Courbet's the Sleepers is thus one of the first honest depictions of lesbian love in the history of Western art. There is no distortion of either of the two women's bodies, as we find in Ingres's painting. All of the details look nearly photographic Continue Reading...
The viewer is not directed to mourn the bodies that cover the ground, but rather celebrate alongside the victors, who charge forward carrying guns and swords. Instead, the piled corpses are merely a means to an end, a soft topping to the pile of rub Continue Reading...
Now that the camera took over the task of copying reality of the world, the artist was free to play with his inner senses, perception, interpretation and changing effects. On the other hand the industrialization, rapidly growing of the art world, t Continue Reading...
As the various are works are depicting the two as a perfect match. A good example of this can be seen in the painting the Meeting of Marie de ' Medici and Henry IV at Lyon. Where, Rubens is showing the two in heaven, looking down on themselves when Continue Reading...
There are different moments in the day that are captured by the painter, be it a sundown or a moonrise in "Nocturne" (Granville Redmond, n.d.). At the same time, he tried to capture most of the elements of the natural landscape, the violent yet harm Continue Reading...
Expressionism: This movement was launched in the early 20th century and it used exaggeration, alteration and "primitivism" (www.ibiblio.org). Expressionism alludes to art works that "emphasize the extreme expressive properties of pictorial form," acc Continue Reading...
The rococo was aimed towards the French court and nobles. The main message was not a religious one, but aimed the upper classes and focused on their lives, houses and celebrations. In France this style gave way to the austere neoclassic style at the Continue Reading...
There is a kaleidoscopic plurality of symbols and links among them, but it is easier to decipher the central meaning of the whole: the spiritual supremacy of the pope. Thus a political program was transformed into a beautiful masterpiece." (Findlen) Continue Reading...
com). There was nothing obscene about the beauty of David, not even in the eyes of Catholic Italy, and long after the wars of the Italian city-states have ended, the glory of David lingers in the mind. Chapter 3: Islamic detour It must not be forgo Continue Reading...
Thus surrealist art is much more difficult to interpret and more subjective than abstract art. Abstract art is less visionary and more the equivalent of an artist attempting to create an image that represents something real in symbolic form (Witten Continue Reading...
Human Figure in Art The Ognissanti Madonna by Giotto, from around 1310. Tempera on panel. Located at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Giotto's work is relevant of the transition period between Cimabue's work in the 13th century, with profound Byzan Continue Reading...
Whitney collection, what qualities do the art works seem to have in common? When you look at the Whitney collection from the year 2000, it is clear that that all of the artists are reflection of a sense of realism in the various works. As, they are Continue Reading...
Thus, the five faces in "The Return of the Prodigal Son" are somewhat blurry. The overall effect is much more intimate and gentle than the brash and obvious messages in Caravaggio's work. Moreover, Rembrandt invites the viewer to contemplate the sub Continue Reading...
Self-Images in Baroque Art 'Baroque' is a word that is employed to describe 17th- and early 18th- century European art. The art form signified a shift from Renaissance art's classism and linearity (though a few artists from that period c Continue Reading...
" 2009. Pious Fabrications. March 2013. . Sharma, S. "Was Middle Ages in Europe a Dark Age?" December 2004. The Education Forum. March 2013. . "The Meaning of Sacred Symbols." 2005. Historyofpainter.com. March 2013. . "The Middle Ages." 2010. Midd Continue Reading...
Robert Gober - MOMA To fully appreciate the art of Robert Gover, it is necessary to have at least a rudimentary grasp of the terms modernism and post-modernism. The term modernism is cast variously by the disciplines that frame and articulate it. Ge Continue Reading...
SHAMANIC APPROACHES vs. ALTERED STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS Compare and contrast Eastern and shamanic approaches to altering consciousness This paper focuses on the similarities and differences between eastern Shamanic practices and altered states of co Continue Reading...
While feminists often militate for environmental conservation, one particular stance they take in this direction is that of addressing the issue of gender differences in environmental issues. The feminist approach to environmentalism promotes a sup Continue Reading...
Since its beginning, animation has intrinsically and historically critiqued this singular hegemonic vision of reality. "In opposition to a singular reality, animation tends toward multiplicity in its critique of photographic naturalism" (Surman, 200 Continue Reading...
O Brother, Where Art Thou? Homer in Hollywood: The Coen Brothers' O Brother, Where Art Thou? Could a Hollywood filmmaker adapt Homer's Odyssey for the screen in the same way that James Joyce did for the Modernist novel? The idea of a high-art film Continue Reading...
Idealism and Naturalism Art in ancient Greece approached beauty through the concepts of naturalism, idealism, and a combination of the two. In the case of the diskobolos (also spelled discobolos), it is viewed as naturalistic because it accurately r Continue Reading...
Lowenfeld's Stages Of Artistic Development The artistic development theory that most pertains to the work I did with my student for this assignment is Lowenfeld's stages of artistic development. One of the things that was most interesting about appl Continue Reading...
East/West An Analysis of Eastern Influence in Western Art The American/English poet T.S. Eliot references the Upanishad in his most famous poem "The Wasteland," a work that essentially chronicles the break-up of Western civilization and looks to Ea Continue Reading...
shoes a filmmaker decide philosophy filmmaking choose: realism formalism? The filmmaker reading readings 've reading. He finds Bazin's Arnheim's theories compelling, sees opposed respects. Formalism v. Realism There is much controversy with regard Continue Reading...
Obama & Romney -- Foreign Policy Approaches If "realist" stands for a person who pursues "security" based on "self-interest," "determinism," and "morality" on the international scene (quotes chosen from Chapter 1); and if "liberal" stands for "c Continue Reading...
Fred Zinneman and the Member of the Wedding "It [the Member of the Wedding] has always been my favorite picture, perhaps because it is not entirely my own." ~ Fred Zinnemann, A Life in the Movies: An Autobiography The cinematic work of Fred Zinnema Continue Reading...
Post positivism Defining Post positivism: definitional exercise in identity politics, in expanding cultural and semiotic discourse, and reinterpreting the continuing the literary effort of the 20th and 21st century to deconstruct human life and so Continue Reading...
All of the styles inspired by the Romantic current can be clearly traced from the Formalist point-of-view, as they had in common the use of image itself, leaving meaning and content to a secondary design. In the poetry and literature world, the Ro Continue Reading...
Cubism emerged in the early twentieth century, and generally represented a deconstruction of visual forms. Other defining elements of cubism include the abandonment of perspective and the simultaneous denial of the importance of realistic depictions Continue Reading...
reaching and ambitious exploration of Latin American and Latino art in dialogue with Los Angeles," Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA will initiate dialogue about the role of Chicano/a culture in the arts of Southern California throughout the past several Continue Reading...
Multicultural Newsletter What is Multicultural Literacy? Approaching the subject of multicultural literacy for the first time a student might think it has to do with getting minorities to become literate -- to be able to read and write in English o Continue Reading...
Management - Is it an Art or a Science? Management is Art Management has a lot more closely attached to art than it is to science. Business management is about working with, as well as influencing other people to fulfill the goals of both the corpo Continue Reading...
Blood by Suzan-Lori Sparks expands on the main theme of society's unfair disregard for its people of low condition in general, for women, and for adulterers. Hester La Negrita, the protagonist, is an African-American woman who struggles to survive i Continue Reading...
Using the Humanities and Experiential Learning to Promote Character EducationAbstractThis paper conducts an analysis of teaching the humanities by way of experiential learning, with the purpose being to facilitate character education among learners. Continue Reading...
military philosophies of von Clausewitz, Vegetius, and Machiavelli reveal common threads of pragmatism and political realism. Vegetius focuses less on philosophy and theory, and more on the practical details and logistics of military campaigns. Yet Continue Reading...
Woman Seated in Her Bath exemplifies Bonnard's work and his approach to art as an everyday experience. The lithograph has features of graphic art, as it resembles the reductionist forms on late 19th century posters. Graphic art is by definition art Continue Reading...
The manner in which Cezanne abstractly modulated color in his paintings was seminal to the controversial cubist style. What is more, Pablo Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon simplified previous endeavors in terms of structure by employing a savage Continue Reading...
The future bride is a virtuous woman, with beautiful physical attributes, coming from an equally wealthy family. Moving on with the analysis of the symbols, we must underline the importance of their position in space. She is inside and he is outsid Continue Reading...
Bellows uses a very vigorous slashing brushwork throughout this painting, this technique creates very dynamic lines which add to the surreal yet energetic nature of this painting. For Eakins, his painting used much softer lines and this is evident i Continue Reading...
Painting Read Monet's the Stroll Monet Monet's the Stroll, Camille Monet Her Son Jean (Woman With a Parasol) This painting epitomizes the impressionistic style and artistic philosophy in a number of different ways. If one looks closely at the pai Continue Reading...
