Art Essays

Philosopher Gernot Böhme once remarked: “Because of his polemic against Newton, Goethe’s theory of colours represents a scandalous episode in the history of science. The reaction today is formulated: “How could a mind so great, so all encompassing, be so wrong?” (Böhme 1987, 28) If Goethe was wrong then he …

            Both Kitagawa Utamoro’s “Girl Powdering her Neck” and interpretive poem by Cathy Song by Kitagawa Utamaro are very beautiful and more than capable of “standing on their own”.  Taken together the effect is both natural and intensely powerful.  The result is like looking at a photograph of a clear …

Introduction A full and in depth appreciation of Japanese Aesthetics entails a comprehensive insight of the philosophical foundations and principles behind art and art making in Japan.  Unlike the western notion that treats art as distinct from the regular lives of people; Japanese art is a way of life. Thus, …

  Introduction The Victorian Era roughly starting between early 1800’s until 1900 during the reign of Queen Victoria of England, is marked by stern display of moral standards that characterized the elite such as arrogant bigotry, covetousness and materialism, blind faithfulness to social cultures, and prudish nobility. (Moran)  The Victorian …

Graffiti define images drawings, writings, or symbols that are applied to a surface without the permission of the owner of the surface (Manco 47; Halsey 170). Graffiti describes any kind of public markings appearing in any form like simple written words which may be meant just to elaborate wall paintings. …

A full and in depth appreciation of Vincent Van Gogh’s Aesthetics entails a comprehensive insight of the principles behind art and philosophical foundations that emanates in the paintings that he made. The most conspicuous element of art to which the “Starry Night” painting is often used as an illustration is …

            Literature is unique from other compositions in that it has an ability to provide the reader with a deeper, and often different, understanding each time it is accessed.  The reader brings with him- or herself a background and interest solely individualized and then transfers that background within their reading …

Edward Weston began to exhibit the first symptoms of Parkinson’s disease in 1946 and by 1948 he had taken his final photograph. At the age of only 54, this brought to an end the 38 year long career of a man described as the most influential of photographers. He had …

         Contained herein is an analysis of the depiction of Virgin Mary in Colonial Latin America, the scope period being 16-19th century. The analysis will specifically use the 1720 Virgin of the Mountain of Potosí painting to explain the significance of her presence. As a devotional image, …

Introduction: Photography and its contemporary relation to art of painting. They say Art is a product of the free mind. What we mean by such statement is that a free mind is more probable to wander farther into the realms of true art. From the start of civilization, painting (also …