Art Essay Examples and Topics. Page 7

In fact, the key aim of art criticism is to realize the nature of the work and try to understand the author's motives which originated the concept of the creation.

The maphorion always was presumed to be the assurance for the Byzantine empires' security as its episode in the place of adoration of the Blachernai in the 5th century; by the 7th century the image [...]

The sun is very high and barely seen through a violent somber sky which occupies the most of the painting and, on the contrary, the opposite side of the picture represents a burst of bright [...]

Hashimoto Sadhide a renowned Japanese painter born in 1807 and he died in 1878; the painter lived in the city of Yokohama which was known to be a western settlement.

In contrast to Donnel's opinion in terms of space, he believes that this is the main weapon of modernist art where the painters were able to demonstrate the play of colors, which is the main [...]

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 [...]

In the political order, or the world of the state, the ruler is the divinely appointed head and chief, as the lion is among animals, the rose among flowers, the sun among planets, the dolphin [...]

The bright splashing of the water on the rocks suggests the country is coming out of a time of confusion and darkness and entering a period of energetic light and growth with the vigorous flow [...]

In the case of our apple, most of the wavelengths are absorbed with the exception of those that lie on the red end of the spectrum.

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 [...]

This idea suggests that there is a division between the content of the artwork and the form of the image which can also be expressed as the visual and the sublime.

According to reports, the artist was inspired to create the painting when he saw the farmhouse from the window of a car in his home state of Iowa."He decided to paint the house built in [...]

The inspiration from the works of the Italian Renaissance artist such as Leonardo and Botticelli brought the idea of works that can fit within the same context.

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 [...]

In a temporary post as a missionary in the village of Petit Wastes in Belgium, he recorded peasant miners' lives in his drawings. He was later exposed to Impressionist artists' works and became friends with [...]

The Theatre of the Absurd originates from the avant-garde experiments in art of the 1920s and 1930s. The plays of the theatre of the absurd rendered the atmosphere of bewilderment and confusion.

The two implications of these is that mannerisms was used to refer to the actual style of the artist, or to acknowledge that the artist had a unique approach that was beautiful in its own [...]

Contrast helps in emphasis, variation, and addition of interest which enables the user to develop a certain feeling in the work of art. Harmony refers to the consistency of appearance in a work of art.

The artistic masterpieces that are being created during the course of this period promote the concept of existential harmony because, in them, the ideals of physical beauty are organically combined with the ideals of intellectual [...]

Peter Paul Rubens was the greatest exponent of the baroque paintings and the most renowned painter of the Northern Europe. Both of these paintings deserve to hold their exclusive place in the history of art [...]

Although the Renaissance period brought tremendous changes in the artistic approaches based upon the traditional art of Greek and Roman statuary, the Expressionist movement of the 1900s instituted a profound rejection of all the traditional [...]

The word painting will also make us wonder whether the painting was done during the Renaissance period, the Middle Ages, or another period. Edgar Degas' was influenced by the painting of famous painters.

Painted by Lucan Cranach, the Elder, the Ten Commandments is the depiction of the lives and times of the people in the 1500s.

This was the underlying idea behind resisting the effects of the Industrial Revolution on art the aspiration to create a personal style that would be devoid of the typical features of the products and designs [...]

Byzantine civilisation is a major part of world history and culture.'Byzantium' is the name describing both the state as well as the culture of the Eastern Roman Empire in the middle Ages.

Not the most pleasant experience in the world, rubbing mud and whatever other kind of natural goo I could find in various strategic spots on my body, but I did the best I could and [...]

The residence is not so much a house as it is a man-made outgrowth of nature, perfectly in tune with its surroundings, able to take part in the daily occurrences of the river and thoughtful [...]

The paintings portraying the mores and morals of pre-war Berlin are the exciting script of a soul fascinated by the temptations of the metropolis, and each stroke of the brush conveys nervous tension and emotional [...]

They were the two poles of architectural thinking on the side of Neoclassicism was a rational, objective, almost scientific method of thought, which put reason in the first place among human abilities.

Sophocles's Oedipus the King is one of the most acclaimed plays, but because of the chorus, it may be not successful with the viewer nowadays.

Both of them viewed the newly created form of image capture as a medium for the expression of art, but their views on the nature of the movement were radically different.

The Russian avant-garde is a massive wave of non-traditional, experimental, and innovative art that covers the period from the end of the 19th century to the middle of the 20th century in Russia.

One can argue that the street and the four people in the diner who do not seem to communicate are a part of the artist's perception of the loneliness in the urban society.

In The Rhine II, the photographer attempts to deliver "an accurate image of a modern river" and invites viewers to see the river enclosed in the deep-colored stripes of grass, concrete, and the clouded sky.

One of the pieces of art that attracted my attention in the museum is the oil on canvas painting by Edward Hicks entitled "The Declaration of Independence"; the painting was created circa 1840.

Brandt's photographs reflect the controversies of the British and European society in the twentieth century with the help of concentrating on the most provocative aspects and details.

The change in the expressivity of an art piece may lead to an erroneous idea that the mere concept of expression concerns a particular aspect of a painting, e.g, the elements incorporated in it, the [...]

On the other hand, the Jade bi with two dragons on the rim, which is on the right in the table above, is made of jade rather than nephrite.

The sixth is a spectacle which is the visuals in the drama that include props, set, and actor's costumes. An example of a tragic hero is King Macbeth in Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Macbeth.

Out of the famous artists who created in minimalist style, the name of Anne Truitt stands out as the proclamation of the outstanding power of art.

The Phantom of the Opera is one of the most beloved and popular shows on Broadway. This novel, The Phantom of the Opera, inspired Webber and made him want to adapt it to a musical [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The art media is a tool which allows the artist to express the idea of the piece of art, and disclose its content.

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 [...]

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

The audience's personal experiences affects its interpretation of what the picture depicts, it might be close to the communication the photographer had wished to convey or a totally different perspective.

For instance, all the decorated floors were usually confined to a unique principle whereby the dining room and the anteroom were considered.

The secrecy associated with Islam and gender roles in some parts of Asia has further compounded this mystery because few people know what to make of the place of women in traditional Islamic societies and [...]

Issues to do with religion, especially the grip of the Catholic church on society, formed the basis of the French Enlightenment thinkers.

The concept of craft and design is one of the ancient developments in the world. Wedgwood was born in the year 1730 in a family of potters, and he was apprenticed to a brother after [...]

As a result, it is often possible to guarantee that the photo provided in the news is not a product of Photoshop.

This influenced most of them to engage in the activities of the Dada movement. This led to the development of the surrealism movement in 1922.

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 [...]

Teresa" defines the main idea of the Baroque due to the use of controversial concepts: on the one hand, it is a heavy and definite material of the sculpture that proves its connection to people, [...]

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 [...]

Of course, the painter understood the wrongs of the regime and he experienced the horrors of the war. The color is the ground for the skulls, cards and tablecloth.

The impression is of isolation and yearning for daylight, freedom, and a childhood foregone, in the midst of a machine-dominated world.

It seems to me that this portrait will be of great interest to people who will study my works in the future. This is one of the main goals that I will always try to [...]

The works of early composers, writers, painters, and poets evolved from the onset, and in the increased quest for perfection, a spirit of romanticism was born.

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.

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.

As far as the key differences between the Ancient Indian and the Ancient Greek sculptures are concerned, the concept of aesthetics deserves to be mentioned.

The picture Bird's Hell was painted in 1938 by Max Beckmann, an outstanding German portraitist and printmaker, one of the greatest masters of the interwar period of the 20th century.

Besides, the vast majority of artworks of this sculptor are installed in nature in the woods, fields, plains, at the ponds, or rivers.

In fact, it is a play of the hunter becoming the hunted. However, according to the play, he is masterful.

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.

It is possible to trace this change through examining two sculptures pertaining to different periods of Ancient Greek art. Of course, to understand art, it is necessary to understand the epoch.

The two plays 'The Glass Menagerie' and 'A Raisin in the Sun' brings out the features of American society. On the other hand, the play 'The Glass Menagerie' portrays the American men who ran away [...]

The Last Supper, for instance, renders the anguish soaring in the air with the help of its spacious elements; compared to the thought provoking empty elements of the picture, the vapid lack of space in [...]

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

It should be mentioned that at the time when this painting was created, Manet was criticized by many people for the lack of clarity and compositional unity in this picture.

The Reincarnation of Saint Orlan is the series of the operation performances in which Orlan played the main role while proposing her body as the field for experimenting in the sphere of plastic surgery while [...]

This art work represents the classics of the genre of pop art. Poetry as a part of art works would be likely to turn pop art into postmodernism and add depth to the subject matter [...]

One can say that the performers were able to create a very realistic and authentic atmosphere, and in this way, they helped the viewers see that the action of the play takes place in the [...]

The most important influence of the Protestant Reformation on English Renaissance Drama was the rejection of pastoral features of medieval drama.

The cast of bronze and striking a very unusual pose, not to mention the fact that the clothes "worn" by David were considered very inappropriate at the time, the sculpture represented a challenge to the [...]

The works of Christo and Andy Goldsworthy are made in the genres of expressionism, abstractionism; these artists are the representatives of the installation art.

Rolf, the train driver and a "traumatized, angry, and unable to get the woman and her baby out of his head", visits Simon in the cemetery.

In the context of the discussions of this paper, the later definition of material culture is adopted. In the light of the arguments raised above about the origin of the pottery making art, it is [...]

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 [...]

It is also important to notice the kind of confidence in the face of David in this sculpture. In this painting, it is apparent that the angels gave a helping hand in the creation of [...]

The lighting of the painting, which appears to have been well thought-out, indicates that the walk was happening in the afternoon.

Despite the fact that the chaos depicted in the artwork is typically attributed to the horrors of the World War I, it can be assumed that the artist's goal was to display not the pointless [...]

In fact, it can even be said that the Yayi jia is nothing more than an older and smaller version of its counterparts seen in a variety of ancient Chinese tombs and temples.

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 [...]

To me, the museums did a good job in dispelling stereotypes and I believe that the groups represented in the museums are perceived more favorably as a result of the exhibitions.

But the key lies in knowing that the sickness is real, and her art strives to inform the masses of just that.

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.

The bed is a work of art used to identify the life situation of the artist in the wider context of the society.

This piece of art was worked out as the part of the high altar of the Monastery of San Sisto in Piacenza.

This paper will provide a rhetoric analysis of the Mona Lisa painting, because it has rendered its audience into a redundant situation where the individual who admires this painting always ends up in his or [...]

Surrealism, which started after the World War I, in photography is one of the indicators of most important revolutions that have taken place over the history in the area of photography.

That describes the reinforcement and the shift to managerial and economic patterns and language of thought in media and cultural policy.

Although the play version is more engaging than the movie, it lacks the glamour and flamboyance brought by the lighting and effects.

One of the brightest events of that period was the creation of the Aesthetic Movement. The Aesthetic Movement started as a reaction against the Victorian style, which was characterized by the use of jewellery in [...]

In Waterloo Bridge, Claude Monet did not want to represent the bridge as he saw it but to underline the importance of the air, colors, and nature around that bridge that made the whole picture [...]

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.

However, the evidence of his achievement is that he is one of the rare artists, especially in the USA, to have had a whole museum devoted to their work[1].

Many Jews were robbed of their property by the crusaders and killed for the simple reason that they were not Christians During the period of the First Crusade, different styles of art were produced by [...]

Familiar though he is with the living conditions of the poorest of the poor in Kentucky, Adams nonetheless did not live in that culture, but alongside it, as an observer from a middle class background.

Other exemplary masterpieces of Titian include the "Miracle Of The Speaking Infant" and the "Miracle Of The Irascible Son" in which the latter has a beautiful background landscape which has captured the eyes of many [...]

This paper will evaluate Pablo Picasso's impact on the cubism sign system, his manner of representation of the surrounding reality and his contribution to the world's history on the example of his painting Guernica.

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 [...]

In the course of its history, the civilization of Ancient Rome incorporated and modified the elements of those cultures which it dominated. This is one of the main things that should be considered.

Romanticism refers to the period of intellectual, artistic and literary movement in Europe in the first half of nineteenth century. The supporters of the Romantic Movement point to the spontaneous and irrational display of powerful [...]

This essay seeks to examine Andy Warhol and his painting career with a focus on his style, its tenets, and his overall contribution to the art of painting. The public was receptive of Warhol's work [...]

The work depicts a sense of harmony, and the smile of the woman shows happiness. The moon was a symbol of the Virgin Mary's influence on the church, and the sun had an association with [...]

The technique that Leonardo da Vinci used in this painting, therefore, became a trendsetter in the art revolution of the time. The application of a lion in renaissance art is largely associated with Saint Jerome.

As such, this paper will expound on the life of Salvador Dali, namely, it will focus on his early life, the impacts that he had on Surrealism, the success of his works, the way the [...]

One of the paintings was that of his friend Casagemas in his coffin. Pink was used to bring a different theme to the great paintings that he had in his gallery.

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.

The art was as a result of a rebellion to the French Baroque and Rococo art that came before the movement.

Visual Arts The fall of different Korean kingdoms and dynasties coincided with the development of Korean art from the ancient Chinese-influenced forms of art to more distinctive and unique styles of Korean art.

In the beginning of the period of Renaissance a lot of restrictions were placed on the women that saw the Western society witness a decline and invisibility of female artists.

Problems occur where art is taken as a form of criticism among religions where some are considered better than others on the basis of the kinds of art that they adopt and use in their [...]

The contrast between the black and white background etched image and the blue ink illustrations makes it easy to see for the viewer to pick out the elements that the artist fixed in the piece [...]

It must be noted though that the influence of manga on Japanese society extends beyond the obvious sub-cultures that have developed as a direct result of its influence, rather, manga has been observed as enacting [...]

The art of photography was invented by Louis Daguerre in the 18th century; this invention promoted the representatives of the middle class family with an opportunity to memorize the events and people and not to [...]

Set up by the Indian government in the forties of the previous century, this museum is located in the capital city of New Delhi and is the biggest in the country.