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Twine / An open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories. Explicating a Poem and Symbolism. Image in Poetry. Summary: This section covers images as they appear in poetry and covers related terminology, definitions and origins of images, uses of images, and several exercises.

Image in Poetry

Contributors:Purdue OWLLast Edited: 2010-04-21 08:28:17 Introduction What is an image? This is a question that philosophers and poets have asked themselves for thousands of years and have yet to definitively answer. But this definition from Pound has a history to it. Poetry: Close Reading. Introduction Once somewhat ignored in scholarly circles, close reading of poetry is making something of a comeback.

Poetry: Close Reading

By learning how to close read a poem you can significantly increase both your understanding and enjoyment of the poem. You may also increase your ability to write convincingly about the poem. The following exercise uses one of William Shakespeare’s sonnets (#116) as an example. Pattern and Variation: Aural. Summary: A brief exploration of the various aspects of sound that can be utilized when making a poem.

Pattern and Variation: Aural

The crafting of the aural aspects of a poem is what we may call "ear training. " Thus, the crafting of the visual aspects is what we'd call "eye training. " SUZANNE GOLDENBERG. Processing.org. Eitan Mendelowitz. Rockolo ~ Philipp Rockel. Caitlin Morris. The Experience and Perception of Time.

What is ‘the perception of time’?

The Experience and Perception of Time

The very expression ‘the perception of time’ invites objection. Insofar as time is something different from events, we do not perceive time as such, but changes or events in time. But, arguably, we do not perceive events only, but also their temporal relations. Inertial navigation as a basis for animal navigation. Spherical astronomy. Spherical astronomy or positional astronomy is the branch of astronomy that is used to determine the location of objects on the celestial sphere, as seen at a particular date, time, and location on Earth.

Spherical astronomy

It relies on the mathematical methods of spherical geometry and the measurements of astrometry. This is the oldest branch of astronomy and dates back to antiquity. Observations of celestial objects have been, and continue to be, important for religious and astrological purposes, as well as for timekeeping and navigation. The science of actually measuring positions of celestial objects in the sky is known as astrometry. How to Remove Anything from a Photo in Photoshop. Andrew Kromelow. Empowering Communities and Deepening Democracy. Poetry Foundation. Home : ~~~~~~~~~~~ Whitney Museum of American Art. Jesse Aron Green’s video installation takes its title from an 1858 book by the German physician Daniel Gottlob Moritz Schreber in which a set of gymnastic exercises is described.

Whitney Museum of American Art

Green used Schreber’s text as a “score”: sixteen male performers in the video execute forty-five exercises according to the book’s precise instructions. The Unilever Series: Tino Sehgal 2012. Dictionary of Art Historians.

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Al Hansen - Artist, American 1927-1995. Carolee Schneemann. P22 Type Foundry. Google Art Project. How soap operas changed the world. 26 April 2012Last updated at 23:05 ET By Stephanie Hegarty BBC World Service Soap operas aren't often celebrated for contributing to the good of society.

How soap operas changed the world

Whether it's the materialism of Dallas or the idle gossip of Neighbours, they are better known for being shallow and addictive than for bringing about social change. But around the world the genre has succeeded in providing "educational entertainment" - a blend of public service messages and melodrama that has enraptured millions of viewers. Here are some of the things soaps have achieved. The Archers is widely thought to be the longest running soap opera in the world It was in 1951 that BBC radio and the Ministry of Agriculture created The Archers, an "everyday story of country folk", which encouraged farmers to try new techniques to increase productivity in the years after WWII.

Continue reading the main story. Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance. Reshaping New York Through New Walks. NYC Graffiti – 5Pointz – Graffiti Tours. Sound art. Like many genres of contemporary art, sound art is interdisciplinary in nature, or takes on hybrid forms.

Sound art

Sound art often engages with the subjects of acoustics, psychoacoustics, electronics, noise music, audio media and technology (both analog and digital), found or environmental sound, explorations of the human body, sculpture, film or video and an ever-expanding set of subjects that are part of the current discourse of contemporary art.[1] From the Western art historical tradition early examples include Luigi Russolo's Intonarumori or noise intoners, and subsequent experiments by Dadaists, Surrealists, the Situationist International, and in Fluxus happenings. Origin of the term in the United States[edit] Sound artists[edit] Sound art organizations and festivals[edit] See also[edit] Gallery[edit]

Sound - Allan Kaprow. How To Make A Happening (1968) 24:43 Minutes Something Else Press Side 1 Side 2 Various Tracks Courtesy Broadcast on KPFK, Close Radio, March 14, 1977, 14 min. 52 sec. PRAIRIE HOUSE - HERB GREENE. Phograph from "Look" Magazine The Prairie House Prairie House: Norman, Oklahoma, 1960-61 The Greene home, created as a sculpture on the Oklahoma prairie evokes a complex set of references - primordial creature, shelter, protective hide, futurist object as the elements of surprise.

PRAIRIE HOUSE - HERB GREENE

It is architecture related to the Oklahoma landscape: prairies, winds and distances, clouds and planes. Artist : Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook. 50 Images from National Geographic`s 2010 Photo Contest. Writen by Bogdan / Comments Off on 50 Images from National Geographic`s 2010 Photo Contest This is one of the most anticipated annual photo contests.

50 Images from National Geographic`s 2010 Photo Contest

The deadline for the submissions is on November 30th so if you have an interesting photo, submit it. Below you can see 50 images collected from different categories. PIETER HUGO - Photographer. Yossi Milo Gallery - Exhibitions - Pieter Hugo. Com feature. Leonardo Da Vinci Misc. Hats_Micael_Reynaud.gif (GIF Image, 401x301 pixels) Cinematographic art. Shirin Neshat. Shirin Neshat (Persian: شیرین نشاط‎; born March 26, 1957) is an Iranian visual artist who lives in New York City. She is known primarily for her work in film, video and photography.[2] Background[edit] She is the fourth of five children of wealthy parents, brought up in the religious town of Qazvin in north-western Iran.[3] Neshat's father was a physician and her mother a homemaker.

Women Without Men, A Film by Shirin Neshat. Grid Paper PDFs. Free Online Graph Paper / Grid Paper PDFs Downloadable and very printable, I find these PDFs extremely useful. Tip number one! Though I do return the correct header for a PDF, sometimes Explorer gets confused when downloading... So if you're running Windows, you may need to right-click a link and choose "Save link to disk". 106 of the most beloved Street Art Photos – Year 2010. More info. More info. More Banksy on Street Art Utopia. More info.

Official Home of the Free Hugs Campaign - Inspired by Juan Mann - Home. Before I Die. What matters most to you Interactive public art project that invites people to share their personal aspirations in public. After losing someone she loved and falling into depression, Chang created this experiment on an abandoned house in her neighborhood to create an anonymous place to help restore perspective and share intimately with her neighbors. Creepy, Crusty, Crumbling: Illegal Tour of Abandoned Six Flags New Orleans [75 Pics] Hurricane Katrina killed this clown. According to the photographer, “An abandoned Six Flags amusement park, someone spray painted ‘Six Flags 2012 coming soon’ on the wall above the downed head.

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