Art Essay Examples and Topics. Page 2

Portrait is a special genre the task of which is to transfer with the help of artistic means, the inner world of a personality, and their abilities.

Nevertheless, the whole mood of Waiting is highlighted not only by the figures of the women but coloring and composition of the painting.

Arabic calligraphy is a form of art involving the use of the Arabic language and alphabet. In the old town of Jeddah, for instance, artists have blended Arabic calligraphy with graffiti to create calligraffiti.

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 [...]

At the age of 11, he joined an art school and began to develop his art career until he became a professional artist, who left a legacy in the world of art.

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 [...]

The history of photography cannot be complete without the analysis of the efforts of Daguerre and Herschel, the men behind the processes that revolutionized photography in the mid 19th century.

They exemplified the trend in French art termed Modernity, defined by the poet Charles Baudelaire as a pursuit of "the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent"1.

The show has presented four major events from the life of the Buddha: the Birth and the Dearth of the Buddha, the First Sermon at the Deer Park, and the Image and the First Teaching [...]

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 [...]

The mirror-reflexion of the two Fridas constitutes the foreground of the painting. The two figures on the picture are being either linked in the inner world, which is being illustrated by the unity of the [...]

Hatshepsut was the first Egyptian female pharaoh, so in order to give it a solid presence the creators of the statue put a beard on it, just like the one that is on all statues [...]

With a long and intricate history intertwined with the origin of the United States, the monument represented the French people's dedication to the cause of liberty during the American Revolution. The Statue of Liberty is [...]

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.

Printmaking has given artists a distinctive and adaptable method to create images on a variety of surfaces, from woodcuts and etchings to screen printing and lithography.

Anguissola was inventive and playful as she explored the narrative possibilities of portraiture, stretching the boundaries of the genre she was confined to because the artist was not allowed to study the nude figures required [...]

The fragility of love in this work is contrasted with its hardness - it can be compared in quality and beauty to a cut diamond.

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 [...]

The guiding lines are the instruments, and the line of sight of the characters, convening at the man. He accomplishes the illusion of space by overlapping characters in the foreground with the house in the [...]

Considered to be one of a kind, the unique nature of this exhibition placed her in the limelight. In 'The Seniors Project', Lee managed to transform herself to fit the image of an old woman [...]

The painting belongs to the Late Kangxi period."Portrait of Kangxi Emperor in Court Dress" is depicted with the help of color on silk on a hanging scroll.

The location is an ideal place for those interested in learning about the traditional culture and history of ancient people, giving a wide view of what happened in the past and the effect and the [...]

Other ritual vessels in the country were decorated using the brush and ink; resulting in the flourishing of the brush painting in the country.

It is known that Jackson Pollock inspired great criticism due to his lifestyle since he was treated for alcoholism and some people considered his art to be the creation of an alcoholized brain and they [...]

Marquand noted that Hellenistic sculptures admired the beauty of the female body; it is noticeable in the sculptures of Venus de Milo and Winged Victory of Samothrace, the most popular works belonging to this period.

We are going to analyze two masterpieces of art in our term paper: sculpture "Struggle of the Two Natures in Man" by George Grey Barnard and painting "The Death of Socrates" by Jacques-Louis David.

The mass of the marble sculpture appears to be shifted to the left, where Christ's body is located; but the seemingly broken symmetry of the sculpture is restored by the semantic accent placed to the [...]

The paintings of authors representing the movement of realism are extremely vivid and are likely to create an impression of presence in the painting while observing it.

The setting of the painting is a prison that has arches on the window and an arch in the hallway. On the right-hand side of the painting, the orange tunic echoes the red and yellow [...]

The period of restoration in England not only marked the beginning of the shift in the life of the kingdom in a social and political context, but it also established the beginning of a cultural [...]

The poster mimics the design of the Sun Maid Raisins box. Salvador Torres The origin of the picture is the poster by "Sun Maid Raisins" corporation.

The purpose of this report is to identify basic trends in the development of war photography and determine the conceptual, stylistic, and technical changes observed in the course of its formation.

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.

This gallery gives a clear image, presented in paintings and pictures, of the economic life of the people in the past.

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 [...]

The dialogue was initially between two young girls, Laveer and Janeen and later on at the funeral of the latter by the campus friends.

There was also a distinction in age of the painters whereby, impressionism painters were generally older as compared to post impressionism painters.

The key aspects of Sophocles' play capture the learners' interest in the purpose of comedy and twist of fate. The theme of tragedy is illustrated in the play, Oedipus the King.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Her face and the pink dress she is wearing are the points of focus in the painting, which is the reason for the title of the painting called The Young Woman with a Pink Dress.

In his invention of readymade art, Duchamp based his artwork on the belief that creative art was not made from the perspective of the artist but from the point of view of the spectator who [...]

This paper will highlight the purpose of revolutionary art in the society and at the same time discuss how revolutionary art has affected art and artists in America.

The purpose of this paper is to analyze some of Cezanne's paintings with an aim of describing his sense of color in painting.

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.

The inclusion of the Biblical book of Genesis on the left and that of the life of Jesus Christ on the other right side of some of the images helps to communicate rich messages on [...]

Xu Beihong was a major player in the revolutionalization of Chinese art. The dissenting voice was however that of Xu Beihong who was convinced that the answer to Chinese art was in the 19th century [...]

Form is the existence of elements, principals, and the physical elements of art and design, that an artist uses in his/her production.

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.

The prominence of the Black Madonna is majorly due to the miraculous character it poses to the pilgrims. Since the black Madonna is a representation of the Virgin Mary, there are people of Catholic denomination [...]

Its impact of social and cultural development of the Islamic World and other cultures can be considered to be positive because it has introduced uniqueness, originality, and unity of Islamic culture, architecture, media and politics.

At the center of the painting is a church spire, which reaches up into the night sky and is bathed in a bright white light.

The statue is meant to commemorate the Soviet victory in the Second World War, represent the soviet might, and serve as a message to all enemies of the USSR.

In many respects, Michelangelo's David may serve as a metaphor for humanism in the Renaissance. Michelangelo's magnificent work may represent the force and beauty of humanism, but it is a distinctively Christian humanism within the [...]

The Balinese performance was more impressive than the Utah Valley University play because Shakespeare would have chosen the far more delicate quality of this performance to emphasize his ideas on the colonialism theme in "The [...]

It seems that Kruger wants to underscore the two sides of women's nature: her beautiful purposeful face and the negative effect manifested in a desire to objectify women.

It is one of the masterpieces of the Renaissance embodying the typical lines and techniques of that period. The main figures are in the center and at the bottom of the composition, which helps to [...]

In the prehistoric and ancient works of art, the representation of women and men reveals a massive imbalance in gender equity that favors men over women.

Surrealists initiated a philosophical and artistic movement that examined the workings of the mind throughout the 20th century. Surrealism aimed to gain access to the subconscious mind and convert the stream of thought into art.

He entered the New School of Design in New York, where one of the teachers was the founder of 'abstract surrealism' Arshile Gorky.

Portrait of the emperor was a tool of propaganda and presentation of a ruler in a way that he wanted to be perceived by the public. His head is quite big and resembles the images [...]

A combination of hues of a certain color is defined as a chromatic value. Different chromatic values of blue and yellow are used in To Donna by Flavin.

The print is particularly referred to as Red Fuji which presents an uncompromising visionary element of the mountain in the absence of humans.

From the art, Leonardo described the wakes' tricky nature and the vertical up-welling of water in the paths. The case of Galileo is similar to that of Leonardo in terms of influence as art-informed science.

In conclusion, drag has been a part of the social culture for centuries. As drag queens started to get more successful and recognized by mainstream media, it became crucial to examine the roots of drag [...]

Bassano took the opportunity to portray the true image of the whole journey of the family in a piece of art.

It was a part of the sculpture that depicted King David, the ruler of the united Israeli and Judah. The recent analysis traced the head to the west facade of the cathedral that portrays Saint [...]

Also, he is predominantly linked with the popular Dominican music genre known as bachata, though partly true, he exploits the elementals of bachata tempo with elements of bolero in his works. The impact of his [...]

The mouth of the lady is depicted by a line that is somehow excessively curved. Further, the scale employed in the paintwork exacerbates the artist's sense of loneliness.

The feminist art movement emerged in the 1960s and from that time the women had taken much interest in what causes them to be different from the male gender and particularly, what causes the art [...]

The death of Niepce was announced in 1833, but the experiment was still been performed by Daguerre and he succeeded in the development of the daguerreotype finally in 1837.

It is also to misunderstand Leonardo, for the Mona Lisa's smile is the supreme example of that complex inner life, caught and fixed in durable material, which Leonardo in all his notes on the subject [...]

This paper will try to present the aesthetic as well as commercial interpretation of artist Yue Min Jun as an artist, in the eyes of a westerner but with the consideration of personal history and [...]

When looking at the picture, the variation of colors is such that one can easily identify the background. The ambiguity of the painting is very amusing.

The shade and the voluminousness of the vase and the sunflowers give an impression that one sees it with one's eyes.

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.

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.

Again Cohen gives importance to the play and the expression of the actors and he has suggested that whether a play is enacted in a huge auditorium or the streets, it is essentially a theatre [...]

Pablo Ruiz Picasso When the discussion comes up about the subject of the monochromatic color schemes, I usually think of Picasso and his famous "Blue Period", especially about "The Old Guitarist" painting."The Old Guitarist" painting [...]

The current paper is concerned with the analysis of two works of this type, namely, William Hogarth's pair of paintings entitled Before and After and Egon Schiele's painting Embrace 1917.

The portrayal of a mirror in work is what has interested me the most. Manet paints a lifelike view of a bar and adds the mirror to present the unexpected ambiguity.

Masaccio's frescos were drawn on stone and had an emphasis on realism in accordance with the traditions of Renaissance, which sought the rebirth of art as it were in antiquity, particularly during the times of [...]

Statues of antiquity and great canvas of the New Age and many other works appeared due to the set of reasons which made this very kind of art the main characteristic of the epoch.

Nevertheless, the most important impact of the Silk Road system experienced in China is the art culture. Arguably, the Chinese art and architecture borrow a lot from the other cultures involved in the Silk Road [...]

He was the head of his family, and as such he protected his niece, and he catered for all her needs.

The Pre-Raphaelites artists opted to go back to the aspects of art that involved copious details, complex compositions of Italian and Flemish art, in addition to the use of intense colors.

One of the most striking dissimilarities between the two crucifixes is the fact that the Gero crucifix seems more "human" while the one from the Lindau Gospels seems to depict Jesus as more of a [...]

The essay concludes with a showcasing of a number of nineteenth century photographs that illustrate the wide range of uses, particularly in the realm of portraiture, that photographers of the nineteenth century employed the photographic [...]

Styles such as still life painting advanced from the use of pencils in the past to the use of colors in the present.

The first part highlights more about the impressionism period's paintings, basic facts about the works, the personal philosophies of the artists, and art work in time context. The last painting has the main figures in [...]

This painting indicates that the painter appreciated it and sought to present the aspect of nature as it appeared in the environment.

Written by Elliot Smedley, "Escaping to Reality: Fashion Photography in the 1990s" explores how contemporary fashion photography is adopting realistic styles by using realistic activities contrary to ideal styles that had dominated art and photography [...]

In its turn, this explains the lessened plausibility of film's action, as compared to what it is being the case with original tragedy.

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 [...]

Paintings done in the past about the state of people and past society presently help to give direction to in the world of art.

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 [...]

The script represented an original 'legally blonde' script and therefore the author of the script did a commendable job because he included all the roles in the play and interpreted every scene in the play [...]

The action centers on Pan, a deity that causes the action of even the spectators who are not interested or even looking at him.[1] The characters in the foreground, as well as the 'river god' [...]

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.

The beginning of twentieth century was marked by revolutionary changes in social life: the discoveries made by the science and the achievements of the technical process transformed the course of life once and for all.

In The Entombment of Christ, the lines of the figures' bodies and the edge of the tomb create a diagonal that leads the viewer's eye toward the central figure of Christ.

By protecting the damage to the piece, the museum has a chance to show how the work of art survived and what events occurred in the place where it was discovered.

In artistic work "The sacrifice of Isaac" captivates the perspective of Isaac, who is the immediate victim of the sacrifice. The perspective of Isaac highlights the significance of light and shadow in the artistic work [...]

The Kouros and the Kritios Boy represent the artistic evolution from a physical awareness of the environment, as reflected in the archaic style, to an optical one, as highlighted in the classical period.

In the second experiment, the researchers found out that narratives increased how much the listeners liked the artist, and the desire to see them succeed.

During the creation of an artwork, the artist applies several principles of design to create an amazing and attractive piece of art for the people.

It is stated that Tamara's self-portrait appeared in the next edition of a prestigious German fashion magazine after the editor was moved by the sight of her exiting her automobile in front of a five-star [...]

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 [...]

Both the painting and the poem encapsulate the feeling of veneration in the face of life and death. As in the case of Asher B.

The bravery with which the two women Lucretia and Gentileschi choose to deal with the aftermath of their sexual violations underpins the consensus that Lucretia depicts women's capacity to control their own destiny.

All the elements of Degas' style, an asymmetric composition, unexpected angles, and active interaction of figures and space, can be observed in The Rehearsal.

The object in the picture is three-dimensional, practically does not interact with the light, is only under a direct source in the form of the sun.

Moreover, deciding on the costumes and them changing over different scenes is one of the ways to emphasize the characters' roles and their changing while the story develops.

Through the use of one of the most archetypical images of a woman in Western culture that of the Virgin Mary the painting discusses the questions of universal femininity.

The initial stage of the creative process is the identification of the problem or the definition of the goal of creation.

The statue also depicts the story of the Judgment of Paris. The findspot of the figure of the goddess is still unknown, and it cannot be said where exactly it was found.

This painting, written within the framework of romanticism, is one of the significant of Friedrich's works and a symbol of romanticism, embodying the spirit of the era and the peculiarities of the author's style.

It was written in El Salvador in 1978 in the middle of a civil war between the US-backed military and government on the one side and the Foarabundo Mart National Liberation Front on the other [...]

David the protagonist of a statue, was prototyped after the hero of the biblical story in the Book of Samuel David and Goliath.