Art and Culture Essay

of my artwork, which stemmed from the Neoclassical art period, and the beginning of neoclassical art was witnessed in the middle of the 18th century, and as of the literal definition of the word, it means revival of the old past which in this case was the classical art. In addition to most art periods of that time it was centralized in Europe but the Neoclassical period spread around the world as a global art movement. This also marked a time in art history when artists began to imitate Greek…

Joseph Minton once said, “True art captures emotions, feelings, and the energy of the object, setting or event that is being depicted. It goes far deeper than the cold, flat surface of duplication. True art has an entity of its own, it is alive, and has the ability to speak, effect, move, and convey emotions to its viewer. This is why I personally choose to paint in derivatives of expressionism.” Art is a form of expression. Art is a way in which society can express themselves and show their…

Greece. There were other materials that could be used to create sculptures with such as, clay but because of clay being very brittle few of them have survived. Greek sculptures tell us a story about Gods, Heroes, Events, Mythical Creatures and Greek culture in general and come in many different colors, shapes, sizes, and…

layers. In the East Asian culture, the Syngman Rhee Era pertained artworks of the bird and flower painting genre where simple drawings of simple life forms were used as the major subject (Yong-Jin, Kim 1¬¬¬¬). At the University Of Michigan Museum Of Art, Kim Yong-Jin’s Fourteen Fruit and Flower Sketches features fourteen intricate fruits and flowers, part of the “bird and flower painting” genre of Korean art that struck me with great fascination (besides my love for the nature art) because of…

There seem to be three major components to the art of photography: the subject, the photographer, and the audience. The subject must simply exist while the photographer captures its presence, documenting its significance by determining the way the photograph is taken; this process includes endless aspects that are adjusted to the photographer’s liking, such as exposure, framing, lighting, and so on and so forth. These two components work together to create an image. The only “job” of the…

After reviewing Pablo Picasso’s Bull’s Head sculpture, his ability to assemble the bike seat and handlebars and maintain it’s simplicity yet resemble the image of a Bull’s head is astonishing. I believe that if a much more modern seat and handlebar’s were used, then the apparent perspective of the Bull’s head wouldn’t have been as discernible. “The marvelous thing about bronze is that it can give the most heterogeneous objects such unity that it’s sometimes difficult to identify the elements…

Art, in its various forms, is an important part or society with many benefits. Although often not recognized as such, the arts have as much value in society as maths or sciences, and should have adequate funding. Arts bring beauty and culture to communities and participating in art helps people to develop real life skills. Having public art programs available would create a safe space for creative expression and would give more people access to materials, space, and instruction to make art.…

strong relationship with human life, and human life is an important theme in art. For this reason, artists love to use horses in artworks throughout history. Artists use horses as the subject to show the beauty of art; the beauty of horses and the scene of daily life in a specific time also can be shown through artworks. Therefore, the two pieces of artworks I chose that impressed me a lot during my visit to the Museum of Fine Art in Boston…

months. To keep Henri busy his mom bought him a box of art supplies to keep him entertained while he was bed-ridden. Henri took off with it he decided right then and there what he wanted to do when he saw all those pretty colors. His mother was the first person to give him advise when he is creating art, she said, ”Now Henri do not listen to the “rules” of art but listen to your emotions. When he was over his illness Henri moved to Pair to study art at the Academie Julian, were he began studies…

The Lascaux caves in France contain many petroglyphs from the Upper Paleolithic time period. Archaeologist used radiocarbon from fragments of charcoal and “placed Lascaux in the Magdalenian culture” (Aujoulat). The artwork in these caves gives insight into the lives of the anatomically modern Homo sapiens (AMHS) who drew these paintings by demonstrating the types of animals they were living with, and why they were important to them. Furthermore, these paintings give insight into the intellect of…