Art Essay Examples

Rap is a genre of music that has prevailed over the United States since the 1970s. However, it is believed that rap could be traced back to Africa, to the ‘griots’ who were a village people that told stories while music played in the background.(Baker 45) Rapping’s foundation was set on from this type of […]

Summary A racist graffiti targeting African Americans was discovered in the school building, prompting protests from Black students. The parties involved in this incident are the school administration and African Americans. According to the Associated Press, the University of Michigan experienced an incident at the beginning of the academic year that was fueled by racism […]

During the early 90s, a mention of New York City was synonymous with violent crime. In the wake of recent police shootings, residents could not help but dread the possibility of the city slipping back to its previous infamous ghost. However, recent studies and reports have indicated that the city has been as safe as […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

“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 […]

The Greek mythological figure Icarus is best known for his tragic and life-ending plunge into the Aegean Sea (Oxford English Dictionary: “Icarus”). Icarus’s refusal to heed his father’s advice led to his demise. The infamous myth symbolizes “ambitious or presumptuous acts which end in failure or ruin” (OED: “Icarian”). Pieter Brueghel the Elder’s four hundred […]

The Washington Color School was a significant art movement that emerged in the 1950s, following Abstract Expressionism. It is characterized by the use of stripes, washes, and fields of solid color on canvases. This movement was not only the first to originate in Washington DC but also played a central role in the broader color […]

Loretta Lull’s photographs are deliberately shot in a way that represents sass’s and sass’s retro style; to create this, Loretta uses vintage styled clothing and props. Her photos are digitally manipulated to look unrealistic and similar to a painting. In doing this, she has created images with a ghostly feel. Her photos create a doll-like […]

Joaquin-Torres Garcia was involved in the avant-garde art scene, where he embraced the styles of Art Nouveau and Symbolism. He developed these styles between 1896 and 1904 while incorporating scenes from everyday life and drawing inspiration from Antiquity. From 1904 to 1926, he shifted towards classical forms. Torres-Garcia embraced the emergence of cubism and was […]

It is only recently that female artists have debunked the patriarchal paradigm of artistic expression and American female artist have a special role in this advance. The America of the late forties and fifties represented a conservative, pragmatic, industrial and down-to earth culture that idealized public conformity. However, the 1960’s brought days of unbridled idealism, […]

The Michelangelo Pieta depicts Mary’s maternal embrace with a powerful and resolute attitude during a crisis. On the other hand, the German Pieta portrays Mary as a small and agile figure with less grandiosity than Michelangelo’s work. In contrast, Michelangelo’s Pieta creates a dual effect by presenting both Christ’s body and Mary as larger-than-life figures. […]

One can argue that brand advertising is a contemporary version of art that shares similarities with classical paintings in terms of conveying a message through visual means. Both forms present visual representations of ideas that can be interpreted on different levels and are available for public viewing. However, none of them are exempt from criticism […]

As our world changes and evolves everyday, the things inside it are also expected to transform. This is because change has been the path that everything takes, and art is not an exemption. Art has been used mainly as an expression of the artist, or an outlet of his emotion. But evidently, art can also […]

The Amathus Sarcophagus was said to exist during the 5th Century B. C. in Cyprus. The combination of artistic values from different cultures, particularly Grecian, Egyptian, Persian, and Cypriot, made it easy to identify from which period it was from. Perhaps, this is the most interesting information read from the text accompanying the picture, as […]

Raja Ravi Varma was born on 29th April 1848, in Kilimanoor, a small town of Kerala. He is known for his amazing paintings, which revolve mainly around the great epics of Mahabharata and Ramayana. Raja Ravi Varma is one of the few painters who have managed to accomplish a beautiful unison of the Indian traditions […]

Fashion illustration is not just visual, as is any other stylized illustration or art-form. When artists create or view art, they automatically give justifications about their work and also analyze other creations. When studying graphics, we as future artists have to learn how to create, understand and analyze works of art. Patrick Boyer is an […]

This piece by Salvador Dali is of his own mother, who appears to be in her late 50’s. She is positioned in a three quarter view and her chin is tilted slightly down. She is a slightly heavy set woman and of a light complexion yet with little bits of rosy undertones that give her […]

In European history, one often hears of the tragedies and violations against humanity caused by the Nazi Party both before and during the Second World War. The Nazi political movement was without a doubt, one of the most dramatic developments of the 20th century. Any exposure of ideas that were not promoted by the Party […]

By the late 1 96ffs Gascoigne had become tiresome of the old art form and wanted to move onto more expressive and creative art styles as she began to realize her potential. She began using old bits of scrap metal and old wood and assembled small sculptures. She finds these materials while hiking and scavenging […]