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The painting was mainly designed as a visual means of propaganda of the belief that the American settlers had a manifest destiny.

The purpose of this paper is to develop a critical evaluation of Sontag's claim of melancholy and Photography, with reference to a photograph taken for a tombstone in a cemetery. In fact, the grave looks [...]

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.

The relationships lead to termination of the development and prosperity of female painters as they take the roles of a wife and mother. The society perceives women artists and their conditions in the art industry [...]

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

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.

Child with a dove "Child with a dove", painted in 1901, is the painting which opens the Picasso's series of the paintings of the Blue Period.

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 [...]

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 use of complementary colors, which became the signature of Van Gogh's style, helped to intensify the mutual effect of the color scheme in the paintings.

The temple was built in honour of goddess Athena in 5 BCE and was located in the region of Acropolis of Athena.

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 [...]

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.

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.

It seems to have been framed on the warriors' figure in part of a greater scene, and this stresses the significance of the figure. The legs and feet of the warrior look bigger compared to [...]

The text, which was written with a great deal of absurdist humor, has references to several precursors of Surrealism that represented the Surrealist spirit before the declaration of the manifesto and the works of other [...]

This paper will focus on analyzing the different styles of painting in the paintings Mona Lisa and The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci and The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo Buonarroti.

Raise the roller and move it along the slope of the pan severally to a point just below the well to allow the paint to flow into the roller.

When it emerged as a component of visual arts approaches in the 1960s and 1970s, performance art symbolized the ambiguity and "dispersal of the modernist subject" and the division, decentering, displacement, or segmentation of the [...]

The Alexander Mosaic, or in other words, the Battle of Issus Mosaic, is the most famous mosaic of antiquity, made of a million and a half pieces.

The story also emphasized the dichotomy at the beginning of the artwork, illuminating the complex interaction between van Gogh's astute observations and his rich, transcendental imagination."The Starry Night" portrays a captivating depiction of a moonlit, [...]

One of the first historical pieces of evidence that can be attributed to the manifestation of creativity on the part of human ancestors is a pebble from Makapansgat.

In this way, few people pay attention to ugly works of art, as art is ugly or good in the eyes of the beholder.

With the help of various elements of art, the artist creates a picture of a biblical plot, which is of value for the study since it touches on such a new topic for that time [...]

Since the main element in land art is the artist's intervention in the natural environment, the projects reflect the diversity and uniqueness of nature, climate variability, environmental issues, and the essence of the impermanence of [...]

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.

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 [...]

On the other hand, Berger sees value in the actual picture because it is silent and contains traces of the painter's deeds, creating a connectedness between the artist and the viewer.

In Sherman's interpretation, Bacchus has most of the external features of the original, but the details alter the painting's context. The gaze of Bacchus in Sherman's painting is less ambiguous than in the original.

The auditorium is in a prime position in the heart of the West End, making it easy for theatre-goers to access.

I greatly enjoy the idea that Andy Warhol was able to create new idols and objects of worship out of common everyday things; notably, out of Campbell's soup cans.

In the modern conditions of the development and manifestation of the possibilities of humanity, new creative cultural products and directions appear, the boundaries between art and technology are erased, and they are connected.

Thus, the zigzag lines at the base of the pectoral represent primordial waters, which refers to the importance of the royal figure and the concept of eternity.

However, it is important to point out that The Thinker is also a depiction of impressionism due to the aspect of how the light reflects on the sculpture and the deviation from the traditional standards [...]

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 outstanding symbolic component of the Girl with the Pearl Earring painting is the earring. Unlike the first work's symbol, the belt expresses the negative background of the story.

Hence, the analysis of this piece is feasible from the perspective of demonstrating the importance of the sociological underpinning of cultural products and the way visual techniques are used for transmitting the message.

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 [...]

The work depicts one of the most significant boxing matches in the history of the sport in the 20th century and is probably the most famous painting of the author.

Virtosu's contribution to painting art has received significant recognition, given his unique approach to the application of abstract art as a form of expression. Secondly, the "Connections of civilization" painting reveals Virtosu's consistency in the [...]

The sculptors of the lamassu located in the East Suite, No. In terms of the axis, the figures exhibit striking verticality, as the viewer approaches the gate.

The most famous creation of Oskar Schlemmer, "Das Triadische Ballett" or "The Triadic Ballet," is also a significant representation of how the artist sees the relationship between the human body in space and the surrounding [...]

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

These types of printmaking have differences relative to the nature of the surface, which creates or forms the print that is to be transferred onto a fabric or paper.

In his work, The Principles of Art, he seeks to uncover the truth about what we mistakenly think of as art and craft.

Renaissance was the period that followed the Middle Ages in Europe and the rest of the world. In this effort, the renaissance architects sort to demonstrate the human intellect by portraying beauty in structures and, [...]

He moved to Australia in 1942 but left for the USA for the World War Two period; while living in the USA he worked in the sphere of advertising and cooperated with the US Navy [...]

The similarity of the artwork to the ancient Egyptian statue reminds me of the metaphor of digging used by Benjamin Walter to describe the process of exploring the past through memory.

When it comes to discussing what the life of a woman consisted of in the prehistoric era, the most commonly consulted artworks are the Venus figurines of the upper Paleolithic period.

Particularly, with the focus on the lack of excessively and the promotion of utility as the foundational quality of art objects, urban design of the time promoted laconism in the choice of form and restraint [...]

To the left of the Virgin Mary, we see John the Evangelist supporting Christ's upper body and consoling the mother. The man in the painting is read as expressive and uninhibited in experiencing "joie de [...]

Bruegel's paintings portrayed the life of peasants during that time.'The Children's Games' and 'Winter Landscape with Skaters and a Bird Trap' are some of the most famous paintings of the artist.

Some of the European artists interested in the Art Deco emigrated due to the political reasons to the United States in the 1920-1930s, contributing to the development of the new tendency in the American architecture, [...]

For the spectators, the show is, first and foremost, a source of entertainment, so their interest in the process is consumerist rather than professional. Both performers and spectators have their codes of conduct designed to [...]

Protestantism emerged in Europe at the beginning of the 16th century as the opposition to the Roman Catholic Church and based on the belief in personal faith and the connection to God.

In the following paper, I have my goal to observe the creative work of Alexey Brodovitch, and his role in the development of the world's art and design.

The play A Doll's House is the best play the audience is presented to. Besides, the actors must come up to the audience from behind the scenes because the viewer does not need to [...]

I consider that the concept of every work of art has two aces: the first one is correspondence to reality, and the second one is a reflection of the author's subjective perception of the world.

His beginning point was in the text as a system of signs, Allmer."A theory of semiotics" advanced by Eco disagrees with the theory that says; what symbols imply is dictated by the objects they refer [...]

This is because it incorporates the individuality of the artist to the uniqueness of the art work but does not consider the creativity of the artist.

The picture shown for the viewers is the end of one good story. She resembles two types of actions one is of motherhood and the other is of god-like actions in which she is ready [...]

To understand the essence of pop Art better, the connection between the This is not a Pipe by Foucault and Plato and the Simulacrum by Deleuze and the works of pop art can be of [...]

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 [...]

In Whitney Davis' article "The Beginning of the History of Art," the author points out a glaring hole in the academic study of ancient art that no one seems to see.

Since the arts play a big role in the society the government has a moral responsibility to fund the arts as they are primarily unsustainable when exposed to open market forces, art is a necessity [...]

Each of the paintings surprises with its uniqueness and expressiveness, but the sense of the paintings is even more striking."The Course of the Empire" changes the ideas of American people about other nations and their [...]

The two styles of art that can be outlined according to their time and stylistic content are; Neo-classical art and Romantic art.

The concept of writing in expanded sense also extends into visual arts where writing is considered as a verb referring to an activity in the world of arts or writing within arts.

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 [...]

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 [...]

The pottery of the Badarian period was made without the use of a potter's wheel, and it was usually the woman who turned out the pottery.

There's a picture of female - which is actually Eva; there's male which is Adam; there are the members of the church the leaders and the followers; there's the activities conducted inside and outside the [...]

Murals, as one of the major forms of revolutionary art, were popularized by the government of the country that promoted exterior frescoes in Mexico City and other cities of the country.

More attention should be paid to the analysis of Weston's photographs and the comparison of their style to my photographs. The object in my black-and-white photograph looks like a kind of tubes, which texture is [...]

The mission of Anubis was to guide the souls of the recently dead people through the underworld. This art object is masterfully carved and color-coded, especially the clothing of Anubis that has a rhombus pattern.

The use of color draws attention to Esther herself, as the brightest part of the image on the left side. It is a somber, melancholy piece musing on the themes of death and friendship.

Among a variety of definitions of art, it is possible to say that it is one of the forms of education, and artists become the best educators who use their skills and experience.

In the Egyptian kingdom, there was a cult of tattoos when images of brides and other symbols were applied to the body of the deceased.

The second image is a piece of Renaissance art entitled The Last Supper and created by Leonardo da Vinci in the 1490s. The postmodern piece questions the norms and conventions of the patriarchal society depicted [...]

This style does not require the artist to recreate reality as a work of art, but to construct a perfect representation of an object or a person.

The church chose the style so that it could communicate religious themes in emotional involvement during the time of the Council of Trent. The style dynamically reflected the growth of absolutist monarchies, and in power [...]

Keith Haring is one of the most inventive and talented artists at the end of the twentieth century as he combined a variety of forms in his works.

The museum is a storehouse of the relics of racism to the xenophobia that has led man to commit heinous crimes in the name of faith and belief.

Before his arrival to the USA in 1915, Marcel Duchamp was willing to make some alterations to the manner and method of his painting.

If the public place is reconstructed, there is a chance that the sculpture and the context will change, thus changing the initial aim of the work of art.

The most notable artistic technique used in the painting is the use of color, which is used a symbol of solitude.

Still, Koons's sculpture can be discussed as a good and influential piece of public art because it not only catches the public attention, but it is also discussed as attractive due to the fact the [...]

For 100 days of the exhibition, the exhibition enables the people visiting to have first hand experience of how human beings and the world evolved and shaped each other over the years.

To understand the variety and importance of Pablo Picasso's contribution to the world art, it is necessary to focus on analyzing such artist's famous works as Boy with a Pipe, Guernica, and The Weeping Woman.

The overall movement of the lines is in the direction of the mirror, clearly alluding to a forgotten passage of time which strikes at the vanity of attractive women.

The literal meaning of Arethusa is "the waterer" and the tale on which this sculpture of Alpheus and Arethusa is based, has its origin in a river.

Apart from the internal layout in a museum, there are some which tend to favor conservation over education and the reverse.

According to the protectors of privacy, it is inappropriate to take photographs and circulate them without the consent of the individuals.

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.

In addition, the artworks may provide insights into the life of the royal society of the ancient Chinese dynasties. Therefore, the study of the ancient Chinese paintings would help in determining the aesthetic values and [...]

From this view, some scholars argue that Africa has some of the oldest and greatest forms of rock and wall arts in the world.

Though every object of art can be analysed in a different way, there is a number of traits that can be traced in most of them with regard to the gender of the author, the [...]

Improvisation, on the other hand, was the paintings he made from motivation he got from the things that happened in the spiritual level.

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

Pottery could have even developed from the process of wrapping foods in a skin of clay and placing them in the embers of a fire or on heated rocks to cook.

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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.

This paper provides a research on the artistic works of this period with the aim of constructing a reasoning concerning the artists of this period, the reasons for engaging in these activities.

Different colors represent different emotions and feelings in a work of art such as a painting; perhaps one of the most important facts in the use of color is the ability to actively involve the [...]

The painting therefore develops a protection theme in which the mother is perceived to be protecting the children from the dangers of the city.

Therefore, for individuals to be able to create some pieces of art, they have to have such ideas in their mind in form of mental images; hence, visible works of art are just a depiction [...]

One of the notable works by Russell was the Wild Horse Hunters he painted in 1913. The background of the painting is a tree that Russell sketched back in Judith Basin.

The interpretation of some signs which are not seen at the first glance, such as the backward bend of the left elbow of the man and his eyes which can be only partially seen over [...]

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 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 play does not suggest a positive character to the audience since Winnie, who speaks of optimism, is stuck at the bottom of the hierarchy of needs.

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 [...]

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

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 [...]

It further focuses on the meanings of his works to him and the influences the artist has to the world. During the artwork, the artist shifts the focus of his work to the interrelationship between [...]

The second source is the article in the magazine Ceramics Today in which we can find the information on the achievements of the artist, analysis of his works and statements by the artist in which [...]

The most "sound" in the context of "femininity" and "masculinity" are the pictures The Oath of the Horatii, The Death of Socrates and The Lictors Returning to Brutus the Bodies of His Songs and The [...]

The relationship between OP and other types of art, in particular minimalism and abstract art, is discussed in the article. A discussion of Barbara Rose's career and opinions on contemporary art is presented in the [...]

The objectivist view of art, as advocated by Martin Gardner, suggests that there are objective criteria that can be used to evaluate works of art. To a greater extent, I disagree with Gardner's perspective on [...]