Works of art

Art is a term that cannot be defined incorrectly, art can have many definitions but some will be better than others. Art plays an important role in many people lives, it motivates the human brain by making people react with their emotions. It also provides many people with source of creation and self-expression. Art is very subjective and it has a different meaning to many people, but it is also at a continuous state of change. A way that art can be defined is through form and content (Wollheim,…

In 1944 Dave Smith was born and rise in Derbyshire, England. At Derby College of Art, Smith studied art mainly taking commercial design courses before advancing to Hornsey College of Art in London where he pursued his post graduate studies. All of Smith’s work experience throughout his life was art influenced. The London based Electric Colour Company was founded in 1969 by Dave Smith and three other artists (Andrew Greaves, Jeffrey Pine and Roderic Stokes). He then left to teach at a college…

important to Paul Cezanne and how he constructed his works of art, and then compare this to works of art by Matisse and Picasso. We will pull out examples of how Cezanne inspired these two artists and also how these two artists were trying to break free from Cezanne and become known for their own style. Paul Cezanne’s painting, The Large Bathers, painted in 1906 as an oil canvas was a unique painting. Cezanne always was committed to form in his works of art and loves to use color. Like the…

My main area of concentration for all of my art pieces was to portray the ideas of suffocation from stress. Initially, there were several concepts that I had in mind to focus on, however, I feared that I would have failed in constructing it properly. Thus, I settled with concentrating on this idea for I had various ways of representing suffocation under stress, and how it entraps one in a singular place. I hoped to create drawings that emphasized on my application of colors, which frequently…

Art Material and its Therapeutic effects Clay is a versatile art material. In this paper, “Clay-work” is defined as the overall process and outcome of the process, from handling, manipulating, and modeling clay to the final artwork. Several types of clay are commonly used in art therapy. (1) Clay is natural art material, which consists of organic content. It is reusable even when dry. (2) Air-dry clay hardens and becomes stronger with time. Baking or firing is not needed for air-dry clay, and it…

Wheelock: an art expert’s thoughts on Vermeer’s work In comparison to his contemporaries Vermeer painted relatively few canvases. According to Wheelock, Vermeer’s working method is quiet slow with great attention to detail and this combined with an early death accounts for the limited set of canvases. On the other hand Wheelock observes that the scarcity of paintings may contribute to why we value them so much Describing the paintings Wheelock tells us that the paintings express an admiration…

to create his works of art. Learoyd designed and built his own room-sized portable camera obscura which sits adjacent to room his subject possess – separated by a singular lens. During this process, light falls upon the subject and is instantly fixated onto the photographic paper, no negative is produced. Learoyd’s approach to the visual arts produces an unfiltered and realistic view of the world surrounding him. For the purpose of this paper, I shall analyze Learoyd portraiture work titled,…

and prepared I had felt before beginning my college adventure. Having been a part of RAW Art Works for three years before entering Pratt, my RAW family had empowered and gave me skills that I still cherish today. But while studying at school, I quickly realized that the family I had at RAW was not easy to come by or to be recreated. The day I graduated from Pratt, I left feeling incredibly proud of the work and growth I had made as an artist and now young man. However, I also left wishing I had…

Both works of art depict the scene of Socrates and his impending death, although there are some paltry and major differences between the painting and the literature. During the duration of the written text, we only are aware of one person inside the jail cell along with Socrates, however, in the painting, we see a plentitude amount of people witnessing Socrates drink hemlock. As everyone interprets the death scene a little differently, we will come to see that people will make their own…

My first time at the Art Institute went better than I anticipated. My friend went with me and we had a great time. We started off with Folk Art and then went to European Art. We ended up in the Doctrine and Devotion exhibition, and it was really interesting how the religious art from different parts of the world such as, Germany, France, Italy, and Peru were very similar to each other. I thought it was pretty cool how art can be very similar, when it comes to the same themes even if it has to do…