Art and Culture Essay

The Fayum portraits are panel paintings that were found in the Fayum oasis in Egypt. The style of this paintings date back to the Hellenistic Period 50BCE-250CE which is the Greek art period. These portraits were attached to mummies to cover the person’s face for burial (Encyclopedia of Art and Classical Antiquates). Fayum portraits illustrated a multicultural society of Roman Egypt. Those paintings were made by using pigments mixed with beeswax and various other ingredients like eggs, resin,…

How do the Arts Affect Student Learning The arts have stimulated controversy over the years. Research has upheld that the fine arts help improve standardized testing and learning. Arts can access complex parts of the brain to better analyze students surroundings. The arts have been cut from schools throughout the United States and test scores are going down. The arts have been proven to help children with learning disabilities or mental health issues better understand what is being taught to…

need to inform students about the message of the art so they realize that the nudity serves a purpose. Most of these artistic pieces are nude paintings/sculptures of ancient gods and goddesses but, we can glean an important insight into the ideals of each culture and how human beings related to the heavenly beings. Also we must be aware that over time the moral ideals of the culture have changed. Back in the time of the ancient Greeks, nudity in art was…

artwork throughout generations is rich with religious meaning. From the devotional art of New Spain to the Native rituals of the Southwest, the exhibit “Art of the West” at the Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum displays a significant narration of western culture in one of its main themes “Religion and Ritual”. This collection represents different manifestations of religious thought, practice, and spirituality in art of the west both historically and in present day. On the northern border of…

evolve in all cultures. There is so much beauty behind every artist’s mural and having their work displayed for the public to see everyday makes each individual piece so much more intriguing. Angie Kordic, journalist for Widewalls online magazine, states that murals hold great significance for mankind due to the fact that they depict life activities, everyday scenery and religious traditions around the time they were formed, giving the world a invaluable look at the diversity of our culture…

Robert Rauschenberg was a remarkable contemporary artist whose art style makes the name “Andy Warhol” and the like come to mind, developing artwork at similar time frames and sharing similar techniques. Unlike traditional popular culture artists, Rauschenberg created prints with a hybrid technique of photography, printmaking, and papermaking. He refers to his artwork as combines, because of the three dimensional effect observed when viewing these unique prints. Rauschenberg is classified mainly…

the muralists in El Paso are no exception. The Mexican mural tradition started back in 1921 with artists such as Diego Rivera who through his art portrayed his heritage, culture and the everyday life of the Mexican people. Through his art the Mexican Mural movement was established and it paved the way for many Mexican Artists to create meaningful pieces of art on buildings and walls. One of those artists is named Luis Jimenez who was born and raised in El Paso. Luis Jimenez is known best for…

journey for this unit performing arts for educator’s and the listening and responding exercise of The Moldau significant areas that l learnt are the values of arts in education, authentic arts experiences with children’s grow and development, storytelling (Self- concept development) and marking and responding (Dinham, 2014). Is to make] who design the expectations in Australian Curriculum [AC] documents the Arts key ideas for making and responding on how this looks in the art problem-solving…

there is a cultural event known as the “South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk” that I have been interested on for some time, although, have never been able to attended. By mid-March, while looking at the First Friday e-bulletin, I read about the “Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americano, MACLA” and the “17th Latino Art Now! exhibit presented through beginning of April to mi-May, and felt compelled to visit the art space for the Chicano/Latino Culture project. On Monday April 20, 2015, I went to the…

Art is a creative expression formed to provoke powerful reactions, discussion, emotion, understanding and/or confusion. It has no limitations in the messages or aesthetic that an artist can bring to the forefront. This creates a perfect space to speak about social or political issues. This is no different in Aboriginal Art. Pre-colonised Aboriginal peoples used art to symbolically tell stories and document scientific knowledge for tens of thousands of years. The artists traditionally used the…