The effect of brain injury on the creative output of artists is a well-documented but intriguing topic. Less common is the development, after a brain injury, of an artistic output in individuals who previously did not have such capability. Painting, drawing, composing songs or classical music, poetry, craftwork is a non-exhaustive list of reported activities. They have been reported in cases of...

ARHA110 Introduction to Western Art: Renaissance to Modern This course surveys the development of Western art from the Renaissance through the modern period. We will examine art's changing status within specific social and artistic contexts: from the Church and court of the Renaissance, through the formation of art academies in late 16th century, to the development of an increasingly individual...

Which components are needed to identify an object as an artwork, particularly if it is contemporary art? A variety of factors determining aesthetic judgements have been identified, among them stimulus-related properties such as symmetry, complexity and style, but also person-centred as well as context-dependent variables. We were particularly interested in finding out whether laypersons are at ...

The purpose of the article is to analyze requirements general school education regarding art students as determinants professional future music teacher methodical training. Scientific sources Ukrainian and Chinese pedagogy were involved in theoretical analysis. analysis was carried out context identifying potential achievements artistic science for their possible introduction into music-pedagog...

The demand for trombone-players, for what are called ‘jazz’ bands, has not only made it difficult to keep them in symphony orchestras, but it is destroying their artistic efficiency. The principal characteristic of ‘jazz’ music is the vulgar sliding from tone to tone.... This plays havoc with the embouchure of the musician, and, if persisted in, inevitably unfits him for artistic music.... It i...

OBJECTIVE The objectives of this study were: a) to examine the influence of an 18-week basic artistic gymnastics program on fundamental movement skills (FMS) development in seven-year-old children; b) to determine correlations between children's daily activities and successful performance of FMS and basic artistic gymnastics skills. METHODS Seventy five first grade primary school children too...

Artistic rendering of human portraits is different and more challenging than that of landscapes or flowers. Issues are eye, nose, and mouth regions (i.e. facial features) where we need to represent their natural emotions. Shades or darkness around eyes, or shininess at nose tips may negatively impact the rendering result if not properly dealt with. Similarly, a lighter colour around the mouth r...

In recent years, synthetically created line art renderings have reached quality levels that are aesthetically pleasing. Moreover, the sketch based approach was found to be quite capable at conveying geometrical information in an intuitive manner. While a growing interest in this type of rendering method has yielded successful and appealing results, the developed techniques were, for the most pa...