Essays on Artwork

Gerald Lidstone, director of Institute of creative and cultural Entrepreneurship in Goldsmith University of London, highlighted two difficulties faced by art institutions in Hong Kong when carrying out cultural exchange projects, the first one is funding. With financial burden being a great concern when holding...

The Highly decorative professional way of expressing something which can be understood by large group of people without specific knowledge is an art. Through the art civilization, happiness, sadness can be expressed. Social work is an academic discipline and profession which is concerned with the...

Both Goya’s 3rd of May and Picasso’s Guernica are anti-war masterpieces and both represent tragedies in Spain resulting from attacks by foreign entities. Though born a century apart, these artists originated in Spain and chose to express outrage over the violation of their countrymen via...

Rebecca Horn is a contemporary artist from Germany who specializes in sculpture, with some paintings now and then. Her works of art often portray either the human body in “motion,” or Sculptures representing human consciousness, isolation, & vulnerability. The inspiration for her sculptures most likely...

Early Sunday Morning is famous art of Edward Hopper and is well known for its visual symbols. This painting was made in 1930 using oil on canvas to depict a typical Sunday morning in a marketplace of New York City. The original painting is currently...

As our class is almost finish. Instead of using books and whatnot, during this semester we have learned how to appreciate art in a diverse of way. Projects, such as, class discussions, presentations, online work and an analyzing several artworks. However, the readings that have...

A curator’s primary responsibility generally includes the acquisition, care, presentation, and interpretation of works of art in a museum’s collection. But curators also play a vital and essential role in our understanding of the art and culture of both past and present times. They challenge...

For this review I will be talking about the work of art by Wassily Kandinsky called Improvisation 31 (Sea Battle). This work of art would be considered an abstract piece. The title “Improvisation” alludes to a progression of works that Kandinsky painted somewhere in the...

John Singer Sargent’s piece Rio di Santa Maria Formosa, was a near and dear painting he had created based off his many trips to Venice. Starting these trips in the 1880’s, he frequently painted watercolor scenery, often in a gondola. This painting in particular was...

The painting is based off the traditional catholic belief that the Virgin Mary was physically crowned the “Queen of Heaven” by her son, Jesus after her assumption, a moment which was popularly painted in 14th century Florence. Yet Tintoretto’s depiction of the coronation, in the...

The “Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear”, painted by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh in 1889. The painting captures van Gogh’s self-inflicted wound following his infamous incident of self-mutilation where he intentionally sliced his left ear with a razor blade following a heated argument with...

In “Ways of Seeing, ” art critic John Berger discusses different perspectives of how people believe and go on with life. Berger stated, “The way we see things is affected by what we know or what we believe. ” For purposes of my discussion, I’m...

Throughout history, we have seen the way art around the world has changed. From cave paintings during the Paleolithic period, to the stained glasses in some of the greatest churches of Gothic Europe, to the Statue of Liberty in New York. In some ways the...

What inspired the Cubist style? Cubism was inspired by the late work of an artist named Paul Cézanne. Paul’s artwork started to show a slightly different take on art that people had previously done. Another artist that strongly influenced the cubist style was Pablo Picasso....

Pierre Auguste-Cot’s Springtime (otherwise known as Le Printemps) is a gorgeous painting depicting young love. The scene takes place with the pair situated on a swing, held tight by substantial ropes suspended from concealed branches. The young man is shown to be holding firmly to...

The artwork “Glenn” (1984) By Jean-Michel Basquiat is an acrylic, oilstick painting with a collage on canvas. In this painting, Basquiat coveys his exploration of the self-identity through experience of black human beings. The drawing is busy with many different pieces to unpack and analyze,...

Betty Goodwin is a contemporary artist, whose work draws out varieties of life’s significantly growing issues, especially among humans and the society. Majority of her most famous artwork is composed of very warm and dark colors such as heavy hues of reds and blacks. In...

I decided on this topic after reflecting on the beginning of my own elementary educational journey. I enjoy music (all kinds), art and museums and theatre. I remember that the experiences were part of our Library Club program. I am from a small town in...

The Beauty behind Painting Visual analysis is an important aspect of art history. Its main purpose is to help the viewer understand and recognize the artist’s frame work by observing and analyzing different parts of the image, which should give them the basic understanding what...