role from the beginning of human art history to now days perhaps to our future as well as we cannot deny its contribution as an aesthetic element to our daily life. We can find ornament through arts of primitive culture that shows how indigenous people tattoo on their skin, homes, caves stone etc. We will deal with the ornament, as a evident from the title itself. The importace of using the ornament in the artistic creation is evident especially in the era of Art Nouveau, questioning about…
differ by age, target audiences, content, national and regional orientations and just simply by ambition. The type or genre of a museum might be the significant difference that divides through all of the other variables: art museums, cultural history museums, and natural history museums have different explanations for their motives and completely different conceptions of how to use and present having different…
is that is an art that has been practiced since the neolithic period. Tattoos can be found in nearly every culture across the globe, and many cultures have thousand-plus year histories with the art. Every culture has a different significance to tattoos as well. Curing ailments, identifying…
The Therapy of Arts Orthodox medicine and therapy have been the mainstream of all psychiatric treatment. While upon researching I found out about a new approach and form of therapeutic treatment. Art therapy is the new approach to therapeutic treatment for psychiatric disorders, emotional problems or physical disorders or illness. This type of therapy involves people using an expressively creative outlet involving forms of art. Art Therapy in comparison to medication and therapy is successful…
Throughout this reading, Atkins focuses on Frans Hals’s artistic execution of roughness in his art pieces. He points out that Hals’s artistic virtuosity is displayed through the sketchiness of his painting, the connection between him and previous famed painters, and the unique method he employed. Further, Atkins argues that many of Hals’s sitters are “virtuosi-liefhebbers”, meaning knowledgeable lovers of art. Through Hals’s rough brushwork, his sitters were shown refined and cultured. Also,…
May Gallery for my first arts review, I was inspired to go home and mess with my own camera. After taking some photos of the scenery by my house on my phone’s camera, I became curious about the history of photography and wanted to discover how the art changed over time. Naturally, I did some research on the origins of photography, on how and why it adapted, and finally looked into modern adaptations and uses. Less than 200 years old, photography is a relatively new art form that has continually…
Abraham Lincoln. In 1844 Johnson moved to Washington, D.C., and began to draw crayon portraits. Johnson drew a portrait of John Quincy Adams, which was mantled in the National Portrait Gallery and a portrait of Dolley Madison, which was put in the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University. At this point in his career, Johnson was becoming famous. In 1846 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow invited him to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to draw portraits of his…
stern art. This new knowledge had spread among many artists throughout the years, and to this day it remains a key component in art. From his…
Art Nouveau Art Nouveau, or the French term for “New Art,” is a colorful movement in the arts that attracted Europe during the process of change from the 19th century to the 20th century. Art Nouveau had other names, “Stile Liberty” in Italy and “youth style” in German. Right before art lovers would begin riding in motor cars, watching moving pictures, and refreshing for the First World War, they would flip through bright international philosophy and style of art magazines. This cultural…
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…