Arts Essays

Pop Art Movement: A Summary
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Introduction: ‘Pop Art: A Reactionary Realism’ by American art critic Donald Kuspit underscores his view that to the extent that Pop-art was was a realistic movement, it ridiculed expressionism and was ...

Patricia Piccinini and David Hockney Comparison
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Introduction: Art explores many elements of life and the world. It explores and represents meanings in which are interpreted by the audience in various ways. Artists use different techniques to enhance their own in...

Frida Kahlo and Niki de Saint Phalle Comparison
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Introduction: Introduction Emotional sufferings are part of humans’ life. People are overwhelmed by them leading to desperation or even to the acting out of these emotions in a destructive way. Finding a way ...

Mary Cassatt Art Style: An Overview
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Introduction: Cassatt is perhaps best-known for her paintings of mothers and children, works which also reflect a surprisingly modern sensibility. Traditional assumptions concerning childhood, child-rearing, and th...

Art Projects: Drawing a Partridge and Crayon Art
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Introduction: How to draw a partridge in a pear tree How to seal a pendant colored with melted crayon shavings How can I make a bracelet out of DMC floss? HOW TO DRAW A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE The topic that thi...

Andy Warhol's Rorschach Paintings
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Introduction: One of the most important and controversial Pop art icons in America and a major influence to artists around the world, known as “The Prince of Pop”, Andy Warhol brings an entirely new per...

Is Street Art a Legitimate Art Form?
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Introduction: Street art originated in the late 1960s with the advent of graffiti and tagging in Philadelphia and New York City (Walsh, 1996: 3). It has been developing ever since as new styles, forms and technique...

Henri Cartier-Bresson Photography Analysis
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Introduction: Critical commentary on the picture- Henri Cartier-Bresson: Michel Gabriel, Rue Mouffetard, 1952 The photo that I am going to analyse is taken by the famous French photographer, Henri Cartier-Bresson, ...

Art Deco And Rene Lalique
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Introduction: Art Deco, a popular international art design movement of the 1920’s to 1940’s influenced the decorative arts like architecture, interior design and industrial design along with visual arts...

Ana Mendieta and Jenny Saville: Compare and Contrast Essay
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Introduction: Compare and contrast the work of two contemporary women illustrators or artists. Situate their work in a social and historical context and examine how their work addresses questions of gendered identi...

Distinguishing the Arts and Crafts in Books
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Introduction: OVERVIEW OF THE TOPIC This dissertation examines the craft of the book and it’s distinction between Art and Craft. Is it considered an art form… a fine art if you will, or simply a traditional...

Influence of Pablo Picasso on Art
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Introduction: Pablo Picasso: His Influence on Art. The influence of Pablo Picasso on art can be measured via the enduring fame of the man; he remains, arguably, the most famous artist since Michelangelo, more celeb...

Impact of Minimalism on Post-minimalist Movements
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Introduction: Early in 1960, Minimalism was as an abstract movement in the subject art. It also dismissed the very idea of both subjective as well as relational painting, the intricacy of Abstract expressionist fac...

History of Colour in Art
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Introduction: The use of colour in history has gone through a long story. It has been used because of its ability in altering mood and atmosphere, and also because of its symbolic meanings. The earliest known usage...

Madonna and Child Paintings Throughout History
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Introduction: Through history, people had used art as a reflection of their religious beliefs and culture values. The illustration of “Madonna and Child” had been one of the most recurring arts in Chris...

Hung Liu: Artist Biography
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Introduction: Hung Liu is one of the popular artists born in Changchun China in 1948. She studied Mural painting as a graduate student at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing soon. After her birth, her dad...

Leonardo da Vinci's Painting: The Last Supper | History
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Introduction: Leonardo da Vinci’s large mural of The Last Supper is one of the most familiar images in Western art, even though it has deteriorated to the point where its original brilliance can only be guess...

Enlightenment and Modernism in Art
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Introduction: Some people would describe the period of Modernism the latest and absolutely new movement in art, which appeared in 1850s and lasted until the 1970s. However, if looking at this period of time more ...

Spray Paint Art: History and Origins
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Introduction: Would you consider yourself artistic? You may think that you cannot draw anything, but being artistic does not mean that you have to be able to pick up a pencil and draw a masterpiece. According to ...

Outline of Movements in Art
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Introduction: Introduction Art has given generation’s complex lessons in exquisiteness, horror, and respect. Art has inspired some to delve further into their minds than they ever have. Art evokes many emoti...

Alice in Wonderland Artwork by Sigmar Polke: Analysis
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Introduction: Sigmar Polke was creating a wide range of surfaces with various materials, as shown in his 1971 artwork of Alice in Wonderland (Figure 1), which is paint printed on a store bought printed fabric, no...

Art in the Victorian Era | Analysis of Styles
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Introduction: The Victorian era was an age of peace and prosperity in Great Britain. The Victorian style is developed mainly in Great Britain during the reign of Queen Victoria, who became queen at the age of 18 ...

Relationship Between Art and Creativity
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Introduction:  Fabian Espin ABSTRACT It is often said that artists have got a considerable use of imagination and hence they are more creative than other people. However, several scientists around the world st...

Charles Gershom Artist Analysis
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Introduction: Kalpana Vadnagara  As a student of Crafton Hills College, I got the opportunity to view a collection of still life paintings and drawings by the Los Angeles-based artist Gershom, which is on disp...

Ethics in Art and Science
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Introduction: “Ethical judgments limit the methods available for the production of knowledge in art and science” refers to the restrictions caused in the two fields in researching and creation due to the judgm...