Essays on Art

George Balanchine was born in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg. George is widely regarded as the ballet world's first contemporary choreographer. George was admitted into the Ballet unit of the prestigious Imperial Theater School in Saint Petersburg when he was nine years old (Jordan, Stephanie, p.147). George Balanchine graduated...

Constructivism Constructivism, which emerged in Russia in the early twentieth century, was an architectural movement that arose from Vladimir Tatlin s experimentation with three-dimensional artwork (Ruder 16). As a result, artists felt that the object of their art was to serve a social purpose. In other words, through constructivism,...

Lying can by an action or a statement which is purposely advanced to hide the truth or the real nature of a situation. Besides, it can be anything that is meant or gives a false impression. These two definitions say that there are different types of lies. In this case,...

The Milk Maid is a painting done by Johannes Vermeer . It is one of the most influential paintings done by Johannes Vermeer and was inspired by his era and their tradition. Portrayed in the background of the painting is the foot warmer which is a perfect replication of what...

Movie is the most renowned medium of art in the present time and is more popular than industry in terms of prizes, contes and stars. Yet the British economy worth 4.8 billion pounds a year and in 2009 amassed over GBP 800 million of world trade surplus. Nevertheless, the cultural...

Schindler's List is a 1993 American film adaptation of Thomas Keneally's novel Schindler's Ark. The film follows the life of Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who recruited thousands of Jewish refugees from Nazi death camps during World War II in his factories. The film's use of metaphors has predominated in...

Claude Debussy, a prominent French composer who was one of the most protuberant figure that was involved in the late 19th and 20th century impressionist music and Gustav Mahler who was an Austrian romantic composer and served as a link amid the modernism of the earlier 19th and 20th century...

Lewis Binford’s birth took place in Norfolk in Virginia at the time of the Great Depression in 1932. The name of his father was Joseph Lewis Binford while his mother’s name was Eoline Roberts Binford. Binford went to government established schools due to his parents’ humble income. As early as...

Jackson Pollock is a famous artist well known for his great talent in painting. He was the youngest in his family (Pollock 11), born on January 28th, 1912 in Cody, Wyoming. Thomas Benton was his tutor, taught him the basics of painting and influenced most of his early works. Later...

The improvement of Russian Constructivism has a lot of influence from the work of Picasso and his development of reliefs as an alternative of simple art. Tatlin was working collectively with Kazimir Malevich in the Cubo-Futurist movement, but this changed in the year 1913 when he came into contact with...

Unlike its precursors, Romanticism emphasizes more on individualism, imagination and energized art. Originated in 18th century, Romanticism though closely linked to love, focuses more on a wide array of ideas with love as a regular feature. Expression of selves independently was brought in by Romanticism. It all started in Germany...

Bruce Nauman was an American who was born on 6th December 1941. His works are artistic, protecting photography, printmaking, video, sculpture, and performance. He has received some awards due to his works, some of them being: Larry Aldrich Awards, Golden Lion at 53rd Venice Biennale. His work was diverse, with...