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Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia 

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia has been going on since 2005 and is still going on. The genre of the tv series is comedy. Subject of the series five friends who are running a Irish pub in Philadelphia. Due to the their carelessness on their business  and ignorance of  human values, they creating myriad uncomfortable situations that usually only get worse before they get better. The scenario of the film including comedy factors which are mainly about backwoods life of USA citizens. Majority of the characters represented patriotism, street life and ignorance of the USA. On the one hand, they have a wide range of subjects yet like the other prolonged series sometimes we seen same things happening again and again especially last seasons of the show. On the other hand, they do it deliberately and intventive way. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s main audience in the USA is educated people who could understand the references which are mainly about the unenlightened lifestyle in USA. However, series is being followed by the whole world and people who belong to diferent classes. Maybe some audience believe that the setting of the show is not real but actually its represented ignorance of USA which is prevented from citizens of USA and other countries. Consequently, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia have a accurate setting which have exaggerate and absurd comedy elements in its scenario.

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Is Reproduction reproductions of the image also art?

The image on the t-shirt name is “Creation of Adam”. It is painted by Michelangelo Buonarroti. The Creation of Adam differs from typical Creation scenes painted up until that time. Today, many people recognize the painting due to the objects like mug, calendars, notebooks or t-shirts. Actually, “ Creation of Adam” is in the famous section of the Sistine Chapel ceiling. After the invention of camera, paintings like “Creation of Adam” began to be recognized and like the photo people start to print them on objects. The painting on the Sistine Chapel ceiling on of a kind and reproduction of an image can not degraded the value of the painting. On the contrary, reproduction increase the value of the painting yet it is decreased the meaning or the idea of the painting. Tony Ash ( Managing Director, Viltra) asserts that “We shouldn’t be dismissive of reproductions of great works of art, which might make them more accessible to the public and are art in their own right. What we should dismiss are cheap imitations of iconic designs.”. I totally agree with him. For instance, artist like Andy Warhol use famous paintings in their art. “ Thirty Better than One” is a great example for my statement. In my opinion, reproductions like this t-shirt are not art because these unique handmade created with skill. Maybe in some way “ Creation of Adam “ is not painting for the sake of art but it includes artistic values. However, these reproductions main intent is make profit by using the popular culture. In fact, some artworks being popular due to intention of make a profit from them.

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Alexandra Exter

Alexandra Exter, was a Russian painter and designer. She was know as member of the Art Deco movement and Constructivist. Moreover, she was  an avant-garde artist like her personal friends Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. This costume design drawing  for Romeo and Juliette in 1921. It can be clearly seen that she drawing according to avant-guard style in her design. For instance geometric elements and multi colored dimensions. She used many futurist and cubist ideas in this and the others. In her style, her early paintings influence by her costume designs like this one. Her works are playful, dramatic theatrical on the paper. She used esthetics across all mediums. In her design, like the other avant-garde and Constructivist artist she try to break the reality by used 3D form. She saw her designs in a futuristic angle. The revolutionary artist like Alexandra Exter manufactured important stage designs, paintings and fashion but because of their gender they couldn’t share their art with audience. Nevertheless, Exter and the other female artist used male names for share their art. Today, we know female artists real names. On the other hand, Genuis is natural attribute  yet at their times their accomplishments seen as male success because at that times people believes that geniuses must be male. Alexandra Exter is proof that genius do not have gender.  Today, many women inspired from her works and courage.

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Pre-Modern vs European Modernism

Michelangelo’s the school of athens painting is belong to pre-modern art area. Michelangelo and the other pre-modern artists main intend was create unity by using Newtonian physics.  Pre-modern art paintings are mostly drawing in 2D form. The balance in the canvas is one of the most important issue in their paintings and they use golden ratio according to physics. 

Another issue is in this period many artists are not painting for the sake of art. Even many of their paintings painting according to others beliefs and decisions.

The Skat Players - Card Playing War Invalids drawing by Otto Dix in 1920. Painting belong to European Modernism area. Modernism started to see disjunction in the relationship between man and reality so rationality in painting had collapsed. European Modernist artists started to create their paintings in 3D form. They break the reality in an anarchic way. Actually, they believe that reality is in multi-dimensional flux They draw their paintings according to their own beliefs. For example, in this painting Dix criticize the war in his own reality.