Resources for online research
- Alvin Ailey
- Art History Resources on the Web
- Classical Music Link
- Culture NOW
- Image Collections and Online Art
- Met Museum online resources
- Metropolitan Opera
- New York Times – Arts
- SmART History
- The WWW Virtual Library: History of Art
- Thirteen – Sunday Arts
- UC Berkeley – Art History Resources
- Voices of the Shuttle
- WNYC – Arts and Ideas
Author Archives: Cynthia Perez Beltethon
Get Up and Dance!: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Review
It was a rather cold, but busy December 9th night in Manhattan. My fingers felt frostbitten and my nose was running. The only thing that kept my body working was the extreme excitement I had to watch Alvin Ailey perform … Continue reading
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The School for Lovers: Sex Education
November 9th, it was a rather cold and dark night, yet it was perfect timing for watching Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte at the Metropolitan Opera. As I walked upon the steps of the Metropolitan Opera’s entrance, I was … Continue reading
Posted in Opera and tour 2010, Reviews
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The Language of Dance
Dance is a language all on its own. It is believed that words are necessary to create a language, yet we have body language and sign language, which require no words. Body language is a prime example of a wordless … Continue reading
Posted in 12/8 Assignment
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Science and Art
In pursuing a form to replicate our understanding of the world around us, we choose science over the arts because we as humans are in an everlasting quest to obtain all the answers to our questions about the universe. Both … Continue reading
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Beauty in Art
Beauty is the combination of qualities, such as shape or color, which pleases our aesthetic senses, especially our sense of sight. Due to our societal rules, the media determines much of what our culture deems to be beautiful, while those … Continue reading
Posted in 11/10 Assignment, 11/17 Assignment
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Truth in Art
What is the truth? The truth is something that one believes to be fact. So when viewing a work of art, can we see what we believe to be fact? The truth is that it depends on who is viewing … Continue reading
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Cubism
Cubism was a 20th century art movement headed by artists Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. It was during this movement where a style of painting and sculpture that is characterized by emphasizing on formal structure and reducing natural things to … Continue reading
Posted in 10/27 Assignment
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10/13 Assignment
Anthony and I were assigned “Two to Five Points” on page 12. Multiple vanishing points make a 2D image seem more 3D, because multiple vanishing points create curvature in space or a fisheye view. An example of this is Dick … Continue reading
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World Youth Alliance Orchestra Performance
On the 19th of September 2010, the World Youth Alliance, an organization whose is purpose to promote awareness of human rights, held its first public performance at The Church of Saint Vincent Ferrer for their newly created chamber orchestra. The … Continue reading
Posted in 10/20 Assignment, 9/19 Assignment, Reviews
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10/6 Assignment
Photography has many uses. It can be used to preserve memories, to capture special moments, to tell stories, to send messages, to be used as a source of entertainment and even be used in the sciences to record experiments. If … Continue reading
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