Essays on Artwork

Fig 1: Madre, 2008 at the 10th st plaza       Fig 2: A detailed image of the artful cuts and shapes The artwork Madre, 2008 is one of the fine works of Maria Cristina Carlini. The name Madre is an interpretation of “Mother”. The art piece comprises of a large metal orb...

Changing importance of anthropomorphism in The Pantheon, Rome (27BC) In the history of the Roman architectural structure, the pantheon stays as the most recognizable buildings from historical Rome. In spite the fact that its unique role is not well versed and discovered, the design of the architect seems to have been...

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...

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...

Arcadia: A Masterpiece of Commercial Success Arcadia is one of the most commercially effective works of art to have ever been produced. Even though this was not Tom Stoppard's first piece of art, the book has received a great deal of praise from readers who value excellent writing. The play requires...

The Calling of Saint Matthew was painted by Caravaggio between 1599 and 1600. Rome's Church of San Luigi dei Francesi houses Contarelli Chapel, where the artwork is displayed. (Hass 245). The Italian Baroque art is the stylistic subcategory of the painting. It alludes to the Italian Painting and Sculpture during...

A well-known lithographer named Honoré Daumier popularized the ideas of social realism in the 19th century through his works of art. He is credited with being the creator of the realist style of caricature, which focused on the actual experiences of people from all socioeconomic classes while sharply scrutinizing and...

scholars from antiquity acknowledging Sophocles employs a number of both small and significant dramatic innovations. One of his later innovations is the use of various pictorial props or other "scene paintings" to define the environment or location. (Segal 46). Sophocles might have increased the choir line's size from 12 to...

The term "Sumerian art" refers to the different genres of artistic expression that date back to Sumer's prehistoric era. Since 4000 BC, the Sumerian people have resided in a Mesopotamian area that is now a part of southern Iraq. In this society, artistic expression primarily explores and supports the relationship...

Comics as Illustrated Publications Comics are publications that employ images and other visual and linguistic information to illustrate ideas. "Comic books were originally centered on short stories in serial style, but now comic books feature long-arched narratives with complicated storylines," writes Paul Douglas Lopes in his book (Kukkonen, 2013). Comics come...

Minimalism Movement Minimalism, which emerged in the 1960s, allowed artists who appeared self-conscious to reject art that they perceived to be decaying and academic. The minimalist movement is most closely identified with three people: Robert Morris, Foster, and Briony Fer. Most reviewers and artists consider Morris to be one of the...

The Artwork "Consequences of War" by Peter Paul Rubens The artwork "Consequences of War" by Peter Paul Rubens is superb. The painting was a reaction to Europe's thirty-year conflict. The destruction caused by the war is depicted in Peter Rubens' artwork. In a similar vein, Dutch artist Hieronymus Bosch produced a...