Art Essay Examples and Topics

On the right is The Seated Buddha, a sandstone carving from the Northern Wei Dynasty obtained from a cave along the Silk Road in China.

Each of the boats is under the control of a standing person, but their identities are indistinct because of the mist, the morning dusk, and the distance between the viewer and the subjects.

As Bravmann explains, the culture of the Lega society blends the elements of the colonial Bwamis and the elements of other African cultures: "it is through initiation into Bwami, and through the gradual movement through [...]

It should be noted, though, that the advent of new stylistic tools presupposed the emergence of an opportunity to view traditional plots and scenarios through a different lens, which preserved the originality of the storyline [...]

The changes have led to the emergence of new business models in the industry. The location of the major filmmaking companies in New York City remains a historical fact, which led to the development of [...]

The response captures the failed criminal justice of America and the power and honor of the Godfather."I went to the police, like a good American," the man says.

The given way to look at expressionist art both broadens the definition and narrows it down in that it stretches the concept to the idea of art being used as a tool for creating the [...]

In this essay, I will discuss the two characters of Hashida and Ginder and the confusion their situations create in the minds of the traditionalist characters of the movie.

The scenes of the prison and the emotions of the students in this picture refer to the memories of the abandoned attempts of reform in France, especially the 1787 dissolution of the Assembly of Notables.

The intended audience of the TV series is teenagers and young adults, especially females. Special effects of the TV series contribute to creation of the mystic world of the fictional haunted town.

The altarpiece was a religious painting work that symbolized the Virgin and child with four physicians of the temple and the entire family of Ludovico il Moro which comprised of Ludovico, his wife and daughter.

The title explicitly states what the movie is about, and the viewer is expecting to see a film related to shopping as well as a main character addicted to such a habit.

A lot of the movie shows the road trip and how the father and his son communicate. The element that reinforces the scenes and the theme of the movie is the way the camera is [...]

Nacify claims that the perspective followed by accented filmmakers is similar to that of Third Cinema theorists, except for the modifications made by the former to address specific aesthetic and thematic concerns pertaining to transnational [...]

One of the biggest factors that contributed to the growth of narrative films was the need to use the element of sound.

In both the Bible and the movie there is a theme of betrayal. At the end of each story, both in the Bible and the movie, Jesus is crucified.

The major themes of the story is that people can sometimes get more of what they bargained for in helping someone, that the reality of the world is very perceptive and individual, and that fiction [...]

The scene where Bryan arrives at the card game of the kidnappers and demands money is filled with sounds that prepare the viewer for something to happen.

Various scholars and majority of American parents have come to a conclusion that some of today's music is darker and dirty compared to the classics and blues of yesteryears.

Street art is a traditional means of communication it is utilised by a cross-section of collectives and the state to inform and persuade.

Cathy is a wife and a mother of two children; a girl and a boy while her husband Frank is a breadwinner, a father to the two children.

In other words, the doctors had to analyze the thoughts of the actress concerning her life; they had to examine her attitude towards the world and people around.

Moreover, the difficulties faced by the Weavers can mostly be explained by the pressure of the government that urged recording companies and radio stations to shun them.

It is possible to say that by examining these qualities, one can better appreciate the achievements of Robert Wilson. This is one of the challenges Robert Wilson is ready to face.

Some of them, as listed and explained below, include; The business touch to every aspect as distinguished from a personal perspective, the difference in the worlds of men and women then, and the difference that [...]

The wave of killings in Los Angeles is thus a result of disruptions in the mob world. Police corruption is also eminent in the version of California that was portrayed in the movie.

In fact, very often, the characteristics of a particular mise-en-scene are being defined by the nature of a director's approach to editing.

First attempt to introduce the idea of moving pictures traces back to middle of the seventeenth century, when Athanasius Kircher "who projected crude hand-painted images of the Devil...on the wall of a darkened chamber by [...]

However, this was disputed as there was the suggestion that the depiction of an object through another medium could not be held as evidence of the original existence of the object, and this led to [...]

This is evidenced in naming of the movie's characters and profiling of the episodes which serve as an encouragement to the viewers to appreciate the philosophical themes in it.

Blockbuster films refer to the big budget films that hinge their success on the identity of the stars in the films as well as the advertisements surrounding the release of the films for extended periods [...]

Historians believe that the Grass Dance emerged during the early years of The Reservation Period among the warrior societies. This explains that the movement of the dance was meaningful to the natives.

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.

The online video evokes many thoughts because of the challenges people are going through with the disease. The other challenge with the disease relates to the inability of people to recognize its long-term dangers.

Considering family as one of the aspects of American culture, the music video Mockingbird by Eminem perfectly reflects the situation in the US society.

Music is one of the performed arts which use the medium of sound both from the instruments or accompaniments and the musicians.

Considering the points at which Omi's work crosses the plot of the movie and marking the differences between the two, one can track the slightest implementations of racism in the modern American society, which is [...]

The ability of the dance to captivate and touch the viewer's heart is striking and overwhelming in this particular performance."Carmen" impressed with the contrasts and breathtaking professionalism, and "In the Upper Room" made the viewers [...]

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 [...]

It is possible to focus on such artworks as the Wanderer above the Sea of Fog by Caspar Friedrich, The Taking of Christ by Caravaggio, and Raphael's The School of Athens.

The current rock music has experienced metamorphosis and has the characteristics of disco in term of explicit content and glorification of satanic regalia.

With the support of God, the songs encourage the audience to believe in the power of God to overcome the unfortunate events.

An intriguing and tense movie, the World War Z is definitely worth checking out at least for the sake of the special effects that, much to the audience's surprise, were pretty well integrated, even though [...]

The film is very significant in the history of film because it represents the golden age of the silent film era.

One of the key defining characteristics of the films created during the silent era is that it was not possible to synchronize the sound that accompanied the motion pictures.

Such critics believe silent films were the "purest" forms of cinema, but the introduction of synchronized sound led to the erosion of depth in motion picture films.

With respect to the Epic of Gilgamesh, the object represents the theme of masculinity. In Persepolis, the impact of the past on the present is a major theme.

The movie's storyline is based on the book "Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game that Made a Nation" by John Carlin.

The highlight of the movie happens when Lieutenant Ballard is sent on a mission to Shinning Canyon, a mining location in a remote area of the red planet.

Frankenstein's monster represents the mangled and depressed soldiers returning from the war only to find an economy in crisis, given that the Great Depression was in the offing after the war.

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 [...]

The creation of Parsifal, the last and most considerable dramatic work of Wagner, lasted from 1857 to 1882, embracing the last third of the composer's life, and thus absorbing his most mature and thoughtful ideas.

The foremost aspect of how the urban landscape is being represented in Blade Runner is that the director made a deliberate point in accentuating the perceptual unfriendliness of the environment, in the foreground of which [...]

This identifies well with the parole board as the crime was committed in is youth and that he has accepted his mistakes and is changed for the better when he talks of not being able [...]

First of all, the director relies on camera work and editing at the beginning of the film in order to show that the main characters enjoy prosperity. This is one of the main points that [...]

Speaking of the aforementioned compositional qualities of the movie, one should mention that the mise-en-scene, in which the Tramp, the lead character of the movie, strolls down the street, is, perhaps, among the most powerful [...]

This paper explores life in South Central Los Angeles and Seattle in the late eighties and in the early nineties based on musical productions in the sub-genres of Gangsta Rap, and Grunge.

In addition, a leader keeps his word, and Danny does that after promising Bruiser that he would be back to the holding.

But in doings so he earned the wrath of the very people with whom he worked and was assassinated while he was crusading for the cause of equality.

The scene of the meeting responds to developing the idea of the people's interactions and gender opposition in relation to the changing urban life, and it is characterized by rather long shots and by the [...]

The chronological history in the development of Islamic art has been featured both in the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum through various displays of scientific instruments, metalwork, calligraphic decoration, and glass mosque [...]

Fred Niblo's The Mark of Zorro can be well discussed, as one of the most outstanding examples of the classical editing technique's successful deployment, because the manner in which the director went about connecting film's [...]

The third gallery was a series of photographs by the artist. I attended the show in order to understand the intended message to the viewer.

The films have been used to enhance the social relationship between the Arabs and the Jews who are the occupants of the affected region.

Like the entire movie, the sequence is shot by means of a digital camera that has slightly changed colors to reach the tone needed for the main purposes of the movie.

Hence, the skill of memorizing was the major hindrance towards the development of calligraphy and any other form of art related to scripting.

The director used computer-generated steam in the bathroom fantasy scene because the entrance of the camera in the bathroom let the steam escape.

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.

In this regard, Schiff turned the piano into a tool of accomplishing a great piece of a concert. This created a sense of unity in the concert performance.

The proliferation of global events that compose true-life stories triggered the move towards the improvement of the movie and film industries, immediately after the global events of the last world war that saw the American [...]

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 [...]

In addition, David notes that the unborn gay child is just like a brother to him and if Suzanne aborts, she will have aborted her brother.

The emergence of Nosferatu on the deck of the ship and the one in which one of the characters is shown against a range of crosses in a cemetery are the scenes chosen for the [...]

A number of researchers attribute Plein-Air painting to a number of inventions made in the 19th century. The French impressionists were a group of artists from the 19th century who studied the impact of light [...]

Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to answer the question 'How does music contribute to personal and social identities?' In answering this question, the paper will develop a comprehensive analysis of a number of [...]

Ars Antiqua is a Latin word describing ancient art from 1100 to 1300 in some parts of France even though the exact infiltration of the usage of the word in other places has not been [...]

They are considered to be one more proof of the marketing perspective of the movie that demonstrates purchasing and consumption patterns of the audience.

Yet, the family curse deprives the heroine of the possibility to interact with the outer world because of pig-disorder on her face.

Thus, the purpose of this mid-term paper is to apply the concepts learning within the course to the message of the movie Penelope basing on the analysis and discussion of the scene from the movie.

This is one of the strategies that film-makers can adopt in order to change public opinion about the notions of race and ethnicity.

The image of Native Americans as barbarians is mentioned in several dialogues and songs of the film, Indians are called "savages, the people who are uncivilized". The Native American society of that time is shown [...]

In order to discuss the style of Ingres, one should look at the difference between his earlier and later works because this comparison can throw light on the evolution of his style.

The article titled "Censorship versus Freedom of Expression in the Arts" by Chiang and Posner expresses concerns that the government may illegitimately censor art to avoid corruption of morals and avoid subversion of politics.

Marriage is usually a culmination of a romantic relationship between a man and a woman who have been in a committed relationship and decided that they want to spend the rest of their lives together.

Though the Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, a fresco created by Picasso, was created in an entirely different epoch than Masaccio's Tribute Money was, the two artworks still share a range of stylistic, compositional and conceptual similarities, [...]

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the idea of formation and breakdown of relationships in film work. The analysis of the films will take the western perception of love and relationships within the [...]

In many cases, the authors attempt to highlight the flaws of the community. To some degree, this complexity of the narrative is important for creating the sense of disorientation.

At first, it should be mentioned that Bach represents the baroque period in the history of music which lasted from the seventeenth to the eighteenth century.

According to Berger, images depend on the way of seeing of the person who has taken them. Berger insists that 'publicity images' and 'advertising images' have the same meanings.

Most of the characters in the film have developed strained relationships with their parents. The film informs the audience about the nature of the challenges faced by the youth.

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 film explains how the leader has failed to identify and support the behaviors of every employee. The department should solve every problem and support the employees.

The discursive legitimacy of this suggestion can be well illustrated, in regards to the scene, in which the character of Jeff's maid Stella expounds on the sheer appropriateness of a 'loveless' marriage, as such that [...]

Driss, who acts as Abdel Sellou in the film, enrolled for the position without having any ambitions since all he wanted was the signature confirming he had interviewed for a job and failed so that [...]

The center of the model is the most important notion which influences a great number of other issues and leads to the appearance of new layers which could be compared with the ripples on the [...]

The sheer representation of the two characters compared to the others reflects a measure of racial bigotry. The film propagates the assumptions that the whites are peaceful while the blacks have a high propensity to [...]

Non-diegetic music is "background music" that communicates the psychological aspects of the story, coloring the actions that take place on the screen, showing the pace of on-screen events, and creating the atmosphere.

Historically, the very beginning of the modern period in art and design is assigned to the end of the 1800s and the beginning of the 1900s.

The new kind of music he created had more rhythm and this made his style to be compared to the Broadway style of Jazz that was famous at that time.

In a bid to understand a learning organization, it is necessary to explore some of the ideas of prominent scholars such as Peter Senge. Therefore, the defining feature of the learning organization is the ability [...]