Cultures of Collecting: Pros and Cons Why do people collect? What are the oppressive and the more therapeutic aspects of the ‘cultures of collecting’?
Arts Essays
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Blue Monday Strip by Rebecca Horn: Themes and Techniques The work of Rebecca Horn is appealing in a timeless sense; one gets the feeling that it will be appreciated and valued even in the far distant future…
Giotto Di Bondone’s Style and Technique Giotto was a Florentine painter and architect who was recognized as an artistic genius and protagonist during the Italian Renaissance.
Art Forms in Advertising: The Beijing Olympics Art is now more recycled than ever and not the exclusive behest of individuals fortunate enough to travel to the great museums and art galleries…
Watteau’s Fêtes Galantes: Style and Meaning The Fêtes Galantes is derived from a genre of paintings produced in the eighteenth century, depicting aristocratic scenes of mirth and merriment…
Chateau De Fontainebleau: Decorative Themes This essay will look at the style characteristics of the decoration visible today focusing on the frescoes in the Gallery of Francois I and the bronze…
Analysing Public Art and Geography An essay on interdisciplinary themes of space, art and gender. It will demonstrate how human geography engages with visual art, and how the…
Sudha Chandran: Biography and Profile Her life inspires people from all walks of life. Six months after the amputation she came across an article which changed her life and staged the…
Depictions of Paranoia in Art Exhibitions In this essay I will look at a selection of art from the exhibition entitled “Paranoia” situated at the Freud Museum. The exhibition is…
Influences of Egyptian Art on Art Deco Explore how the London exhibition of these findings was of great significance to the worlds of fashion & interiors in the 1970’s and how many designers…
Edgar Degas: Six Friends at Dieppe | An Analysis This paper discusses Degas’ representation of his circle of friends in reference to heroes and hero worship. For the purposes of the paper…
Religious Influences on Stanley Spencer’s Art What influence did religion have on the work of Stanley Spencer and did this contribute the reference as a ‘village innocent’ or avant garde genius?
Giorgio Vasari on Lorenzo Ghiberti Vasari’s book was divided into three parts that corresponded to three ‘ages’ of Renaissance art, roughly equivalent to the thirteenth, fourteenth…
Impacts of Public Art on Society For this essay I shall examine how art is used to encourage certain changes in human behaviour, both mentally and physically.
Black Representation in Postbellum Era Art In the following essay, I will look briefly at the history of black representation in the art of post-bellum America, than engage in a closer analysis…
Christoph Büchel’s Simply Botiful: Overview and Analysis The viewer is drawn into an interactive art space that questions constantly, without necessarily being aware that they are put into the position of…
Effects of Art Censorship on Society The world of art is a highly subjective field, in which the purpose, benefit, usefulness and or beauty is a representation of the beholder.
Literature as a Form of Art and Expression The purpose of this essay is to examine literary creativity within the context that views all sides of the coin. This being said general and broad…
Post War Developments of Pop Art and Consumerism The purpose of this essay is to outline the ways in which consumer behaviour changed in the United States after 1945, and the ways in which the…
Reception of Video Art in Galleries The aim of this essay is to critically examine this claim, and see how the setting of video art affects the perception of such art.
The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck | Analysis The Arnolfini Portrait startles us by its apparent realism and attention to detail, which seem to anticipate Dutch painting of two centuries later.
Debates on Modernist Art Installations There is an underlying debate which unfortunately shrouds the merits of institutional participation, relegating their role to that of a corporate…
Movement from Byzantine Period to Early Renaissance Style The purpose of this study is to assess the rationale for accepting the notion that the works of the Italian painter Duccio di Buoninsegna have made…
Wittgenstein’s Picture Theory in the Tractatus This paper explores Wittgenstein’s picture theory as it is explained within his work, Tractatus, in order to understand the true dynamics of what he…
George Wickes, Silversmith: Artist and Works Analysis In my essay I shall describe the piece and the artist and their place in the art movement of the time. My conclusions shall be drawn from my research…