Essays on Eroticism

Eros is a cinematic trilogy that brings into perspective the scenes of sex and love in various depictions and forms. The film is a combination of three short parts directed by different characters. It comprises of The Hand, Equilibrium, and The Dangerous Thread of Things. These short films bring out the cinematic wits of Wong Kar-Wai, Soderbergh, and Antonioni. In their analogy of the film, the directors attempt to unravel the sexual orientation of various characters within the context of eroticism (Bettinson, 2014). In the film segment, “The Hand,” Wong Kar-Wai shows cinematic antics and prowess to demonstrate the ...

Introduction and analysis

Titian’s ‘Venus of Urbino’ is one of the classic works of baroque art and was finished in 1538 for the Duke or Urbino. Apart from being aesthetically very beautiful, there are a number of hidden meanings including the allegory of marriage as well as eroticism which although not full blown is quite subtly present in many ways. In fact analysts have shown that the painting is a sort of object lesson in the obligations that the wife has in terms of erotic delight and sexual proclivity. The depiction of Venus as the goddess of love continues to add fuel ...

How are artists able to reach the intellect, emotions and imaginations of their viewers? The act of creating art enriches the life of the artist. The aesthetic inherent in their work, or their underlying philosophy, or their desire to communicate concept, or portray a narrative is what is transmitted to the viewer. Describe how certain artists do this. Introduction: Artists are important members of society since their primary aim is to reach the soul of the viewer. Perhaps the most important aspect of an artist’s skills is that he/she is able to communicate certain ideas and the intellect ...

Introductory Essay – The Differences in the Female Nude

Throughout the history of fine art, one of the many recurring images found within it is the image of the female nude. The appreciation and replication of the female body in its purest form has fascinated artists for centuries, and some variation of it seems to appear in nearly every era or movement of art. To that end, it is interesting to note the changes that occur in style, composition, attitude and meaning between the different eras of art when dealing with the singular, unifying subject of the female nude. This exhibition seeks to examine the female nude in ...

The art of the female nude has been one of the few major constants in art, with various forms of the subject being represented in nearly every major art movement for the past 400 years. From the High Renaissance to the Cubist movement of the early 20th century, the depiction of the female nude has undergone many different changes in style, aesthetic and significance in meaning. By examining some of the most well-known paintings of these eras, it is possible to gain an appreciation for the changes that took place in ideology and art style from one time in ...

In order to understand pornography we must first understand the effects that it has on the human mind. This will enable us to understand why the pornography industry is ever expanding at an alarming rate. It is a proven fact that pornography can be addictive. Just like a person can get addicted to alcohol and drugs they can in a similar way get addicted to pornography. When a person starts viewing pornography a certain part of the brain gets stimulated. This stimulation is translated as pleasure. Thus as a person continues viewing more and more porn they get more and more pleasure out of it. ...

Introduction:

Probably one of the most popular artists in the modernist, circuit, Mel Ramos surely has a style which is infectious and has a lot going for it. He bases his art on several of the most popular advertising messages of the iconic 1950’s and 1960’s with particular reference to the Coca Cola advert. His use of nude women in suggestive and erotic poses demonstrates that he is very much au courant with what was going on in the hearts and minds of adults and young people. His style was very much influenced by the heady imagery of women especially ...

The 1999 film Boys Don't Cry, directed by Kimberly Peirce, tells the story of transgendered man Brandon Teena (Hilary Swank, in an Oscar-winning performance), who was born Teena Brandon, a woman. In his attempts to ingratiate himself with his male friends and pursue a relationship with a girl named Lana (Chloe Sevigny), his anatomical differences are discovered, and he is raped and murdered by those same male friends. The film examines the concepts of homosexuality, transgender issues, and identity in a way that few major studio films typically do. However, Boys Don't Cry presents a remarkably gender-binary worldview for its subject matter, as Brandon ( ...

Introduction:

I have selected a few works from the baroque period which show this epoch in all its glory. These range from sculpture to art portraits to start off with. The first one is Bernini’s David, a sculpture of incredible beauty with various aesthetic aspects that are original and very direct. The second is The Conversion of St John by Caravaggio, probably one of the finest examples of painting in the chiaroscuro theme and which reveals incredible and intrinsic beauty. Finally I chose Rembrandt’s ‘David and Bathsheba’, probably another of the finest representations of Renaissance art which demonstrates the ...

Classic English literature: Octavio Paz

‘Poetry is knowledge, salvation, power, abandonment. An operation capable of changing the world, poetic activity is revolutionary by nature; a spiritual exercise, it is a means of interior liberation’. These words belong to Octavio Paz, a Mexican poet and essayist, whose creative work has set a new era for Mexican literature. Paz considered poetry to be pure and essential being, which regardless of time in history always finds its place in people’s hearts, providing sacred salvation to the world (Poetry foundation). Born in tumultuous times when Mexico was undergoing a revolution, Octavio Paz could successfully become a writer, whose talent and writing skills ...

Introduction:

I selected three works from the Google Arts Project which are known to be classics of their genre as my exhibits for the museum. One is a famous sculpture and the other two are equally famous paintings. The first one is Bernini’s David, a sculpture of incredible beauty with various aesthetic aspects that are original and very direct. The second is The Conversion of St John by Caravaggio, probably one of the finest examples of painting in the chiaroscuro theme and which reveals incredible and intrinsic beauty. Finally I chose Rembrandt’s ‘David and Bathsheba’, probably another of the finest ...

Preamble

"I didn't want to make 'high' art, I had no interest in using paint, I wanted to find something that anyone could relate to without knowing about contemporary art. I wasn't thinking in terms of precious prints or archival quality; I didn't want the work to seem like a commodity." Cynthia Morris Sherman. IntroductionCindy Sherman was born on January 19, 1954, in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. She is an American photographer and film director, whom is best known for her conceptual portraits where she has taken the art to a completely new level. She moved to New York in the ...

Laura Mulvey is renowned theorist of films who has written several articles about different aspects in the film industry. One of her most famous essays is “Visual pleasure in the Narrative Cinema” that generally explores the roles played by women in the film industry. Mulvey in this essay states that there are two general roles of women in the film industry. Women in the “Visual pleasure in the Narrative Cinema” excite their audience from their erotic antics as they also gain satisfaction from the feeling that they are attracting attention from the opposite sex. Their dressing styles and general ...

Introduction:

I selected three works from the Google Arts Project which are known to be classics of their genre. The first one is Bernini’s David, a sculpture of incredible beauty with various aesthetic aspects that are original and very direct. The second is The Conversion of St John by Caravaggio, probably one of the finest examples of painting in the chiaroscuro theme and which reveals incredible and intrinsic beauty. Finally I chose Rembrandt’s ‘David and Bathsheba’, probably another of the finest representations of Renaissance art which demonstrates the lust between a man and a woman. All three exhibits are in museums ...

Dominatrix: Gender, Eroticism, and Control in the Dungeon by Danielle Lindemann was published in 2012. This is a scientific work related sociological issue of unconventional sexual practices. Danielle Lindemann interviewed professional dominatrices (pro-dommes) in New York City and San Francisco, who catered their male clients involved in Bondage, Discipline, Sadism and Masochism (BDSM). She maintained that the study of this small subculture, where gender relations are inverted, with normally ‘dominant’ males being reduced to ‘subs’ and ‘slaves’ by women, illustrated the more ‘normal’ types of gender relations and sexuality in society and the “tensions that undergird the ‘real’ world” (Lindemann, ...

Jean Louis Marie Eugene Durieu also referred to as Eugene Durieu was one of the early photographers of nudes. Many of Durieu nudes were also used by a French romantic artist by the name of Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix. Eugene Durieu photographed many different poses, angles, of both men and women. Each photograph that was taken by Durieuwas was very diverse, yet all had similarities. The men played more of a muscular role in many of Durieu’s images, you can really notice in each image the men trying to flex or contract their muscles, which is clearly see in ...

Artists and art historians have recently staked their claim to offer distinctive perspectives on the dynamics of culture, time, and context in art. Culture agglomerates and shapes different forms of arts, materials, and meaning of the production of pieces. The same applies to time and context. Art scholars examine the ways in which art forms are inscribed in the culture and timeframe therein. This paper explores the relationship between time, art, and culture using the case studies of Egyptian art, Greek art and Roman art. At the end of the paper, we would have demonstrated how culture, time and ...

Comparison between Venus and Adonis and The Calydonian Boar Hunt

This paper will point out the differences and similarities between these two art works in the Getty museum. The comparison focuses on the format of the art works presentation and the use of color, lines and the central themes inherent in the particular art works. The first art work is the Venus and Adonis an Italian painting that was painted between 1555 and 1560 by Tiziano Vecellio or as popularly known, Titian. Titian was one among the most prolific Italian painters of his time.

Venus and Adonis is a painting that has employed a vivid use of color to bring out ...

Art is human beings way of expressing the world around them. It could be the real visible world or the imaginary world (Tolstoy 14). Human beings use various art forms to express themselves. This could be music, dance and literature or the finer skills of painting, carving or drawing. In essence, art combines both the human skill and imagination to produce a work that is emotionally appealing. The works that are compared and contrasted in this paper have been selected from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. The two works of art are Laocoon by El Greco ...

Bernini’s David

This sculpture is definitely one of the greatest ever conceived and includes various facets which are typical of the artist in question. David’s poise is intrinsically beautiful with some aspects of homo eroticism in it and one can definitely identify with the sculpture in question. The sculpture shows David gathering momentum causing a strain in his body and his face conveys willpower and concentration. The biblical David was a common theme among artists in the Renaissance period for instance Michelangelo and Donatello. Though connecting with these works, Bernini’s David varies from them in some substantial ways for example, ...

The 1999 film Boys Don't Cry, directed by Kimberly Peirce, tells the story of transgendered man Brandon Teena (Hilary Swank, in an Oscar-winning performance), who was born Teena Brandon, a woman. In his attempts to ingratiate himself with his male friends and pursue a relationship with a girl named Lana (Chloe Sevigny), his anatomical differences are discovered, and he is raped and murdered by those same male friends. The film examines the concepts of homosexuality, transgender issues, and identity in a way that few major studio films typically do. However, Boys Don't Cry presents a remarkably gender-binary worldview for its subject matter, as Brandon ( ...