Art Essay Examples and Topics. Page 33

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Modernity of Gustave Courbet and Eduardo Manet

Because of this, most of Gustave's paintings done in the 1860s, are known for ushering in the era of modernism. In the Origin of the World, there was an image of a nude female showing [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 811

Drawing with/without Paper: Moving from 2D to 3D

Part 3 takes a close look at the initial wire drawing for the benefit of developing the same linearly on a bigger scale. The figure below shows the development of a 3-D effect:
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1243

Drama Scene in the “Hancock” Movie

Although the key scene of the movie, in which Ray, one of the side characters, reveals to Hancock the reason for his unpopularity is rather straightforward in its message, the underlying ambiguity of the tone [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1200

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

Film Theory and Social Media Intersection

The second point of intersection that unites the domains of film and social media is the approach to the involvement of the observers.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1718

Surfing in Raymond Pettibon’s Paintings

In this paper, two surf-centered works by Pettibon will be analyzed to clarify how the chosen artist sees life, discovers the processes that make people happy and satisfied, and discusses the issues that matter today."The [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2222

Country Music Legend: George Strait

The professional career of George Strait as the country music performer started in 1981 with his first song that became one the hits of that time, "Unwound".
  • Subjects: Musicians
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 841

Group Conformity in the Movie “Fight Club”

Thus, if an individual is in a certain circumstance, which is somewhat similar to a certain group's circumstance, they are more likely to adjust their own attitudes and behaviours and adopt the group's behaviours/attitudes towards [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1375

Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art’s Exhibitions

In terms of mission, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Montreal is dedicated to revealing to the world the crucial position that the present-day art holds in the community.
  • Subjects: Art Exhibitions
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1217

Oriental and Western Ceramics

The second subject is the copy of the Portland Vase made by Josiah Wedgwood at the end of the 18th century.
  • Subjects: Pottery
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 840

Music Influence on Feeling Movie Scenes

It is the culmination of the movie, as it sets the foundation for further developments and the conflict resolution between the antagonist and protagonist.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1154

Recognition of Art in Saudi Arabia

The press usually highlights the issue as the triumph of liberty and human right to expression every time an exhibition takes place in Saudi Arabia, or a Saudi Arabian artist participates in the international event.
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2037

The Film “Tyson”: Heavyweight Boxer’s Life

Mike Tyson is one of the legends of the sports world who has made glorious and notorious things inside and outside the ring. The first scenes of the movie reveal the hardships of the future [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 833

The Film “Rear Window” by Alfred Hitchcock

The relationship between the visual participant-interactive or represented- in this film is realized by elements defined as vectors or processes which correspond to a group of action in the surprise of fear.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1381

European and Chinese Ceramics

Based on differences and similarities of European and Chinese ceramics such as the temperature of firing, the technique of production, and design, it seems appropriate to compare two artifacts of the vessel and the porcelain [...]
  • Subjects: Pottery
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 877

“Scent of the Green Papaya” by Tran Anh Hung

"Scent of the Green Papaya" film shot by Tran Anh Hung takes place in Vietnam in the 1950s and narrates the story of poor young woman Mui who is a servant in a rich family.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 589

“Decoded” a Book by Rapper Jay-Z

In addition to the fact that Jay-Z focuses on his past, his experience, and his motives, he is also good at identifying the main aspects of rap music and the conditions under which people make [...]
  • Subjects: Musicians
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 558

High Renaissance Art

In the course of the development of the High Renaissance, Rome exceeded Florence due to the ambition of the clergy's ambitions to reinforce the glory of Rome through art.
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1387

“Twenty-Four Eyes” and “The Burmese Harp” Films

The movies "Twenty-Four Eyes" by Keisuke Kinoshita and "The Burmese Harp" by Kon Ichikawa look at the expansion of militarism in Japan in the middle of the 20th century and the adverse effects of war [...]
  • Subjects: Films Comparison
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 639

Igor Stravinsky’s Life and Works

Some of his most famous pieces that he composed during this period include "Octet," "Serenade in A" and the "Concerto for Piano and Winds"..
  • Subjects: Musicians
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1105

Arnold Schoenberg’s Musical Imagination

His music career did not flourish in Germany owing to the political turmoil in the country and the racial discrimination against the Jews at the time.
  • Subjects: Musicians
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1106

Exhibition: Andy Warhol – the Master of Transforming

The primary theme of the exhibition is to show the collection of the pieces of Andy Warhol's art. Warhol was called "the Beatles of the visual arts", and it is symbolic to have one of [...]
  • Subjects: Art Exhibitions
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 306

The Movies “The Searchers” and “McCabe & Mrs. Miller”

The two movies were introduced by different directors in the middle of the 1900s and became the examples of true American revisionist Westerns where the heroes such as Ethan Edwards from The Searchers and John [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2789

Hip Hop Definition

In fact, many authors underline the fact that commercialization of hip-hop has changed its essence considerably and deprived modern people of the possibility to understand the essence of hip-hop and true reasons for its appearance. [...]
  • Subjects: Music Genre
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 585

“Decoded” a Book by Jay-Z

I think that he was rather successful in the majority of his endeavors, and it is possible to find several explanations in the text of how the author used his story, his experience, and his [...]
  • Subjects: Musicians
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 565

The Film “What Dreams May Come”

One of the aspects of the grieving process depicted in the movie is the support of close ones. This aspect is properly highlighted in the movie, and the filmmakers manage to show the positive outcome [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 561

The Song “Ironic” by Alanis Morissette

Despite receiving significant popularity at the time, the song is majorly notable for instantly capturing the attention of the media, and receiving a lot of debate and criticism over the perceived "unironic" content of its [...]
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 571

Old School Hip Hop Versus New Hip Hop Music

However, although today's hip hop music does share some similarities with old school hip hop, it is much more superficial and generic, compared to the timeless music of the old school hip hop.
  • Subjects: Music Genre
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 568

Music Role in Memory and Learning Processes

As such, the study purposed to test the differences in visuospatial abilities between men and women bearing in mind that the former is perceived to demonstrate greater memory capabilities compared to the latter As such, [...]
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1935

The Age of Romanticism: Dances Articles Analysis

On the one hand, it seems that these two writings have nothing in common except the intentions of the authors to make contributions to the field of dance and choose the theme of ballet for [...]
  • Subjects: Dance
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 600

The Masterpieces of Schubert, Bach and Shostakovich

Besides, the masterpieces of Shubert, Bach, and Shostakovich impressed the audience most of all and elicited applause. He was born in the 20th century, and his music is more modern.
  • Subjects: Concerts
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 584

The Film “Space Odyssey” by Stanley Kubrick

This is a story of human evolution, not in the classic understanding of it, but the one that shows a huge step that people have taken in developing technology.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1505

The Art of Sculpting: Michelangelo’s David

The Renaissance was an era in the history of Europe that was exemplified by blossoming culture, starting in Florence towards the end of the 15th century and, from then on, spread to whatever remains of [...]
  • Subjects: Sculpture
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1466

The Filming of the Movie “Oblivion”

The glass structure shown representing Harper's home was built to capture the movement of the clouds and the sun and show the change in the atmospheric conditions through the lenses.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 851

The Story of the Film “The Mission”

The story in the film The mission released in 1986 deals with the Spanish Jesuits who are trying to convert a community of Guarani Indians to Christianity and protect them from slave hunters.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 593

Popular Music and Accompanying Visual Representation

Essentially, popular music is the kind of music that is distributed to wide audiences through the music industry. To address the question, it is needed to explore the connection between music and visual representation.
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 877

“Past and Present, No 1” by Augusts Leopold Egg

The artist: Augusts Leopold Egg Nationality: English Title: Past and Present, No 1 Date: 1858 Genre: Realistic Group figure Medium: Oil paint on canvas Dimensions: Support: 635 x 762 mm Frame: 801 x 925 [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 622

Bollywood’s Cinema: Movies Marketing

While at the beginning of the movie Birju's rebellion is targeted against the unfairness and aims at defending his family's dignity, by the end of the story he turns into a bandit who craves for [...]
  • Subjects: Cinema Art
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 825

George Martin’s Contribution to The Beatles

As a person of considerable musical capabilities and outstanding arranger's talent, George Martin was the key asset in making The Beatles' sound as compelling as the listeners have come to acknowledge it.
  • Subjects: Musicians
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1384

“There Will Be Blood” Drama by P. Anderson

The main character of the movie, Daniel Plainview, is a prospector who in the process of mining an ore vein discovers oil and creates a drilling company.
  • Subjects: Historical Drama
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 555

“It” a Movie by Tommy Lee Wallace

Speaking about this genre, it is important to note that the success of a certain movie is strictly interconnected with the proper choice of the ways to depict characters and show contrasts between them in [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 587

Illustrations After the American Civil War

The underlying argument of this paper is that illustrations were used to shape the opinion of the public towards the support of the American civil war.
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 903

Global Music: Mass Communication

The era of globalization had a dramatic impact not only on the economic development of the countries but also implied cultural exchange while distributing national music around the world.
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 299

Beethoven’s 9th Symphony by Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

My search for words can be explained by the mystery that surrounds the great composer and his last symphony, the ambiguity that the Ninth has aroused in scholarly literature and the public perception, and the [...]
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1659

Construction and Themes of “The Godfather” Movie

There is a purpose in each movement and placement.*In this paper, the analysis of The Godfather's construction and Coppola's intents will be developed by explaining the choice of the setting, dialogues, light, and other details [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 841

Italian and Dutch Renaissance Art Comparison

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 [...]
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 594

The Film “Boyz n the Hood” by John Singleton

With the help of a snapshot of the lives of three main characters, the author raises a number of uncomfortable questions about the reasons behind the cruelty and lawlessness of the streets, thereby prompting the [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 590

“The Battleship Potemkin” Episodes Analysis

The episode is the borderline between the introductory part of the movie and the climax. Before the rebel begins, the tempo of the movie is comparatively low, which is created by the combination of long [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 854

“The Ten Commandments” Film by Cecil Blount DeMille

To increase the contrast and the applicability of the film to the realities of the Cold War, Moses is Christianized. Throughout the first part of the world, Moses is a solid example of a round [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 952

The Film If Not Us, Who? by Andres Veiel

It was also a terroristic group, and after series of bombings and shootings in West Germany, the key RAF activists, including Ensslin, were sentenced to life imprisonment and later found dead in their cells.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 344

Art Criticism and Its Basic Stages

At this step, the art critic mentions everything he/she knows and understands about the piece of art. The final step is judgment, which entails how the critic thinks of the work.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 265

Women in “Girlfriends” Film by Claudia Weill

In the film Girlfriends, Claudia Weill created a realistic portrayal of the emancipated women, Susan, Ann and their acquaintances, by using the emancipation discourse, motifs of loneliness and search for personal identity and moral support [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2508

Anime and Manga Genres: Tezuka Osamu’s Input

In general, the magazines for boys and girls have the same characteristics and basic format; they differ only in types of stories, main characters, and plots.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1688

Women and Homosexuality in “Pariah” by Dee Rees

The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the image of women and homosexuality in modern cinema by analyzing the film titled "Pariah" by Dee Rees and compare it with the standard staples of [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1407

“Zombieland” a Film by Ruben Fleischer

Ebert made his observations known through sarcasm when he wondered about the logic of creating a zombie with instincts of a vicious killer and the skills of terrifying predator inside the body of one of [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1147

Piano Music, Baroque and Nationalism Influences

The keyboard music of the Baroque period has exhibited the features characteristic of the other forms of art of the period: the increasingly complex and ornate patterns and the virtuosic and exquisite nature of the [...]
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1064

“Boeing Boeing” a Comedy by Marc Camoletti

One of the main themes in the works of dramaturgy that explore the relationship between men and women has always been concerned with the exposure of some deep-seated psychological differences between the representatives of two [...]
  • Subjects: Comedy
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1680

Ballet and Jazz Dance: Styles Description

The form and line used in ballet dance underline the stage performance and make sure that the main and secondary performers each have their place. The forms and rhythm in jazz dance reflect the people's [...]
  • Subjects: Dance
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 574

Rasquache as an Art Philosophy

In this essay Rasquache encompasses the following characteristics: In Rasquache there are the elements of a have-not, the use of creativity in transforming otherwise useless materials into valuable products, and the need for sentimental value [...]
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1642

Gutters in “From Hell” Comics by Moore and Campbell

In the case of the work of Moore and Campbell, these elements represent a combination of parallel and perpendicular lines helping to reflect the main principles of panel-to-panel transition more precisely.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 370

Dramatic Character in “Blade Runner” by Ridley Scott

The dramatic premise of the movie is Deckard being called out of retirement with the sole task to pursue and eliminate four replicants who have committed a mutiny on one of the off-world colonies by [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 365

“Forrest Gump” Movie by Robert Zemeckis

The main focus of the movie is the life of Forrest Gump, a simple man with low IQ and good intentions who goes through many significant events of the second half of the twentieth century.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 323

Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Pre-Raphaelites

He expressed a passion for the arts and inspired to be a painter and poet. Afterward, in 1848 he was the pupil of his mentor and lifelong friend Ford Madox Brown.
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 342

Opening Scene in “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Film

The scene under analysis is one of the opening scenes of The Grand Budapest Hotel. The scene reveals the way the protagonist, Gustave, works with guests, and meets one of the main characters.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 583

“Tetsuo: the Iron Man” Film by Shinya Tsukamoto

Moreover, the last dramatic changes in science and blistering growth of technologies provided numerous opportunities for the creation of the new and improvement of the old kinds of art.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1937

The Latin American Art Collection

In fact, these works of art influenced modernization in Latin America as part of messages portrayed in the works of art originated from European countries.
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 577

“The Crow” (1994): Plot Segmentation

The selection of the scene as well as the construction or arrangements of the cameras depicts a set of imbalance between people living in such places and the others.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1527

Modernism and the Feminine Voice

The major issues discussed in the book are the place of women in modernism, Stieglitz's impact on O'Keeffe, and the role of O'Keeffe in Stieglitz's life.
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2383

Dress Exhibitions Analysis

This exhibition features the most exclusive pieces of clothing from the archives of the Museum and inspires the visitors to get a notion of how people used to dress for various occasions in several past [...]
  • Subjects: Art Exhibitions
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 846

Modernist Painting: Critical Anthology

In his publication "Modernist Painting," Clement Greenberg proves that the deficiency of figurativeness inherent in the contemporary modernist painting is the result of the art self-development instead of impacts made by social and historic factors.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 573

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

The Movie “Glory Road”

In the movie, the aspects of socialization are eminent when the coach introduces the African Americans into the team. In the movie, the inclusion of the Blacks in the team proved that they are as [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 891

Aesthetics Art: Theory and Philosophy

The second phase shifts the perspective of the progress of art away from the development of the forms of its representation for example, during the period of modernism, the traditional art pieces can no longer [...]
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1748

Visual Effects and Sounds in Cinematography

Considering the cinematography of The Third Man, the paper is aimed at exploring the lighting and color, the sound, the location, the camera angles, and character's movement to explain the state of mind of the [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 865

Beaton Institute Archive Collection

Therefore, the first part of this study explores the Abbass Studios Ltd.fonds through the story of the family and close observation of the selected works that constitute the chronicle of Sydney and all of Cape [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2316

The Film “In a Better World”

It is possible to note that the main pillars of modernity are globalization, violence, and law. In conclusion, it is possible to note that the main pillars of modernity are globalization, violence, and law.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 873

The Action-Thriller “Zero Dark Thirty”

Upon the release of the movie, the brutal depiction of torture was highlighted by many critics as the most controversial point of the movie.
  • Subjects: Action Films
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 556

The Movie “Into the Wild”

Overall, the evaluation of the two works of art suggests a conclusion that the book is more focused on demonstrating the main character's inner world along with the implications of his world vision that led [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1107

Maurits Cornelis Escher’s Graphic Works

In fact, the point of my work is to show the development of shape in the Islamic art. The importance of Escher's works lies in their timelessness, and this is the characteristic I would like [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1812

Chicano Mural in Los Angeles

It is imperative to mention that the number of Chicano murals in Los Angeles is truly astounding, and it is not an easy task to choose the one that is the most visually appealing.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 367

African-American Folk Songs

After giving a brief history of the African-American folk group, the paper discusses folk songs and folk singers during the slavery era. The subsequent part is on the evolution and development of folk songs among [...]
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1923

Pre-Renaissance Mythology, Sculptures, Paintings

Firstly the archaeologists get the chronology of the ancient artifacts and remains. In the backdrop, there is the vine of Dionysus which acts as a highly symbolic and decorative mark.
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 564

Nora Fok and Features of Her Unique Style

The fact that she utilizes a broad range of techniques also should not be overlooked, and it allows her to ensure that every work is unique and can be differentiated from others.
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 828
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