Arts Essays

Title: Rogier van der Weyden and Hans Memling: Similarities and Differences
Example essay. Last modified: 18th Oct 2021
Introduction: Rogier van der Weyden and Hans Memling, two masters from 15th century Northern Renaissance, were both commissioned during their lifetime to paint Last Judgement altarpieces. Although the works they produced have striking similarities, ultimately their dramatic differences create separate visions of the Last Judgement....

Title: Effect of Altered States of Consciousness on Art
Example essay. Last modified: 18th Oct 2021
Introduction: Yayoi Kusama is a contemporary Japanese artist who is known for her extensive use of polka dots and her infinity installations (Cole, 2019). Suffering from a mental illness as a child, and thoroughly abused by her mother, she persevered by using her hallucinations and personal obsessions to create her artworks....

Title: Constant Mayer's Painting Recognition: North and South | Analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 18th Oct 2021
Introduction: In Constant Mayer's painting Recognition: North and South date; 1865 MEDIUM Oil on canvas. The dimensions of the canvas are 68 1/8 × 93 1/2 in. (173 × 237.5 cm) Frame (outer): 86 1/4 × 110 3/4 × 7 1/4 in. (219.1 × 281.3 × 18.4 cm). The artist Constant Mayer is a French painter who migrated into the United States...

Title: Post-Impressionism and Vincent Van Gogh
Example essay. Last modified: 14th Oct 2021
Introduction: In and around 1911, there were art critics that freely used the phrase “post-impressionistic” as a means to illustrate the work of several artists’ paintings reveal Impressionistic standards. Post Impressionism was a creative shift to follow Impressionism that was to break the Impressionistic style. ...

Title: Majority Does Not Rule
Example essay. Last modified: 13th Oct 2021
Introduction: ​In the play, ​An Enemy of the People, ​Ibsen challenges the idea of the ...

Title: The relationship between Richard Artschwager's works and material
Example essay. Last modified: 12th Oct 2021
Introduction: Richard Artschwager, (1923-2013) is an American sculptor, painter and illustrator. Artschwager received a Bachelor of Arts in Physics in 1948, although, worked a variety of jobs after graduating, such as a turner, a cabinetmaker and made and sold furniture. ...

Title: Critical Discussion of Andy Warhol's use of Modernist Values
Example essay. Last modified: 27th Sep 2021
Introduction: This essay will critically discuss the extent to which Andy Warhol upheld, adapted or rejected Modernist values which will further investigate how Warhol created ‘art after Modernism....

Title: Paintings Commissioned by Tiziano Vecello
Example essay. Last modified: 17th Sep 2021
Introduction: Tiziano Vecello, known in the English speaking world as Titian, was born in Cadore which is in the Southern Alps between the years of 1487 -1490. He was born into a family of lawyers and administrators and so enjoyed a relatively privileged upbringing....

Title: Separating the Art from the Artist in the Age of the Me-Too Movement
Example essay. Last modified: 10th Sep 2021
Introduction: The question of whether or not we should separate artists from their artwork has acquired a new significance in the age of Me Too–it is now necessary to examine whether we can still watch and enjoy the films and TV series created by the wave of directors and actors denounced by the Me Too movement. ...

Title: Concepts of Beauty in Art
Example essay. Last modified: 9th Sep 2021
Introduction: John Keats famous statement on Beauty and Truth and their interchangeability poses a very important question in the postmodern era....

Title: Four Breadth Areas in Liberal Arts Program
Example essay. Last modified: 9th Sep 2021
Introduction: Ottawa University four breadth areas are Art/Expression, Social/Civic, Science/Description, and Value/Meaning. These areas are the areas students will work through....

Title: Connection Between Picasso's 'Les Demoiselles d’Avignon' and his Connection African People
Example essay. Last modified: 26th Aug 2021
Introduction: This paper will analysis the connection between the modern primitivism painting Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907) by Picasso to the artist’s historical connection with the African people....

Title: Analysis of the Impacts of Giotto Di Bondone's Style and Technique
Example essay. Last modified: 25th Aug 2021
Introduction: Giotto was a Florentine painter and architect who was recognized as an artistic genius and protagonist during the Italian Renaissance. For artist Giorgio Vasari – the great biographer of Italian Renaissance artists – the new art had its birth with Giotto....

Title: Explorations of Identity in Photographic Portraiture
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Aug 2021
Introduction: This essay will explore the idea of identity and how it is explored within photographic portraiture. This essay will look at the way different photographers such as Jen Davis, Andreas Poupoutsis and Delaney Allen explore identity through their photography....

Title: Conventions of Representation in Art
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Aug 2021
Introduction: Throughout time, conventions of representation in portraiture dynamically transformed throughout history, considerably changing each artist’s genre of work supporting personal conventions portrayed in the time periods heavily varied....

Title: Analysis of Automatism & Veristic Surrealism
Example essay. Last modified: 19th Aug 2021
Introduction: This paper will start off by explaining the main influences on Surrealism art; The cultural Movement called Dada, the principal founders of Surrealism; Andre Breton, Sigmund Freud and a psychiatrist, Carl Jung....

Title: A Review of The Fall Dance Concert
Example essay. Last modified: 19th Aug 2021
Introduction: The performance that was observed was not lively as evidenced by the various features. The performance did not make most of the people in the audience to scream. Even the crowd was not cheerful as the performance went on and it showed that the crowd was not moved by the performance....

Title: Relationship Between the Changes in Society & Art of the Early Twentieth-century
Example essay. Last modified: 11th Aug 2021
Introduction: This assignment will discuss the relationship between the changes in society and art of the early twentieth-century, with particular reference to the division of high and low art....

Title: An Essay on The Importance of Art in Daily Life
Example essay. Last modified: 9th Aug 2021
Introduction: Every day morning, many people enjoy sitting outside watching sunrise. They feel relaxed seeing the arrival of the sun with its pure light and the traveling of the night with its darkness. They consider that a new life will start as the sun starts her new life. ...

Title: The History and Development of Wonder Woman Comics
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Aug 2021
Introduction: For over 60 years, Wonder Woman has filled the pages of her magazine with adventures ranging from battling Nazis, to declawing human-like Cheetahs. Her exploits thrilled and inspired many young girls, including Gloria Steinem. Through all of this, she has had to pilot her invisible jet through territories that her male counterparts have never had to....

Title: Analysis of Dali's 'The Persistence of Memory'
Example essay. Last modified: 28th Jul 2021
Introduction: The Persistence of Memory contains a light blue horizon, which slowly fades downward from blue to yellow across the top quarter of the painting. Under the skyline sits a body of water, or what looks to be a large lake or a reflecting pool....

Title: Embodiments of Life and Death through Art
Example essay. Last modified: 10th May 2021
Introduction: Embodiment of life and death explores the taboos, shame, and poverty surrounding woman’s menstrual cycles.  Woman and young girls have been taught to deal with periods in secrecy as the topic of menstruation is frowned upon in our current culture...

Title: Ai Weiwei's Artmaking Practices and the Effect of His Experiences
Example essay. Last modified: 10th May 2021
Introduction: Explain how and why the choices Ai Weiwei makes in his artmaking practice are shaped by his experiences....

Title: Henri Matisse's Artwork: Use of Shapes
Example essay. Last modified: 10th May 2021
Introduction: Matisse had a unique path to becoming an artist as someone that started out in law school, and I feel like this uniqueness stuck with him throughout his career...

Title: Engineering Drawings to Fine Art - Da Vinci
Example essay. Last modified: 31st Mar 2021
Introduction: Venturing into the field of Fine Arts demands that the artist is ready to draft and develop ideas into an exploratory artwork as the final product. Experts in this field observe that the work of art is an iterative process meaning that it is not a diving feet-first affair, but a seamless process that will demand a series of sketches, brainstorming ideas and then drawing the artwork intended....