Essays on Art

Oceania Oceania is a continent located at the southeastern part of the world, the Pacific Ocean and Indian ocean surround that at the same time on the foundation. Australia is one of the country's located in that geographical region.[1] Indigenous People The indigenous people who inhabited the land during the pre-colonial period are...

Roman architecture represents the organization mindset, restless energy, and practical character of its creators including architects, emperors, and artists. The character of Rome primarily reflects its powerfulness and the success of its leaders in imperialism which entails the expansion of the Roman Empire to conquer the Mediterranean as well as...

The Baroque refers to a highly ornated and typically extravagant architectural style that involves music and art which thrived in Europe in the period around the 17th century all the way to the 18th century. It was succeeded b Renaissance style followed by the neoclassical style with considerable support coming...

Postmodern architecture is an architectural style which began in the 1960s to respond to the modern architectural styles which took specific designs. Both architect designs have similarities and differences. Their designs use geometric shapes. This means that they apply regular lines and shapes when being designed. The paper will discuss...

A precedent can be defined as something done or said which might serve as a rule or example to justify or permit a subsequent act of a similar or corresponding genre (Oxman 1994). A precedent can also be defined as a thing or individual which serves as an ideal or...

Ancient civilization was marked with different architectural accomplishments that set them apart from them the rest of the world. Each civilization was unique in itself and expressed the uniqueness in different forms of art and architecture. Most inherently, the depictions of various architectural designs acted as identifiers for various cultures,...

The buildings that represent the shift towards organic architecture selected for this review are: The International Euro Science Institute Building  Design Curial (2015). Kunsthaus Graz located in Graz, Austria designed by Sir Peter Cook and Colin Fournier and completed in 2003. Institute for Nanobiomedical Technology and Membrane Biology building in Chengdu, China             These buildings...

Edward Said analyzes the Orient and its underlying philosophy in his book Orientalism. In an effort to comprehend their origins and the factors that led to their dominance, the author analyzes the political, cultural, and historical perspectives of the East as perceived by the West. According to Said (1979), prevailing...

From the fifth to the fifteenth century, there was the Medieval Period. It started after the fall of the Roman Empire and continued through the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. Books were handwritten and decorated during this time era; manuscripts were highly prized items. (""The Medieval Bestiary""). The name...

Despite the fact that the words modernization and modernity are often used interchangeably, modernism is not the same. While modernization is referred to as a historical process, modernism is a time in global history. The rapid urbanization that followed the transition from an agrarian to an industrial economy marked the...

Any specific error or fault that a person commits always has a cause. This is a clear indication that someone else is always to blame, regardless of what is sensible, logical, or significant. Some people will make up a fictitious moniker for one of their own alter egos in an...

The imagery of four works of art that are depicted on pages 357, 411, 433, and 572 of the book Art: A Brief History will be examined in this essay. Based on where they came from and the circumstances of their use, all four have allegorical and historical significance. I...