Concepts in aesthetics

Henri Cole’s poem “Swans” speaks about the passing of a father and the impact it has on his children, through his use of imagery of the scene to reflect the internal thoughts of his characters, symbolism as manifestations of their traits, and similes to describe their emotions. From the onset, Cole’s word choice of “must have looked,” (1) implies that everything is not how it seems, thus the calm nature of “ordinary/ tourists feeding . . . swans,” (1-2) is the opposite of the speaker’s feelings…

Nothing beautiful is real; something aesthetically pleasing is often mechanically unfit. In the novel Linden Hills by Gloria Naylor on the 21st of December: Maxwell is hungry for starvation. Maxwell lives on the fourth crescent drive in Linden Hills. He hunts for the substance that will satisfy his unimaginable hunger for success via controlling himself, others, and the natural world. Gloria Naylor alludes to the fourth circle of Hell in Dante’s Inferno. The punishment in the 4th circle of…

lightweight and easier to carry, so this was the materials used to create their portraits. A single plastic bottle by itself is just a bottle, but many plastic bottles can produce an outline of a person's face. Many of the pickers were confused with the concept of making a portrait and only focused on the discarded material, not the overall product. Muniz used an excessive amount of recyclable material to create the portraits of each individual. This is why…

Eliot Porter’s photograph, “Sunset on Colorado at Kane Creek, Glen Canyon, Utah, October 1960, appeared at Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas. The intended audience of this photograph is anyone who enjoys art but more specifically those who have a love for nature and all its splendor and beauty. The photo contains many different elements of nature including mountains, a rainbow, a body of water, and clouds. In my opinion, the main purpose of this photograph is to present…

What is Art Really Worth? A Research Paper Canaletto one of the masters of his time and probably a master of time. His work captured everyone’s eyes when seen. His work if looked at for mere seconds would resemble a photograph. Today his work is highly appraised for his great detail and his ability to capture a moment. This research paper will over view his life and works and will also answer these four questions: 1. How does this piece of art/artifact or its artist deepen the understanding of…

I chose the company is Lush. They are a cosmetic company with a focus on environmental awareness and ethical consumerism. To raise awareness of the environment, their products are packaging free. Their mission is to make the world better for “people, animals and the environment.” In the last several years they have surprisingly given away almost $6 million to environmental and other worthy causes. The CEO of Lush is Mark Constantine and Lush was founded in 1995 in the Poole, United Kingdom. The…

Reconnaissance by artist Christine Hiebert is a shining example of simplistic minimalist art that seeks to demonstrate a wide narrative of meanings and ideas. By creating this piece Hiebert has managed to encompass expansive social paradigms reserved for the most socially attuned artists. Beginning with a formal examination of the piece brings the viewer to their initial inspection of the piece Reconnaissance. Featured in the Davis center of Wellesley College the piece is primarily constructed…

Critique Project Upon taking music, I never thought I would have ever learned so much about the history and importance of fine arts not just in America, but also around the world. Art has a whole new meaning to me, one of which opens my eyes to the every day sights of life. The definition of art is “the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as a painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or…

All artworks have some type of value placed on them, be it by society or by the artist themself. Here, I will be discussing three artworks that all hold significant values, some different and some the same. Two of the works I looked at were readymades by Marcel Duchamp; ‘Fountain’, created in 1917, and ‘L.H.O.O.Q.’ in 1919. My other selected work is one of Picasso’s most famous oil paintings, ‘Guernica’. Marcel Duchamp’s ‘Fountain’ remains to be one of the most influential artworks of the 20th…

Fine arts...fine arts is “creative art, especially visual art, whose products are to be appreciated primarily are solely for their imaginative, aesthetic, or intellectual content(googles definition).” Fine arts are mainly introduced to kids in school. Some schools can afford to have fine art programs while others just can’t. In this essay I will be talking about the history of fine arts and how it effects out schools. With fine arts there are many things you need to understand. Fine arts isn’t…