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Drama “Riders to the Sea” by John Synge

This is because in Synge's play it is specifically the array of the explored ideas about the sheer tragedy of people falling victims to the forces of nature, and not the exposure of the characters' [...]
  • Subjects: Theater
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1402

Pre-Raphaelite Artists

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.
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 3104

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

Photography’s Impact on Society

The pictures taken from scenes of dying soldiers in the American civil war are some of the reasons that evoked strong emotions, which led to the end of the war.
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1657

An Exploration in Perspective Drawing

Figure 2.points and lines The mathematics used in perspective drawing includes a one point, two point, and three point perspective. 0], and the center point is cp= [6.0, 5.0, 2.
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  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 490

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

Art Gallery’s Weak Points and Merits

It is recommended that the pieces of works that are presented in this gallery be accompanied by some wordings for explanations.
  • Subjects: Art Exhibitions
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 959

Edward Albee, His Life and Works

The theater had clearly gotten tired of the mainstream works of arts and therefore was at a stagnated stage both in respect to originality and creativity and therefore when Albee burst into the scene as [...]
  • Subjects: Theater
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1479

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

Art in Public Spaces

The following essay examines a piece of public art and the space it is found in order to discuss art, beauty and the purpose of public art.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1350

La Grande Odalisque by Ingres analysis

The subject matter of the painting is the odalisque, a concubine of a rich man in the East. Wallowing in luxury and waiting for her master to come is the only sense of her life.
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  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1112

Byzantine Art by Robin Cormack

The location of the Byzantine empire both in the east and in the west provided for the specific marriage of different traditions in Byzantine art.
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 24
  • Words: 6668

Admiration by William Adolphe Bouguereau

The center of interest in the painting, emphasized by the color contrasts, is definitely the central group of five young women, reaching out for a yet more important figure of a boy in the center [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 584

Analysis of ancient sculptures

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Sculpture
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 821

Visiting the National Gallery of Art

The purpose of this task is to discuss three works of art identified during my visit to the National Gallery of Art.
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  • Subjects: Art Exhibitions
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 676

Bringing Compositional Unity in an Image

In this painting repetition has been employed by having a continuous line of the edge of the lady's dress which brings association among the objects of this image that is the woman and the ground [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 783

Filippo Marinetti’s Futurist Manifesto

In his Futurist Manifesto published in 1909 in Paris, Marinetti formulated the essence and the purpose of the Futurist movement and thus outlined the "ethical code" of a New Artist, a Futurist.
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 982

Drawing Lessons for Beginners

In ensuring maximum learning from this lesson, individuals require a minimum of five minutes whereby, it is important for individuals to conduct a critical analysis of the quality of their scribbling, in terms of orderliness, [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2117

Visual Art: Evolution and Origins

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.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 280

Women’s Influence on Landscape Architecture

In many cases, women have been the primary caretakers of the home and hearth, responsible for managing the domestic space and keeping the family property in good repair.
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1926

Kagana Mask’s History, Origin, and Function

Further, the deeper literal interpretation of the Kanaga mask pertains to god, and the arrangement of the earth. Kanaga masks are worn by Malian Dogon dancers and are related to funerary rites to honor the [...]
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 996

Representation of People in Egyptian vs. Aegean Art

One of the significant differences between Egyptian and Aegean representations of humans in art, whether in cave paintings, drawings, or sculptures, is the ideational positioning of the person in the work of art.
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 808

Visual Research on the Art Nouveau Style

The Art Nouveau style was popular at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. The main elements of the style are bright colors, floral themes, ornaments, and the use of [...]
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2465

Reality vs. Fantasy in Chagall’s and Ernst’s Paintings

As an emigrant, the artist tried to cope with a new life reality and the impossibility of returning home. As a result, Paris Through the Window presents the tension between reality and fantasy to accept [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 347

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

Neoclassical and Romantic Paintings Compared

It is argued that while stylistically, the two artworks share some similarities, the subject matter of the paintings is different, which is validated by the shifts in cultural contexts surrounding the painters.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 581

Cindy Sherman’s Adaptation of Fornarina

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.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 308

Albert Namatjira: Teaching Activities and Methods

Nearby was the Lutheran mission of Hermannsburg, where the tribespeople of Namatjira often visited to earn extra money and, at the same time, listen to the priests' sermons.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2037

Les Demoiselles d’Avignon by Pablo Picasso

The present essay explores the different aspects of Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, including Picasso's desire to deny the then-existing norms, his role in the development of cubism, and the colors used in the painting.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1147

Photographs Depicting Sufferings of Real People

Recording reality may run counter to the goals and ideals of the person making the recording. The dilemma of reaction to shocking photographs is often limited by the viewer's psychological predisposition and internal values.
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 665

Romanticism as an Ideological and Artistic Trend

Romanticism in painting rejected the rationalism of classicism and reflected the attention to the depths of the human personality characteristic of the philosophy of the Romantics.
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 588

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

The Basic Principles of Western Theater

Third, the importance of the audience in the concept of a theater play is discussed. However, they lack the unique characteristic of a theater, which is the unparalleled connection between the audience and the performers.
  • Subjects: Theater
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 596

Women’s Liberation Movement in the Arts

Released in 2020, the video is a retrospective of the events of the women's liberation movement and concerns it indirectly. Sex and the City is a hymn to women's independence and the result of the [...]
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 872

Discussion of Importance Art Education

With the help of art lessons, a person begins to enrich irrational thinking, build imagination and see artistic images and aesthetics. Also, the introduction of art and literature classes will help to express emotions appropriately.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 851

Cultural Artifacts and Their Theme

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 397

Art Elements and Principles Project

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.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 14
  • Words: 872

Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa as a Source of Inspiration

In both Mona Lisa and Instafamous, Lisa del Gioconda is at the center of the composition. However, in Mona Lisa, it is Da Vinci's gaze that determines how she is depicted and perceived, while in [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 564

Da Vinci’s Last Supper: Artwork Analysis

Of all famous paintings in the history of humankind, Leonardo Da Vinci's Last Supper takes a very special spot, representing the pinnacle of both Da Vinci's artistic development and the progress of the Renaissance era.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 305

“Madonna and Child” by Sano di Pietro

Interpreting the form and the content of any iconic work is crucial for identifying the information the painters intended to communicate to the larger audience.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 614

The National Centre for Popular Music in Sheffield

The design of the building, which has unusual features acquired a number of nicknames that are local like curling stones, drums and kettles as the drum tops that were to rotate in the wind no [...]
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1692

The Difference Between the Renaissance and the Baroque

This is embodied in the key defining elements of the renaissance and baroque architectures as clearly demonstrated by the Loggia of the Ospedale degli Innocenti by Filippo Brunelleschi and the facade of Il Ges by [...]
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 921

“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 Invention of Daguerreotypes

Overall, the work on the daguerreotypes began in 1727, when Schulze introduced his important innovations into photography; it continued in the beginning of the 1800s, when the rudimentary camera obscura was created and actively used; [...]
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2836

Modernist Art: A Feminist Perspective

Clarke limited the definition of modernism even further by his restriction of it to the facets of the Paris of Manet and the Impressionists, a place of leisure, pleasure, and excesses, and it seems that [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2069

“The House of Cards” by Jean Siméon Chardin

The House of Cards is a masterpiece of a Fine Art painting by Jean Simeon Chardin, an artist of the XVIII century. There is a boy in the picture, shown in profile, who makes the [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 250

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

Italian Opera and Its Characteristics

From the time of origin of opera in Italy, the composers and singers were well trained and the major ingredients of the opera were voice and the singer.
  • Subjects: Theater
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 587

20th Century Art History and the Idea of Late Modernism

This movement turned out to be a significant development in contemporary art towards the end of the 1960s. This is a kind of contemporary art that came to be renown in the course of the [...]
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1295

Edgar Degas: A French Impressionist

The artist was known for his individual style in which he managed to depict the main features of skilled and famous painters.
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 588

How Writing Is a Form of Art Practice

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.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2278

Yue Minjun’s Self-Portraits As Modern Art

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2604

Cimabue’s and Giotto’s Madonna Enthroned Paintings

Cimabue's paintings has many of the similar Byzantine icons of the era and some of them are folds in the garments are pressed and almost standardized, the halo is golden hue and plate sized, all [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1165

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

Visual Art and Photography

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 767

Contribution of Modernity to Photography and Film Movements

Modernity in visual arts and cinema is part of the ever-changing world, wherein the establishment of ideas, different people in the world of art participates in experimenting with the forms and styles of art, thus [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1369

Career of Teaching Art

Many people recognize and think of art as a business, with very few noting the importance of teaching art itself as a more important business and a career worth to be chosen.
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1173

The History of War Photography

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.
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2235

Art, Its Definition, Perception and Functions

Therefore, the power of art lies in appealing to the human conscience and awakening the inner beauty of person to manifest all their best qualities.
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1127

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

Hieronymus Bosch’s “The Last Judgment”

Hieronymus Bosch's The Last Judgment triptych uses the three panels of the painting to represent the three biblical events that predict the terrible end of humankind: the Fall, the Judgment Day, and the eternal Death [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 579

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

Curator: Definition and Examples

While the time frame of the identified role is typically restricted by the deadline of the exhibition, a curator may also assume the role of a keeper of artworks in the museum and not in [...]
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 563

The Photograph Description and Criticism

In this picture, the foreground is where the woman is seated and the background depicts transparent window of the apartment The photograph was likely taken in a broad daylight since outside the apartment to be [...]
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 549

Ancient Chinese Arts Comparison

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.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1632

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

Cultural Diversity in the Play “Othello”

It is the role of men to support women in this society, and that is why Desdemona's father goes to court immediately, he is convinced that his daughter was bewitched by Othello.
  • Subjects: Theater
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 822

Arts in Society: Artistic Manifesto

Many artists are unable to bring back the beauty and strength of art. Many works of art have presented the best aspects and strengths.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 869

Raphael: A Renaissance Master

Although the style that Rafael developed over the course of his evolution as an artist was influenced greatly by the works of Leonardo da Vinci in terms of composition and technical expression and Michelangelo in [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1651

The Language of Art

The implication is that the language of images in art is grounded on the underlying interactions between an individual's perception of information, and their sociological bias.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 599

Exhibition in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

The collection, which is the subject of the current research, is presented with the purpose of familiarization of the public with the culture of Ancient Greece.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1082

Artworks by Jeff Koons

His work represents the mass culture of the beginning of the eighties and the use of readymade goods presents the nature of consumption in a controversial way by comparing usual objects to valuables and paying [...]
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 570

Daguerreotype and Cyanotype Process

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.
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2092

Early African Art History and Features

From this view, some scholars argue that Africa has some of the oldest and greatest forms of rock and wall arts in the world.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1715

Twins Characterization in Manga and Anime

Psychological issues that represent twins struggles with the real self against the expected self, the split and fragmented self and the internal conflict between the ego and the super ego.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2453

To be or not to be

Branagh's Hamlet is a version that sets the "to be or not to be" scene in a palace, in a room surrounded by mirrors.
  • Subjects: Theater
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 861

The Use of Fine Art and Architecture in Advertising

However, the advertising industry and the fine arts world have for decades been engaged in a continuing discussion of what constitutes fine art. It is also helpful to know what the place of fine art [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1675