Fundamentals of Visual Art Essay

Art Class Success Everyone seems to take their elective classes as a joke, because they think they are less important than their core classes. That is their first mistake. Every class that counts for a credit is important, and you still need a good enough grade if you want to pass. That class is also affecting your GPA, which affects how other schools, and jobs look at you. A class like art isn’t for everyone, but there are some things you can do to help improve your grade in art. So for all…

an artist that is specialized in cutting paper. By using paper and an acto knife she can create amazing pieces of art, that deluxe anybody who looks at it. It is like when kids cut paper man, but instead of simple figures, she can create big pieces of art, including any type of design that she wishes to include. Beatrice Coron was born and raised in France. She attended Art School in Lyon, but after not liking the way of teaching that they had there she dropped out and went to…

figurines immersed in various fluids like milk, blood, tears, semen and urine. Piss Christ, won the "Award for Visual Arts" competition held in Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art 's, which was sponsored in part by the "National Endowment for the Arts," which is an agency of the…

Who Can Recall His Past Lives produced and directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul and The Reflecting Pool by Bill Viola are both art films that address on the subject of reincarnation or rebirth. The former is a narrative film whereas the latter is an art video. The Reflecting Pool, a 7-minute art video by Bill Viola, is influenced by his interest in Western and Eastern art, philosophies and religious views such as Zen Buddhism and Christian practices. The use of religious ideology gives the…

psychoanalytic theory about male gaze arguing that women in cinema are shown to provide men with visual pleasure. This theory can be attributed to all of the entertainment industry and advertisement. Modern society places unrealistic expectations on women. Girls grow up with mass media and even toys dictating what a woman should look like. Women have been discriminated in many aspects of life and visual art is not exception. When analyzing female depictions such motifs as voyeurism,…

INTRODUCTION – thesis statement (1 paragraph) This is the Oil on canvas painting that called Madame Charpentier and Her Children in 1878 By Pierre Auguste Renoir. The size is 153.7 X 190.2cm and kept in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. How is ________ the pivotal point towards his successful career as an artist? BODY 1 - Describe piece (1 paragraph) In this painting, there are 3 main character. Which are Madame Charpentier and her daughters. There is a dog on the left bottom corner lying on…

The artwork Self Portrait As a Nice White Lady by Adrian Piper has influenced my own artwork Timeline in that the concepts, meanings and metaphors found in her artwork are not immediately identifiable. Although there is no influence of Pipers work on mine in terms of process, media or presentation, in this essay I will be discussing the confrontation that viewer experiences when faced with Pipers artwork Self Portrait As a Nice White Lady, my own artwork Timeline, and the ways in which both…

altered. This type of situation can be paralleled to any piece of artwork. When the audience first encounters an artwork, they establish an interpretation of the meaning behind the art. Although, as they look deeper, their interpretation of the art begins to change so a relationship develops between the viewer and the art. Alexa Hoyer’s photograph, Cone with Balloon and Hose Circle, consist of a background full of random junk, a bright orange cone, and three deflated balloons. (Hoyer) To one, it…

One of the most important aspects of art is continuity and change, in which certain imagery continues to be used across history, or is changed overtime. Art pieces from different time periods can be compared and contrasted with each other, taking into account symbols that have been transformed or are still present in both pieces. Two paintings that show a great amount of continuity and transformations are The Third of May by Francisco Goya, and The Oath of the Horatii. Goya and David’s paintings…

her early ‘earth-body works’ in the creeks and on the land. Her art is the way she reestablishes the bond that unite her to the universe. Ana thought throughout the earth/body sculptures she would become one with the earth. She also thought she would become an extension of nature and nature becomes an extension of my body. The compulsive act of confirming my ties with the earth is really the rebirth of…