Art

Botticellis The Annunciation is considered a magnum opus hailing from the Italian Renaissance Period. The painting, on the whole, shows Mary kneeling in homage to the winged herald, who himself is slightly stooping in subtle reverence to the Mother of Christ. Portrayed as directly face to face along a straight line, the two subjects are practically mirror images of each other. Aside from the majesty of the depiction itself, the skilful use of linear perspective in its classical Roman architectural...

Since the beginning of the existence of civilizations, people have been engaged in creating something that would help them make their lives better. From the creation of early tools that made life easier to the invention of weapons to protect themselves from their enemies, there has been a diversity of works that is still used today. Simultaneous to the creation of these tools was the conceptualization of aesthetics, an ideology of what is good to the eye and what is not, or what is beautiful and...

An Analysis of Gender in Two Portraits When thinking of the Renaissance, one would immediately perceive of major economic, political, and social transformations that produced ideological changes that shifted the whole perspective of the world. And at the very epicentre of this transformation is fifteenth-century Italy, the then international hub of active mercantilism and modern thinking. According to eminent Renaissance scholar Jacob Burckhardt, whose iconic book The Civilisation of the Renaissance...

Many of the images we have seen this semester use elements such as landscape and natural light to indicate a narrative behind the picture, to communicate a political or social perspective.  Manets La rue Mosnier aux drapeaux (1878) sends a tragic political message as a maimed veteran, mocked on all sides by flaccid flags, hobbles through a dreary street.  Malevich comments on the drudgery of peasant life in Bringing in the Harvest (1911) as cylindrical workers with stoic expressions gather...

Marijuana has long been used by different cultures around the world. Today, many sectors are pushing for its legalization. Marijuana use does not induce crime, it is a potential medicine, and its sale will stimulate the economy. Studies show that marijuana use decreases aggression (Tinklenberg, 1981). And while possession related arrests are considerable, alcohol-related crimes are higher. By decriminalizing marijuana use, government agencies can focus more time and resources against other illegal...

When confronted with the epic beauty of the Sistine Chapel frescoes, it is easy to see why Giorgio Vasari thought Michelangelo was the greatest of artists, the artist who bears the palm from both the living and the dead, transcending and eclipsing all others (Vasari, 1550, p. 225).  There is perhaps no work that better exemplifies the Renaissance sense of terribilit, the awe-inspiring grandeur for which Michelangelos work is so admired, than the Sistine Chapel frescoes.  This striving...

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Modern art has seen a lot of transformation from the conventional forms of art presented in exhibitions. There has been a rise in the value associated to creative works of art as well as the incorporation of new ideas. The current leading artists who are making a lot of big money do not necessarily present the customary form of art that was used to be presented in art galleries in the past. For some artists like Zhang Xiaogang, the use of already existing form of art like past photographs forms...

Postmodernism is difficult to describe, because it is a notion that appears in a multiplicity of disciplines or areas of study, these include architecture, art, film, music, literature, sociology, communications, fashion, and technology. (Klages, Literary Theory A guide for the Perplexed) Postmodernism mixes the old themes with new contemporary issues to come up with striking artworks that command, question, and captivate its audience to take part in discovering its inner implication. With its...

The most common form of art in the 1960s to the 1970s was minimal art. It was a form of art that was based on simplicity in the shape and content in the objects of art like sculptures and paintings. The art relied on the absolute physical attributes of the objects rather than their individual expressivity. This form of art allowed the onlookers of the art to experience the art because it represented the objects as they were. This form of art has proven highly influential to other forms of art that...

Introduction to Ceramics  Ceramic is one of the materials which has its glory in the past and still retains its own importance. It had impacted even the trade relations and had a golden period in 18th century through French Ceramics. Ceramic is a solid material which is non-metallic and inorganic in nature made out of heating and later-on cooling and obtained in crystalline form. The term ceramic came from Greek words keramos which means a potter or pottery, where another meaning of potter...

The Song dynasty in China and the Mughal period in India occurred almost 150 years apart, but they triggered a cultural renaissance that defined the artistic landscape of both countries. This paper will examine the philosophical narrative in the art of both cultures to highlight the similarities and differences between the Song dynasty in China and Mughal reign in India. In this paper I will compare and contrast two paintings from these cultures, Fan Kuans Travelers among Mountains and Streams and...

In the year 1968, during an extensive and memorable stay in New York, critically-acclaimed Argentinean avant-garde artist Marta Minujin concocted a controversial multimedia exhibit that explored the social codes of the New York social scene and using its elite denizens as subject. This April 2010, we revisit the project, entitled Minucode, after a more than forty-year hiatus as it was presented during its initial year of exhibition. Curated by Gabriela Rangel and Jose Luis Blondet, the project...

The world currently has an overwhelming number of works of art coming from different places and from different time and era. There are paintings and sculptures and other works by famous artists that serves more than the aesthetic analysis of art works but are also representative of other more meaningful significance in consideration to its contextual bearing and its other aspects of importance. Artists from all around the world in different time and places have come up with works of art that defines...