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  2. William Morris textile designs - Wikipedia

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    As usual, Morris set a high goal for himself. His aim, he declared, was to make England independent of the Orient for the provision of hand-make carpets which aspire to the status of art. He made a careful study of techniques and materials, and made a series of experiments.

  3. Artistic inspiration - Wikipedia

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    In Greek thought, inspiration meant that the poet or artist would go into ecstasy or furor poeticus, the divine frenzy or poetic madness. The artist would be transported beyond their own mind and given the gods' or goddesses own thoughts to embody. Inspiration is prior to consciousness and outside of skill (ingenium in Latin). Technique and ...

  4. Academic art - Wikipedia

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    Academic art, academicism, or academism, is a style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art.This method extended its influence throughout the Western world over several centuries, from its origins in Italy in the mid-16th century, until its dissipation in the early 20th century.

  5. Maurizio Anzeri - Wikipedia

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    In 2005 Anzeri held his final Master in Fine Arts Degree show at the Slade School of Fine Art in London. After graduating he took part in several group exhibitions across Europe including the Museo CAMEC for the Biennale Europea Arti Visive in LaSpezia in Italy [26] Kunsthalle at the Locarno Film Festival in Locarno, Switzerland, [27] Drifting Clouds at the Galleria IMAGE Furini, Arezzo Italy ...

  6. Aestheticism - Wikipedia

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    The artists and writers of Aesthetic style tended to profess that the Arts should provide refined sensuous pleasure, rather than convey moral or sentimental messages. As a consequence, they did not accept John Ruskin , Matthew Arnold , and George MacDonald 's conception of art as something moral or useful, "Art for truth's sake". [ 8 ]

  7. Study (art) - Wikipedia

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    In art, a study is a drawing, sketch or painting done in preparation for a finished piece, as visual notes, or as practice. [1] Studies are often used to understand the problems involved in rendering subjects and to plan the elements to be used in finished works, such as light, color, form, perspective and composition. [ 2 ]

  8. Charley Harper - Wikipedia

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    Whereas, Charley Harper began his illustrious 60-year career as an artist when he attended The Art Academy of Cincinnati, where he later taught and inspired younger artists; and Whereas, his bold, stylized images of natural scenes and his whimsical representations of animals have contributed to Charley Harper's vision of "protecting and ...

  9. Okuda San Miguel - Wikipedia

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    Okuda San Miguel, (born Óscar San Miguel Erice; Santander, 19 November 1980) is a Spanish painter and sculptor known for his distinctive style of colorful geometric patterns that portray animals, skulls, religious iconography and human figures.