Visual arts of Australia

The following paper will discuss matters of beauty and morality. Different meanings of beauty exist in present society, however the term is most popularly associated with physical characteristics. Physical characteristics include both aspects of behaviour and form and are deemed beautiful when perceived as appealing by others. Morality is the ability for individuals to think rationally and decipher between what is right and wrong. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Shelley wrestles with themes of…

“This project generates a method through which the art of living is an art of embodiment: the ability of the body to explore new environmental stimuli, such that we come to embody new experiences of reality” ( Haddad, 2016) in regards to this quote Orianna Haddad uses the idea of stepping away from what an everyday…

today know as art was not originally intended to be so, the term has become difficult for historians to distinguish. Recently, there has been a shift in focus on what art is rather than what it does. The question arises, are we capable of thinking beyond our own perceptions of the world in order to examine and recognize art? In her article “The Trouble with (the Term) Art,” Carolyn Dean examines and argues that there is an apparent struggle of determining an allowable definition of art itself.…

applied arts, industrial arts, decorative arts, fine arts, or crafts. They have been understood as “medium-designated” practices, the values of which are correlated with material objects and their production (Rowley, 1997).)Industrialization brought new opportunities for mass production in craft manufacturing industries. The…

you split the percentage of money between these topics, including the arts. Many would suggest that the four pervious topic were way more important than art, giving the art topic little to no money. Art and fine arts have started to become less of a value to some people. After analyzing different sources about STEM, funding in schools, and how a passion can lead someone into what they truly want to do, one can see that the fine arts are still relevant in American society today.…

will offer an in depth discussion of her life, her art, and its reception. My analysis will focus on two series of work that include sculptures she has made in recent years. Warashina was born in Spokane, WA in 1940. She attended the University of Washington where she received her BFA in 1962, and later received her MFA in 1964. Her career as an artist spans over fifty years and coincides with…

Color is the appearance of things as a result of reflecting light. Colors are all around us. Color plays a very significant role in our lives and it has the capability to influence our feelings, our actions, and emotions in many aspects. Colors can irritate your eyes, raise your blood pressure or repress your appetite. Many people consider colors as powers, and that colored stones are very influential. 1, 2 In color psychology, the colors we choose to show the world are direct…

For me, cultural capital in the form of the objectified state has played a large role in shaping my life and personality. In the reading, Bourdieu defines objectified cultural capital as that of which physically or symbolically connotes one’s tastes and/or status. Examples of physical/material cultural capital would include paintings, instruments, writings, etc. Examples of symbolic cultural capital would include musical tastes, experiences obtained, knowledge gained, etc. Cultural capital…

define them. Overtime, artists express the concept of identity through portraits, self-portraits, photography, videography and many more medias. The concept of identity is popular with many artists as it allows them to write their own story through art and to express whom they truly are and to not be trapped into whom society thinks they are. Identity is the way we perceive and express ourselves. Circumstances and factors that an individual is born with such as ethnic heritage, sex, or one’s…

The Love of Art written by Bourdieu, Darbel, and Schnapper, share that rather than just having a taste for the art through a learned culture, people “should be capable of creating natural preferences by their own power” (Bourdieu, 2). When I read the statement made by Bourdieu, “how individuals throughout history have had vague understandings of art that they admire”. As an artist, I did not agree with his statement. I believe everyone can admire art in the way the artwork is speaking to them.…