Category: Arts

What influence has Greek Theatre had on Western Theatre? In the Greek theater. The actors made their entrances and exits from a building called a “skene,” a term that gave rise to the Western concept of scene or scenery. By the time of Sophocles, there were actual painted backdrops to enhance the unchanging environment provided […]

What are six areas of interest? Six Main Career Interest Areas Conventional. Conventional people like organization, structure, and stability. Investigative. Investigative types enjoy solving complex problems and appreciate abstract ideas. Social. Artistic. Realistic. Enterprising. How you can develop a complete and healthy self concept? Engaging in new experiences and interactions with a variety of people […]

What is the modern style of hula dancing called? Two overarching styles of hula are hula kahiko (ancient hula) and hula auana (modern hula). To simply categorize the two as old and new, however, minimizes the differences between the two and overlooks important distinctions. What is the instrument that is most associated with the tango? […]

Did Vikings kill everyone? Vikings were far from the only ones to plunder and they did not do it to kill innocent people or sate some sort of bloodlust. They raided and plundered to gain a higher social status, to gain silver to buy food for their families and to capture slaves to work the […]

Do you have to be good at drawing to be good at painting? But you don’t need to know how to draw in order to paint. All you need is the desire to create and the discipline to practice and develop your technique. You’ll make plenty of mistakes, but that’s part of the learning process. […]

Why is my autofocus not working Nikon? Check that both the lens and the camera switches are both pointing towards Autofocus. On the camera it must be set on AF, not M, and on the lens put it to M/A (A stands for Autofocus and M for Manual, M/A allows you to use both). What […]

Who were the ancient Acadians? The Akkadians (or Acadians) The Akkadians were a group of Semitic people who lived on the Arabian Peninsula between Egypt and Mesopotamia . As the population expanded the group moved north and began conflicts with the Sumerians. Who did the Sumerians descend from? The origins of the Sumerians are murky, […]

What can an artist do to make the viewer feel as if here she is above the objects in a painting? Create a vanishing point near one of the upper corners of the paintingB. Establish an aerial perspective by making some objects smaller than othersC. Make the horizon line relatively low in the paintingD. Place […]

What is appropriation contemporary art? Appropriation in art is the use of pre-existing objects or images with little or no transformation applied to them. The use of appropriation has played a significant role in the history of the arts. The concepts of originality and of authorship are central to the debate of appropriation in contemporary […]

What does the content of a text refer to? What does the content of a text refer to? The text subject matter. When we read a visual text, we usually look for certain conventions to help us: Make inferences about its meaning. What is the theme of a text the author’s message the subject of […]