Body art

“Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.” -Lao Tzu. A testament to a good work of art is one that has you questioning and attempting to reveal the ‘meaning behind the meaning’, the idea and or inspiration bethought upon the artist. The painting, Native Embrace, shows the sophistication of the world by simplicity through its color pallette, art style, and positioning. The color pallette of the painting shows more of the basic color spectrum. The colors…

In Ancient Egypt there have been many iconic pieces of art. Whether it'd be intentional or not. All over Egypt there are spectacular wonders of the world and phenomenal pieces of art. Architecture, Jewelry or Hieroglyphics, but one that stands out in the world of ceramics is the Canopic Jars. The Canopic Jars were used by the ancient Egyptians during the mummification process. The Jars during the mummification process were used to store and preserve the viscera of their owner for the afterlife.…

Tattoos... Always are going to be a thing to talk about. Some people hate them and the other one can become addicted to them. The art of tattooing began so long ago, hundreds of years, the Egyptian age. Discovered found some momies with drawing and words in their skin. However if we keep searching in the history of the world we can notice that in almost every century and country there were a different fashion of tattoos. For example in XIX you could go to the circus and found women covered in…

represented as full round, however, there are many differences between the two. For example, the Bust of Nefertiti was created during the Armana art period. Where art is noted for its artistic style, which is drastically different from conventional styles of art and centered around the worship of Aten. The Armana period focused more on natural beauty and depicted its art with color and a more realistic face. However, the statue of King Menkaure and his queen show a sense of power and contain no…

What is art and what art is have been very controversial topics of discussion for centuries. Art is a very opinionated subject, and many people tend to share different views when it comes to art. To this day, we still do not have one solid, universally agreed upon definition of art. This makes it very hard to decide what is art, and what is not, considering we do not have a perfectly correct guideline to follow. Philosophers and artists have been sharing their beliefs on the argument of art for…

“The Cotton Bowl” by Hank Willis Thomas, and “Tightrope 9” by Elias Sime, are located in the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, North Carolina. Thomas’ piece was donated to this museum by the North Carolina Museum of Art Contemporaries in 2012. Hank Willis Thomas’ piece was from his series Strange Fruit, and he notes that it is a “visual and conceptual explanation of the black body as spectacle and souvenir in the American popular culture.” Contrastly, Sime’s artwork was purchased with the…

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…

The object is the female and male Shinto deities. It is one of the art creations that stands out amongst the others in the Met Fifth Avenue of the 223 Gallery; as it is not only big but it is a clear depiction of a deity and it seems well maintained though one can tell that it has withstood the test of time. Its dimensions are 52.4 cm or H. 20 and 5/8 inches. It is classified as a sculpture and is made out of Japanese Cyprus and has traces of colour around it. The culture from which this…

Etruscan Mirrors Vs. Cloud Gate Modern versus Ancient, 2006 versus 300 B.C. and in some regards a culture versus a culture. The two pieces of art at face value are inconceivable to compare and seem distinctively different. Though, many differences there are a few similarities between the two pieces of art; The Etruscan Mirrors and The Cloud Gate that stem beyond the looks and into the symbolism and meaning for creation and the attempted message that the artists were trying to convey.…

spiritual discovery and Buddhism as applied to her art-making and the ecological themes explored in her performances. (Monk and Marranca, 2014). Simone Forti, a multi-faceted artist in her own right, refused to be defined by one discipline alone. Through her creative endeavors, Forti performed the role of dancer, choreographer, visual artist, musician, and writer. In synthesizing these endeavors, she developed a series of “dance constructions”—defined by bodies in action, with movement not…