Art Essay Examples

Rationale of the Study Filipino Cinema has faced another era of its existence. For the past years the clamor for substantive, thought provoking, quality films scoffed against the apparently ubiquitous commercialized, ostensibly reformulated, motion pictures. Thenceforth, the dramatic rise of the Filipino Independent Film Industry has undeniably made significant refurbishment, if not an entire overhaul, […]

Indian Art is the art produced on the Indian subcontinent from about the 3rd millennium BC to modern times. To viewers schooled in the Western tradition, Indian art may seem overly ornate and sensuous; appreciation of its refinement comes only gradually, as a rule. Voluptuous feeling is given unusually free expression in Indian culture. A […]

Kinetic art: the art of motion. Kinetic art contains a/or several moving parts and depends on motion for its effect. The motion of the art work can be provided in virtually any way. It can be powered by natures elements; wind, wave power from water, or heat from a fire; It can also be powered […]

Upon cursory glance at the Clark Art Institute’s most recent exhibit, “Eye to Eye: European Portraiture, 1450 – 1850, one portrait stood out to me – Italian artist, Cesare Dandini’s Young Man with Globe and Compass (Allegory of Geography? ). Dated roughly around 1630, this ovoid-shaped oil painting depicts a school-aged boy from the middle […]

In her article “A Shark in the Mind of One Contemplating Wilderness”, Terry Tempest Williams effectively defines what an “art” is and what is not. It goes beyond its traditional definition as a product of human creativity in which materials are outlined and selected to convey visually interesting forms. Williams reveals the ongoing battle within […]

Native American Dream Catchers Trashon Pelton University of Central Oklahoma As a unit in social studies I would investigate the culture of the Native Americans. Native Americans have a wide range of art because of the many tribes that make up the Native American culture. Their art ranges from paintings, jewelry making, sculptures, pottery, masks, […]

Humour & Satire are an integral part of all forms of literature; & when the tragic part of a drama/story becomes unbearable, humour/satire provide a much needed diversion & relief. This article examines the effect of humour & satire with reference to some of the leading men of letters of Urdu literature. Keywords: Humour, Satire, […]

Expressionism is a term that embraces an early 20th century style of art, music and literature that is charged with an emotional and spiritual vision of the world. * The expressionism movement emerged across various cities in Germany. * Expressionism was basically about expressing emotions through colours and exaggerated pictures. * The movement came about […]

Dear Rachel, As you know, I am in Florence, Italy and it? s wonderful. Being here really helped me reinforce some prior knowledge I had about the Renaissance. It was a time period when a rebirth occurred throughout Europe, but started with the city of Florence. The life in Renaissance Florence was very interesting, as […]

Postmodern concepts have influenced curation and exhibitions, under the effect of museum classifications which determine the audiences’ perspectives on exhibitions. Postmodernism is highly influential and appealing because it is avant-garde (challenging past traditions). People appreciate new concepts, especially those that challenge the concept of art. The process of curation not only considers the organisation of […]

If one examines Fallen Angels, one is faced with a choice: either reject The Loss of Innocence or conclude that the task of the reader is deconstruction. , a predominant concept is the distinction between destruction and creation. Monaco uses the term ‘realism’ to denote the genre, and therefore the defining characteristic, of postdialectic class. […]

Georgia O’Keeffe Georgia Totti O’Keeffe was an American artist born in 1887 and died in 1986. She has been a major figure in American art since 1920 and is chiefly known for paintings of abstraction and flowers, rocks, shells, and landscapes. She attended schools such as, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Art […]

LIFE AND TIMES OF ARTIST Jean Michel Basquiat was born on December 22, 1960 in Brooklyn, New York. His father, Gerard Basquiat was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and his mother, Matilde Andradas was born in Brooklyn of Puerto Rican parents. At an early age, Basquiat displayed an aptitude for art and was encouraged by his […]

Art Paper Comparing Chiura Obata’s “Landslide” and “Sunset Water Tower” Both of these pieces of art illustrate interesting acts of nature; but include a wide variety of different themes and styles. Chiura Obata’s “Landslide” was completed in 1941 and was done with sumi and watercolor on paper. The colors in this painting are very dark […]

The use of Epiphany through Isolation In the stories, Eveline, Araby, and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, by James Joyce, Joyce concludes these three stories in his trademark literary style of epiphany; this is achieved through the protagonist’s direct isolation from his/her own bleak reality. Joyce interprets an epiphany as a […]

Salvador Dali was a very eccentric and obsessive artist; he was inspired and influenced by many people and things. Some of which were quite bizarre. Earlier on in his life he studied at the Madrid academy. This is where he perfected his technique based on the 17th century Dutch still-life masters and the 19th century […]

The ruling Papacy in Rome during the 17th century was predominately concerned with spiritual its rule and an assertion of its authority, the approach of which had recently undergone a change in response to Protestantism and the Counter Reformation. The work on art and architecture at St Peters reflected the change in approaches towards religious […]

Graphic Design as it Relates to Constructivism “We do not need a dead mausoleum of art where dead works are worshiped, but a living factory of the human spirit – in the streets, in the tramways, in the factories, workshops, and workers’ homes. ” — Vladimir Mayakovsky (Russian Futurist-Constructivist poet) 2 Modern Graphic Design is […]

Unit Title and Theme: Exploring Identity through Sculpture Finding meaningful links between students’ self-discovery and individual identity and the way they relate and interact with society as a whole, while building on their current knowledge of 3D art and introducing new ways to think of sculpture. Key Vocabulary:UniversalIdentity SymbolismDiversity MetaphorTolerance InterdependenceStereotypes Discussion Topics: Over-arching ideas […]

This artwork, Moonrise Hernandez, will be critiqued based on the elements and principles of art to determine its meaning. The author, Ansel Adams, created this piece in 1941 in southern Mexico. Here, Adams used black and white film to make an original gelatin silver 16 by 20 photograph. The artwork consists of a moonlit dark […]

History of Photography I have heard, more than once, that a picture is worth a thousand words. Although I can’t quote who said it, I could not agree more. A photograph is a very powerful tool, capable of telling a complete story with just one picture; let’s just hope the story is true. If taking […]

“It is in general the unexplored that attracts us…” – Lady Murasaki, The Tale of Genji. (Lambourne 2005, 10). A preoccupation with “the other” has always been of interest to the French. In Montesquieu’s Lettres Persanes, written in the early 18th century, the French nearly fall over one another in order to gaze upon an […]