Academic art

The Embarkation of the Pilgrims, by Robert W. Weir, was commissioned and hung in 1843. Like the Baptism of Pocahontas by John Chapman, the time frame around the painting of this scene was while America was experiencing the Second Great Awakening (Keene, Cornell and O'Donnell 2013, 284). Much emphasis was placed on religion during this time to address the negative aspects and moral impurity that had infected society. As such, Weir’s painting is highly religious in theme and provides insight to…

Strangers on a Train Alfred Hitchcock is an auteur that is recognizable as a director. He is known as the master of suspense and through his artistic choices he is the author of his films. Hitchcock has his own persona and often appeared in cameos in his films. His unique style leaned away from studying films as a genre but through an auteur approach, Cashiers du Cinema written by the father of auteruirsm, Andre Bazin. Bazin stresses on mise-en-scène, the content of images, that reveals the…

The video in class was about the artist known Kara Walker. She wanted to become an artist because as a child she remembers sitting on her Fathers lap and just sitting there and watching her father draw. Something about that made her realize that she wanted to be an artist. She is known for her silhouette pieces. Her pieces focus on a singular point in history. Most of those are pieces on slavery. As she said about her work “A lot of what I was wanting to do in my work and what I have been doing…

taking the stance of his work as being technically beautiful as well as arguing that he uses photography to push our popular perceptions of sexuality and fine art. The first conflict that Robert Mapplethorpe faced was the age of photography itself. Photography has not been around for very long. In fact, it was not fully considered or recognized an art form throughout the 19th century do to it being the most mechanical (not to mention newest) of mediums. Liz Wells acknowledges this argument,…

Were Seven In Eight” This painting was created by Jackson Pollock during the year of 1943. “There Were Seven In Eight” is now located in New York, at the Museum Of Modern Art. ("Art/Museums: Abstract Expressionist New York at the Museum of Modern Art in New York Oct. 3, 2010 to April 25, 2011.") During the creation of this art Pollock would take month long breaks and would continue back making this a long project to finish. The project was finally finished in the spring of 1945, it took…

conforming to society's standards and the way the times are supposed to be, Edna is beginning to think for herself and also express herself in the different ways that she knows how. Particularly, Edna begins to self-express thorough new languages, art, music, and love. The Zeitgeist of the times was to follow the society around you, and Adele was the perfect example of what a "mother-woman" is supposed to look like during this time period. Edna dared to venture into her own emotions and…

As You Can’t Stop the Beat was being created, there were many thoughts developed as to how it would be written. When I thought about the tone, I realized that I wanted the audience to be able to trust me, without being too skeptical of my topic. Once people against my topic realize what it actually is, they would want to stop reading it as soon as possible. So I tried to get my point across without being too informative but still trying to teach people about the topic. The reasoning behind my…

1. Iconography Different objects and shapes used in an artwork to symbolize or insinuate something. Rather than writing it, the onlooker would get the hint. Sometimes iconography could be used to give more than one meaning to the artwork it is being used at, so people can go along with whatever they think is most applicable to the setting they choose. An example of iconography would be Codex Aubin, begun ca. 1576, where different symbols have different meanings. 2. Linear Perspective Linear…

As a CEO of Warner Records, I must be able to use the recourses of the Warner Music Group and it's connection with Warner Bros Pictures effectively and flexibly, and seek opportunity to develop the international market. The company focused on music publishing and the broader entertainment industry, but I believe artists nowadays will want more than that. Warner Records hold a whole lot of catalog from the old days when music production costs were high and labels guard the pass between the artist…

world. They can emphasize how the natural world communicates with the spirit world. Lastly, they can portray the sacred buildings used to practice and worship the belief systems of the people using them. Art is a powerful way to show the importance of spirituality and religion. The first work of art that should be examined is the image of the ascent of the Prophet Muhammad. This was produced around 1540 A.D. This image is a manuscript painting, a painting that entails exceptional details of a…