Associate of Arts

Artistic evolution occurs throughout the Kamakura and Muromachi eras, altogether spanning from 1185 to 1550. Developing areas of art include literature, theatre, and visual arts. Both eras demonstrate interests regarding the past, Buddhist principles, and tradition but have different influences. Kamakura era literature discusses loyalism and Buddhist concepts. The era begins as war between the Taira and the Minamoto families concludes in 1185. The Tale of the Heike, a significant war…

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…

Art, a beautiful creature that reflects our world. We all have a same world, but different culture, different experience and different character cause us view the world completely different. Art is the thing that allow us express our emotion and dream, it gives us a chance to depict the world in our eyes through beautiful colors and unique shapes. Whether it is cubism or abstract, realism or impressionism, they are all part of the beauty. Those thoughts and styles make up some segment of the…

of communicating or conveying a message to another party. Another form of communication and message delivery is art. Everything that informs us about ancient cultures is in the form of art whether through scriptures, drawings or writings. When words failed us as a universal language, Art was the link between ancient civilizations and modern tim.es. When both words and some forms of art failed as a means of universal communication another form of Virtuosity prevailed in conveying a message to a…

someone like the mistress Fanny Cornforth-a model of this painting. Apart from the elegiac ironical title, Rossetti invites the audience to appreciate her physical beauty through highlighting her sensuality and power of virginal body, which often associates with the fatal seduction of men. Cornforth’s matured sexuality illustrates the empowerment of her own body and later the figure Lilith became a symbol of a threat to manhood that are often described as “the mother of phallic” in the…

corporate sponsor's decision to pull funding was justified. The answer? No. Considering both the role of art in society and specific message behind this play, the sponsors were wrong for pulling the funds. As stated in the article, “The role of Art and the Artist”, by Edgar H. Schein, Schein writes that art’s role is not just to be beautiful, but that it should, “disturb, provoke, and inspire.” (3) Art has always had the role to…

The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent federal agency that provides the opportunity for Americans to get involved and participate in the arts in their communities. The NEA’s office of Research and Analysis provides funding to support projects nationwide that investigate the value and impact of the arts. The NEA provided a fifteen thousand dollar grant to fund a three-year research project at Boise State University called “Universities: Cultural Anchors in the Intermountain West.”…

Painting (La Pittura) 1638-39 stands out in the midst of Vancouver Art Gallery’s “The Royal Collections: Portrait of the Artist” exhibition. As one of the only woman artist portraits, it pronounces itself in entirety to symbolise the prominence she has given females in history as she paints herself as La Pittura. She depicts herself not as females had been seen before, but as a hard working artist in the MIDST of creating a work of art. One of the most recognizable writers of Artemisia’s…

Within the books of John Berger and Michel Foucault’s thoughts and ideas, they’re shown throughout their short anthologies. In “Ways of Seeing” and Panopticism; we see a lot of similarities and differences between the authors. From the way they write, to the way they express, to the way they think about their emotions and how they translate it out to their readers. John Berger talks about how we have our own perspectives on seeing things and how we can maintain different views in our society.…

The Rococo and Neoclassical visual arts have come to define the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Each resulted from popular culture, influence, and reform, yet had an impact on one another. The Rococo painter exhibited whimsical scenes, sometimes scandalous, bathed in softer color shades while the neoclassical painter sought to give emphasis to tradition and nationalism. To elucidate these variances, this author will use famed “The Swing” by Jena-Honore Fragonard to contrast against the…