Street art

a commitment to an organized group (such as a military branch or a street gang), a symbolic act of remembrance, a rebellious act by a teenager trying to prove a point to their parents, etc. The lesser known fact behind tattooing however, is that is an art that has been practiced since the neolithic period. Tattoos can be found in nearly every culture across the globe, and many cultures have thousand-plus year histories with the art. Every culture has a different significance to tattoos as well.…

to cover up and avoid walking the streets alone to avoid becoming statistics. The degrading notion that women are ‘asking for it’ is the main inspiration in this story. As women, we are taught to control every little aspect of ourselves and our environment, things that most men never worry about. Still we receiving criticism in the midst of our own trauma. The main character, Emma, is inspired by Emma Sulkowicz, the Columbia student noted for her performance art piece, ‘Carry That Weight’. As…

The Reign of Consumerism in Fight Club: Film analysis of Fight Club Fight Club (1999) is a film directed by David Fincher based on the same name novel of the by Chuck Palahniuk in 1996. Films are not merely art form or product for consumption. They are also a form of social practice that conveys and constructs meanings for its audiences; in its narratives and meaning we can understand the ways in which our culture makes sense of itself. Fight Club hits audiences to question their habits…

Aesthetics as a study of beauty has been the keystone for development of art and architecture, which cuts across philosophical, tactile, intuitive, mathematical and socio-cultural realms. The subjectivity of which, has given rise to innumerable attempts to quantify, measure and theorize aesthetics in art and architecture. To comprehend aesthetics, one needs to understand the changing definition of beauty. Definition of beauty has had cultural variations in the development of human civilization.…

Homeless individuals throughout the city of Chicago are scattered in the streets. Their signs are unappealing to those they’re trying to receive money from. However, a Chicago art student named Ian Todd constructed a project that required him to create hand lettered signs that took about 10 hours each to complete. His goal was to capture people’s attention and as a result it would increase the amount of money homeless people are receiving. In addition, more people would begin to talk about the…

Formally, my practice has predominately focused on digital media and performance as well as performance documentation. I have focused on these material approaches because I do not consider the university studio design to be functional for a productive art practice. Therefore, I have worked mainly at home leading to the creation of works that are often introspective and feature conceptual concerns surround the domestic, the representation of…

individuals say they don't understand contemporary art as, dissimilar to Egyptian tomb painting or Greek model, made since 1960 mirrors our own particular past. Contemporary art gallery online is a hard to characterize however has been classified as an aesthetic work made in our lifetime, in the late twentieth and mid-21st century. Art from this class traverses all types, from painting and sculpture to film and everything in the middle. Contemporary art prints online, is many times hard to…

EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENT Riace Bronzes: 1. The art historian, Nigel Spivey discussed how ancient sculptors used artifice to go beyond realism to create what he claims are "the best statues ever made". He then discussed several ways how the Riace Warrior bronzes, although they look realistic are actually "more human than human", that is, their bodies are unrealistic. List two of the ways that Spivey discusses how the sculptures go beyond realism. 1. The division between the top and bottom has…

Search for Tomorrow. She then went on to make more appearances on prime time television, even starring in a Christmas special that was first broadcast in 1973 and went on to be repeated throughout the years. Then in 1976, Linda joined the Sesame Street program as a regular as “Linda the Librarian.” Because of Linda’s background and degree in Library Sciences, this role seemed to come naturally to her. In 1979, she went back to NTD to play a major role in their 30,000-mile world tour. NTD…

The Romanticism movement arose as a reaction to the enlightenment period; literary works of this time often reflected on a society that was lost to science and pseudo intellectuals. In general, the movement was characterized as the shifted focus from puritan works to works that stressed the importance of imagination and the value of emotion over intellect. Authors of this time period criticized the disconnect between the mind and the soul. The industrial revolution drew people even further away…