What Is Art?

that Aristotle and Leo Tolstoy would have a lot to say about this piece. Aristotle’s definition of art focuses on humans’ ability to mimic real life and create a spectacle that causes certain emotions, like fear, to arise in the audience. Meanwhile, Tolstoy’s definition of art focuses on the communication of specific feelings from the artist to the audience. I think that Aristotle’s definition of art that emphasizes a welling up of emotion which leads to a catharsis, and gives us a better…

Ceramics brakes barriers that other art forms do not. It is useful art, something beautiful and yet, still used in everyday life. It can also communicate what is inside or what a cup is used for and why it is needed. There are always distinctions in what is appropriate for a table setting. The plates that are used every meal will be very different from those used for holidays or special guests. This is true for the ceramic cup, it has an artistic touch as well as a function. This is also true…

American Art There are a lot of arts that people love, and almost all of the people look for specific artist to see his\her works. I would like to write about a specific art that grab my attention to watch which is “Mother and Son Peeling Potatoes” by Gordan Parks. I am writing this papers to describe what I can see in this art, discuss the topic in this art and explain the history of it, examine the use of the color in this art, and discuss what this work means to me and why I chose…

assignment, not to mention that before the project, art seemed uninteresting to me. The presentation I had to give was for my European history class and the topic of my presentation was on…

One of the first appearances of lion statues in China dates back to the early Han Dynasty. Asiatic lions were very common in historical art and can even be seen in modern day China. The concept of the lion statue was fist introduced to Han China as the protecter of daharma, and was seen mostly in religious art. Often times, the lions were constructed as imperial tributes, and set up to protect the wealthy and the land they managed. Seen as regal beasts, strong and courageous, they were made to…

Carraci’s genre paintings of the normal life style of people, were not always in his paintings but more so in his sketches, and sketch books that he would go out and draw in. The unique features of Carracci’s artwork, helped him craft his own art style when he started to journey into genre painting. Either it being his poses, sketches, or painting style, others that were under him took up his artwork and used it for later in commissions for different reasons. “Domenichino first assisted Annibale…

I thank God that Minghao told me to dress comfortably and that I wore a top with leggings and my high-tops. Minghao, who had been dressed in a casual tee and knee-length trousers, had started to move with the beat. I grew curious to find out just what Minghao’s capabilities are. He seemed to be at pro level. I was right. His style... kill me now. I have been dying to become friends with a B-Boy. Daniel’s more on the contemporary side of things, and Lou has two left feet. Minghao is literally my…

thing happened. One of my best friends got hit by a train around 3:10 while he was in his car. So right after school. His name is Austin Cole Wiseman. At 7:16PM one of my friends texted me and said “Did you hear about Austin Wiseman?” and I said, “ No! What happened?”. She said he was driving with a 15 year old girl and their car was hit by a train and they are both in critical condition.” I thought she had been joking at first, even though she usually wasn’t the person to joke around. She said…

of semester 2 of freshman year at Affton High School and another boring and depressing half of the school year is about to start. I go through all my first four classes of the day and just hope this semester goes by fast, Then I arrive in art class, same old art teacher from last semester, Mr.Breuer, but I did not know anybody in the class, everyone was upperclassman and well I did not know any of them. I look around at all these upperclassman and I just stumble upon this one person, I had never…

how did you guys get down here?” I looked at him and just sat there as one of the art kids started talking, Jamie Stites I believe. “Well we were just leaving the room when these cops came in and started telling us to leave. He even said my name! I was like how the crap does he know my name?” Jamie looked at her friend in wonder. “I know…