Essays on Art

Joseph Beuys was a German performing artist and a sculptor who lived between 1921 and 1986. Born in Germany, Beuys had a German upbringing which significantly influenced his character and beliefs later in his adulthood. His extensive works were sentimental to that era as he later became a popular figure...

My understanding of the function of humanities is that they are used to teach us more about our cultural values which are quite essential in our ordinary life, for example, how to respect the norms that exist within our cultures for better relationships with others to be custodians of our...

Using the information in the Descriptive Thesis and Outline Handout, develop your outline and thesis for your descriptive essay using this template. Topic - what will the topic be, what stand will you take? Thesis statement: Three Points to be discussed about topic: Body Paragraph l and the three points I will discuss:   1....

Love and Its Different Types Love is defined as affection, whether to objects, people or any other matter. Hereby, love is intangible, expressed by humans, to show their great interest in a particular thing, fondness, tenderness or weakness in that respect. Given that it is innate, every human being has the...

The Use of Imagery The writer has used the word "putty" (Line 17) to generate a mental image of a glue. The conversations between the man and woman that the persona have an impression that he hopes his two friends do not use the excuse of conversation to connect to their...

There are two primary concepts of the ancient Greek; Isegoria and Parrhesia, which influence the common aspect of free speech. Isegoria refers to the freedom of all the citizens to participate in public debates while parrhesia is a license for them to say whatever, whenever and to whoever they would...

The “Story of an Hour” by Chopin traces its setting back in 1890s and was told by an unknown third person narrator. It is a short story characterized by an arrangement of short paragraphs which enable readers understand the intention of the author easily.  Additionally, the narration employs different structural...

Dickinson is an American poet who lived between 1830 and 1886. She spent most of her later days in isolation. It’s right to assert that Dickinson never lived a normal womanly life-she never married. She was quite a recluse, even most of her poems spoke of death and immortality. Her...

College parties: mostly free endless drinks and a few illegal drugs everywhere. There is loud thumping music usually a mix of the latest favorite hits combined with old classical hits.  Beer bottles and alcohol tumblers strewed about all over the park, lawns or house floors. In most cases, everyone is...

The comparison of the Quindlen and Gay’s article reveals several problems that arise when prejudice, differences and stereotypes are rampant in society. For instance, demonstrates how the separation of male and females results in a communication barrier which is critical to the young people who are growing up together. On...

Collage of Echoes by Isabella Gardner is written in the first person with the speaker being Isabella Gardner herself speaking to a universal audience. In the first and second line, Gardner states that: “I have no promises to keep Nor miles to go before I sleep,” (Line 1 " 2) These first two lines...

The work of Sally Mann covers a wide range of territory, for instance, exquisite as well as nostalgic landscape photographs and photographs of children that are in black and white. Some of Sally Mann’s photographs especially those of her children have struck a vein. With “The New Mothers,” Sally Mann...