Arts Essays

Comparison of Katsushika Hokusai and Christiane Baumgartner
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: I will be comparing two chosen images which are similar by Katsushika Hokusai and Christiane Baumgartner. Both artists are from different time periods one being contemporary art and also where th...

West African Textiles in Religion and Ritual
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: This part of the exhibit focuses on West African textiles as they are used in connection to religion and other rituals. Textiles can be important signifiers of wealth and power during these ritua...

Art Illusions and the Visual System
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Introduction Over time art has been redefined through a scope of various methods and techniques. It is the combined understanding of the visual system and how certain perceptive points c...

Australian Aboriginal Rock Art: History and Significance
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction:   ROCK ART  Australian Aboriginal rock art is amongst the world’s most impressive and important prehistoric art. According to Kimberley foundati...

The History of Glass Making
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Sep 2019
Introduction:  The history of glass making goes all the way back to ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. For centuries glass was made in these areas, and the craft of glass making traveled throughout the Middl...

Tiziano Vecellio's The Pieta
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Sep 2019
Introduction:   Tiziano Vecellio. Pieta 1575 Page 88 in the Art Appreciation Textbook Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice   Tiziano Vecellio’s...

Frida Kahlo | Biography
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Sep 2019
Introduction:  The famous Mexican painter Frida Kahlo created the Autorretrato con Mono y Perico painting. This portrait was painted in 1942 and is part of the Contemporary Art from Mexico. The measureme...

German Expressionism: A Crystalline Utopian Society
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: “Today there is no art. The various disrupted tendencies can find their way back to a single unity only under the wings of a new architecture…Everything will be one thing: architecture”. B...

Recovering Art For Excluded Minority Groups
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: Topic: The censored record. What have art museums been doing to recover orclaim or promote the art of women or excluded ethnic groups or minorities (such as Blackor Latino artists in the USA)? C...

Albrecht Durer: History and Analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: Albrecht Durer Albrecht Durer lived as a German painter, Printmaker and theorist from Nuremberg. His still-famous artworks include the Apocalypse woodcuts, Knight, Death, and the Devil,...

Contemporary Artist Jenny Saville and the Importance of Her Work in Today’s Society
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: Contemporary Artist Jenny Saville and the importance of her work in today’s society in relation to her painting Branded (Figure 1). In this essay I will explore the authorship debate ...

Dreams by Jacob Lawrence | Analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: Dreams Research Paper         Dreams by Jacob Lawrence epitomizes the Harlem Renaissance. In it, a couple can be seen lying down on a brass bed. The b...

Comparison of Social and Formal Distinctions of Artwork from Different Cultures
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: Comparison of Social and Formal Distinctions of Artwork from Different Cultures Introduction Art is a form of expression that is unique and different in different cultures and ...

History and Analysis of the Ashoka Pillar
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: Ashoka Pillar One of the foremost unimaginable manifestations of the old civilizations, the Ashoka Pillar is the memory of the bygone times and the foremost mind-blowing example of the ...

Impact of the Art World on Autonomy and Politicisation of Biennial Art
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: What impact does the ‘Art-World’ have on the Autonomy and the Politicisation of Biennial Art? In order to address the question above effectively and in relation to biennial art, it ...

Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up | Analysis of Lifestyle, Fashion and Identity
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up | Analysis of Lifestyle, Fashion and Identity ‘Two Fridas’ painting by Frida Kahlo, 1939 In this essay, I will focus on is...

Virgin & Child Sculpted by Niklaus Weckmann
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: Virgin & Child Sculpted by Niklaus Weckmann Works done in the Renaissance period is not only of great importance it is beautiful in conception and design. Virgin and Child by Niklau...

Analysis of Édouard Manet’s Repose and Berthe Morisot’s Self-Portrait
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: Perspectives on the Feminine: An Analysis of Édouard Manet’s Repose and Berthe Morisot’s Self-Portrait The French Avant-Garde from Realism to Impressionism  Prior to ...

Wine Vase (Zun) – Shang Dynasty
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Sep 2019
Introduction:   Wine Vase (Zun) – Shang Dynasty    Standing 15 and ¾ in. tall, with its distinctive intricate details, this Zun vessel was one of the fir...

Concept of Originality in the Avant-garde
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: How does Krauss call into question the concept of originality in the Avant-garde? Is her argument convincing? In her text The Originality of the Avant-Garde and Other Modernist Myths, K...

Turner and the Evolution of Painting
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: 19th Century Art Turner and the Evolution of Painting JMW Turner, a preeminent English painter whose elevation of landscape painting and technical prowess directed the course o...

Gender Experiences and Representations in Facism
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: Analyse the ways in which gender was thought about, experienced and represented under Fascism. Fascism is defined by Victoria De Grazia as ‘culture of consent’[1] because all levels...

How Does Salvador Dali’s Perspective on Life Influence His Art?
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: Title: How does Salvador Dali’s perspective on life influence his art? Introduction Perhaps one of the most prominent modern artists to this day, Salvador Dali still remains...

Anne-Sophie-Pic
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: The world of French Gastronomy cooking is dominated by men, but when Anne-Sophie-Pic took over her father’s restaurant she took the world by storm. Anne-Sophie-Pic had a simple life growin...

The Internet as a Space for Digital Art
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: Jodi.org SpACES Jodi.org: How does the spectator engage with the digital art? Medium for an artist is an essential factor when it comes t...