The Human Story The main objective of the Hall of Human Biology and Evolution at the American Museum of Natural History is to “Look at what we share with other living things, and at how we acquired our unique attributes, in order to discover our own place in nature.” To do this the exhibit must answer some key questions about our origins, for example: When did humans first appear' What g

Advertisement Analysis I found it somewhat ironic that as I was searching through ads filled with gorgeous models, all I could really concentrate on was my dirty little hands turning the pages. But in the magazine industry, the models are not the only elements that make a publication work; it is essentially a series of items carefully combined to create an overall effect. Consequently, t

The Works Of Jacob Lawrence African American Artist Jacob Lawrence’s work entitled “Tombstones” With the Harlem Scene and culture as the primary source of encouragement, Jacob Lawrence possessed a profound understanding of black history that is not normally included in textbooks. Lawrence made exposing the reality of black history through art his life quest. His original intenti

Waking Life Richard Linklater accomplished a vision that he had almost scrapped until the immergence of a new technique in rotoscoped animation. Waking Life is a film infused with the power of animation that takes us through a journey of dreams and makes one question their own reality. The method of animation used was the step to making this powerful piece of cinema a reality and would

Donald Judd Donald Judd Minimalist Artist I have compared Donald Judd’s works with Richard Serra’s works. They are both Minimalist artists and they mostly use similar matrerial. Both of the artists think of the context before making the installation. They then tell a workshop or a factory about this installation. For example what it will look like, what the material will be and h

Donatello on Classicism and Realism Throughout history there were many great artists. Some were discovered early in their lives and some are never discovered at all. Sometime after 1386, a great artist was discovered, Donato di Niccolo de Betto Bardi, know to the world as Donatello. Donatello was well known for playing a large part in Art History. He was included in the group of grea

Advertising Today Advertising Today Beer, cigarettes, perfume, hair products and cars are just a few of the many items advertised in magazines across the globe. Some are sold by tempting the reader with scantily clad men and women posing in exotic locations, looking deep into your eyes and begging you to buy their product. Others are sold by cute animals that appear so nice and frien

Comparison Of Landscapes For the assignment I selected two landscape drawings. One is of the outskirts of the city of Padua and the other is a drawing from Donato Creti. There are many different ways to draw landscapes, as each of the two drawings show. In the drawing of the city Padua, the artist, gives us the perception that the drawing is taken place out side the city. The artist use

Renaissance Before the time of the Renaissance, society, and people of the society were humble and modest. They left their great works anonymous and devoted and accredited God to all they were capable of doing. Christian humility strongly discouraged the idea of self-absorption, accordingly, throughout the Middle Ages, the recognition of such remarkable individuals were limited. By

Lorenzo Lotto LORENZO LOTTO Lorenzo Lotto born in 1480 and trained along side of Titian as well as Giorgione in the studio of Giovanni Bellini. Lorenzo Lotto was originally from Venice, however he spent most of his life active in Treviso, Bergamo, and Ancona where the portraits and religious paintings that he specialized in often were sold for higher prices than he would have rece

Salvador Dali’s Salvador Dali, who lived from 1904 to 1989, is a well known twentieth century artist. To say Dali was a great painter would not give him the justice he deserves. Dali was a painter, sculpture, film maker, and also dabbled in jewelry and furniture making. He lived a life of adventure through his art. He started his art as a Surrealist and changed his views to a more Cla

Salvador Dali Salvador Dali Salvador Dali is recognized as the greatest artist of the surrealist art movement and one of the 20th century art masters. Dali worked hard to establish an image among the public of an eccentric and paranoid genius. His need to “spread confusion, not eliminate it” was a personality trait controversial to many. Despite his wild nature, he is still consi

Giotto When one takes a look at art and how it has developed it’s hard to not recognize the important movements in art. Just a few examples of these movements start with the Byzantine movement, the Renaissance, Cubism, and Dadaism. If you look at art and think of it as a person you can look at each movement as a stage in that person’s life. The renaissance could in turn be thought of a

Merode Altarpiece One of the most famous and most widely studied of Netherland paintings is Robert Campin, the Master Flemalles, Merode Altarpiece completed in 1426. This three piece panel triptych stirred fifteenth century Flemings with its exquisiteness and mystifying symbolism. The subject of the altarpiece is the Annunciation. The Annunciation is imagined as taking place not in t

Red Elvis Andy Warhol’s, Red Elvis (1962) uses a silkscreen process to replicate a commercial photograph of Elvis Presley onto a large painted canvas. I will provide an analysis of the unique image; as well as the method in which it was produced. I will also provide a brief explanation as to how I related and interpreted my image from the Red Elvis image. Red Elvis is a large, photo-

Albrecht Durer One artist that sits on a higher pedestal than many is Albrecht Durer. Recognized as the most famous artist of the Reformation period, he was brilliantly talented in many areas, Watercolor, Woodcuts and engraving to name a few. Albrecht Durer’s contribution to the Art world intrigues and fascinates us until this day. Durer was born in 1471 in Nuremburg, Germany. His fa

David and Bathsheba “David and Bathsheba” Artemisia Gentileshci was a talented artist, one of the greatest of the seventeenth century. She and Viviano Codazzi and Domenico Garginio created “David and Bathsheba as an oil on canvas, dated 1636- 1637. A few things caught my eye as I entered the room of the “Old Masters” where this piece is found. One being the size of the painting an

Shadows of Auschwitz Shadows of Auschwitz The Holocaust was from 1933 to 1939, where the Nazi’s made it their lifelong duty to ruin Jewish people. It started in 1933 by new German laws forcing Jewish people to quit certain jobs. In 1935, German Jews were stripped of their citizenship. Eventually, anti-Jewish regulations made it to where the Jewish couldn’t attend public schools, or

Drawings The graphic language and design By: Sam Zaki Evolution of Design The old saying necessity is the mother of invention "continues to be true, and a new machine, structure, system, or device is the result of that need. If the new device, machine, system, or gadget is really needed, people will buy it, providing it does not cost too m

Frida Kahlo In the self-portrait of Frida Kahlo with cropped hair – 1940; the imagery is so odd that it evokes an almost dream like setting; Frida Kahlo gazes out expressionless, with a mask like stare. Usually known for her native Mexican costumes of long ruffled skirts and embroidered blouses, and for weaving ribbons, flowers and jewels into her crown of braids, here Frida Kahlo appear

Patterns Of Nature “In both the arts and sciences, the programmed brain seeks elegance, which is the parsimonious and evocative description of pattern to make sense out of a confusion or detail.” - Edward O. Wilson, Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge. I have always been amazed by the patterns of nature: The spirals of a shell, the symmetry of a snowflake, and the petals of a flo

Renaissance To Neo-Cassicism Question #2 The Renaissance saw a rebirth of classical ideals. As examined in the first question, the emergence of the artist as someone with status and an intellectual approach to their craft was an important part of post-gothic art history. The role of the art historian was also critical to art development. Giorgio Vasari, who wrote The Lives of the Ar

Keeping The Basics But Changing For Society Keeping the Basics but Changing for Society Throughout cinematic history, despite all advancements and mutations, comedy has remained the most untouched of all genres. While the early Godzilla films had to endure a modern remake in order to regain the earlier fear factor and movies like Gone With the Wind (1939) have given way to sappy love so

Beautiful Art And Perception From the point of view of a student of perception, beauty is a feeling we conceive as a result of something stimulating that we perceive. This process of stimulation and response is a simple process of perception but is more complex when we try to systematically differentiate between what is stimulating and what is not. From the logic I have gathered in my st

Art The Arts play a large role in the expression of inner thoughts and beauty in my life. From dance and music to abstract art our concept of life is shown through the various ways in which we interpret it. We use the Arts as a means of touching that part of us that we cannot reach with Physical Science, Social Science, or any of the Humanities. The arts allow us to be as specific or as

Art Is Much Less Important Than Life, But What A Poor Life Without It. Since ancient times philosophers and artists struggle to discuss about what, in fact, art is. According to Webster’s Online Dictionary, art are “the products of human creativity.” [1] To such wide definition we can class anything as art that comes out of imagination of individuals. Everything that exist has its origin

James Luna, A Native American Man “James Luna, A Native American Man,” is an insightful, cut the bullshit, view of the modern Indian culture. I identify with Luna’s viewpoints as I have seen many of the situations he describes with his art to be true to life. I have spent a lot of time in Northern Canada fishing with my brother and father. The areas we visit are predominantly Indian r

Fra Angelico Work of an Angelic Monk The Italian renaissance raced forward through history as the vanguard of artistic innovations, settling in Florence which became the great center of quattrocento (15th-century) art and art theory. As forerunners, early renaissance artists “made a radical break from the medieval methods of representing the visible world,” creating bold and new, more

Couple In Racoon Coats Van Der Zee uses line in Couple in Raccoon Coats to create a portrait of African American dignity and prosperity. Thesis statement that names the author and the work and incorporates all the questions asked: line and how it’s used to create meaning. Horizontal and vertical lines predominate.Immediate narrowing of focus: tells the basic format of the lines in the wo

Kachinas Native Americans have inhabited this country for many generations. We see so many things that are influenced by the Native Americans and we find ourselves in awe of the independence of these peoples and the culture that they have come from. When we look at art through the eyes of the Native American we should see a functional and usable art. Art was not for aesthetic reasons