Art Appreciation Essay

Essay There is all kinds of artwork and amazing pieces that most people have never seen before. But I got the opportunity to go to and see and admire one of a kind art work, with my art appreciation class when we went to the Philbrook museum last Friday, April 7th. We got to look at the amazing architecture, sculptures, beautiful, art work, and to learn more about the museum and the history of it. When I got there my first impression of the building was that it was very beautiful and had a…

Art has the ability to unify people by allowing them to connect emotionally and reminding them of their humanity. In Station Eleven, Mandel expresses this message through her portrayals of post-apocalyptic communities and the effect of the collapse of technology. The art in the novel centers around the Traveling Symphony, a group that travels the post-apocalypse world to spread art through their performances of Shakespearean plays and orchestral music. The Traveling Symphony, a prominent group…

enjoy certain aspects or styles. However it’s more than just talking about what is my personal taste in music, but what speaks to me about the music, its components, what makes a song, rather than just the beat or the message it’s speaking about. Art has come a long ways from that of painting on a canvas or the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, as time advanced…

The Layers of “Goblin Market” Does great art make you feel or make you think? John Ruskin and Walter Pater have different approaches when it comes to art appreciation. The argument by Ruskin is that great art is “received by a higher faculty of the mind” and Pater is convinced that art “is the aim of the true student of aesthetics”. Not only are both schools of thought are correct but must work together to create a great piece of art. Christina Rossetti’s poem “Goblin Market” accomplishes…

Engaging in fine arts is an essential part of school; fine arts allow you to express yourself in many ways possible. Some may ask what a fine art is or what is classified as a fine art. Fine arts education is a comprising rich array of disciplines including dance, music, theatre, media arts, literature, design, and visual arts, and is provided in many school systems as core or elective classes. Students in fine art classes are allowed to be free for a period of time and focus on something…

Art has been around since the dawn of time (1). In some cultures, art is the only thing that has survived throughout the civilizations (1). Furthermore, art is a part of life, therefore it has developed over the years. So what is art anyway? Art is an incredible purpose or terrible nightmare. It is functional and nonfunctional, therefore certain art elements, such as texture and aesthetics give life and meaning or triumph and mischief to one’s artwork. For me, art is expression, and the…

Japanese art. The subject matter in this work also has a big influence from japan. The two women drawn on this portrait have a lot of characteristics from Japanese women. The way they are dressed in traditional kimonos, and the popular hairstyle of the hair gathered at the crown of the head, represent the Japanese culture. This portrait depicts “Mary Cassatt and her sister in the galleries of the Musee du Louvre” (Degas). From what I researched, the two…

comparing and contrasting two of them in analysis of the shift of Shakespeare. The two approaches this paper will focus on are art worlds and the production of culture perspective. This paper will first look at the conventions of Shakespeare as art in pop culture, then it will look at the different spheres that shaped Shakespeare from popular culture to an exclusive sacralized form of art in the way it is consumed and performed. Before…

I went to the Phoenix Art Museum on the day of March 16th, 2016. Thankfully the museum was located in one of the nicer areas of Phoenix so I didn’t have to worry about getting stabbed as I made my way inside the building. The exterior of the building mainly consisted of visually appealing cement and steel pillars with a modern design. While I wondered around searching for an entrance into the building, I joined a small party of people who were also lost. After wandering around aimlessly for…

In addition, art is liberating more than mystifying because when I went to the art museum in Washington D.C, the National Gallery of Art. Going into the East building where the modern art was located, seeing the huge space and objects that were in the museum was relaxing. I went to the museum with my parents and they were just looking around the art pieces in the museum as I did and enjoying their time in the museum. As we all looked to the art pieces, we observed and had our own interpretation…