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Arts: Four (4) Artistic Concerns

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Arts: Four (4) Artistic Concerns 1. Emotion - What feelings does the artist wish to express with his work? - What emotions does the artwork evoke from the audience? 2. Style - How did the artist compose the work to present a unique or a trend artpiece to express his concept? - How did the audience perceive the artwork as based on the composition? 3. Beauty - What is the artist's philosophy beauty? - How does the audience perceive the work as beautiful? 4. Reality (a perception) - What is the artist's level of experience and does it related to the audience?

Arts: The Five (5) Roles of an Artist

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Arts: The Five (5) Roles of an Artist 1. Artist as a philosopher - What is the artist's personal design philosophy? - What is the artist's individual work philosophy? 2. Artist as a moralist/critic/educator - Is the artist reacting to a moral/ethis issue? - Is he artist reacting to a social trend? 3. Artist as a dreamer/prophet -What doesn't exist in the material place as realized by an artist? 4. Artist as a recorder of time - Is the artist reflecting a sentiment or trend of that time? 5. Artist as an entertainer - How does the artwork entertain?

Music: Musical Presentations

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Types of Musical Presentations Symphony - a major work for an orchestra, including wind, string and percussion instruments Concerto - an instrumental work that highlights a soloist or group of soloists Sonata - a piece of classical music for a solo instrument or a small ensemble Opera - a dramatic work where music is a dominant part of the performance, with actors often singing rathter than reciting their lines

Science: Biology - Manifestations of Life

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Science: Biology - Manifestations of Life Life - is a complex and dynamic system governed by biological laws and principles Manifestations of Life Defined Organization have cells, turn to tissues, to organs, to organ systems, and to organisms  Metabolism anabolism - absorption and growth catabolism - releasing of energy Development and Growth single repeatedly divided and progressed  Reproduction replication/perpetuate their own child Types of reproduction: asexual - reproduction without the involvement of sex cells  sexual - reproduction with gametes or sex cells  external fertilization [example: frogs and fish]  internal fertilization other organisms  Responsiveness capacity to react or response to stimuli or the irritability  stimuli - [light, heat, gravity, chemicals tough and sound]  Genetic Control   DNA - genes which controls all the manifestations

Literature: Elements of Poetry

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Elements of Poetry Speaker/Persona - the person who is addressing the reader Audience - can be another character, or who is not present, or is dead, or the reader Content - the subject of the poem Theme - the meaning of the poem Shape and Form - structured and free verse Mood and Tone - feeling that the poet creates Imagery - pictures we perceive by senses through poetic language Diction - choice of words Syntax - organization of words, phrases and clauses Figurative Language - language which does not mean exactly what it says