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Virtual Museum Tour

Great museums such as Vatican Museum in Italy founded in 1503 and Louvre Museum opened in 1793 as a museum in Paris; have greatly contributed in the preservation of the art style cultures. The following [...]
  • Subjects: Art Exhibitions
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 827

Impressionism in Music and Art

The natural light appears in a variety of types which gives the impressionist artist much freedom to alter the details of the objects in the painting using the natural light in different types.
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  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2018

Queen Latifah as a Hip-Hop Feminism Icon

The song was released in 1989 when the third wave was starting, and Latifah talks about the importance of women the society and the need for equal treatment and supporting each other.
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1063

Klossowski’s Nude in Front of a Mantel Painting

The artist uses bright pastel tones, a combination of straight and curved lines, and a simple one-point perspective, accentuating the nude figure and creating a feeling of the viewer's presence in the scene.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 659

“Tom Torlino Student File” Photograph Analysis

The before and after photo of a native American student is vivid evidence of American influence on the disappearing cultural heritage. What was the impact of such boarding schools on the identity and values of [...]
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 367

Chapter 2 in “Understanding Comics” by Scott McCloud

The second chapter of Scott McCloud's book "Understanding Comics" is devoted to the vocabulary of comics and all that the reader perceives when looking at the inscriptions in illustrated publications and what he concludes.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 316

The Renaissance Time During Romeo and Juliet

Men and women performed different roles in the household; the man was responsible for farming while the woman took care of the poultry and dairy. In the upper-class, marriages were arranged and the parents chose [...]
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 600

Gallery of Joy: Chagall, Kandinsky, and Miro

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1434

3D Animation: Main Inspirations and Personal Experience

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 680

Inas El Degheidi’s Life History and Impact on Art

This paper makes a retrospective study on the life, background, and lifestyle of this filmmaker as well as her contributions to the advancements of performance arts and to the fight against gender discrimination and sexual [...]
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2043

Franz Kafka’s and Vincent van Gogh’s Connection

Although van Gogh and Kafka realized their creative intentions in different areas of art, they had the remarkable connection in terms of sharing problems in family relations; having problems in personal relations; struggling to find [...]
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1475

Modern Art: A Cultural-Aesthetic Movement

The problem of defining of the term Modernism created much difficulty for artists, philosophers and writers of the 20th century. In the course of time, the aspect of realism came into consideration to change a [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1375

Cabramatta’s Culture and Art

Indeed, seeing that turtle and tortoise shells have been used as the raw material for various types of medicine for quite a while in China and Vietnam, as well as the fact that the Chinese [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1404

Manga: “Naruto” by Masashi Kishimoto

We want to consider the first part of the story where the main character is just a boy who wants to reach the main purpose of his life, to become a Hokage, the leader of [...]
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  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 807

Contemporary Graffiti as Political Art

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 826

Michelangelo’s Life and Work

Due to his immense skills and wide collection of artistic works, early museums documented his works and as it turns out, he was the most famous artist of the 16th century.
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 610

The Early Forms of African Art

Purpose of the Research Because the African art is mostly premised on representing visual culture of the continent, the main purpose of the research consists in defining the early forms of African art, main materials [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1633

Analysis of the Play ‘Romeo and Juliet’

Another interesting scene of the production that makes it real understanding of the authors work is the casting of the romantic love between Romeo and Juliet, the physical love of the nurse and the contractual [...]
  • 4.5
  • Subjects: Theater
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 554

Post Modern Art

Numerous happenings in the fields of art, philosophy, science, music, and critical theory explain the meaning of post-modernism. Post-modernism is the same as modern art due to the production of new pieces.
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  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1145

Lunch Atop a Skyscraper: Analysis

On the particular day when the photograph was taken, the workers decided to humor the photographer because of their excitement over completing the construction project.
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 553

The Painting “Rust Red Hill” by Georgia O’Keeffe

It is the artist's magnum opus, and it serves as a living testament to the vision and foresight of the museum's first director, Richard Brauer. This is supposed to be a picture of the outdoors.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 553

The Statue of Augustus August From Prima Porta

Simplicity and clearness of construction, the aspiration for generalization, the idealization of the appearance, and at the same time, the strict Roman individualism of the characters are the leading attributes of the portraits of the [...]
  • Subjects: Sculpture
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 544

The Artwork “Pieta” by Michelangelo

The subject matter of Michelangelo's Pieta portrait is the body of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary. This artwork is a picture of one of the seven sorrows of the Virgin Mary, as experienced [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 409

Art of Ancient Greece: The Diadoumenos Statue

The marble statue of the Diadoumenos depicts an athlete with a victory armband and is a reconstruction of the original based on Roman marble spears. Polykleitos' sculpture is a typical example of the classical period [...]
  • Subjects: Sculpture
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 336

Photography Comparison and Contrast

The focus on the naked parts of the body, like dirty and scratched hands, necks, and faces, allows for learning about the terror and horror of that period. In my photo, the style differs due [...]
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1202

Photography: Art Creation & Reflection

The thematic connection between the two pieces is based on the illusionary vision of the simple scenes and experimental approach to the art of photography.
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 656

Muthesius-Van de Velde: Werkbund Theses and Antithesis

The debate highlights the contrast between the individuality within Arts and Crafts movement and the aim at standardization and a universal taste suitable for the increasing industrial production.
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 225

Artwork: Content and Physical Nature

The exhibitions that the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden holds aim to attract the attention of the audience to pressing issues, and the features of the artwork in question reflect Kruger's creative personality.
  • Subjects: Art Exhibitions
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 800

Photography: Critical Analysis

The vertical, restive position of the pencil in each of the slides is indicative of a resort to have finished a particular task, presumably that of writing on the foolscap, with the pencil resting in [...]
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1052

Art. “Woman Giving Birth” Moche Vessel

The vessels can be considered a specific source of information about the life, habits, and history of the Moche society. The image of the woman that brings a baby to the world is very gentle; [...]
  • Subjects: Pottery
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 839

Visual and Performance Arts in Creative Process

In painting, artists need to know how different paints convey messages and how to blend different paints to convey the desired artistic message. The Number of oil pigments used by artists depends on the desired [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1031

Ferdinand Hodler’s “The Chosen One” Painting

The boy is confronting the remnants of the Tree of Life from the Garden of Eden, as is shown through the presence of the small snake and the walled 'garden' while the landscape behind him [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 961

Michelangelo’s Madonna of the Stairs

The sculpture is important from a historical perspective because it helps the beholder to grasp the enormity of Michelangelo's genius as well as his unique approach to the canons of Christian iconography.
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  • Subjects: Sculpture
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1728

The National Gallery History

This gallery gives a clear image, presented in paintings and pictures, of the economic life of the people in the past.
  • Subjects: Art Exhibitions
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2221

The Body in Contemporary Art

Finally, the art of performance includes the human body in its motion; in this role, the body is viewed from a variety of angles and perspectives and in the combination with what is happening to [...]
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1212

Timothy Hogan’s Photography

Taking into consideration the infinite backing from the greatest producers, retouchers, and workshops in the professional photography niche, it is quite reasonable that Hogan and his team managed to furnace the lifelong contacts that provide [...]
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 555

Naji al-Ali, a Palestinian Cartoonist and His Art

The open and fearless criticism of the political affairs of the particular state is always a risk for the author. Naji Al-Ali was a prominent Palestinian cartoonist famous for his criticism of the political situation [...]
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 12
  • Words: 3010

Painting: “The Great Wave off Kanagawa”

In the far distant center of the painting, is a mountain, still and motionless, in contrast to the dynamic furious sea wave. The shape and size of the wave create the imagery of force in [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 841

Magical Realism as a Literary Genre

The concept of loreal Maravillas was introduced in 1949 to the Americans where the foundations of magical realism were traced from the art world.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1098

Drama: Staging “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell

In its turn, this explains why in Glaspell's play, the characters strive to act in the manner fully consistent with what used to be assumed accounts for the social roles of the representatives of each [...]
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  • Subjects: Theater
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1700

Merran Esson’s Exhibition

Esson's translation of ceramics to reflect the reality of the moment eventually casts a form that is potent in her ceramics.
  • Subjects: Art Exhibitions
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 863

The Power of Art

That describes the reinforcement and the shift to managerial and economic patterns and language of thought in media and cultural policy.
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  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2503

Movie and Drama. A Few Good Men

Although the play version is more engaging than the movie, it lacks the glamour and flamboyance brought by the lighting and effects.
  • Subjects: Theater
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 563

Deriving Meanings in the Works of Art

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 [...]
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 567

Modernism in Art and Painting

Paintings done in the past about the state of people and past society presently help to give direction to in the world of art.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 859

Modern, Modernism, and Modernization

Modern, modernism, and modernization are the notions which may be easily defined in human mind, it means that one can understand what modern, modernism, and modernization mean, however, when it comes to formulation of the [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 565

Different Styles of Painting

Artist and designers use the term painting to refer to both the act of and the result of painting. The "Heart of the Andes," is a landscape painting and was done in 1859.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 795

Contemporary Asian Art in the Twenty-First Century

The exhibitions also wanted to privilege the uptake of Asian art in the global market.collection of paintings about the war in Asia was considered critical for the development of advanced history of the region during [...]
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1735

Modern and Postmodern Art Scene in Malaysia

Therefore, the purpose of this dissertation is to research modern art and postmodern art in Malaysia's art scene in light of the change in art throughout the Industrial Revolution.
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 35
  • Words: 8389

Is Photography an Art and Why?

In brief, photography is an art since it uses a variety of human actions to create aural, visual, or performative artifacts that show the author's creativity or technical proficiency and are intended to be admired [...]
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 561

“Hope II” by Gustav Klimt: Formal Analysis

The painting is called Hope II, which indicates that the artist wanted to emphasize not the doom and sadness of the death of a child but the hope of the women depicted in the painting.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 462

Liberal Arts Education and Value Breadth Areas

I learned that the knowledge of this area of liberal arts is related to behavioral and social sciences and enhances individuals' understanding, enabling them to be productive within relationships and contribute positively and other people [...]
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 945

The “Legally Blonde” Musical by O’Keefe and Benjamin

Released in 2007, set in the early 2000s and centering the character of Elle Woods, a seemingly superficial young woman, with the creative minds of Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin at the helm, the musical [...]
  • Subjects: Theater
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 947

Abstract Art In The Early 20th Century

The abstract art's primary aim is to use gestural marks, shapes, forms, and colors to achieve the effects of a visual reality rather than representing its actual depiction. As a result, they chose to express [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 338

“The Annunciation” Painting by Hans Memling

Thus, the artist applies asymmetrical balance, since the center of the composition is shifted to the right. Mary, with the angels, and Gabriel balance each other, and this balance creates a feeling of harmony and [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 342

The Painting St. John the Baptist by Leonardo Da Vinci

The whole construct of this painting is maintained in the nature of Renaissance and glory of antique art. The frontal element of the whole performance is concentrated on the hand of the man.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 854

The Salsa: Music and Dance Review

In the dance perspective, it refers to a dance that tries to communicate the beats found in the salsa music. All these are in an effort to spice up the salsa dance and music.
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2664

Art and Design Principles and Their Effects

Contrast helps in emphasis, variation, and addition of interest which enables the user to develop a certain feeling in the work of art. Harmony refers to the consistency of appearance in a work of art.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 600

Sculpture Modeling Methods

A prime example of an assembled sculpture is Community Power Figure made by Songye peoples and housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  • Subjects: Sculpture
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 915

“Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer)” by Claude Monet

The impressionist series depicting the same stack of hay is notable for the ability of Monet to repeat the same them but to capture different atmospheres, times of day, and times of the year.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 517

“Sculpture in the Expanded Field” by Rosalind Krauss

The major works that mark the transition from the classical to the modern period that she cites are Gates of Hell and the statue of Balzac by Rodin. In the 1950s, sculpture became a 'combination [...]
  • Subjects: Sculpture
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 205

Impact of Art on Society

In an oppressive and discriminative society as was the England of that time, art in the form of puppetry was used to impart a sense of freedom in individuals.
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1779

Decoloniality in Art and Artist as Ethnographer

The review is divided into three main sections including the identification of the main arguments and the explanation of their worth, the evaluation of the supportive material and the clarification of methodological framework, and, finally, [...]
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2229

Shaun Gladwell’s Art: Materials And Techniques

Gladwell appears to be one of the modern artists whose skills have broken from the past in terms of specialization and application of both materials and skills, especially due to the digitalization of his methods [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1642

Sand Animation Works by Kseniya Simonova

The show of a sand artist includes a video that allows the audience to see the process of the creation of the piece; it also is accompanied by special music, and, of course, the art [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1671

Photography as a Mass Medium

To demonstrate this fact, the study explores the works of Sontag in her article titled, On Photography, and shows how digital photography changes her analysis about the "photographic way of seeing" life.
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1743

The Sistine Chapel Painting by Buonarroti Michelangelo

One of the most peculiar things about the narrative framework of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling is the order of the frescoes, with the final one referring the viewer to the beginning of time and the [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1696

Jeff and Julia Woods: Passion to Making Photos

In this paper, the works, skills, and achievements of Jeffrey and Julia Woods will be analyzed; their awards and contribution to the world of photography is really magnificent, because they do not want to create [...]
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1654

The school of Athens

The ornaments on the floor, the decorations of the walls and the general atmosphere of the place leave no doubt of this setting being in a palace. The royalty of this place and the people [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 551

The Last Supper

The work depicted the scene of the last supper as illustrated in the Bible. The person in the center of the picture is Jesus Christ.
  • 2.3
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 466

Impressionism History

Impressionism, an art movement, was born in France in the 19th century specifically in the period between 1860 and 1880 with its major goal being to popularize the impressionist art style, which was a deviation [...]
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1707

Analyzing Graffiti as a Subculture

Contemporary theoreticians dispute the origin and meaning of subculture as a social phenomenon, analyzing the sociological parameters of the groups of population and their primary motivation for deciding on self-expression in the form of subculture.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 810

Art History: Female Figures in Ancient Greek Sculpture

The development of female figures in ancient Greek sculpture was noticeable during those times; each period added something new; the influence of other countries and their cultures was reflected in almost each piece of work, [...]
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  • Subjects: Sculpture
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1031