Art

African Art has historically been focus on the power and beauty of the body. The pieces of art that remain today lack much of the purpose as they meant to be used not displayed in glass cases. This is true for items such as the Buli Master’s stools and the headdresses of the Bamana and Mende peoples. These items, though aesthetically pleasing were meant to be used in either a leader’s home while entertaining guests or for ceremonies of seasonal change or children becoming adults. The headdresses…

Assignment #3- Vincent VanGogh Nicholas Quehe Understanding Art – ARTL 2000-02 Fall 2014 Dr. B.Kowalsky PICTURES IN HARD COPY November 21, 2014 Assignment # 3 For this third assignment I had to do some research first to find an artist that was out of the norm and different. Sure, the one I picked is extremely famous and others might pick him as well but what he did in his lifetime and the meanings to some of his of his paintings/drawings are what that truly evoked me into picking him for this…

Yeyenne Telisme ARH2000 Reading Response 1 The word “art” means different things to different people. Art is one of many words that its definition varies throughout cultures and people. I might interpret art as something so simple as a painting but another might be able to define that term due to their experience or studies of art. This connects to the course because in the same sense that, what the Western culture might consider to be art can be seen as just another object or some “tool” to…

I choose to critique a piece of art from Western Maryland Hospital System. Walking through the main floor and cafeteria, I saw a quite a few paintings and photographs. But as I was about ready to leave, some artwork in one of the hallways caught my attention. It was a series of four, landscape nature paintings. The four paintings had water in them. They appeared to be scenes of a river flowing with foliage and greenery on the sides. The medium used was oil. These series of paintings were done in…

hearing things, but the more I paid attention to the music playing in the Museum of Fine Art’s gift shop the clearer it sounded. They were playing a traditional Cape Verdean song. The Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) has pleased art lovers ever since July 4th, 1876 with a vast collection of antique and contemporary art (About the MFA). Its mission is to display diverse cultures from all over the world that challenge people to think critically and, by doing so, lead “to a greater cultural awareness and…

For my clay vessel I made a dog. The elements of art that my dog had were color, texture, and shape. In this essay, I will talk about the elements of art and principles of design I used, the rules I broke while making this dog, and my personal This dog was a bright but also light pink. I got this color by mixing hot pink with white. The texture of my dog was very rough because there were some places that were very hard to sand. When I tried to sand it was so bumpy it would have taken…

On April 26th from 4:30-6 I attended an art show at the Tennessee School for the Deaf. All of the featured pieces were created by students attending the school. The pieces were created by high school students in an art class. Overall, there were approximately 100 pieces ranging in all different styles and designs featured on display. The pieces ranged from paintings to sculptures, pots and figurines made out of clay. For example, there was a painting of a snake, but the snake's head was the sign…

Lines are usually used in every art work and in Mostaert’s painting you can see the use of lines in various ways. The clouds in the background of the painting have many different lines fading away. The cross in which Jesus is hung on is also an example of how actual lines are being used vertically and horizontally. The author of gateways of art, states there are two types of lines ( DeWitte 54). There are the actual lines and the implied lines. The actual lines are lines we are able to see in…

point out several specific examples found within the ancient civilizations of Ancient Egypt, Ancient Mesopotamia, and the Ancient Aegean world. I will give specific examples regarding temples, structures, and artwork in general. A common theme in art history is the idea that many different cultures and civilizations created lots of artwork involving the kings and deities they worship. For example, Ancient Egyptian King Narmer was represented as a bull destroying the walls of his foes on the…

If art were not an option during my formative years, I would not be the person I am today, socially or academically. Growing up in a military family, I attended a different school about every three years. This is no easy task for a developing adolescent. The changing school curriculum left me feeling inadequate and unprepared for the next. Math being my most troubling subject. Simple addition and subtraction were easy enough to grasp, but computations involving multiplication, division and…