Greek art

Francisco de Goya (1746 – 1828) was one of the famous Spanish court painters. His early artwork belongs to the genre painting, which he mastered through tapestry design for King Charles III. Influenced by the work of Velasquez, Goya developed more spontaneous painting technique. Simultaneously, his portraits became well-known among the Spanish aristocracy facilitating him to become a Court Painter of King Charles IV in the 1789. Goya’s Self-portrait before an Easel (1792-5) depicts him as a…

“What was lost in the collapse: almost everything, almost everyone, but there is still such beauty…” —Emily St. John Mandel The universal tool of imagination and creative skill, art, surrounds us in our daily lives whether it is displayed as an ornate painting or a fluid and poetic stanza of poetry. As shown through Emily Mandel’s post-apocalyptic novel, Station Eleven, a collective team of musicians named, The Traveling Symphony, travel across the corrupt North Americas to rebuild the…

Have to Lose, Dalrymple explores the human ability to convey meanings and higher thought as a means to differentiate the civilized from the uncivilized. He alludes to the notion that the main factor that distinguishes humanity is our ability to make art and other expressive mediums that can articulate the different and complex emotions and thoughts that we experience. His main methodology to support his argument is through various anecdotes. Dalrymple argues that the human ability to articulate…

use durational performance to show how the body goes through time? Marilyn Arsem is an American contemporary artist who has been creating live art since 1975. “Her work bridges the boundaries between performance in everyday life (or cultural performance) and performance art.” (Anderson and Arsem, 1995). Arsem’s work ranges from installation and interaction art to site-specific work. The majority of her most recent work has been site-specific, focusing on the site’s history or politics, and…

A literary work exists because of society. Literature is a written work and relates to the society, they cannot be separated. Through literature, we could see how the author depicts the society and their social circumstances. Therefore, literary work is the reflection of the real life. It can describe the events in our life, and also contains the stratification which indicates that literature and society is closely related because literature expresses the situations and problems existing in…

units, as each is a segment of the total plan. 14. Visible Landscape – Asymmetry • In nature, we seldom find the elements of a landscape symmetrically balanced on either side of a line of sight. Yet, visual balance is fundamental to composition and to art. 1.1.1. Visible Landscape – Asymmetric Planning o Asymmetric planning brings us into closest harmony with nature. o Areas may be developed with a fuller regard for its natural landscape qualities. Circulation is more free. Views are of…

Love in Carver. Carver doesn't talk about Love. He doesn't mention love. The word love comes up only twice in Will you please be quiet, please? just as a vocative. It's not used at all in A small, good thing. Does Carver talk about love? What links these people? What brought them together in the first place? And, what's love from his point of view? In the beginning of Will you please be quiet, please?, Carver says that Ralph's father told him that life was a 'very serious matter'. Ralph,…

In the Philadelphia Museum of Art there is a masterpiece titled No. 22 by Jackson Pollock, who is known for his unique style of drip painting. He was a pioneering, influential painter in the abstract expressionist movement (Seed). Art critics usually regard Pollock’s works as images of chaos, lacking a rigid structure and harmony (Chave 100). In No. 22, Pollock employed his usual manner of pouring and dripping paints on canvas. As Chave pointed out in her essay, “there is no center in his…

Tattooing is a unique way of art. Tattoo artist does not require any form of education. “Completion of training program or apprenticeship to earn licensure. Tattoo artists typically exhibit a love of tattooing. There is no national protocol that must be followed in order to become a professional tattoo artist. Using needles and pigments, a tattoo artist applies a permanent design directly to a client’s body. Clients may come to a tattoo artist with a picture or design in mind for the artist…

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…