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• Artworks that Challenge China’s Political SystemPublished: Mon, 23 Sep 2019Extract: Compare two artworks that are overtly challenging the political system.  Modern China in recent times has gone through a surplus of political changes, much like the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s through the implementation of Chairman Mao and his leadership. This essay will explore two works that question and challenge the political system in China. […]
• The History of Glass MakingPublished: Mon, 23 Sep 2019Extract:  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 Middle East and Near East. One of the most important regions for glass making was Ancient Syria. It was in Syria that the […]
• Wine Vase (Zun) – Shang DynastyPublished: Mon, 23 Sep 2019Extract:   Wine Vase (Zun) – Shang Dynasty    Standing 15 and ¾ in. tall, with its distinctive intricate details, this Zun vessel was one of the first things to catch my eye as I walked through the Asian art galleries at the Met. With a widely flaring round neck, and a bulging midsection, the Zun […]
• Kleines Glasportal, Bellevue KreuzlingenPublished: Mon, 23 Sep 2019Extract: Time, Space and People Kleines Glasportal, Bellevue Kreuzlingen (Small glass portal, Bellevue Kreuzlingen), an art work using cotton and latex as material by artist Heidi Bucher. The work was shown in Parasol Unit on 19 Sep to 9 Dec 2018. (Author own, 2018) Kleines Glasportal, Bellevue Kreuzlingen (Small glass portal, Bellevue Kreuzlingen), Heidi Bucher, 1988, […]
• Creating a New Brand for a New Business: Contemporary ArtPublished: Mon, 23 Sep 2019Extract: Creating a New Brand for a New Business: Contemporary Art                                                        Demand for Contemporary Art Currently there is a huge demand for contemporary art today. As stated by Edward Dolman, Chairman and chief executive of Phillips auction house, “they want to be associated with the new and the now” (Nicholls, 2018). The market for […]
• Turner and the Evolution of PaintingPublished: Mon, 23 Sep 2019Extract: 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 of painting in the nineteenth century. The previous statement if read by Turner’s ghost would validate a life intensely focused on honing his craft even if it meant to […]
• Gender Experiences and Representations in FacismPublished: Mon, 23 Sep 2019Extract: 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 of society were monitored and controlled.  Mussolini regulated every aspect of people’s lives, including gender and identity of Italians. Teresa de Lauretis has remarked that gender in […]
• Tiziano Vecellio’s The PietaPublished: Mon, 23 Sep 2019Extract:   Tiziano Vecellio. Pieta 1575 Page 88 in the Art Appreciation Textbook Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice   Tiziano Vecellio’s painting of the Titian was known as one of his greatest paintings and it was also one of his last as he died one year after it was finished. The painting was created in 1575 in […]
• Harn Diversity ProjectPublished: Mon, 23 Sep 2019Extract:       Harn Diversity Project Introduction:   What is diversity? According to the Cambridge Dictionary, diversity is the condition or fact of being different or varied; variety. It is also defined as the mixture of races and religions the make up a group of people. As a person of Hispanic heritage, diversity means a lot to […]
• The Yellow Book: Textual Condition and Image CultivationPublished: Mon, 23 Sep 2019Extract: The Yellow Book: Some Perspectives on Its Textual Condition and Image Cultivation Among the incredible diversity of nineteenth century periodicals, The Yellow Book has long stood out, which is reflected in the continuous scholarly interest. Since the material turn in literary studies in the 1970s, more attention has been paid to the material context of […]
• Frida Kahlo | BiographyPublished: Mon, 23 Sep 2019Extract:  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 measurements of the painting are 21” x 17”. This is Frida’s self-portrait and she included her dearly loved pets. The spider monkey, named Fulang Chang, […]
• Diversity at the Harn Museum of ArtPublished: Mon, 23 Sep 2019Extract: Harn Diversity Project  Today’s society is made up of a variety of different people, cultures, lifestyles, and beliefs. The heterogeneity that exists is what prompts our society to be so creative and innovative. This particular trait can be observed in abundance in the field of art; which can be generally defined as the expression of […]
• The Internet as a Space for Digital ArtPublished: Mon, 23 Sep 2019Extract: 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 to any artwork. A net artist uses the Internet as their canvas and the computer as their paintbrush. Within my review, I will be answering the questions – how the viewer sees […]
• German Expressionism: A Crystalline Utopian SocietyPublished: Mon, 23 Sep 2019Extract: “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”. Bruno Taut, A Programme for Architecture This was the ideology of Bruno Taut, a German Expressionist architect who pushed the idea of a utopian […]
• Marginalisation of Kurdish People: A study into Kurdish ArtPublished: Mon, 23 Sep 2019Extract: The Marginalisation of Kurdish People: A study into Kurdish art in Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria in 1920-2011 This essay will look at each geographic area as a whole and will explore different sections of the stated time period (1920-2011) to discuss the treatment of Kurdish culture and language in these geographic regions and the […]
• Anne-Sophie-PicPublished: Mon, 23 Sep 2019Extract: 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 growing up with food. She learned how to make many feminine dishes and opened successful restaurants. Anne-Sophie-Pic was an extravagant chef who grew up in the […]
• Recovering Art For Excluded Minority GroupsPublished: Mon, 23 Sep 2019Extract: 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)? Choose one group, state the problem and explore howmuseums have sought redress the memory of artists forgotten, ignored and excludedartists. Introduction Most […]
• Concept of Originality in the Avant-gardePublished: Mon, 23 Sep 2019Extract: 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, Krauss dissects the meaning behind originality. She calls into question the semiotic and representational symbolism of ‘origin’ in order to debunk what she calls the ‘myth […]
• Shape of Light: Institution as ValidationPublished: Mon, 23 Sep 2019Extract: Shape of Light: Institution as Validation ‘Shape of Light: 100 Years of Photography and Abstract Art’ at Tate Modern is an exhibition that acknowledges and attempts to affirm the role of photography within the history of abstract art. It explores the medium as a response to other art forms, as well as showing the development […]
• Four Liberal Arts Breadth AreasPublished: Mon, 23 Sep 2019Extract: Learning Autobiography (LAB #2) Four Liberal Arts Breadth Areas Learning Autobiography (LAB #2) Four Liberal Arts Breadth Areas “A liberal arts education provides perspective and raises the “why” question along with the “what” question” (Ruscio, 2012). In today’s society it is becoming more apparent that employers are looking for new employees to learn certain skills […]
• Albrecht Durer: History and AnalysisPublished: Mon, 23 Sep 2019Extract: 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, Saint Jerome in his study and Melencolia I, which has been the topic of broad analysis and interpretation. Durer’s watercolors mark him as the first European landscape artists, while […]
• How Does Salvador Dali’s Perspective on Life Influence His Art?Published: Mon, 23 Sep 2019Extract: 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 an enigma. And yet, one is drawn to his alternate universe, which seems to follow some rules of physics and perspective, whilst simultaneously being incomprehensible and disquieting. Here, […]
• Contemporary Artist Jenny Saville and the Importance of Her Work in Today’s SocietyPublished: Mon, 23 Sep 2019Extract: 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 and how it has played its part in Jenny Saville’s artwork whilst considering her role in today’s feminist society. I will consider the issues associated […]
• Analysis of Concept ArtPublished: Mon, 23 Sep 2019Extract: Concept Art This is from ‘Call of Duty- Black ops 2’. Concept art is art for which the idea (or concept) behind the work is more important than the finished art object. It is emerged as an art movement in the 1960s, and the term usually refers to art made from the mid-1960s to the […]
• Explorations of Identity in Photographic PortraiturePublished: Mon, 23 Sep 2019Extract: Photographic portraiture explores identity. Debate this idea. Explore key photos by 2/ 3 artists/ photographers.                                                                      Introduction Identity is simply the way in which we see and express ourselves. Factors and conditions that an individual is brought into the world with, for example, ethnic legacy, sex, or one’s body—frequently assumed to be the main categories when […]