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Why do you call it vandalism when the graffiti gives life to the area and brightens it up. Graffiti is one of the most popular art forms. The subculture surrounding graffiti has existed for several decades, and is still going strong. The reason I support graffiti is because it allows the artist to express themselves in an artistic way instead of stealing, doing drugs or joining a street gang. That’s how some people like to express themselves it also keeps them out of trouble like stealing or…

it comes to considering the arts and the importance of it within our lives. Speaking of fine arts, what is it? The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the words, ‘Fine-Arts’ as: “a type of art (such as a painting, sculpture, or music) that is done to create beautiful things.” We see and appreciate Fine Arts in just about every part of our day-to-day lives, whether it be in watching television to viewing the advertisement billboard on the side of the road. Fine Arts covers many ideas, opinions and…

Modernism followed a structured grid system, focused on negative space, and featured asymmetrical design. The new simple designs were influenced by several aspects of culture prior to and during the late 1920s to the early 1960s. This time period covers several significant historical events, specifically the Great Depression and World War II. The Great Depression resulted in a dismissal of a need for intricate designs and an embrace of simpler designs which focused on function. World War II…

paper. Each of the parts of the diptych is 120x120 cm. This creation is one of Kalache’s private collections and it was made in 2014. Ms.Kalache describes this piece of art as a psychological autobiography where she reflects her own personality. She combines the happy moments but also the sad ones and the moments of anxiety in her art. In her description of her work, Kalache talks about psychogeorgraphies and she explains that it’s how a person relates to the environment or the space that…

The Therapy of Arts Orthodox medicine and therapy have been the mainstream of all psychiatric treatment. While upon researching I found out about a new approach and form of therapeutic treatment. Art therapy is the new approach to therapeutic treatment for psychiatric disorders, emotional problems or physical disorders or illness. This type of therapy involves people using an expressively creative outlet involving forms of art. Art Therapy in comparison to medication and therapy is successful…

American society is that he has used a lot of symbols in his paintings, so in many of his “utopianism” artworks, there are actually some deeper and darker meanings behind them. Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) was an American illustrator, he illustrated covers for The Saturday Evening Post for 47 years. The public loved his often-humorous depictions…

painting consists of two main elements: Media and Composition (text book). Painting, drawings, prints and/or photography, either of these styles can be a two-dimensional art form (prenhall.com). While these art forms can be created by the use of oils, watercolors, ink and pencils, the elements and principles included in mastering the art includes line, color, balance and form (text book). An artist dedicated to creating two-dimensional artwork uses “deep space”- an illusion to create depth and…

Painting is a form of art used by artist to express and describe the views of the world through their eyes. Florence Griswold helped many artist to follow their dreams of painting and also make a name for themselves. Griswold turned her home in Old Lyme into a boarding house for artist to come and stay as long as they wanted. Most artist came at the beginning of spring and stayed until early fall, although there were a few artist that stayed during the winter to paint as well. When artists…

Feminist Art Movement Women have always been present in male’s most famous art works, but the question was why there were no famous women artists? In male’s art pieces women have always been either sexualized and desirable creatures (such as Monet’s Olympia or GUSTAVE MOREAU’s Dance of Salome)) or traditional role of mothers and housewives (such as Blessed Art thou Among Women by GERTRUDE KÄSEBIER). The feminist art movement began in 19060’s and reflects art made by women about their…

Art is ag form of language that everybody can communicate and transfer information through it. It is always controversial to assign a definition to art. The definition of art may varies based on different time periods and cultures. As art grow and develop through time due to interactions between different cultures and artists its definition also changes. On this paper, we are not going to see the definition of art but we will cover how non-western arts influence western-arts and we will compare…