Art Essay Examples

Abstract The paper explores the three David’s statues which are situated in different locations in Italy. The three statues of David are artworks of four different artists who are Bernini, Michelangelo, and Donatello. The paper also has the brief history of each of the four artists. In addition, the paper also compares and contrasts different […]

The case of Timothy Lee Hurst who is facing death sentence portrays a great controversy between federal and state regarding the issue of a death sentence. One of the issues presented by the article is the contradiction between the systems being followed by the state and that being used by the federal in passing the […]

The Warner Bros. presentation film, August Rush, is drenched in sentimentality. The movie lends itself to a sensitive and youthful audience yet an older audience may also find this a delightful work of art. The modern day conversion of Oliver Twist added with a love story between new found friends attempted to show that through […]

Serie ELA 75K is an actual shopping cart that is plated in 24K gold and is placed on a spinning platform. Sylvie Fleury uses a shopping cart to represent the attraction people have towards the obsession of shopping. This item stands for amounts of money spent on shopping sprees and luxurious things in high-end places. […]

Judith Ortiz Cofer, a native of Puerto Rico center her work of art on biculturalism and creative process in lieu of her belief in freedom of expression and in the need to propagate the literature and ability of the many people contributing to the culture of their realm. The author expounds the meaning of Quinceanera […]

Art helps us to understand history better. Through the works of Adam Smith, who is mostly regarded as the father of modern economics and Karl Marx, the industrial revolution is explained and can hence be better understood. A Wealth of Nations by Smith specifically highlights the advantages of capitalism in the economy and development of […]

Question: Absurdist drama is often said to be a critique of the human existence, that the situation is often meaningless and absurd. Samuel Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape is a typical absurdist drama. How does Beckett, through the use of language, setting and the character Krapp, highlight the futility of the human existence in this particular […]

The Mysterious Banana Included in many literary works are objects, which may seem meaningless, contributing to the theme of the work. In Samuel Beckett’s “Krapp’s Last Tape”, a dramatic work which falls into the category of Theatre of the Absurd, the banana is a discreet object which eludes to the meaning behind why Krapp chose […]

Samuel Beckett’s ‘Waiting for Godot’ is a typical example of what is referred to in literary terms as ‘Absurd Theatre’, a phrase referring to 20th century works that depict the absurdity of modern human creation, often with implicit reference to humanity’s loss or lack of religious, philosophical or cultural roots. Such works depict the individual […]

The play discusses the importance of self-perception through the representation of how self- delusions lead to more destruction and stasis in an individual’s life. George and Martha create an illusory barrier to repress feelings such as self-inadequacy, fear and self- contempt. But this Illusion simply exacerbates their self-loathing. This sense of entrapment that evolves from […]

Life is absurd as a game of chess which is played by a blind man and a sighted man from the point of view of the observer to the patient. In this paper, absurdity is observed and detected in a critical point of view that covers Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”, Beckett’s Endgame and Pinter’s “The Birthday Party”. […]

  Abstraction Alfred Jarry’s groundbreaking drama,Ubu the King,has been a beginning of inspiration for motions such as Dadaism, Surrealism, and the Theater of the Absurd for comparatively a long clip. The thematic and formal building of this drama owes much to the dogmas of the Theater of the Absurd. This paper follows two major stairss. […]

When I saw the Caretaker, I told Pinter I knew what it meant, “It’s about the God of the Old Testament, the God of the New, and Humanity, isn’t it? ”. Pinter replied, “No Terry, it’s about a caretaker and two brothers”. With this quote Terence Rattigan succinctly highlights the absolute ambiguity of Harold Pinter’s […]

Abstract: Albert Camus’ argues in The Myth of Sisyphus that human life is absurd and purposeless. Humans grapple with becoming conscious of the absurdity of existence, and this realization causes one to suffer. Basically, with the Death of God, men are deserted from God, and all of the meaning that God gives. One has to […]

General overview The auther of this essay is interested in finding the meaning of absurdity, Beckett is master of absurd theater, and Krapp’s last tape is one of the most influencial plays in absured theater which is deconstructed by nature. Not just the work and auther but the approach itself help the auther of this […]

Regardless of human existence as unexplainable and stresses freedom of choice and responsibility for the consequences of one’s acts. Existentialist believes each persons experience is unique and truly known only by that person. Existentialism A modern philosophy strongly affecting ‘the theater of absurd’ which depicts humanity as insecure in an irrational universe. Jean Paul Sartre’s […]

Arthur Miller, the playwright, has been characterized as an expressionist. This passage discusses the expressionist components found in ‘Death of a Salesman’, particularly Miller’s use of dramatization and comparison to mythical figures. Willy, the main character, experiences significant suffering throughout the story and this is depicted in different parts of his life, such as when […]

The play Joe Turner’s Come and Gone written by a great playwright, August Wilson, can be found in Anthology of Living Theatre. After reading, I can now share in my own words, what I think the purpose was. I will also share a few of my personal thoughts of who I think “Joe Turner” is […]

Chikamatsu Monezamon is Japan’s most noted playwright, who while being a prolific writer, also pioneered kabuki theatre. The first of Chikamatsu’s shinjuu or love-suicide plays, Sonezaki Shinjuu (The Love-Suicides at Sonezaki) focuses on the love of protagonists Tokubei, a 25-year-old soy shop worker, and Ohatsu, a 19-year-old courtesan, and eventual suicides as a result of […]

Despite appearing straightforward, the plot of Blood Wedding is actually quite intricate. While the main event centers around the wedding of the bride and groom, Lorca incorporates numerous mentions of death and blood as foreshadowing for the play’s climax. These allusions include the bridegroom’s father and brother, both of whom were murdered by members of […]

Amber arrives in court with handcuffs, escorted by two female officers. As the defendant enters the courtroom, her gaze is cast downwards until she meets the eyes of both the prosecutor and judge. Female officers lead her to the hearing chamber for her final trial where the judge announces Amber Johnson, an 18-year-old who stands […]

Setting Paris, 1482 Characters Quasimodo – protagonist. Hideously deformed with a hump on a back, protrusion from his chest, and a large wart covering one eye. Abandoned when he was a chile at Notre Dame. He was adopted by the archdeacon who attempted to make him a scholar even though hes deaf. Archdeacon Claude Frollo – […]