Aesthetics

Wonderful Master of Art, Grant Wood's Grant Woods is an amazing artist which I failed to see before browsing through this book. Grant woods has a very elegant way of painting art. By making his art appear realistic his art is much more complex than you might think. Figuring out what artist to pick was extremely difficult. Once the painting of American Gothic came up I suddenly knew which artist I wanted to study. Covering every page of the book with beautiful and very austere his art makes…

The authors speculated that the painting ‘Portrait of an Elderly Woman in a White Bonnet’ was not a painting of Rembrandt’s by mentioning that it missed or deviated from his style – inconsistent dress, inappropriate mix of light and shadow, and glued wood. The professor, on the other hand asserts that it Rembrandt’s painting except that some people had worked on it to improve the grandeur of the painting. Firstly, the reading mentions that the woman (looked like servant as per the reading) in…

As rebels of the industrial era, Romantic poets cultivated their reverence for the natural world, and shared the reverence in their poems. In "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer", Whitman narrates his experience of depressed by the astronomer’s lecture and pleased again by looking at the stars himself. In “324” Dickinson tells within nature she can hear from God and go to heaven without the need of going to church. Though they use different poetic devices, they both express the similar…

Of Mirrors and Men Henry Ward Beecher once said, “Every artist dips his brush in his soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures” (Beecher as qtd. in “Artists Quotes”). The “pictures” that Beecher is talking about are not always pictures, but speeches, poems, literature, music, and fashion. These masterpieces allow artists to express his or her emotions and reflect on conflicts that he or she has gone through in life. For example, C.S. Lewis writes chronicles that parallel his strong…

Marilyn Monroe: Popular Culture Icon The appeal of a perfect body type still exists in American culture. Media and celebrities have always been trend setters, especially during the 1950’s when movie and film stars such as Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn made a significant impact on women’s self-image. Monroe's body proportions, attitude, and sex appeal continue to set standards for women in the 21st century. The persistence of Marilyn Monroe exemplifies the importance of the perfect body…

H In Puritan times, Hester Prynne, the protagonist of The Scarlet Letter, is marked with a distinctive letter A for the rest of her life. This is due to her decision to commit adultery. In the 21st century, the human race is naturally critical of others. However, regardless of their mistakes, no one is permanently marked with a letter to remember their mishaps. Through examining my personal attributes, it is evident that a letter that would most rightfully suit me is H. As a student, I am…

The art of the 1980s was a simple, colorful, yet controversial time for most artists. It was often simplistic and easy to produce for most of the art was repetitive and at a glance plain. Critiques questioned the definition of art and what defines art since art started to become a bit more abstract and restrained from imitating life. For example, a very controversial artist from the 1980s, Andy Warhol was often looked down upon by others seeing that his pop art included much repetition of the…

The idea of perfection is within itself, not perfect. People have their own idea of perfection that is impossible to occur. Take media for example; the media has distorted our minds into thinking we have to look, dress, and act a certain way to be perfect. If not, those people are looked down upon for not doing so. I, myself, am a victim of feeling the need to be perfect, and I remember feeling contrite about myself when I didn’t look, have, or act the way media wanted me to. I was out of the…

The process of describing a piece of art through an analytical context requires that you focus on one aspect of the piece at a time. These categories from which you can describe the piece of art are line, shape, color, texture, and composition. The piece figure of a woman from around 3500 BCE can be presented and taken apart piece by piece to show it to the reader. First is the use of line within the piece. The figure is that of a woman who is relatively thin but has large curving hips that are…

The art work that I found interesting in Chapter 5 was “The Soil” which was by Constantin Meunier. The picture reminds of hard working man that make a living. For example, the way there carrying the rock or pulling the rock towards them while tilting that back is some hard work and dedication. Picture reminds me of a man breaking there back for their family. What I mean by that is we never give up at what we do for our self or whoever might be that you’re supporting. It looks so realistic by how…