Art history

through time? Marilyn Arsem is an American contemporary artist who has been creating live art since 1975. “Her work bridges the boundaries between performance in everyday life (or cultural performance) and performance art.” (Anderson and Arsem, 1995). Arsem’s work ranges from installation and interaction art to site-specific work. The majority of her most recent work has been site-specific, focusing on the site’s history or politics, and interacting with the locations landscape and nature.…

Cave of Forgotten Dreams What could an old piece of art tell us about the lives of early humans? Believe it or not, old pieces of art from the Paleolithic era has lead us to amazing discoveries and interpretations about the life style of the early humans. 30,000 years ago, keeping records of events had no importance to humans, their only goal in life was to survive. Even though there is no clear record of prehistoric human events, painters and sculptors of that time left behind some cave…

of Greek pottery. This topic was chosen in order to display a timeline of Greek pottery throughout history dating back to the Neolithic age with polychrome pottery and ranging up to the Classical period with red-figure style pottery. The importance of this topic is to help individuals identify commonly known Greek pottery styles, where they are from, and what time do they date back to in Greek history. In order to distinguish these factors, research was conducted on four commonly known types of…

while it was happening, that the discovery of arts education in my life sort of saved my life” (Diggs). Daveed Diggs, a singer and performer found a passion in the arts. The arts are brought into students worlds in middle and high school, which is when they are truly trying to find who they are. Just like it did to Diggs, the education of the arts can change lives. Education that alumni get at school is how they learn to love creative arts. If the arts get cut, there will be no life changing…

Our two pieces to compare and contrast are from the Metropolitan Museum of Art the are: The Royal Acquaintances on Memi and Sabu and Statue of Gudea. Similarities between the two are: Their function, which is to represent the subjects as actual persons in the real life as well as in the afterlife. The Royal Acquaintances being used to supply a body for the dead to inhabit in the afterlife (Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History The Royal Acquaintances of Memi and Sabu, 2016), and the Statue of…

Alwin Nikolais: Visual Artist Extraordinaire Alwin Nikolais was a modern dance genius whose contributions to dance as an art form are numerous. Known for his innovative dance works and performances, he was a master of all trades who wanted to encompass a variety of visual and auditory art forms to create one large spectacle. Many considered him to be a pioneer of modern dance, and Anna Kisselgoff, a journalist and dance critic, was quoted in The New York Times obituary for Nikolais as saying:…

She proposes that art “can waken us to truths about ourselves and our lives; truths that normally lie suffocated under the pressure of the 24-hour emergency zone called real life” (Winterson 2). Winterson furthers this with describing how art “challenges what we are...remind[ing] us of all the possibilities we are persuaded to forget” (3). It seems that this is what particularly…

Culture the meaning of the way of life of a group of people. Their behaviors, beliefs, values, symbols, art, music, celebration and acceptance. (Merriam) However, this is just a basic understanding of the word culture. A culture is about a group of people and the way they live in society how they see art and what they believe in. Also, the location of the society where they are located and their surrounding played a role in their culture. What they have to work with and what they are needing to…

are two established works of art that possess the delicate nature of humanity. The differences between the Peplos Kore and Anita Huffington’s Kore can likely be attributed to the magnitude of elapsed time between their creations; however, their similarities stem from the similar depictions of the female body. The Peplos Kore was sculpted during the Archaic period in 530 BCE., just before the Classical period, whereas Anita Huffington’s Kore is a contemporary work of art crafted in 1991. Despite…

Andy Warhol later on became a pop art legend because of his talent of drawing shoes during the early creative stages of his career. He ended up earning a spot in the cultural timeline…Just like Mr Warhol, Atang Tshikare who us based in cape town , born in bloemfontein, he studied graphic design and spent 2 years in the UK but moved here and did art full time, he is an artist/illustrater who says his passion began with his obsession with sneakers and him always customising sneakers. John…