Art

Art is an important part of human life. It represents how human beings view a certain aspect on different perspectives. Art is used to represent different views such as attitudes, vows, victory, agreements, and many others. A couple of famous examples known to almost everyone around the world are the sculpture of the Paleolithic Woman from Willendorf and the Egyptian Khafre. Both are symbols of great people from the history and considered as heroes from the past. They are the sculptures of human…

Pop art is a visual art movement that emerged in the 1950’s. Pop art came out in Britain and The United States culture. The origin of the name “Pop art” is unknown but it’s often credited to a British art critic named “Lawrence Alloway”. In Lawrence Alloway’s essay titled “The Arts and Mass Media”, even though he would not exactly use the words “Pop” and “Art”, he was one of the high level critics to approve Pop Art as a legitimate art form. Characterized by bold, simple and everyday imagery and…

Some artists have traditionally been restricted in fully expressing creative ideas in their art because of commissioners demanding certain works, social pressures, and conflicting cultural ideas restraining inventiveness. Popular medieval paintings and prints were produced in a time period when religion was incredibly prominent, therefore, artists often created images of an idealized heaven, but also had opportunities to dabble with more rewarding, expressive subjects, such as hell and the devil…

Intervention Strategies The goal of art therapy is to improve or maintain mental health and emotional well-being (Farokhi, 2011). There are many variations of art therapy. Art therapy typically utilizes drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, collage and other forms of visual art expression. Art therapists are trained to recognize the nonverbal symbols and metaphors that are communicated. Art therapy allows clients to express their thoughts and feelings that may be too painful to put into…

Is majoring in the Performing Arts useless? Some people believe that majoring in the Arts is useless, but it is not. If the world did not have performing artist who would provide entertainment? Who would give people a laugh when they most need it? Who would be there to pull your heart strings with the most heartfelt lines and tear jerkers? The answer is no one. So let’s ask again, are the performing arts important ? The answer to that is, yes. A Performing Arts major is not useless because…

In psychology, art is used as a method to treat psychological disorders and enhances mental health which is known as art therapy. Art therapy is a creative process which involves one expressing oneself in a creative process by making art. Art therapy is one of the most effective tools used to improve a person's physical, mental, and emotional problems. As an expressive medium, art can be used to help people in their need for emotional well-beings. Art helps overcome stress, and psychoanalysis,…

The early Greek artists deviated from the previous conventional methods of sculpting human figures. They had a growing interest in representing art that takes on a more lifelike image. This can be seen in the chronological progression of the three kouros. The pursuit of the naturalism represents the change in how they perceived perfection. They saw perfection in aesthetics as trying to recreate the human figure to how it should look like, embracing the imperfections by taking on the naturalism…

of becoming a bigger institution, maybe the Delaware Art Museum should have focused on expanding it community programs or refining them. Bigger institutions are not always better, it is the quality of institutions that matter. Focusing on refining their existing programs or creating new programs would have cost less than $19.8 million and would have brought them closer to their community. As for the Randolph College and its Maier Museum of Art, the Maier should form a plan that help it move away…

According to Kandinsky’s book Concerning the Spiritual in Art written in 1912, “music and art are the first and most sensitive spheres in which this spiritual revolution makes itself felt.” (Kandinsky, part 1, Section 3) Kandinsky correlates specific colors with definite emotions, such as blue, a heavenly color, while black is the color of grief that is hardly human (Fineberg, 94). Kandinsky links color and music in his book by saying, “Generally speaking, color is a power which directly…

Bill-zhyad amadou Emily Sprouse ART 101 13 October 2015 Art History in Real-Time Art is a human activity involving the intellect and emotions, which results in the creation of works with aesthetic features. It brings together different areas in constant evolution, including sculpture, painting, dance, poetry, cooking, film, printmaking, theater, comics, photography and digital art now. Study the trajectories of digital cultural assets is an entry point to better understand the social data.…