Essays on Art

During the High Renaissance, Raphael was a prominent Italian painter whose artworks are still highly celebrated in the art industry. Raphael, together with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci makes up the trinity of the high renaissance period and are referred to as the Three Supreme Old Master. However, contrary to...

This essay examines the similarities and the major diverging points of differences in the two articles, Broken English. The articles address a closely related issue – the insignificance of speaking the English language eloquently in one’s success. The poem by Kaur reveals the needlessness of the excellent literary skills in an...

Human Right and the Film "Out of State" Human right is essential moralities belonging to an individual and in whose application a Government may not interfere. Out of State is one of the film line up of USF's sixth Annual Human Rights Film Festival. The producer of Out of State is...

The Roman marble archaistic head of a kore was executed during the first century. Its museum acquisition was financed by the bequest of Isabel Brown Wilson to honor Frances Marzio. The sculpture of the head was inspired by the archaic historical period sculptures of Greek that were created between seven...

King David remains one of the powerful and iconic figures beyond the Bible. He remains alive in the minds of many artists who portray his picture and deeds in the Old Testament. As such, David’s multifaceted responsibility in the Bible made him the centre of focus in the baroque and...

In the 1400s, church architecture experienced evolution as several aesthetic and stylistic changes took place (Burke, 2014). The period was the dawn of the renaissance architecture that saw the expansion and resurgence of ancient Roman and Greek culture. The renaissance architectural period first began in the city of Florence before...

Mawangdui: A Historic Tomb Site in China Mawangdui is a three separate tomb site found in china, in the eastern suburb of Changsha city. The Owners of Mawangdui The prime minister of Changsha state during the AD periods, Li Chang and his wife and son, Xing Zhui and Li Xi owned the site....

Dwight Macdonald in his book, “Masscult and Midcult.” Macdonald distinguishes between midcult which he referred to it as “middle brow” while masscult is labeling it as the “lowbrow”. He went ahead and described the different characteristics of both forms of culture in united states of America contrasting them with what...

The United States and Classical-Style Composers The United States is one of the nations that host great classical-style composers. For example, Hector Berlioz and Richard Wagner who compose music such as folks, blues, pop and jazz styles for performance. According to Rosen (2005), the industrial revolution and the struggle for democracy...

Museum of the City of New York avail a great opportunity to visitors and New Yorkers around the globe to learn about the perpetual transformation, unique character and heritage of diversity about art and the city at large. As indicated by Ambrose (32), any person curious to learn about the...

According to many authors, humans are naturally cooperative. In the book “The Age of Empathy,” Frans de Waal argues that the nature of animals is characterized by kindness as well as collaboration to competition as well as carnage. According to the author, humans are naturally born to be competitors to...

In the ancient time, the Four-goat Square Zun is the earliest ritual bronze in Chinese people. The bronze has existed more than 300 decades now from the period of late Shang dynasty. This happened from 10th- 11th centuries BC. In light of this four-goat Square Zun is so popular due...