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Illustration’ Evolution in 20th Century

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.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1115

Jean –Michel Basquiat

When his mother realized that his son was a very talented artist he took him into Manhattan to see art and then enrolled him as a junior member of Brooklyn Museum of Art where he [...]
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  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 555

Picasso and His Paintings in the Modern World History

This paper will evaluate Pablo Picasso's impact on the cubism sign system, his manner of representation of the surrounding reality and his contribution to the world's history on the example of his painting Guernica.
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1110

Reformation and Development of the Arts

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 [...]
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 812

Jusepe de Ribera’s Paintings

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 656

The Foreign Influences on the Roman Art

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.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 578

Kiki Smith’s Life and Artworks

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.
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 842

The History of the Romanticism Period

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 847

Photography Art in 20th Century

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.
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1094

Packaging Visual Communication

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.
  • Subjects: Art Exhibitions
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 620

Comparison of Renaissance Works of Art

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.
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  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1080

Les Demoiselles d’Avignon – Picasso – 1907

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.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1379

The Lifestyle of Salvador Dali

As such, this paper will expound on the life of Salvador Dali, namely, it will focus on his early life, the impacts that he had on Surrealism, the success of his works, the way the [...]
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 15
  • Words: 4096

Hung Liu Artistic Work and its Contribution to Human Life

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1383

Photography: Jimmy Nelson’s Piece of Art

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.
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 1468

“Lion Panel” in Chauvet Cave

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.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 550

Louise Bourgeois’ Artistic Work

Louise Bourgeois is a legend in the field of art; despite her death, her works continue to inspire and motivate fellow artists.
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1373

A Sculpture as a Three Dimensional Visual Art

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.
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  • Subjects: Sculpture
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 844

The Peculiarities of Degenerate Art

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 859

Fu Baoshi as One of the Most Famous Chinese Artists

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 579

Edward Ruscha’s exhibition at the Denver art museum

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Art Exhibitions
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 557

Anne Truitt: An American Minimalist Sculptor

And the only reason I need the gravity is to set the color so it will move the way we do on our feet"[13] One of Anne Truitt's popular exhibitions was in Danese Gallery, New [...]
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2106

A Manmade Christmas Tree

The lines used by the artist are obscure, but the shape of the work of art resembles a conventional form of a Christmas tree.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 569

Greek and Roman Prehistoric Art

The temple was built in honour of goddess Athena in 5 BCE and was located in the region of Acropolis of Athena.
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  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1163

Syntagmatics and Paradigmatics

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Theater
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 540

Comparison between Nefertiti and Shabti Sennedjem

The portrait has an elegant bust, which means that it may have be comparing to a flower, which is still on its stalk that is slender, but is embroidered by the weight of the crown [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1388

Views on Chromophobia by David Batchelor

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, [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 677

Export to World Project: Formalism in Art

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.
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 612

Georg Baselitz’s Orange Eater

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.
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2036

Analysis of Art Works in De Young Museum

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.
  • Subjects: Art Exhibitions
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1415

Art and Human Values

The context of art and technology is well typified by the association between the work, the artist, the audience, and the surrounding.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 693

Tillich theory of art

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 [...]
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2354

The Baroque Period of Art

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.
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 730

Art and Aesthetics: Art in Public Space

Public art is important to public art specialists, bodies that commission art performances, curators as well as the entire art world with much emphasis being given to collaborations, the specificity of the site of performance [...]
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  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2199

The Gothic Architectural Style

Most of the sculptures from in this style were influenced by the Romanesque style which was widely used at the beginning of the 11th century.
  • Subjects: Sculpture
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 861

Romantic and Neo-classic Art

This paper will highlight the differences between Watteau's painting of the storm from the neoclassical era and Delacroix's storm painting from the Romantic era.
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 808

Manga: New Social Ideas, Behaviors, and Sub-Cultures

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1607

Art in Public Spaces

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.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1350

The Concept of Time

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.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 610

The Concept of High Renaissance

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.
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 555

Concept and History of Cubism

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.
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 644

Principles of Art Covered in Reading

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.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 824

The Renaissance in Europe

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.
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 555

Hung Liu and Alice Neal

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 539

Photographer – Robert Frank

This element is evidenced by Rodeo which was taken in 1954 in New York city because one can not identify the face of the guy who is leaning on the dustbin but since Robert's photos [...]
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1001

Goals and Achievements of Impressionism

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 638

One Holy Image By Two Great Artists

One of the most important themes in the western art is religion, and one of the most inspiring images for may be each of the greatest artists has been the Virgin Mary.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 844

Photojournalist: Mark M. Hancock

His presence is evident in numerous magazines and newspapers across the world especially in the editorial sections. In the background of the photograph is the lovely scenery of green vegetation and a blue sky.
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 650

Museum of the Original Art Show

On the whole, this book can be of some interest to parents with toddlers. It seems that this book can of great interest to children of pre-school age, especially girls.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 536

Evolution of Photography: Trying to Seize the Moment

In his book A Concise History of Photography, Helmut Gernsheim takes the reader onto a time travel, explaining the origins of photography and telling about the opportunities that photography offers.
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 418

The Dura Europos Synagogue

Sequential Narrative This area has murals of the Exodus, Elijah, Ezekiel, Triumph of Mordechai, and the Valley of the Dry Bones. Comparative Narratives There are paintings of the Well in the Wilderness, the Ark in [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2189

How an Artwork Represents Visual Elements

The combination of linear and curved lines, mainly monochromatic red color and asymmetry of the composition are the visual elements and principles of design which allow an artist to represent the chaos and beauty of [...]
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 574

Artist Report: Antonio Puleo

The postures of the children during the photography add strength to the morality theme, which is a major focus in the whole documentary. The process of growing up and sexuality is one of the key [...]
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 602

The Artwork “The Vitruvius Man” by Leonardo da Vinci

This drawing is often referred to as the canon of proportion because it was used as the basis for the correlations of human proportions and the reference to geometry as it is illustrated in the [...]
  • Subjects: Art Exhibitions
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 821

Classical and Renaissance Humanities Art

This can be explained by the fact that Greco-Roman artists of the era were convinced of the existence of dialectical relationship between the concepts of aesthetic/intellectual finesse, civil virtuousness and the notion of physical health, [...]
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1148

Compare GUDEA with Amenemhat II

By the inscriptions that were found on it, the sculpture forms part of a collection of the pieces in the temples built by the Guedea in Ur Nippur, Asdab Uruk and Bad-Tibira. In contrast to [...]
  • Subjects: Sculpture
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 673

Chinese Art (Zhang Hongth: Studio Visit and Artist Talk)

In a wide-ranging discussion, he touched on humor, the cathartic value of defacing the iconic image of a dictator, China's imperiled environment, the dangers of political art in that country, and his feelings as a [...]
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1344

The Museum of Contemporary Art

Each exhibition at MOCA is a unique opportunity for people to enjoy the beauty of the world they live in and to see how the professionals recognize the main aspects of the modern world.
  • Subjects: Art Exhibitions
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1156

Chinese Art: Art at Court

In the case of Guanxiu's Luohans, it seems reasonable to infer that the Emperor and the abbot wanted to ensure the exact duplication of each image.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1717

Theory of Modern Art: Theory of Realism

The proper use of art, according to this declaration, was to document "a true picture of the {Revolutionary} events" and shape the mind towards the revolutionary ideal[7].
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1866

Buddha Image in Asian Art Work

It is therefore believed that the author of Buddha image was Shakyamuni, one of the artists sent to heaven by Maudgalyayana who can be considered as the patron of this art work.
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 584

Types of Fonts Used in the Medieval Age

Gothic fonts are good when they are used appropriately hence when one is designing a document it is important to consider the position of the written material that will be occupied by this kind of [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 666

Bringing Compositional Unity in an Image

In this painting repetition has been employed by having a continuous line of the edge of the lady's dress which brings association among the objects of this image that is the woman and the ground [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 783

Sculptors of the Italian Renaissance

These aspects are evident among current sculptors."Significance of Sculptors of the Italian Renaissance" This is a research investigating and analyzing the different arguments on philosophical nature of Sculptors of the Italian Renaissance, from various art [...]
  • Subjects: Sculpture
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1356

Filippo Marinetti’s Futurist Manifesto

In his Futurist Manifesto published in 1909 in Paris, Marinetti formulated the essence and the purpose of the Futurist movement and thus outlined the "ethical code" of a New Artist, a Futurist.
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 982

The artwork Cosa by Judi Werthein

Description and Analysis Work's use of the systems of global capitalism Relationship to the global system of exhibiting art in biennials and institutions The symbolism of the elephant and of air Cosa is an [...]
  • Subjects: Sculpture
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 718

Leon Golub: Historical witness

The paintings mainly expressed realities of power in terms of the relations between social and political spheres. With the help of his paintings, Golub argued that the relationship between identity and masculinity with power and [...]
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 542

Chicago: Crossroads of America

However, the most significant artifact which reflects not only the history of Chicago, but the whole spirit of this city is, to my mind, the Pioneer locomotive.
  • Subjects: Art Exhibitions
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 589

Drawing Lessons for Beginners

In ensuring maximum learning from this lesson, individuals require a minimum of five minutes whereby, it is important for individuals to conduct a critical analysis of the quality of their scribbling, in terms of orderliness, [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2117