Visual Arts & Film Studies Essays

Painting is an art that began many years ago and has developed through ages up to where it is now. Some artists developed various forms of styles in order to depict different themes in a more elaborate way. Others developed their works from the preceding works so that they could clearly bring out their ideas. Painting developed in different styles.

The painting Landscape in the style of Mi Fu was painted by Kao K'o-kung (1248-1310) as depicted by the colophon mounted on the painting. The work of the painting is synonymous to art work from china and Japan. The art was done during the late Sung period and early Yuan dynasty which began in within the fourteenth centaury.

Arts education makes up an important dimension of life so getting acquainted with the basic and specialized knowledge regarding the four disciplines i.e. dance, music, theatre, and visual arts, is vital for the students. This discussion is based on how each one of these disciplines can be taught armed with latest research studies.

There are two significant themes that the researcher presented in the essay that were embodied in the New Turkish Cinema in terms of the political experiences of the dark ages of Turkey’s film industry. One theme evokes a nostalgic or idealisation of a world that once was and a more dramatic flair by focusing attention on the purely political.

The researcher of this paper gives a review of the painting "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte" of Georges Seurat. The painting addresses the science of vision perfectly. The selection of all the painting’s features from modes of dressing and the nature of characters can be used in tracing the painting’s time.

Traditional and culture is at the heart of the film ‘Mongol’. At the beginning of the film, there is relative order in the country because the current Khans of the clans are strong. There is hostility between them and, there is no sense of unity, but there is also no all out war. However, when Khan Yesugei is killed, things begin to unravel.

The research paper concerns the Andy Warhol's life. His early introduction to art started at the age of eight when he became inflicted with Chorea or St. Vitus’s Dance, a disease of the nervous system. Since he was bedridden for several months, his mother gave him drawing lessons. Photography became another one of his interest.

This paper analyzes surrealism. The movement was centered in Paris, and was officially started, so to speak, when the Surrealist Manifesto was published in 1924. There was also a second manifesto published in 1929, both by André Breton. The main objective of the movement, as per these manifestoes, was to revolt against the set artistic traditions.

The essay discovers Flack's Wheel of Fortune and Invocation. Flack is an internationally recognized artist out of New York who pioneered photorealist painting. Although she approaches her work with a fascination for the surface illusion, she does so with a unique collage-style approach in works such as Wheel of Fortune and Invocation.

The essay states that the causes of Minoan Civilization's decline was due to the eruption of Thera as archeological evidence and the volcanic ash of Thera covered the whole island. This theory was proven erroneous in 1987 from studies piloted at the Greenland ice cap. Scientists dated frozen ash from the Thera explosion and determined that it occurred 150 years before the ultimate destruction of the Minoan Civilization.

Through the tremendous changes that took place through Industrialization, the values of society were questioned in every field, not just art. In the field of art, though, this questioning took the form of who defines art. In 1917, Marcel Duchamp said, Art history has consistently decided upon the virtues of a work of art.

This paper analyzes the fashion and its influence on the 1920s of America the “Roaring Twenties”. American people were hungry for news and events in the Twenties; every morning they hurried to the newsstand for the fresh periodicals, and, at night, they listened to the radio which became their favorite entertainment.

Romanticism may be defined as different distinct groups of musicians, artists, philosophical, social and political thinkers, poets and writers in the 18th and 19th century. Romantics of the 19th century mainly treasured nationalist and national history. It loved the ancient social and religious content. They valued the idiosyncratic.

This essay analyzes the influence of graphic design to fashion. These designers in fashion represent their values while at the same time influencing expectations. Their designs are used in commercials, garments, shoes, flyers and apparels to communicate fashion. This blog also showcases art works from prominent fashion designers.

This essay discovers Lisa Holzer's artwork. We are in a modern era. The changes in aesthetics have significantly influenced the works of artists in the 21st -century. They too have conformed to modernity in meeting the demands of the modern audience. The artworks displayed in photography, poetry, and dance, comedy, sculpture, painting, films.

The paper gives a review on Pablo Picasso's "Demoiselles D’Avignon", a magnificent piece of art. The style in used in painting of the picture is entirely distinctive of Picasso. In general, Pablo Picasso is famous for producing unnaturally distorted pictures in his paintings, Les Demoiselles D’Avignon has been an excellent example.

No one can attain successful leadership if they think and act like Guzman and most especially Aguirre. These two were the basic models of vain leaders. All they wanted was power, majesty, and the throne.

Otherwise referred to as the Proto-renaissance, art that falls under this criterion started in a Northern closed society of the current state Italy, shortly after the twelfth century (Stokstad and Michael, 2009, p. 49). Art from this era did not originally stand for an uncultivated deviation from any other medieval art.

This essay explores facts from the childhood of Jean-Michel Basquiat and describes some of his works. Jean-Michel Basquiat was an intelligent child. He could speak English and Spanish with excellent command the age of eleven. His parents and teachers noticed his unique ability in art and nurtured it from such tender age.

The family patriarch inadvertently sparks an environmental disaster. The environmental disaster causes the government to lower a giant dome over the town.

The researcher of this essay analyzes "Ambulance Disaster" of Andy Warhol. The success of his painting depended hardly on the quality of paint-handling but on the image chosen for reproduction. Warhol's work is characterized by the shattering myths of its times employing ‘the machinery of fame and publicity that market these myths.

The protestant reformation and catholic counter-reformation were the main causes of the religious upheaval of the 16th century. This is because the Church of Rome was common in Europe; hence, influencing socio-political and economic activities of other countries. This made both the church and the clergy to become corrupt.

The paintings on the ceiling seem to be to be seamless with minimal instances of overlap between the various elements that are represented therein. There are various minor elements incorporated between the images for the purpose of enhancing the decoration of the painting. Michelangelo wants the target audience.

This research paper gives the definition of surrealism and discusses the influence of Luis Buñuel on the Latin America cinema. Among those who were the initiators of this movement one can’t but mention Hannah Hoch, Raoul Hausmann, Max Ernst. The main motto of this movement was the demonstration and creation of anti-art.

The Baroque period of arts began in the 1600s and originated in Rome from where it spread to other parts of Europe including France and Spain. This art style is characterized by the use of exaggerated motions applied to detailed artwork. Emotions were focused on in this artwork with special attention to drama and grandeur.

The film depicts the perennial complexity of the racial discrimination that distinctly revealed preference of the America elites that foster same injustices and similar inequalities in the present community. Moreover, the film is developed in the event before the trial and conviction, and mix of the new and the old.

Santiago Ramón y Cajal was a prominent scientist who received Nobel Prize for his discoveries in neuroscience. He is said to be the pioneer of neuroscience actually as he was not only among the first biologists who studied brain structure under the microscope but the one who managed to depict this structure in his drawings.

This essay provides a critique on some trends in fashion photography. The second image, in which the pants are below the butt and yet the butt is still covered is simply ridiculous. The purpose of wearing pants is to cover the underwear and the butt, as these are things that the public normally do not see -- nor would they really want to.

In this essay author discribed symbolism of the 'Beauty' in the "Titanic" movie, colors, tones and musical soundtrack were also described in detail. Beauty here refers to the creation. Each scene, irrespective of the situation, you would be swept of your feet, seeing its beauty.

The paper discusses in detail the historical context of two paintings. The Last Supper with Jesus Christ is essential for Christianity. For this reason, various artists have tried to address this subject in their work. Italian artists Leonardo da Vinci and Jacopo Tintoretto were no exception. Their works titled The Last Supper gained worldwide fame.

This paper compares Vasily Kandinsky's "Picture with an Archer" and Gino Severini's "Dynamic Hieroglyphic of the Bal Tabarin". Kandinsky was inclined more with postimpressionism as well as with Fauvism. Such movements were more appealing to him than futurism or cubism due to their strong color penchant.

Generally, James Cagney and Clark Gable represented the masculine strength that audiences looked for during the darkest days of the Great Depression.   Montgomery Clift, Marlon Brando and James Dean each caught the collective imagination of young movie audiences stifled by the conformity of the 1960s. 

The researcher of this paper shows Salvador Dali's works and his role in surrealism. His paintings highlighted one or more themes that are generally not easy to comprehend. His skills and works appear to have influence from the Renaissance artists. He was a good photographer too. He had fellowship with artists of different media.

The film depicts Ari Folman, the film’s director, retracing his steps to find out what happened during the war as he has no recollection of what happened during the war. Symbolic code is present throughout the film as the central character, the young and the old Ari Folman, do their best to come to terms with the fact that they stood by as a massacre took place.

This paper will help to understand the illustration by Pablo Picasso for "The unknown masterpiece" of Balzac who was a prolific nineteenth century French novelist and playwright. The story depicts a painter, who on one hand, can be perceived as a miserable failure in his painting or a mystical genius on the other hand or both.

This paper explores the modern art of African-American people. The African Americans are also called Blacks. These people were quite impressed and influenced by different cultures like the Africans culture, the American culture and also the European culture. They were also impressed by different traditions.

The main aim of the paper is to study fashion and beauty across these tenets to have an exhaustive examination of the relevance of beauty to different cultural settings, their inferences and appreciation of beauty. Is fashion a trend or a culture? These are some of the questions that the paper will be seeking to address.

This essay analyzes work of Barbara Kruger, as an American artist and feminist. The theories that her work represent are those which were expressed by Baudrillard when he looked at the way in which technological advancement can affect social change. She used feminist ideas to express her commentary on consumerism.

This paper analyzes what is postmodernism. Postmodernism closely relates to modern politics, philosophy, and sociology. The concept dates back to the period after the cold war. The era had a significant shift in designs and consumption patterns. It also entailed influx in the use of machinery and cultural multiplicity.

The essay explores the difference of Contemporary Art and Crafts Movement. “A craft is usually a cookie-cutter or close-ended activity. The craft activity is based on a formula or recipe and all participants follow the same directions and end up with roughly the same result every time.” This is contrasted with her definition of art.

According to the story, Sleeping Beauty, called Rose in the story, had been blessed by the power of singing when she was a little child. As she grew up, she grew fond of singing and dancing as evidenced from the movie. Anyway, her comparison to a ballet can be made due to her enduring and long-lasting power (Hyman).

This essay gives a review of The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali. The melted clocks have drawn a number of questions and concerns in a bid to understand them. The meaning behind Surrealist Salvador Dali's artistic masterpiece The Persistence of Memory can be ascertained by a keen look into the painting.

This paper focuses on the realistic painting. Realistic Painting is, it focuses on real, and puts forward problems, pushed people re-think, to achieve the real ascension, pointing to the real things, make the correct guide for the future. Therefore, the spirit of Realism Paintings is the core of contemporary artistic creation, just as it is the core of art creation.

The paper will explore Pablo Picasso and his influence on cubism movement. Modern artists working since the early part of the 1900s have dedicated themselves to depicting the range of human emotions within the colors and lines of their work. The focus of the artist was on emotions with little or no reference to the symbols.

Contemporary artistic painting, writing, and singing started in the 20th century in the late 1960s. During this period, artists developed different art styles that eventually yielded them the unprecedented fame, which lasts to the modern global society. Undoubtedly, their artworks extend considerately to lure the passion of viewers and readers globally.

Romanticism (1790-1850) has been one of the most influential art movements of the late -18th to the mid -19th century in the Western civilization which gave paramount significance to individualism, subjectivism, irrationalism, imagination, emotions and nature. The Romantic Movement did not necessarily favor a specific aesthetic.

1. The Brooklyn Bridge was reproduced by Stella to present the most striking elements like pedestrian walkways, gothic arches as well as thicket of wires and cables. The event that inspired Stella to do the painting was the Brooklyn Bridge designed by John August Roebling; a German immigrant. This painting is both evocative and affective.

This paper is focused to reveal the features of pop art, social and political climate that inspired the pop art. Pop art is used to make the artistic statements by incorporating the consumers’ objects and icons to popular cultures through the advertising, television features and comic stripes.

The paper is aimed to review the movie Turtles Can Fly. The author discusses its plot and main characters. Special attention is paid to the problem of rape, killing, and oppression. It is actual today as Kurdish people experience difficulties at the present moment.

In this essay several researches on the aboriginal arts, which play a vital role in the lives of the people of Australia were described. The definition of the ‘Aboriginal’ in the background of the Australia is discussed and the main significance of Aboriginal paintings, which is storytelling. It also refers to dreaming as a symbol in aboriginal arts, that relates arts and human spirit.