Art and Culture Essay

Today in the multicultural society of the world, “Art is considered to be a powerful source to express a meaning or idea to an audience”, according to Jack Hanley, of Jack Hanley Gallery in New York. It is this meaning or idea that communicates to a viewer the individual artist’s intentions, beliefs, physical art making and unique ideas that are carried out. Two artists and their works that reflect this communication and consist of a range of different mediums include Lin Onus’s work’s “Fruit…

as some of the other professions, but it holds the high likelihood of taking me away from my home as well. Becoming a freelance artist would not take me away from my home, but the unstable pay and lack of guarantees make it an unwise decision. The art produced for sale may not fetch high prices, but an artist has more connections and side-job offers that can arise. Becoming a musician, similar to becoming a freelance artist, would have many uncertainties. These two fields often rely on public…

Pollock painting did not look like art to me it looked like a lot lines on a canvas. To me the painting all where lines of different colors with squirrels. Pollock painting could be identified by the type of canvas. Over the last five weeks, I learned about many different artists and saw beautiful pictures of art. Pollock stood out the most for his painting because it was so different. The other artist work told stories and gave moral. Pollock was an American painter who painted abstract. He…

country such as North Korea might view the idea of democracy completely differently than a person in the Western world would. That is not to say that any of the two views on one idea-democracy-is more correct than the other, but rather that both cultures view the same thing differently and thus would likely extract different definitions of what knowledge on the subject entails. These different views represent the difference in perspectives which exist for knowers everywhere which are formed…

The mind is a complex term that is always changing and forming. It is not easy to define the mind but it can be proven to exist. Throughout the ages the perception of human kind has always changed. It is human nature to change and become a different self but the person always stays the same. Now in the present, the topic of history is presented in almost every school to promote the mistakes done by certain groups of people. The reason this is made is because without knowing the mistakes and…

What is now the Artel art gallery was once the Escambia county courthouse. The building has references of Roman Tuscan columns and other related structures. The symbolic significance of the use of Roman architecture can be analyzed myriad ways and care should be taken to analyze the significance to both of the uses of the building; That being the use as as an art gallery and a governmental building. The building itself is four stories high and also contains a basement. There are stairs…

American painter and performer. He was born deaf in Kansas City, along with his 3 older sisters. He was born in February 22, 1947. He opened an aesthetic of deaf culture in which visual art converts a deaf worldview. His career spanned over 35 years, and included painting, sculpting, acting, storytelling, and teaching. He received his art education from Mrs. Grace Bilger, a renowned watercolorist and graduated in 1967. He enrolled at Gallaudet University but then transferred to the Rochester…

Art communicates various social, religious, and political messages, and it is the patrons, artist, and public who are crucial in receiving and conveying these messages. Western art was a highly influential tool and was used as a conduit for political ideologies and historical events. It could associate its subject with greatness, power, and divinity. However, it remains debatable on who had a greater hand in shaping the artistic direction of Western art — the individual or the state. While both…

celebrity, are still prominent figures in culture. Each of their histories creates their individual artistic personality. Van Gough’s art for instance is most likely seen through the framework of his sufferings. How does knowing that Van Gough killed himself change his works? This is truly a question that can only be answered in the mind of each individual viewer. The list of instances and examples of illicit artists is long and branches into many forms of art with varying opinions from…

Integrating art unlocks the doors to learning, it is an important essential in today’s higher education. Some may ask what is the integration of arts? “Is an approach to teaching that integrates the fine and performing art.” A more-broad understanding is through the four essentials Yo-Yo Ma describes as, collaboration, flexible thinking, disciplined imagination and empathy. Yo-Yo Ma is a widely known cellist and songwriter, that started producing music from the age of five and has won over…