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Lecture 21. Musical Impressionism and Exoticism: Debussy, Ravel and Monet
Prof: Now today we’re going to be talking about musical Impressionism–next time modernism, but today musical impressionism. Impressionism, generally speaking, is a period in the history of music running from 1880 to 1920. It’s mostly a French phenomenon although it did expand, as we will see, to England and Italy and the United States even to some degree. We have the American Impressionist School of Art, for example. Let’s turn to the board here and visit some familiar names and faces. You know of the painters: […]
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You Throw These Out Every Day, But She Gives Them New Life As Beautiful Art
When it comes to drinking tea, there’s nothing more satisfying than getting that nasty little tea bag out of your mug and into the garbage can. Even though they steep into something that we all love, the little packets are less than appealing when they become saturated messes. But artist Ruby Silvious could not agree with that statement less. The Tacloban City-born creator has a passion for repurposing what most of us see as trash into evocative works of art, and one of her collections — fittingly […]
More infoThis Artist’s Inspirational Mission Redefines The Concepts Of Shame And Memory
Art is often thought about from the perspective of the viewer. It makes sense, because viewership is the practice of many, and creation is the practice of relatively few. But let’s take a step back and consider the fact that creative work lives a long, unseen life before it ends up in front of us. In many ways, what goes into the creation of a piece is far more profound than anything we could possibly take away from it. Artist Stephanie Calvert is more than a little […]
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