City Pedia Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. List of scams - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scams

    Get-rich-quick schemes are extremely varied; these include fake franchises, real estate "sure things", get-rich-quick books, wealth-building seminars, self-help gurus, sure-fire inventions, useless products, chain letters, fortune tellers, quack doctors, miracle pharmaceuticals, foreign exchange fraud, Nigerian money scams, fraudulent treasure ...

  3. Appropriation (art) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appropriation_(art)

    In art, appropriation is the use of pre-existing objects or images with little or no transformation applied to them. [ 1 ] The use of appropriation has played a significant role in the history of the arts ( literary, visual, musical and performing arts ). In the visual arts, "to appropriate" means to properly adopt, borrow, recycle or sample ...

  4. Marxist aesthetics - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marxist_aesthetics

    Marxist aesthetics is a theory of aesthetics based on, or derived from, the theories of Karl Marx. It involves a dialectical and materialist, or dialectical materialist, approach to the application of Marxism to the cultural sphere, specifically areas related to taste such as art, beauty, and so forth. Marxists believe that economic and social ...

  5. Aesthetic Theory - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesthetic_Theory

    Frankfurt School. Aesthetic Theory ( German: Ästhetische Theorie) is a book by the German philosopher Theodor Adorno, which was culled from drafts written between 1956 and 1969 and ultimately published posthumously in 1970. Although anchored by the philosophical study of art, the book is interdisciplinary and incorporates elements of political ...

  6. Art student scam - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_student_scam

    The art student scam is a confidence trick in which cheap, mass-produced paintings or prints are misrepresented as original works of art, often by young people pretending to be art students trying to raise money for art supplies or tuition fees.

  7. Psychedelic art - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_art

    In common parlance "psychedelic art" refers above all to the art movement of the late 1960s counterculture, featuring highly distorted or surreal visuals, bright colors and full spectrums and animation (including cartoons) to evoke, convey, or enhance psychedelic experiences. Psychedelic visual arts were a counterpart to psychedelic rock music.

  8. Matthew McConaughey shares shocking photo of eye ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/news/matthew-mcconaughey-shares...

    Rick Kern. Matthew McConaughey was stung by a bee, but he seems alright, alright, alright. On July 10, the “Interstellar” actor concerned fans when he shared a selfie on Instagram of his eye ...

  9. Glitch art - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glitch_art

    What is called "glitch art" typically means visual glitches, either in a still or moving image. It is made by either "capturing" an image of a glitch as it randomly happens, or more often by artists/designers manipulating their digital files, software or hardware to produce these "errors." Artists have posted a variety of tutorials online ...