco was derived from the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs Industriels et Modernes, held in Paris...
	www.the-artists.org /MovementView.cfm?id=D11A9F39-BF9A-4D0B-AF46D11FD402EBB8 (75 words)

	Articles - Fine art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The term fine art was first attested in 1767, as a translation from the French term beaux arts.
		The term has been used to designate a limited number of visual art forms, including painting, sculpture, and printmaking, and is still used by schools, institutes, and other organizations to indicate a traditional perspective on the visual arts, often implying an association with classic or academic art.
		That fine art is seen as being distinct from applied arts is largely the result of an issue raised in Britain by the conflict between the followers of the Arts and Crafts Movement, including William Morris, and the early modernists, including Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Group.
	www.gaple.com /articles/Fine_art?mySession=35d5e6cb1c4f6568914f6f3ac8cf5537 (447 words)

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