If you are studying art and design, chances are that you will have to write a lot of essays during your time in school or college. To receive an excellent grade on them, it is essential that you learn how to write an art essay. Here are the top tips for writing essays on art and design:
Choose a subject that is interesting to you. For example, if you are interested in graphic design, focus on it in your essay. If you are not sure of what to write about, try searching art and design essay topics online and choose the one you like most.
Look for sample papers on the topic. If you want to write about a particular movie, look for a film analysis example featuring it. Using this tip, you will be able to get some ideas and add more depth to your writing.
Find relevant scholarly sources. You can search Google Scholar or your school’s library for high-quality articles and books on the subject. Instead of merely citing the information from sources, try to offer some critique. Are the views shared by the author supported by other scholars? Do you agree with their evaluation and why?
Include a personal response. Many forms of art are subject to personal interpretation, and some tutors want their students’ essays to be expressive. This means that you should share your views on the topic and explain why you think the way you do. Doing so will help you to show your understanding of the topic and earn you some extra marks.
Hopefully, these tips will help you to earn an A on your art and design essays! You can explore our site for free essay samples and topics.
Cimabue's paintings has many of the similar Byzantine icons of the era and some of them are folds in the garments are pressed and almost standardized, the halo is golden hue and plate sized, all [...]
Although the Renaissance period brought tremendous changes in the artistic approaches based upon the traditional art of Greek and Roman statuary, the Expressionist movement of the 1900s instituted a profound rejection of all the traditional [...]
Although as a movement, Expressionism lasted for only a decade, up to 1920, it has been accredited with the explosion of all the innovative ideas of the mid-twentieth century, and the concepts introduced by the [...]
There came a time when people started calculating and observing the relations between mass and energy and the basic matter that may have made particles that in turn make up other things.
This piece of art was the result of the Environmental Workshop Class that Hamrol taught in CalArts, and the process of its creation involved his students and friends: "We spent the better part of the [...]
While this transition sounds a delightful one, the music industry is finding it increasingly difficult to adapt to the evolutionary changes in the way music is being streamed, stored, listened and propagated, creating problems for [...]
To the left of the painting a storm is brewing, and in the foreground we see the remnants of earlier storms in the form of trees blasted down by lightning.
It includes the study of a composer's life and works, the developments of styles and genres, the social function of music for a particular group of people, or modes of performance at a particular place [...]
As the film advances, Gore's multimedia demonstration is interchanged with him providing the audience glimpses of his background and opinions. There is a wide distance between Gore's outdated jokes which draws simultaneous groans from the [...]
The movie presumes that people feel bitterness and prejudice towards members of different groups, and helps its viewers see the consequences of such mentalities."Crash" combines the stories of blacks, whites, Koreans, Iranians, Latinos, police, criminals, [...]
The composition is based upon the pyramid of the woman's body, giving the painting a great deal of stability, as well as the organic curvilinear forms of the feminine. The Louvre is so full of [...]
The word painting will also make us wonder whether the painting was done during the Renaissance period, the Middle Ages, or another period. Edgar Degas' was influenced by the painting of famous painters.
This paper addresses the Egyptian exhibit in the metropolitan museum of arts in New York, and specifically the statue of Demedji and Hennutsen, and relates it to the subject of Egyptian history.
At the period of time, the musical styles were generally of the Baroque period and the influence of Mozart's compositions thus generated a whole new style which we now refer to as classical.
However, the modern theater has become more commercialized and has become a potential arena of political, social, and cultural discourses, increasingly involving the masses."Theatre, which had been dominated by the Church for centuries, and then [...]
The main rule of making the poster, which is showiness, belongs to Cheret, as he stated that the attention in the poster should be emphasized on one detail, whether it is a person or a [...]
They believed that the key principle of craftsmanship is that the person must derive pleasure from his work Thus we may arrive at the conclusion that the representatives of this movement attempted to equate art [...]
The main purpose of the article "The Life and Times of Bob Marley" which is written by Mikal Gilmore is to pay tribute to the famous singer, songwriter, and guitarist Bob Marley, who is renowned [...]
To relate with the third congress of the International association of Art Critics, the Museum of Stedelijk in Amsterdam formed a comprehensive exhibit of the work of the artists in the Stijl Group.
The lifts ought not to be longer but be hidden away like tapeworms in the position of stairwells, also the stairwells themselves, made ineffective, must be eliminated, and the lifts should scale the length of [...]
It was partially a rebellion against aristocratic social and political standards of the Age of Enlightenment and a response against the scientific explanation of nature and was exemplified most powerfully in the visual arts, music, [...]
The public's interest in Tiffany's glassworks revived in the mid-fifties of the 20th. Tiffany occasionally splattered colors onto his windows to augment the effects of certain elements in the window's design.
This very paper is a response to the three pieces of art of photography, the response to them will include the techniques used by the artists and the major topics they display as well as [...]
The Epoch of Renaissance emerged on the territory of Italy, becoming the true Rebirth of the national cultural life of the people throughout the whole world.
The fundamental focus of any advertisement, particularly a movie poster, is to communicate with the audience and reveal the properties of the product in an interesting and creative manner.
However, we cannot say that the peculiarities and the problems of public education, especially in the context of racism, were so often explored in the movies.
In the movie, director Alien Berliner plots the Ludovic character of a small boy who crosses dresses himself and generally behaves like a girl, and he wanted to marry his neighbor's son.
The mission of PPA is defined as "To be the leader in the dissemination of knowledge in the areas of professional business practices and creative image-making, and to define and maintain the industry's standards of [...]
Besides, the daily journey of the sun with alternating day and night had an influence on the Ancient Egyptian beliefs of death and life after death. First, the pyramids were considered the diadem of architecture [...]
The movie presents the viewer with all the trials and tribulations that he had to overcome, from a divorce, extreme poverty, and the eventual payoff that he got from his seemingly endless patience and perseverance [...]
Renaissance painting, on the one hand, originated from medieval depiction of religious themes and stories as well as from Ancient Greek and Roman patterns of human beauty, freedom and value, clearly demonstrated by the Renaissance [...]
Given the fact that nowadays men are taught to be ashamed of their masculinity, it comes as no surprise that "You are all I have" contains motifs that are destructive to men's ego, as the [...]
The Genetic Control theory is so radiantly forwarded that more than involving in the story proceedings, the viewers, are made to realize the changes in the attitude shown to a normally born and a genetically [...]
While many techniques Atta uses are not new, in some context the works of Atta can be considered as a philosophical opinion that was visualized using photography.
While it is true that policymakers and politicians are behind the war, the linkage to the theme of the lions and lambs as seen in the movie creates confusion.
At the end of the paper, the relationships between reggae and classical music will be considered with the emphasis made on the similarities between the genres.
A professional model is found dead in her bed with her nose cut off, a container of sleeping pills in one hand, and a phone in the other; her death was the result of a [...]
His sense of pride is pricked as he struggles not to tell a lie but when he is confronted by the armed men who were informed that he had entered the place with his guns, [...]
His sculptural work that is created between 1986 and 2004 is placed at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and is mostly composed in the form of interconnected pieces manifested by the trains of [...]
Poor Vincent and the rest of the 'love children' are condemned to be the new under-class of society confined to jobs like custodian services and denied the opportunity to advance in life.
Andy on the other hand chooses clothes that she deems to be smart, comfortable, and good enough for the first day on the job, which in reality is utterly unfashionable.
In traditional societies, the family system tended to take the form of the extended family. Thus, the gender aspect is reversed and the male is found to be dominated by women in the movie making [...]
They handled color quite differently, and their methods of creating shapes and shadows are unique to each artist to the point that each artist's work is easily identified from its unique treatment of the shape [...]
At that time all images produced were in black and white and eventually all masters of the art came to believe that the only artistic way to record photographic images was in black and white. [...]
Ice Sculpting is truly an art of its own, and even though this style of art is not permanent, unless a person were to place the item into the freezer, this would still be categorized [...]
Moreover, to explain the vaguely difference between them, one may give the example of the art work that may be assigned to the both categories: either to the crafts or to the fine art.
The acknowledgement of the additive and subtractive processes of sculpture working is necessary condition in the creation of the sculpture; therefore it would be relevant to describe the technical skills, the physical and expressive possibilities [...]
In this paper we will analyse "The War of the Worlds", "Star Wars" and "The Fifth Element", as movies that reflect the genre of science fiction being transformed from something that used to help people [...]
Minimal art developed mainly in the USA rather than Europe and its impersonality is seen as a reaction against the emotionalism of Abstract Expressionism.
The movie appealed to the conscience of the people of the world and explained how poverty broke human relations, created vulnerabilities, and seriously affected human society.
Verdi's opera "Rigoletto" and particularly its Act 3, leave no doubt as to the fact that composer was being heavily influenced by Romanticism, as the theory of musical composition, associated with the process of Europeans [...]
If we attempt to discuss the peculiarities of painting in Italy and the Netherlands within the period of the 14th through the 16th century, it is of crucial importance for us to animalize it within [...]
His mother was the manager of a pub providing live music for the visitors; it gave an opportunity for the young Juan Diego to get an early experience as a singer.
The movie, 'To Live' begins just before the Communist takeover of China and the opening scenes are almost in stark contrast to the approaching storm of revolution, which the country is soon to be swooped [...]
Men have been exploited by the community, and it is from side to side the Fight Club that they can preserve their physicality and consider themselves lively.
The design style is certainly appropriate to the communication, as it united the same ideas and the feelings of the different people concerning the heart of the United States of America, the New York City, [...]
Burtynsky's use of images as metaphors to depict the dilemma of the heavy industrialization due to which nature and earth suffer heavily is a prominent theme which I have used in the creation of the [...]
The new art of the 20th century is a variety of sections and directions. The creativity of separate representatives of the avant-garde does not fit at all in the frameworks of any art currents.
Discuss the topic of how religion influenced art and architecture in the ancient world and during the Christian era, it is necessary to point out that all civilizations beginning from the primitive ones, through the [...]
They have indeed been a great influence in my interest to art and design and have greatly contributed to the economic growth, political and social enhancement of their nations.
Edward Steichen is one of the central figures in the history of photos. The astonishing sale charge of the print is, in part, featured to its one-of-a-kind personality and to its curiosity.
Modernity in visual arts and cinema is part of the ever-changing world, wherein the establishment of ideas, different people in the world of art participates in experimenting with the forms and styles of art, thus [...]
Initially, the cinema was consisting of documentaries which sooner caused the people to lose interest but with the advent of the new wave in the Asian cinema, the young directors focused on modern issues and [...]
I have read that an understanding of the underlying story and a keen interest in storytelling is essential to build a good animation. This I have found that a number of institutes in the country [...]
This was the underlying idea behind resisting the effects of the Industrial Revolution on art the aspiration to create a personal style that would be devoid of the typical features of the products and designs [...]
First, the author argues that drama and film have a different understanding of conflict, and in its nature film is closer to the novel in terms of conflict progression and the time that can be [...]
Ruskin has shown, through this structure that the gothic brand of architecture is meant to be one that simply shows a modern form of culture by portraying the destructive nature of the Goths, after whom [...]
Moreover, Clara and the lush exquisite landscape against which she is painted seem to be ideally matching pieces of a huge puzzle: the rhinoceros' jawline smoothly connects to the line of the horizon, and the [...]
In his article The Minotaur and the Muse: Picasso's Carmen Fixation, Alan Riding turns his attention to the subject of Pablo Picasso and the sources of his inspiration that Picasso found in women.
The musicians paid particular attention to the music, concentrated on the authentic qualities of jazz music and most of the technical aspects that concerned the music.
The Bop made both the musicians and the audiences differentiate jazz as more of art. Swing to Bop: An Oral History of the Transition of Jazz in the 1940s.
To the young generation, this kind of music with simple words and hard-talking lyrics, the mind-blowing and intricately skillful music, and the imagery portrayed by the rock stars appealed in a personal manner and embodied [...]
Derne' S writes that, a research done by Tiffany A Boveland of Loyolla University on the effects of a movie clip on change in love concept showed that, romantic movies did affect people's perceptions and [...]
Starting with biographical studies of Georges de la Tour, we should say that he was born on March 13, 1593 in the town of Vic-upon-Seille, in the part of the independent Duchy of Lorraine.
Charity is shown bravely covering for her rogue boyfriend, telling Nickie, Helene and the other colleagues that Charlie had actually tried to save her from falling into the lake, but managed to only 'grab her [...]
Byzantine civilisation is a major part of world history and culture.'Byzantium' is the name describing both the state as well as the culture of the Eastern Roman Empire in the middle Ages.
As was the custom, burials were done in deep and dark catacombs and the grave diggers seem to appear from the murky shadows and the strong lines of force in their act of digging seem [...]
It is natural to feel overwhelmed by the intricacies and complexities of the many environmental problems confronting society and by the belief that an individual is at the mercy of all the variables that threaten [...]
However, with the advent of Christianity and the vilification of the female form, it became necessary to hide the woman's body, especially the 'grotesque' form of the pregnant woman.
As "it emphasized the individual, the subjective, the irrational, the imaginative, the personal, the spontaneous, the emotional, the visionary, and the transcendental", the Romanticism period inspired many artists in the field of literature, painting, music, [...]
Another piece of art a play written and staged in 1939 by William Saroyan called The Time of Your Life has much in common with As it is in Heaven in terms of finding positive [...]
This way, the British museum would retain the right of ownership and control over the sculptures, and by doing so the marbles of Parthenon could be again reunited, as the British artifacts would be displayed [...]
In this photo, she touches on her general theme as an artist of relating herself to the 'common people.' She is completely vulnerable and undisguised from her audience.
Jansen has given a detailed analysis of the musical and the particular song and he suggests that the sheet music and the performance reveal a combination of different types of ragtime music.
I would never have the chance to know how and why Goerge Straight thinks like this when it comes to his music, hence by being him for a single day, I would be able to [...]
While the fiddle and the violin are the same instruments, the music that is played on them, as well as the style of playing, are vastly different one being characterized by the folk music of [...]
In the lieder, the vocal line and the piano accompaniment are of equal musical significance and these songs are considered to be among the finest of all art songs.
After the museum, it seemed to be one of the marvelous art museums of the world."Life-size terracotta figures of warriors and horses arranged in battle formations are the star features at the museum.
The cruel Spanish reality of the Civil War period is reflected in the discussed film with deep understanding of people's troubles and pain. But the most touching mixture of reality and a fairy tail we [...]
However, with the advent of Christianity and the vilification of the female form, it became necessary to hide the woman's body, especially the 'grotesque' form of the pregnant woman.