Art History Essay

works appear to be oil on canvas. This was a popular medium in 16th to 17th century Latin America. Both works also feature a central figure. These figures both have wings, and therefore appear to be angels. Archangels were prevalent subject matter for art in this time and place. Both of these angels are white, and therefore European. This suggests that both of these works were copied from European prints. However, though these main elements of the two works are the same, the details and nuances…

Art and architecture are huge influences on culture. Furthering movements of all different sorts is the goal of many artists in American history. Artists react to events as they occur, voicing their opinion through visuals rather than words. Sometimes the opinions of the artists reflect the public opinion, and sometimes they reveal reality. Art and architecture are important to U.S and world history, not just for understanding the past, but interpreting the present. The Colonial period was a…

q1. Plate 2, Yasumasa Morimura's "Daughter of Art History (1990)" appropriates a typical scene of 19th century life from Plate 1, “Manet's bar at the Folies-Bergere”, 1882. As acknowledged in the extract this artwork achieves its main meaning through male, Japanese artist Morimura impersonating the main subject of the painting, a young white woman. This combined with the detailed copying of many existing aspects of the original painting and a complex synthesis of new ideas and symbols with the…

is still with him. The History, Art, and Wisdom in The Scarlet Letter, by Randall Stewart and Dorothy Bethurum, has a great representation of how Hawthorne uses his information to further the book The Scarlet Letter. Stewart and Bethurum’s article shows that history, sorrow and responsibility play a vital role in analyzing the novel’s worth. Hawthorne uses his ancestors' history to inspire him as he writes The Scarlet Letter. The novel is pretty accurate about the history because “Randall…

ignore harsh truths that do not directly affect your own experience, but this conference shone a light on those truths. Alethea Arnquq-Baril’s presentation her passion for storytelling through film was very interesting. As an art historian, I couldn’t help but be reminded of art historic definitions of modernity and it’s the problematic idea of primitivism that was inherent in it. I was reminded of this because Arnaquq-Baril’s work reminded me of the notion of salvage anthropology in the 20th…

The Archaic stage in Greek history lasted from about 700-480 BCE. During this time period, art historians called it the Geometric age because it marked the return of the human figure. One example of this type of art would be Lady of Auxerre, 650-625 BCE (Fig 2-15). This statue was one of the earliest limestone statuettes of a goddess or maiden. It has a flat-topped head that is triangular in shape. The skirt is geometric in shape due to the square designs on it. She also has the "Archaic Smile"…

Legal Name and Form Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is a premier 3-day music festival, which occurs once a year in April. It is held by the AEG-owned concert promoter, Goldenvoice. (Martens & Pham, 2012) History Paul Tollett (head of Goldenvoice) held the first Coachella event in October of 1999. He is famous for saying “For Southern California, this could be the start of something really special.” (Staff, 2015). Paul was right, but it was not an easy journey to the top. The first…

Apple Case Study Analysis Apple’s history is one of success and failure, state of the art design and isolationist failure. Apple entered the general market in 1978 with the Apple II introducing the graphical user interface (GUI) (Gamble, J., & Thompson Jr, T., 2011). Introducing this type of interface was a huge benefit for home computer buyers because it made computers more interactive and kept the user from having to type all commands in a DOS format. Apple then started struggling within…

a profound effect on mankind throughout all of history. Who hasn't caught themselves looking up into the night sky and wondering what's above? As time goes on, advancements in technology allow us to uncover some of the mysteries of space, but this was not always the case. Throughout the majority of history people could only look at the sky in wonder with no concrete evidence as to what was above. This idea is reflected throughout varies pieces of art as the idea of the moon, sun, comets and…

religious kind. Rather, mine was the illuminating realization that my path leads where my dual and symbiotic passions for history and art have been inexorably guiding me my entire young life. I have long been fascinated by the past and drawn to museums and other repositories of the past. The first time I breathed the chill conditioned air of the American Museum of Natural History, my father had to lift me on his shoulders to give me an unobstructed view of the fossil remains of a triceratops.…