Essays on Artwork

Shiva on His Vimana (Aircraft) with Himalaya, Folio 53 from the Shiva Rahasya The Shiva on His Vimana (Aircraft) With Himalaya, Folio 53 is a painting from the year 1827. The painting consists of spirals of indigo edged in gold roil in the sky above which is above a landscape that is filled...

The Soundsuit Series and its Challenge to Western Aesthetics The series of Nick Cave's Soundsuit utilizes a series of performance as well as found mediums in order to challenge the philosophical assumptions of the western society concerning the choices that are seen to be complicated and consequently valuable. The art by...

The architecture installation concerning the Do Ho Suh’s was an amazing craft that entailed ethereal fabrics. The fabrics used were usually the ones that were familiar as well as propounded in the alien. Such fabrics are well known for contemporary identifications and memorization concerning the global nature. From the Do...

Art has had different themes related to various historical periods hence reaming relevant with ideologies existing during such era. Salvation and Damnation, for example, is a they, which transited during medieval period between 5th to 15th centuries. During this period, there was significant conflict between the Roman Catholic Church and...

Title: Torso II (Torcello) Artist: Barbara Hepworth Medium: Bronze, cast number 1/6 Dimensions: 36 x 19 x 13 inches Date: 1958 Description The art belongs to a collection of 3 bronzes that were made in 1958. Even though, Ulysses (Torso I) and Galatea (Torso III) were the inspirations of Greece, Peter Tomory, former director, suggested that...

Technology enables us to view various artworks on display at the National Gallery. One can take a virtual tour by pointing their browser to the Gallery website. The physical location of the museum is in Trafalgar Square in London, (The National Gallery, 2018). By viewing artwork at the Gallery, one...

Photography has evolved over the years mainly due to technological advancements that have resulted in superior photography equipment and enabled photographers to be more creative with images. Despite these changes, the role of photography in society remains largely unchanged. Photographs serve as documentary evidence of events or occurrences. They can...

Interior design is a discipline of art that entails modifying and amplifying the interior environment of a building in a bid to realize and accomplish a more robust and exquisitely pleasing environment for people utilizing the available inside space (Grimley and Love 2018). The person in charge the planning, researching,...

As ever, everything has a root, origin or history of how it came to be. Graphic design is an important aspect in the visual world of art and thus understanding the history of graphic design leads to better grasp of Art. Graphic design can be illustrated as a form of...

The ecstasy of Saint Teresa is one of the greatest sculptures from the era of Baroque art. This piece is located in the Cornaro Chapel of the Santa Maria Della Vittoria and was carved by Bernini between 1598 and 1680. The period of baroque art consisted of art pieces that...

Chuck Baird is a renowned artist who in his tenure (1947-2012) contributed significantly to the deaf community, including the establishment of De’VIA, which is a painting that shows the life of a deaf individual within the hearing universe. He was born with the disability of deafness in 1947 in the...

Professionally, I have always desired to be a leading scholar in creative arts. The decision to delve into the art industry was motivated by the passion that I have towards making human experiences to be enjoyable. Other disciplines tend to focus on non-living things. However, art is made for aesthetic...