Anti-bullying poster
Presentation - 3 pages - Arts and art history
I chose to create this poster to raise awareness around about all the bullying taking place in our schools. When I first opted for this type of art, I thought about the idea that bullying isn't just one thing, it is a mix of emotions and insults, and this is what I wanted to show in my work.
The Complexities of Artistic Intervention as a Remedy - Freya McMorrow, Bernadette Sayar, Eva Klinkenberg, Alastair Hannaford & Tessa Mendez (2022)
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Arts and art history
There are several points to take into account when discussing artistic intervention. First of all, the issues of durability, temporality, novelty and impact are extremely important to consider. Some artists believe that artistic interventions cannot be long-term artworks because it would stop...
A visit to the "Modern Images of Ancient Clay figures" museum
Essay - 2 pages - Arts and art history
"Modern Images of Ancient Clay figures" is a very entertaining exhibition that is located in the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo. It focuses on the ancient artifacts of Haniwa and Dogu, which are earth figurines excavated from graves and strata.
Can an Economist's Theory apply to Art? - Scott Revburn (2014) - The prominence of the so-called "investor collectors"
Text commentary - 3 pages - Arts and art history
In his article "Can an Economist's Theory apply to Art ?" published in the New York Times 2014, Scott Revburn explains how buyers look at art auctions through a capitalistic lens. The author focuses on a new player in the art market: the "investor-collector" who buys artworks for colossal...
Vermillon - Deborah Butterfield (1989) - Sculpture analysis
Artwork commentary - 2 pages - Arts and art history
Vermillon is a sculpture by Deborah Butterfield, exhibited in the Atrium of the POB building at the University of Texas at Austin. The artwork was not originally made for the University's campus; it is a loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The subject of the sculpture is a standing...
Gothic Literature and Art
Presentation - 9 pages - Arts and art history
Gothic Literature started in the late 18th century, alongside Romanticism. Writers were inspired by the beauty of the medieval age. They were also fascinated by the imposing figures of nature and mythology.
Belle Reprieve - Split Britches (1990) - A creative theatrical staging
Artwork commentary - 5 pages - Arts and art history
Split Britches represents a significant antithesis to modern theatre's established rules of cultural formation. It develops empirically and implements a distinct value orientation of culture by actively promoting the diversity agenda. The foundational artefact of this paper is the primary...
Ugolino and His Sons - Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1870) - Stylistic Analysis
Artwork commentary - 2 pages - Arts and art history
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's "Ugolino and His Sons" is an outstanding artistic representation that reflects the sentiments of unbearable anguish and paternal suffering in the decomposition of Count Ugolino della Gherardesca, who served as a subject for Dante Alighieri's famous "Inferno." This...
Compare and Contrast Two Choreographers' Works and Choreographic Process
Tutorials/exercises - 4 pages - Arts and art history
Technically, modern dance can be dated to the end of the 19th century and the earliest years of the 20th century as a protest against the towering aesthetics of classical ballet. It is attached to artistic creativity, freedom, and originality, including attitudes borrowed from dance genres and...
The Big and the Small: The Power of Scale in Walker and Weiwei's art
Essay - 6 pages - Arts and art history
Scale is a deliberate tool artists use in contemporary visual culture to question social norms, evoke strong emotions, and communicate difficult concepts. Artists can challenge binary distinctions, start discussions, and deeply explore human experiences by experimenting with size. Ai Weiwei's...
Political Mass Media and Ideologies of Persuasion
Essay - 5 pages - Arts and art history
Propaganda is a powerful tool that continues to affect public opinion and influence collective consciousness in today's hyper-connected society. Its effect extends beyond traditional media, impacting our daily lives through various sources. This essay will analyse the varied environment of...
Exploring Afrofuturism: Artists and Filmmakers Shaping a Technologically Empowered African Future
Essay - 5 pages - Arts and art history
Afrofuturism is a cultural and creative movement that boldly confronts common preconceptions about Africa, arguing that the region is culturally immobile and technologically "backward". On the other hand, Afrofuturism asserts Africa's entitlement to modernity and technology while honouring...
The representation of nature in British art in the 18th and the 19th centuries
Essay - 2 pages - Arts and art history
Nature is at the center of the romantically dominated period of the 18th and the 19th century in British art. Before that, it was cities that dominated the intellectual and artistic movements. The period of the Enlightenment provoked enormous transformations in the artistic world, and the focus...
Boats in Collioure - André Derain (1905) - An Exploration of André Derain's Art
Artwork commentary - 4 pages - Arts and art history
A. Derain was born in Chatou in 1880 to a middle-class family. He began painting in 1895. From 1898 to 1899, he studied at the Camillo Academy in Paris. He met H. Matisse in 1901 at the Louvre, where he began copying works in a caricatured manner. In 1901, he rebelled against his family, who did...
Cover letter for a Bachelor of Arts in Fashion application
Sample letter - 1 pages - Arts and art history
This document is a cover letter for a Bachelor of Arts in Fashion application.
Corpus about Artist's Identity et Love
Artwork commentary - 2 pages - Arts and art history
Document 1 is a web article entitled Literary Hoaxes and the Ethics of Authorship. It was written by Louis Menand and published on December 3, 2018, on the New Yorker. Document 2 is a web article entitled Was Shakespeare the Real Author of His Plays? It was written by Barbara Maranzani on June...
Books, myths, and music
Essay - 3 pages - Arts and art history
This document comprises four detailed presentation topics in the fields of music, myths, and books.
Allie Mae Burroughs, Hale County, Alabama - Walker Evans (1936)
Tutorials/exercises - 1 pages - Arts and art history
The photograph studied, titled "Allie Mae Burroughs, Hale County, Alabama," is the work of American photographer Walker Evans. It is now preserved and exhibited at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. This portrayal is a gelatin silver print, with a tripod, 25.5 centimeters high and...
Pop culture and Superheroes
Essay - 2 pages - Arts and art history
Pop culture plays a pivotal role in shaping societal perceptions, especially in the realm of gender representations and superhero narratives. In the vast expanse of popular culture, which encompasses mediums such as television, films, video games, and print, representations of gender often...
Presentation of the Character Wonder Woman
Case study - 6 pages - Arts and art history
Wonder Woman first appeared in 1941, created by psychologist William Moulton Marston and artist Harry G. Peter. In her original comic book origin, Wonder Woman is a princess of the Amazons, a mythical race of female warriors that have isolated themselves from the world on Paradise Island. She is...
Application Letter for an Internship in Drama and All-Stage Technics
Cover letter - 1 pages - Arts and art history
This document is a writing exercise in the form of a cover letter for an internship (high school) in drama and all-stage technics.
Are dystopias getting closer to reality? - English oral exam (LLCER)
Presentation - 2 pages - Arts and art history
My personal file broaches the axis called "Fictions and Realities" and the theme of utopias and dystopias. It addresses the subject of dystopias. First of all, the dystopia is a fictional genre in which the author depicts an imagined state or society in which there is great suffering or...
Create a piece of art about racism to change the society
Creative writing - 1 pages - Arts and art history
Racism is a key problem in my society; therefore I would love to create a piece of art on racism. Racism is a major problem in the societies we live in today. Therefore, we need to come together and work for the future of our country. Hence I have come up with this idea to create some nice pieces...
Refuge of Art - Andy Goldsworthy
Artwork commentary - 2 pages - Arts and art history
Andy Goldsworthy is a British artist born in 1956. His sensitivity to the beauty of nature comes from his childhood working on farms. After that, he studied Beaux-Arts at Bradford Art College and Preston Polytechnic in Lancaster. This explains why his works combine nature and contemporary art and...
Advertising Production For Television
Essay - 4 pages - Arts and art history
Ads give thanks, shower praise, confirm self-worth, answer prayers, express devotion, foster hope and inspire belief … In the end, we buy the advertising, not the product, because it promises something we want. This quote is somewhat true, as it is saying that adverts promise to make our...
Is art an efficient answer to the political and social injustice faced by poorer classes?
Artwork commentary - 3 pages - Arts and art history
"Some might say that the world is a mess right now. Others point out that it could be worse. In our war torn world, it depends on who you are and where you live". That's how the article from the Huffington Post, called "Artists as Activists : Pursuing Social Justice" and written by Amy...
Analysis of the American musician, actor and composer Richard Wayne Penniman, better known as Little Richard
Essay - 4 pages - Arts and art history
Richard Wayne Penniman, better known as Little Richard, is an American musician, actor, and composer, who throughout six decades was the leading figure in the American musical stage. Together with other singers, Little Richard was at the root of the creation of such genres as rock-and-roll, and...
Biography of Marcel Breuer
Essay - 9 pages - Arts and art history
Marcel Breuer, born May 1902 in Hungary, was a furniture designer, architect, and modernist. Breuer was among the most leading champions of the "International Style". Marcel Breuer concentrated on using new methods and newly advanced technology to generate an expressive art of an industrial era....
The legacy of Elvis Presley
Essay - 2 pages - Arts and art history
When we think of Rock n' Roll, one of the first names to spring to mind is that of Elvis Presley. Elvis Presley, often referred to as the "King" of Rock n' Roll, is often credited for inventing this genre of music. By integrating various styles and genres of music, borrowing heavily from...
Theador Adorno and the modern expression of art
Essay - 1 pages - Arts and art history
Theador Adorno held complicated theories about the meaning of art, and he was very critical about art's expression in popular culture. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Adorno took pop culture very seriously and believed that much can be understood about human psychology by analyzing what we see...
