Art Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

Introduction

Realism is a unique philosophical belief that suggests that a person’s reality (which can be characterized by his perception of life, including the things a person has and the experiences he has encountered), or a certain aspect of such reality is dependent on subjective factors and is ontologically independent from standard conceptual schemes, linguistic practices, beliefs, perceptions, and other established system . Realism is generally the view that entities, which in this are humans, have an objective reality, a reality that is completely and ontologically independent of those entities’ conceptual schemes, linguistic practices, beliefs, and etc. Thus, entities including Continue reading...

I have always been interested in selecting a career path that covers my educational needs and that, which provides me with proper skills to handle my job. The traditional bachelor’s degree programs as well as the Bachelor of Applied Arts and Science Degree requires fair amount of formal college level academic proficiency in different basic areas such as political science, English, philosophy, history, sociology, and the natural sciences such as chemistry, math, biology, and physics. However, despite these similarities, the Bachelor of Applied Arts and Science (BAAS) is more of a vocational degree, which provides the learners with Continue reading...

Analysis of an Artwork

Pop Art is probably one of the most intriguing and interesting elements in today’s age. Several artists initiated this genre in the late 1950’s and the 1960’s but none was more prominent than Andy Warhol. Although there have been several critics who have criticized his work as being without any form or sense of direction, posterity has shown otherwise. Works of art such as ‘Telephone’, ‘Marilyn Monroe’ and other pieces have fetched tens of millions of dollars as wealthy collectors have paid huge sums of money to acquire these iconic works. ‘Telephone’ is one such work, Continue reading...

The self-portrait is probably the most important painting in the repertoire of the artist since it defines the character and vitality of the subject matter. A self-portrait is an important statement about oneself apart from also being intrinsically linked to an artistic development. I approached the self-portrait issue with some trepidation, since this has been the remit of several great artists over the years, and several have been studied in detail, apart from offering important guidelines about that particular artist’s work (Smith, Kelly, 1997).
The practice of portraiture probably began with the Ancient Egyptians when it was linked Continue reading...

Critical thinking – Pink Summer

‘Pink Summer’ by Philip Guston is quite a great painting although at times it does seem to have lost its focus. There are several facets to it; from the way the objects are arranged around the viewing point to the strange pink colour which permeates the whole work. The immediate impression one gets is that Guston wants to convey a sense of disorder and comic portrayal; you can immediately observe the brush alongside other objects such as the ruler and the sandwich which may seem to be slightly out of place.
Philip Guston painted “Pink Summer” in 1975, which Continue reading...

Discipline: Art & architecture 

Gustavo Eiffel Tower was built in Paris 1889 for the purpose ofaninternational exhibition. It was meant for commemoration of the French Revolution centenary. Its name came from engineer Gustave Eiffel. The company of the engineer designed the tower and built it. It is international cultural icon of the country France. It is iron lattice tower. It was made of wrought iron.The foundation is made of concrete slabs of two meters high. It has antenna on the top making it even tall.It is the tallest art structure in Paris. Its dimensions are 324 meters tall. The tower is bronze colored. Continue reading...

Introduction

One of Paul’s letters to the Church, the Romans epistle has for the past two millennia been elaborated upon by the Church in connection with prevailing circumstances. This is because the change in times has shed light upon issues that are relevant to respective generations. Various theological authors over time did indeed come up with their own interpretation of the Apostle Paul’s letter to the Roman people. Some of these authors were labeled rebels as a result of their interpretation attempt to explain sensitive issues about Christ’s Church and as a result had their works labeled ‘ Continue reading...

Artist tried to express not only what they feel, but also what they see every day. For this visual analysis, I have chosen the fifth image. This image is, in my opinion, the calmest among the others. Besides, it has a rather interesting composition. The painting is a rectangle. There are two central figures in the image and a background. The palette is pastel. In the essay, I will conduct more thorough analysis of the piece of art. Moreover, I will try to understand when the painting was created and the reasons for its creation. It is one of Continue reading...

Who are we? How did we get here? What’s the point? This are just some of the many question we ask ourselves, questions to which the answers we do not know. But one thing is for sure according to me, it is these questions, simple but so complicated questions that have led us this far in life. These questions are the ones that have led man in the quest for discovering who he is. These questions are the one that in the first place have led to the discovery of art, religion, history and philosophy.
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In the current years, there are controversies that surround the American media regarding the hip-hop music that the artist produces. Starting from the East coast there are rivalries that shadows the murders of most rap artist such as Tupac, and B.I.G. most of the politicians have to blame the rappers for making most youths to be violent. Nevertheless, most people criticize that the rappers are not the cause of violence influence to the youths, but rather the hip-hop stars like Herc. Hip-hop music has raised more concern after people came keenly to listen to it. It is considered to Continue reading...

- Where does the lecturer live? Morris lives in Los Angeles, California. She was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.
- Where did they go to school, what degrees have they earned? Morris attended Smith College, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1991, a Post Baccalaureate Studio Certificate in 1992, a Masters of Fine Art and a Masters in Engineering in 1994.
- Do they earn their income from the work that they do? Or do they also have a day job? Since Continue reading...

Jan Massys was a famous and very talented artiste in the 16th century who was known for his paintings on landscapes, historical themes and genre scenes. Born in 1509 to a prominent painter in Antwerp, Jan Massys grew into a famous artiste who fancied paintings depicting nudes with historical themes. Being a student of his father, Massys learnt and painted like his father until he was exiled due to their family’s religious beliefs which were not welcomed in Antwerp.
Paintings and painters and other artistes were highly celebrated in the renaissance periods where art was used for various Continue reading...

Postmodernism is a movement of art that emerged in the late 1960s and the early 1970s. Among all art movements, this one is considered to be the most controversial (Victoria and Albert Museum, 2014). This movement defies definition and is said to have fundamentally introduced an unstable mix of theoretical and theatrical. It was majorly multifaceted and was characterized by elements ranging from the luxurious to the completely ridiculous (Victoria and Albert Museum, 2014). This new brand of art is considered to have shattered some of the previously established ideas and styles as well as generally introducing radical freedom Continue reading...

Stephanie Dotson is currently based in California. She decided to settle in the area since her work, as a professor, requires her to be near the vicinity of Santa Barbara, California. The place is also home to several young artist, which derives their inspiration from the weather and landscape. Dotson earned her BFA degree in Kansas City Art Institute in 2000 while majoring in printmaking. She continued her studies and finished her Master’s degree in Fine Arts major in printmaking at the University of Georgia in Athens.
Aside from being an artist and printmaker, she earns a living Continue reading...

The work that has come to be known as Sassetta’s painting of St. Anthony Beaten by Demons was once a part of the predella of the Arte della Lana Altarpiece, made at some point from about 1423 to 1426. This is a presentation of the holy figures that held them in important regard. This regard is how the painting can be seen as an expression of the artist’s belief.
When focusing upon one technical issues of the painting, that is, the use of gold in the Anthony panel, it becomes apparent that gold, which is much more Continue reading...

1.Where does the lecturer live?
Charles Long was born in 1958 in Long Branch, New Jersey. He lives in California at the moment.
2.Where did they go to school, what degrees have they earned?
Charles attended Philadelphia College of Art, from which he earned a BFA in 1981. He also took part in the Whitney Museum's Independent Study Program at the same time. Later he went to Yale University in New Haven, where he received a MFA in 1988. Long also received Guggenheim Fellowship and two NEA grants, a Louis Comfort Tiffany grant and two Pollock-Krasner Grants.

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The word “Black” carries more meaning and weight than one would assume. In the world of usual culture and film, this is even more so as one considers the depiction of ‘black’ and the concepts associated with the term. In most visual representations of ‘black’ one notes that the way they are depicted proposes that certain stereotypes are assumed to be the norm in ‘black’ culture. According to Larry Neal, the term ‘black aesthetics’ calls for a change in the norm of the close minded culture where the blacks go as per the depiction of the wider society. He Continue reading...

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Art and literature have been prevalent right from the pre-historic times. There were cave paintings, which evolved and formed certain practices of art. In certain cultures, types of art forms became prominent, leading to creating a legacy of its own. When writing became a nomenclature, literature also surfaced in various forms. First it was in the form of religious books, history writing and then into various other ways. As the society evolved, various Continue reading...

1. Who is Alejandro Jodorowsky?
Jodorowsky is a noted, though rather obscure, director. He made many films on a limited budget, that gained a degree of critical acclaim among more progressive circles.2. What are his most famous films? 
His most famous, or perhaps infamous, films are Il Topo and The Holy Mountain.3. What is Dune?
Dune is a novel by Frank Herbert, published in 1965. It has been made into films twice, once by David Lynch, and once in a miniseries format hosted by the Sci Fi chanel.4. Who are the key artists that Jodorowsky brought together for his Continue reading...

According to Habermas (1983), the notion of “project of modernity” came into focus during the period of the eighteenth century. It is worth mentioning that the spirit of aesthetic modernity discussed by the philosopher was extremely striking in the works of Baudelaire, avant-garde movements, Dadaism and surrealism. At this very time, Bergson presents his philosophy of the new time, showing the elusiveness, ephemerality and discontinuity of life. That’s is why the way of modernist representation of art is rather abstract and ambiguous. The representatives of modernism were rebelling against the whole normative system claiming that they have no Continue reading...

Byzantine art is a general name which is used to describe the artistic products which come from the Eastern Roman Empire, which is sometimes known as the Byzantine, as well those which come from the nations and states which were culturally inherited from the empire. These products were mainly Christian-oriented art even though derived from techniques and forms of Greece and Egypt. This style spread to all other corners of the empire, even in places where the orthodox Christianity was flourishing (Evans &William, 2).
The style that characterized the Byzantine art was one which was almost concerned with the Continue reading...

The art story tells of creating paintings or sculptures of mass culture, and their aim of the pop art movement was to remove any confusion and lines between high art and low culture. The concept is that there is no hierarchy in the cultures and that art can borrow from any culture regardless of their most influential characteristics. It could be said that while abstract artists looked for trauma for the soul, the pop artists looked to express the same trauma through cartoons, and imagery at large. It is true to suggest that pop artists were among the first Continue reading...

Matthew Barney: No Restraint (2006)
The documentary narrates the journey of the crew of Nisshin Maru, a Japanese whaling ship, on a whaling expedition that takes months in the open sea. Barney and Bjork are dressed in traditional Japanese attire while riding in the shipping expedition. Barney is an alumnus of Yale University where he was recruited as an athlete to play football. Initially, is intentions were towards a career in medicine. Nonetheless, he graduated with a degree in arts. While Barney was an artist by profession, he did not necessarily earn his living from his artistic pieces. He Continue reading...

- As a man obsessed with aesthetic art, Hitler found it extremely complicated to understand the modern art, especially abstract art because of the exaggerated forms and shapes of the subjects.
- Hitler was a frustrated artist. His paintings were mediocre and not that good compared to other artists especially those belonging from the earlier periods. When he became a leader of the Nazi party, Hitler wanted to conquer not only the whole European land but also to dominate the European culture. Hence, by plundering the art museums of Paris and other countries, Hitler immediately started to create a new Continue reading...

Business

Key success factors for success in jewelry and woodwork crafts including customer expectation
Jewelry and woodwork crafts provide business savvy people an opportunity to earn a living while expressing their creative art nature to the universe. However, Berrett (2012) suggests that the mistake that most people make when starting an art related business is to neglect the business side of the startup. As a result, most businesses fail due to mismanagement and poor planning of the venture. This is a mistake that Aguirre Jewelry and Wood Work Crafts will not succumb to because of the extensive planning analysis and Continue reading...

Eliot’s The Waste Land and Tradition seem to display the poet’s personal thoughts as opposed to the adhering to the existing literary tradition. Through this work, one is able to establish the position or the perception of Eliot with respect to traditional literal culture. Eliot seems to promote individual view as opposed to the traditional approaches of producing poetic work. Rainey notes that Eliot was against traditional approach, which in most cases forced the many poets to shun the individual for the literal tradition (134). To demonstrate his position concerning conflict between literal tradition and personal talent, Continue reading...

The 18th century painting, An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump, is made by English painter, Joseph Wright of Derby. This art piece is done in 1768, marking as one of the important paintings in Neoclassicism. The oil-on-canvas painting has a dimension of 183 cm x 244 cm and is currently located in the National Gallery, London, England. It shows how a travelling scientist presented the inventive mechanism of air pump (The National Gallery, 2014). The demonstration attracts the attention of some family as they gather at the table. The focal point of the painting concentrated on Continue reading...

Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man has a multipart publication history. It comes from short stories Dubliners and a draft novel Stephen Hero. The very title reminds us Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. Though novels obviously are quite different, but they share some concerns for style, plot, content, and aesthetics.
There was a copy of Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray in Joyce’s library. The novels consider aesthetics theory, while first critics thought them to be immoral. Both novels refer to Irish struggle against British colonization. Joyce's A Portrait of Continue reading...

Discussion on James Joyce: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce had a copy of Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray” with him. Joyce had a deep respect for Wilde, and felt a relationship with him, due to the fact that both of them were Irish. After reading The Picture of Dorian Gray, Joyce had an objection over suppressed sexual references in the novel, and wished Wilde had developed a better approach, as he stated in his letters. Keeping that in mind, when he wrote his novel, “The Portrait of The Artist as a Young Man”, he used a more modern and open approach, in order to make Continue reading...

Response Paper

In answering the question, Joyce, you demonstrate that you understood what the quiz requires and respond adequately. Modern art (rap and hip-hop) among African-Americans reflects the oral narratives characteristic of African traditions. Like traditional storytellers in Africa, African-American rappers tell stories about the tribulations of the Black population and others issues through rap and hip hop music (Wood 2004). Stating that rap and hip hop are real art due the way they follow a specific artistic tradition from African oral narratives, Joyce says that the art enables the rappers to deliver their messages to subsequent generations. She however does Continue reading...

The artist

Christian Paul Kunsch was born in Hagen in the North German state of Westphalia. He is primarily a husband and father but is also a photographer and Taoist for good measure, also describing himself as ‘European’ on his website. His work which is chiefly in black and white is basically inspired by the work of Bernard Plossu, Francoise Nunez, Henri Cartier Bresson and Lucien Herve. However he claims other influences such as the music of Radiohead, Thom Yorke and Max Richter. Another source of inspiration is Wim Wenders, the film director whose movie, ‘Wings of Desire’ is an important Continue reading...

In taking into consideration of her confinement, the loom, the mirror and/or Camelot, the part that presented the qualities of The Importance of Being Earnest and which happened to be most humorous would be covered. The mirror providing the reflection seems to be carrying the day. It reflects the shadow that makes her feel half sick. It then heightens the perceived tension that exists between the woman’s cloistered position and the world in the exterior.
There are presence of many and varying allusions in T.S Eliot’s work of art ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’. When Continue reading...

Choose a print advertisement that has been used within the last 12 months from a popular American magazine that illustrates what Tuchman terms “pictures of perfections and goals of happiness” and then answer the following questions in a single unified essay. You must include a copy of the ad with your essay.
The advert I have chosen is the Carls Jr Super Star Burger with Cheese. It shows a woman dressed in a seductive form, practically half naked (and a blonde at that) alongside the burger packed with all sorts of ingredients imaginable. The subtitle ‘it’s gonna get Continue reading...

Business

In Berger’s opinion the publicity images depicts same meaning as the advertising images. He identified that the publicity images surrounds us and they are exclusive to the modern society. They are temporary visual messages and they last just for a moment, in terms of both how long we consider them by looking at them and how they need to be updated and modernized repeatedly. Despite this fact they do not denote present instead they refer to the future. These images are often taken for granted because they are seen frequently. When we pass such images, we develop a Continue reading...

Question 1

The Renaissance is the period of the emergence of the individual artist and of art becoming more and more realistic. This was the result of intellectual achievement in other cultural fields which led to the creation of a new philosophy surrounding the arts (Getlein, 378).
Renaissance blossomed in both Italy and the North of Europe. There are however significant differences between the art produced in those two areas. Robert Campin’s Merode Altarpiece (figure 16.17 in Getlein) from 1426 is typical of the extensive attention to detail the Northern artists paid. The picture is full of details, some of Continue reading...

Question 1

Paleolithic period refers to the stage of human development characterized by the early life which involved the Stone Age in relation to tools and weapons. This is the earliest stage in the lives of human beings history. The technical human prehistory is well covered in this period or era. The stone tools and weapons as well as stone sculptures were the distinct characteristics of this age. The human activities during this period were hunting and gathering as well as scavenging wild animals. In this period, wood and bones were also used in making of tools and other useful elements Continue reading...

Question 1

Art has to have the ability to evoke a reaction from the people interacting with it, either from the sentimental meaning the specific work of art elicits, or from the aesthetic value it creates. Art is the conversion of obscurity and rendering of meaning to it. Clay in its natural state cannot be depicted as a work of art. An artist sources the clay, in this instance the raw material and transforms it into something meaningful such as a flower vase. The artist gives the specific work of art form while interactions with the work of art elicit different Continue reading...

The group and individual energy of an academic excursion to an art institute has undertones of expectation of the unexpected. Whether art or architecture the anticipation of engaging in the creation of another person and connecting to the artist's intention. The recent fieldwork accompanying the class to both the Grounds for Sculpture Museum in Trenton and to Princeton University Art Museum the expectation and the final experience engaging in art and architecture fulfills the anticipation.
Without a question, experiencing as many of the 270 sculptures offered at the Grounds for Sculpture Museum in Trenton explodes with dynamic extremes of Continue reading...

Abstract

Mamluk history is divided into two periods based on different dynastic lines: the Bahri Mamluks of Qipchaq Turkic, and the Burji Mamluks of Caucasian Circassian origin. After receiving instruction in Arabic, the fundamentals of Islam, and the art of warfare, slaves in the royal barracks were manumitted and given responsibilities in the Mamluk hierarchy. The following is a brief discussion of the rise and fall of the dynasty of these slave warriors.

Introduction

The Mamluks, originally bands of slave warriors, were the rulers Egypt and Syria from the year 1250 until 1517 AD; their dynasty brought down by the Ottomans Continue reading...

Romare Bearden’s painting entitled “The Family” (1941) shows three distinct images of members of the family: the father, mother, and child. The racial or ethnic background of the family seemed to stem from the African origin due to the black color of their skins. Likewise, the images are painted from the style which was representative of the cubism style, where the figures were apparently depicted in geometric shapes. For instance, there were different images at the background which are similar to geometric shapes like the triangle, oblong, square or rectangle, and circle. A white cloth hanging just at Continue reading...