Art Essay Examples and Topics. Page 16

In addition, the live performing arts are dying due to the preferred use of broadcast and recorded media to experience the performing arts.

As it has already been mentioned, Mexican muralism was a form of expression, and at the same time a provider of cultural traditions, political views and social moods in the country that influenced greatly on [...]

Like other sculptures, the purpose of this figure was to strengthen the diviner's powers of healing and maintain the societal wellbeing.

This particularly concerns Chinese pottery and porcelain and the rise of cuteness in Japan, or the advent of "kawai culture" in the second half of the twentieth century.

On the contrary, digital art has been applauded in that it is fast and flexible in the sense that artists get to finish their jobs fast.

According to Tamswitmark the chief characters in the story are: The Reverend Mother The reverend mother is known as Sister Mary Regina and is assumed to have answered the call to be a nun after [...]

This paper looks at three articles on the development of various forms of visual art and the various perspectives reflected in the articles. In conclusion, as society changes, the various forms of art also change.

The painters applying impressionism intended to focus the direct impressions of color and light that a person sees and feels when interacting with the environment.

Therefore other than the definition of art being related to the great skills of the artisan, the aesthetic value of the resulting product gives art another definition.

It seems that the whale which is floating under the dark thicket of the freezing sea embodies the suffering and the sorrow of the refugees from the ship.

The different disciplines of art can also be used to define humanity with religion and history being a factor, with science and technology embracing the entirety of the human nature and hindering its raw creativity [...]

In order for one to be able to understand such a work, he/she should also have an understanding of the ways in which an artist may visually present the ideas he/she has in his/her piece [...]

The collaboration between Oldenburg and Bruggen has brought so many interesting details in this art and made their works known to millions of people.

Dickson and Tucker moved the creation to the banks of the river Seine in Paris. The lecture Visions of the Demimonde: Albert Tucker in Paris is one of her best works.

One of the brightest events of that period was the creation of the Aesthetic Movement. The Aesthetic Movement started as a reaction against the Victorian style, which was characterized by the use of jewellery in [...]

Art exhibitions are the places, which will be interesting to people of any age and any gender any time."A natural effect of the Museum exhibition will be to lead the public to enquire why it [...]

The art presented by these Muslims bears the attitude portrayed by the British society towards them and the Islamic religion as a whole and the artists' own views on Islam.

This paper discusses not only the essence of visual and performing arts but also focuses on the activities of popular Canadian artists and their ideas, evaluates the history of the Canadian art, and explains the [...]

From the above we can say that the modern art museum acts as memory banks for all events and objects in the society which is of great utility to the members of a given social [...]

The second artistic work in the online exhibit is referred to as Digital dance. Digital art is a major revolution in the world of art.

Caribbean art history is an integral part of Caribbean history that offers important insight into the unique cultural aspect of the Caribbean people and their way of life.

In a way, Twombly's labor points to the reality that work of art and "deconstruction," as it was supposed to be are all integral to each another.

The woman's smile, often described as enigmatic, is the most intriguing aspect of the painting and it is also the subject of much speculation. The smile of the seated woman is the hallmark of this [...]

Through the above analysis it could be said that through effective thought-process, observation and thorough planning, a director is able to yield higher productivity of the directors.

Thus, as Vial introduces the difference in identity understanding referring to various kinds of notions, the identity of a human being is his/her unique personality, the identity of an object is its style, while the [...]

Psychological issues that represent twins struggles with the real self against the expected self, the split and fragmented self and the internal conflict between the ego and the super ego.

The modern theatre and film industry have helped familiarize people with the reality of the world, emotions people go through and happy, as well as sad situations. One of these is the way gender and [...]

This paper is aimed at discussing the painting Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi. This is one of the details that can be distinguished.

However, the evidence of his achievement is that he is one of the rare artists, especially in the USA, to have had a whole museum devoted to their work[1].

The name Ko-Kutani originated from the Japanese area of Kutani, which is situated on the west coast of the main island, Honshu in the region of Kaga.

It would be wrong, however, to claim that every single artist exploits sexuality of the character in question to the nth degree; one of the chastest artworks devoted to the goddess of beauty and love, [...]

One of the first features of the painting that fall into the eye of an average observer, the lack of symmetry and straight lines in the painting serves the purpose of stressing the delicate air [...]

In this case, it is worth noting that the use of lines, colors, shades and shapes are renaissance in nature, the theme is religious but a number of aspects provide evidence of humanism in the [...]

There is a definite connection between the characters and the audience, as people are able to relate to the pain and confusion of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.

There was, however, an increase in publications of novels that needed illustrations in form of drawings and paintings. Notable works by Avati are in the field of paperback illustration.

Banksy's graffiti art work is still considered as one of the best way of protesting against the government in order to remove the CCTV cameras from the cities or to use those cameras in proper [...]

If the European and American context are combined to have a hybrid work of art, there will be disjoin in message communicated.

As opposed to the Le Dejuner sur L'herbe, Adolphe Bouguereau's Nymphs and Satyr appeared just one year before the first impressionist exhibition was held; the painting represented the traditions of the academic art and, at [...]

Arts and artists have inevitably been affected and influenced by advancement in technologies, changes in global communication, and an accelerated tempo of globalization in various ways.

In addition, public art is known to express the hopes and fears of the community fostering a culture of understanding the society through work of art.

The authority the original work commands will fade during the reproduction[2] due to the difference between the original and the reproduction process of the artefact.

A number of specific methods have created a gallery of visual arts which does not only describes the situation, it points to devastating effect of grief, pain and other feelings which can be seen via [...]

The play used metaphors to define the story in fuelling the personal connections of the audience to the play. The play shows the bravery of the characters in taking a chance in love and how [...]

The lions are placed in such a way that one is on the southern side while the other is on the northern side of the gate.

In spite of the colors' intensity, the combination of blue and pink colors in the paintings is rather blinking and vibrating. It is possible to concentrate on the "energized handling" and pulsation of the colors [...]

The theater had clearly gotten tired of the mainstream works of arts and therefore was at a stagnated stage both in respect to originality and creativity and therefore when Albee burst into the scene as [...]

The Indianapolis Museum of Art's European Gallery is displaying a painting by the Venetian workshop of the Early Renaissance painter, Giovanni Bellini, titled Madonna and Child with St.John. It shows an effort to personalize both [...]

The reformation occurred as a result of conflicts between the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church and the Bible. A major contributor to the spread of reformation was the existence of the printing press that [...]

The subject matter is part of a series of portraits of philosophers that Ribera completed for the Prince of Lichtenstein. This painting shows the skill of the artist in portraying a human face and form [...]

However, the advertising industry and the fine arts world have for decades been engaged in a continuing discussion of what constitutes fine art. It is also helpful to know what the place of fine art [...]

This is meant to make the process of getting art for sets a faster process. In all these uses, art and architecture add a positive and powerful set of signals for the viewer/consumer.

The painting also has a tree that also stretches to the sky; it is the tallest feature in the village. The choice of color in the painting is also an indication of the painter's mood.

In the course of its history, the civilization of Ancient Rome incorporated and modified the elements of those cultures which it dominated. This is one of the main things that should be considered.

Focusing on the photographs by Chim, it is possible to feel as the part of the European society between the 1930s and 1950s.

The room is clearly in a state of disarray as the dishes and several other things in the room are unattended to.

Most of her art work especially in her early years in her career revolved around the topic of death. To her, this is a passion and she gives the best.

Romanticism refers to the period of intellectual, artistic and literary movement in Europe in the first half of nineteenth century. The supporters of the Romantic Movement point to the spontaneous and irrational display of powerful [...]

Koboyashi informed them that he was a good man and that very many people in the country knew him."He was told that I am very good at planting cabbages and he wants to make me [...]

In its turn, this reflected the fact that during the course of the 20th century's initial phase, the classical conventions of physics have been thoroughly revised, due to the emergence of the Theory of Relativity.

The choice of a color for painting to obtain desired shapes in the image depends on the culture of the target audience and the meaning of the intended message.

The purpose of composition in this case is to bring out a distinction between the different elements of a work that is being portrayed in such a manner that the elements of the work that [...]

The Birth of Venus is a famous painting produced in the year 1863 by a French painter Alexandre Cabanel. This paper analyses the painting The Birth of Venus and gives a brief background of its [...]

It is even exciting to realize that the personal canvases in the paint presume a completely image-making action and singleness of the characteristic.

This paper outlines information about The Seated Goddess with a Child and the Winged Deity, found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The work depicts a sense of harmony, and the smile of the woman shows happiness. The moon was a symbol of the Virgin Mary's influence on the church, and the sun had an association with [...]

The technique that Leonardo da Vinci used in this painting, therefore, became a trendsetter in the art revolution of the time. The application of a lion in renaissance art is largely associated with Saint Jerome.

From a certain perspective, it can be assumed that the lack the of expression on the face of the subjects of the sculpture is related to their strangely clothed and unclothed state.

One of the paintings was that of his friend Casagemas in his coffin. Pink was used to bring a different theme to the great paintings that he had in his gallery.

Some of the paintings used by Hung to explain the vital nature of culture include the portraits of Chinese self, Buddha's hand, the rainmaker, and the controversial fortune cookie that symbolizes the importance of Chinese [...]

According to Nelson, the Maasai are part of the few tribes in the world that are quickly fading due to civilization and the increasing need for the world to form a global community.

The drawing could be painted onto the wall of the cave with the help of the reed brush. The artist could wish to perpetuate the beauty of the world.

Louise Bourgeois is a legend in the field of art; despite her death, her works continue to inspire and motivate fellow artists.

The main setback in this process is that if a lot of material is removed, the design might not come out the way it was expected because it is a subtraction process.

The main feature which combined all these pieces was their development as the examples of the modern art which did not follow the principles of the Nazi ideology and, thus, such art was considered as [...]

Fu Baoshi is one of the most famous Chinese artists who contributed greatly into the development of the national art. One of his works reveals aspirations of Chinese people who lived in the middle of [...]

This piece of work is inspired by the works of Jack Kerouac novel published in 1957 that was critical in defining the Beat Generation and it is a limited edition of Ruscha's artistic version of [...]

The art was as a result of a rebellion to the French Baroque and Rococo art that came before the movement.

In this case theater is of more benefit to the adults as opposed to the children. Children as well as adults in theater can be able to express their view about the politics of a [...]

The lines used by the artist are obscure, but the shape of the work of art resembles a conventional form of a Christmas tree.

The object of the analysis is the picture; I should investigate and explain perceptions, feelings and interpretations the production causes. It is a touch of irony, which the picture reflects.

He also uses new art of painting in the piece of art as opposed to the conventional European mode of painting. The piece of art is considered influential in the development of the modern day [...]

A fixed number of scales is attached to the yin and yang in order to manage the temper inside the dragon.

However, graffiti is vandalism and requires the authorization of the property owner. Moreover, graffiti reduces the value of properties and costs the citizens a lot of money in cleaning it up.

The setting for the original presentation occurs in the nineteenth century, essentially displaying the existing elements of the time. The timing of the presentation necessitated the change as majority of the characters, presented in the [...]

The picture reveals images of Christ, Maria, Joseph, two shepherds in the foreground and two figures of poor people in the background. Maria is depicted in the center of the painting which hints that the [...]

The point Batchelor was putting across is that in order to communicate using colors, it is imperative that the artists in question go the extra mile to excavate the meaning and all aspects of color, [...]

In export to world, the form of the virtual object is of the main importance. In export to world, the real life object is usually forced to correspond point to point to the virtual object.

Taking a closer look at the painting Shantarakshita and Scenes of His Life in Tibet and the Drowa Sangmo mural, it can be stated that the color scheme, proportion and scale of these objects are [...]

The Renaissance is the period which marks the growth of literary works in the sixteenth-century in Spain, where El Greco lived and worked until his death.

In the case of modern day photographers the use of extensive photoshopping in order to change the appearance of models can be likened to the actions of history's artists in that their very survival depends [...]

Problems occur where art is taken as a form of criticism among religions where some are considered better than others on the basis of the kinds of art that they adopt and use in their [...]

The contrast between the black and white background etched image and the blue ink illustrations makes it easy to see for the viewer to pick out the elements that the artist fixed in the piece [...]

These changes in the individual's views of arts and artistic works explain the different generations of arts that have been witnessed in the recent past.

The combination of lines conveys the required feeling of movement and defines the two-dimensional shape and form of the image that were inherent to the art of the 19th century.

The context of art and technology is well typified by the association between the work, the artist, the audience, and the surrounding.

Inspired by the theological mindset and thinking he interrogates the concept of depth in narratives and similar art works and constructs a hypothesis that great art reflects a conscious awareness of the problem associated with [...]

In essence, the church played a major role in spreading baroque architecture because it was used as the vessel for conveying the emerging trends to the public.

The setting of the first scene in the frame is a place of worship, probably a whole church or a section in a church. There is evidence to this in the presentation of priests in [...]

The classical style was mainly dominated by homophonic music whereby the melody and the accompaniment of the melody are studied differently.

C in the course of the rise of the Greek Kingdom. In the classical period, art was uncomplicated and mono dimensional.

It must be noted though that the influence of manga on Japanese society extends beyond the obvious sub-cultures that have developed as a direct result of its influence, rather, manga has been observed as enacting [...]

The following essay examines a piece of public art and the space it is found in order to discuss art, beauty and the purpose of public art.

The artwork under discussion, Death takes the Children, depicts the influence of the shadow of death and suffering of women in Kollwitz's world.

A perfect specimen of the Flemish oil painting style with its attention to the tiniest details, the picture under the title The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein the Younger is truly a masterpiece embodying the ideas [...]

The outcome of such polarization is that the light gets in through a medium is not the same as the one that comes out on the end side of the medium.

Color in the brain After the retina has done the interpretation of the color through its cells that is cone cell and rod cells the other processing is done separately, this is done out of [...]

The symbolism of the picture is obvious, it shows that time endless and limited at the same time. The concept of time is one of the central concepts in art.

However with the advent of the neoclassical art period in the mid 18th century, balance and symmetry was emphasized as a reaction to rococo art designs.

Aix en Provence provided the backdrop as well as the subject matter for the work; it was here that he used the local peasants employed by his family on the estate to sit for the [...]

The virgin is contained in an eggshell and the finger of the creator is seen to pierce through the egg touching on the virgin The finger of God theme, which still circulates the modern world, [...]

The three geniuses of the Renaissance, Leonardo, Michelangelo and Rafael, were the cornerstones of the new era, the era when the boundaries between the art and life began to vanish.

One of the brightest examples of the politician whose ambition to take the first position despite the circumstances is Barack Obama, the 44th President of the USA.

Cubism reflected all that had gone before in art, but also reflected the 'interesting' technological and social trends of its era, as attested by each of the commentators in Section IIB.

The rest of the reading is devoted to the historical study of art, bringing students to better comprehending of art in the context of time and place.

The whole reason behind the renaissance artists was the representation of nature in their work where the standards were however deviated into the reflection of the human beings as the central focus.

Knowledge of the type of music in that era is will help in the understanding of the book especially the German way of expressing inner motion.

In contrast, Liu is also attached to disclosing people's fates and their role in culture and history but through the use of drip techniques. Like Neel, Hung is also attached to the power of relations [...]

In addition, the actors also want to preserves the main features of the musical and its genre so that they try to use music to enhance the impression and to provide the audience with clearer [...]

For an artist's work to be exhibited at the salon it had to be evaluated by the salon officials to establish if it conformed to the elements of art and design and those that were [...]

The initial response towards the piece was the close and brutal examination of the women's body's proportions and the lack of realism on anatomical level.