Art critic

exciting text that provides an elaborate exposition of his career as a pre-eminent artist in the United States. His flamboyant and contorted glassworks are a unique and conspicuous trademark displayed across the globe. Chihuly described his works of art as trade blankets. In fact, in the preliminary sections of his book, he pointed out that the book documents the variety and beauty of his trade blankets or glasswork. On this account, the author’s review presents an historical background of the…

If we were to base the quality of activist art on realization of beauty, sentiments of pleasure, or expression of emotion, activist art should still be able to carry itself with confidence amidst functionless art. Activist art radiates beauty in what it accomplishes. There is beauty in virtuous actions, kindness, and modification. With the beauty of kindness and help, activist art brings a certain heartwarming pleasure to an audience. And these are certainly not devoid of any expression of human…

the Discourse of Photography as Art in France in the Early 1850’s: ‘Rein n' est beau que le vrai: mais il faut le choisir’, was written by Dr. Margaret Denton who is an Associate Professor of Nineteenth-Century Art, History of Photography. Dr. Denton is a part of the Department of Art & Art History at the University of Richmond school of Arts & Sciences. The title of the article expresses that although there is nothing that is as beautiful as the original concept of art through the form of…

Robert Smithson’s 1968 essay titled “A Sedimentation of The Mind” is a response to the lingering question: what is the justification of land art? Smithson’s answer was that the justification was both the sensation that dedifferentiation gives to the land artists and the impure natural processes that are incorporated gives land art its quality, while arguing that the time that encompasses the sensation and mental processes when creating their works were just as important as the actual works…

There is at least one important thematic instance of Persian-Islamic painting that critics cannot employ phenomenology in order to link the formal traits of it to the transcendentality of the center of Islamic art; however, the layering aspects of it has been revealed through adopting historicism standpoint. Investigations on controversial subject matters such as the representation of eroticism in Islamic art and questioning the authority of religion are the results of following historicism…

Everyone has seen great arts before, but does anyone know how great art is made or what is needed in order to create great art? In a short story called Zebra, a famous artist gives Zebra great knowledge about making drawings and sculptures. In an excerpt from Letters To A Young Artist, the author explains that empathy plays a critical role in great art. In order for great art to be born, an artist must have a vast amount of knowledge and deep empathy to express themselves. Knowledge is…

birth, death, and the way the mind works. A lot of his work is very blunt and simplistic – given his focus; that is really the only way he can describe what he is trying to describe. The interesting part of Viola is not just his art, but also the way he sees the world; his art serves simply as a catalyst for this. Despite his simple way of viewing, Viola has lived a colorful life; he worked some interesting jobs such as a video technician, a technical director in Florence, and even worked odds…

Lesson: Propaganda Art of WWII Grade Level: Fourth Grade Unit: How does History Affect Art? In this unit, students will look at how what was happening at a specific point affected the art of that time. There are two lessons in this unit: 1. Propaganda Art of WWII, and 2. Art of the Great Depression. Objectives: By the conclusion of this lesson, all students will be able to: 1.) Discuss the propaganda art of WWII and will be able to explain its purpose and how it spread orally [art history]. …

comparing and contrasting two of them in analysis of the shift of Shakespeare. The two approaches this paper will focus on are art worlds and the production of culture perspective. This paper will first look at the conventions of Shakespeare as art in pop culture, then it will look at the different spheres that shaped Shakespeare from popular culture to an exclusive sacralized form of art in the way it is consumed and performed. Before…

Introduction This extended essay will be focusing on the criticism of the American illustrator Norman Rockwell, and my research question is “Do Norman Rockwell’s artworks present a falsification of reality in American society?”. I believe that Norman Rockwell did not actually idealized some of the American images in his paintings, in fact, the reason that his paintings appear to be presenting a very ideal American society is that he has used a lot of symbols in his paintings, so in many of his…