Category: Art

In Rebellions in Everynight Life, the authors pitch on the use of music and dance to preserve culture while expressing dissent at issues such as racism and colonialism. Salsa, merengue, cumbia, rumba, mambo, tango, samba, and norteno were metaphors for historical memory and contemporary strife. Everynight Life is a collection of essays examining the significance…

Table of Contents Introduction Space Line and Shape Light Color, Surface, and Texture Conclusion Works Cited Introduction This essay focuses on Nude in Front of a Mantel by a Polish-French modern artist Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski), painted in 1955. The painting depicts a naked woman – the artist’s lifelong subject – making her hair standing in…

Edouard Manet; Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe; 1863; Huile sur toile H. 207,0 ; L. 265,0 cm. Donation Etienne Moreau-Nélaton, 1906 Manet’s work causes a lot of criticism because of the artist’s unique style. During his lifetime, the primary trend in art was realism. The main distinguishing feature of realism is that it must convey to…

Table of Contents Summary of Christopher Hitchens’ Opinion on the Elgin Marbles Summary of Michael Kimmelman’s Opinion on the Elgin Marbles Works Cited Summary of Christopher Hitchens’ Opinion on the Elgin Marbles Christopher Hitchens gives a detailed opinion about the Parthenon in Greece and the Greek artistic culture in general. According to Hitchens, there are…

Zoe Beloff can be discussed as both an artist and a filmmaker. Beloff’s Beyond (1995-1997) is an example of the interactive work in which the principle of using the moving images is combined with the idea of creating the virtual space where people can travel and explore new horizons (Zoe Beloff: Beyond, n.d.). In this…

Considering how the youngsters are being given free food and how happy this makes them, looking at the photo brings a nice feeling to one’s chest. It is evident from the picture that the people who will receive the meal are children who are getting ready to go to school (Pien). Because the graphic is…

Table of Contents Bill Brandt Yousuf Karsh Minor White Reflection on the Course Quotes and Explanations Reference List Bill Brandt Bill Brandt (1904-1983) is one of the most famous British photographers who is prominent because of his modernist approach to presenting real objects, figures, and landscapes while balancing on the fringe of strangeness and naturalism.…

Table of Contents Formal description Reasons for choosing the object How the object relates to themes Formal description The object is a square tile made of glass. The tile was designed in the 14th century. It contains contours which are made in such a way that they form different symmetrical shapes. In addition, the object…

The public recognizes the 1893 version of the Scream painting, which was created on cardboard using crayon and tempera. Munch had The Scream in four different iterations, and both of his earlier renditions, created in 1893, are presently located in Oslo, Norway (Prideaux, 2019). The National Gallery has the tempera version, whereas the Munch Museum…

Table of Contents Step 1: Identification Step 2: analysis Step 3 interpretation Step 4 judgment Works Cited Step 1: Identification The painting “Kindred Spirits” is one of Asher Brown Durand’s most attractive pieces of art. The 1849 painting was made with “oil on canvas”. It belongs to the era of modernity (Frank 21). It depicts…