Art Essays

Introduction             The usage of Qin instrument in art has always been influenced by culture, stage of development and tradition. The Qin instrument is one of the oldest ancient instruments that can be traced back during the Qin Dynasty (221 to 206 B.C.) under the leadership of Shi-Huang Ti. According …

Seurat’s  Grande  Jatte  is  one  of  those  rare  works  of  art  that  stand  alone;  its  transcendence  is  instinctively  recognized  by  everyone.  What  makes  this  transcendence  so  mysterious  is  that  the  theme  of  the  work  is  not  some  thoughtful  emotion  or  momentous  event,  but  the  most  banal  of  workaday  scenes:  Parisians  …

Symbolism is an integral part of literature. The use of symbols provides greater meaning and depth to a story. In three chosen stories, “A&P”, “Story of an Hour”, and “Guest of the Nation,” several prominent symbols are utilized that bring about the message of the story. In “A&P,” John Updike …

Creativity is the use of external stimuli to illicit a concept or idea about an event or situation as well as the production of an art form.  Creativity can be used by artists, dancers, students and employees.  Every facet of life can incorporate the use of creativity. Most innovations are …

The line, space, light, color and design may define the achievement of any given artwork. However, no one can deny that it is the greatness of the theme that makes the over-all effect and elicits the sublime reactions from the observers. The experience of gazing through the painting itself transcends …

For a reader, Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s 1922 short story In a Grove gives more questions than answers as the last sentence ends.  Within the story Akutagawa presents seven accounts surrounding the murder of a samurai named Kanazawa no Takehiro in a bamboo grove.  Three of the seven accounts clearly contradict each …

Colors are explained as a kind of an electromagnetic phenomenon. These colors are created through the light reflection that tends to be flashed on a certain thing that our eyes see. According to the scientist named Young, inside our eyes is a tri-color system which allows us to receive and …

This paper discusses The Alba Madonna (c 1510) by Raphael, giving comparison and similarities to other works of the time and to other works by the same artist.  All opinions given are rationalized.  Raphael is best known for his Madonnas and for his large figure comparisons in the Vatican in …

Abstract             This essay analyses the works of art Face of Mae West Which May Be Used as an Apartment and Slave Market with the Disappearing Bust of Voltaire by Salvador Dali and places them within their historical / critical context.  It looks at them in relation to the history …

Forgery is a normal aspect of the art world. This topic is about the skill involved in producing ‘true’ forgeries within the world of art. It is stressed that the forger is to be seen as an artist, in that he or she must sometimes enter the mind of the …