Case Study of Jan Van Eyck - Art History
Case study - 7 pages - Literature
So many paintings have existed in the past centuries. Most of these paintings and especially in Europe were so much based on religion. This is because religion was the main part of the system of governance, the way people related to one another and how the society is during this day (ArtBible)....
The happiest place on earth
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
Disney World was never an illusion to me as a child; I could see right through it. “It's a theme park,” my mom would explain to me. What an interesting idea. It was tangibility's final step in the evolution of imagination. First there were the playgrounds I knew as a child, consisting...
Influence of the genre on three of the visual or performing arts forms
Case study - 1 pages - Arts and art history
Genre is a term used in the world of arts to represent a class of creative works that reveal certain key characteristic. Different works of art are classified into different genres depending on their characteristics and uniqueness. Therefore, genre is very much essential when it...
Jeff Koons. Rabbit. 1986. Stainless Steel, 41" x 19" x 12". Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Case study - 4 pages - Arts and art history
Jeff Koons's Rabbit was conceptualized in 1986, inclusive of his Statuary Collection, when he first had the idea of grabbing this inflatable, commercialized toy off a store shelf. The stainless steel assemblage includes the bunny which is materialized through an industrial casting process...
Artwork reflection essay
Case study - 2 pages - Arts and art history
Georges Seurat's painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte is currently being displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago in The Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection (also called A Sunday on La Grande Jatte). The painting is quite large in size, measuring around 10 x...
Allan Poe's philosophy of composition using "The Raven" and "The Tell Tale Heart"
Case study - 2 pages - Literature
Poetry is an art work which requires a lot of elements to compose. Poems are generally a representation of a poet's thoughts and feelings well expressed and documented in writing. Writing a quality poem requires good strategies; poets should consider length, tone, theme and target...
Frankenstein and Heart of a Dog
Case study - 3 pages - Literature
As test tube babies and embryonic manipulation take both the science lab and the realm of nature by storm in a technological world, the limits to which science can be pursued grow to heights unparalleled day by day. A world where creation of life exists within the genius of a single mind is not...
Wal-Mart leadership communication
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
The concept of leadership is a continual shifting and embryonic process in this globalized society. There are many books that illustrate the characteristics and attributes of leadership and among those attributes communication takes a front seat. Effective communication is an element that is a...
Is pop music decided by its audience taste and the artist's talent or is it dictated by the producer who sells it?
Case study - 1 pages - Business strategy
Before the 90's, the success of pop songs was because of the artist's talent and the diversity and the complexity of the music structures. Music was a way of expressing something and the aim was to be the voice of people. According to The Rolling Stone magazine and its ranking of the 500 Greatest...
Should art be taught in schools?
Case study - 2 pages - Arts and art history
The role played by art in public education has been discussed and analyzed by a numerous commentators through the years. Despite the obvious ways in which art and receiving an art education can provide to an individual, it is possible to argue that art education is...
McCarthyism and art
Case study - 2 pages - Arts and art history
During the early 1950s there was a fear amongst the American people regarding the possible infiltration of Western Society by Russia and other communist nations. One man, Senator Joseph McCarthy, led a hunt for alleged communists that would lead to the blacklisting and persecution of actors,...
Langston Hughe's "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain"
Essay - 4 pages - Literature
During a time when Black culture was developing and creating its place in history, Langston Hughes wrote “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain”, which became the manifesto of the Harlem Renaissance, and urged Blacks to not be ashamed of who they are; to take pride in their...
Comparison of two artist-painters' works: Jacques-Louis David and Gustave Courbet
Thesis - 4 pages - Arts and art history
The artists chosen for this study are the two French painters Jacques-Louis David and Gustave Courbet.They lived similar experiences in the social and political chaos of post-revolutionary France. Chronologically speaking, the two of them together examined the changes in the society furthermore...
Jenny Holzer: Merging Verbal and Visual Art
Thesis - 3 pages - Arts and art history
Art of the 20th century can be characterized by the common feature of progressing the definition of art and constantly challenging the relationship between artist, art and viewer; the ability to do this while utilizing new technologies that appeal to the modern world and...
The Arts of Africa [Opon Igedeu v Nkisi Nkondi]
Thesis - 3 pages - Arts and art history
Throughout African history, artistic creation has been a fundamental element of the livelihood of various cultures. The Yoruba, of Nigeria, hold the aesthetics and criticisms of art to an extremely high standard, of which they can measure personal contentedness with life as a whole. The...
Same sex desire as demonstrated in Art and Literature in antiquity
Essay - 3 pages - Literature
Many artists use their medium to express their thoughts or feelings on a particular subject. Often this material has to do with a current event, trend, or mindset that they have noticed. Some choose to portray things in a very realistic light, and others were more inclined to put their own...
Arts of America [A Mask- Shaman Pendant- A Sully Portrait]
Thesis - 3 pages - Arts and art history
There is a dynamic range of artistic style, cultural influence and quality of the pieces on display in the Arts of Americas wing of the Museum of Fine Arts, in Boston. The variety of the art is reflective of the different cultures represented. The spectrum can be seen...
The Art of Ancient Greece
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Arts and art history
As confirmed by the National Archaeological Museum of Athens (n.d.), it is during the years 600 through 480 B.C., the Archaic period, that Kouros sculptures governed Greek art. These sculptures came in male and female form, depicting subjects who the state had financially supported, or...
Art After 1945: Gordon Matta-Clark
Thesis - 7 pages - Arts and art history
Like many of the artists of the 1970s, Gordon Matta-Clark was concerned with the impact of a capitalist-driven society on an urban setting. After studying architecture at Cornell University, Matta-Clark devoted himself to the concept of “anarchitecture.” Anarchitecture is an...
Confidence is Art
Thesis - 3 pages - Psychology
If you do not feel confident, do not let that get your spirits down for you can be confident. If you're already feeling confident, then you can become even more confident. Confidence is dynamic, it can go up or down, constantly change and evolve. What you need to do is keep it at optimal and...
Cartier in the UK and across the globe
Market study - 10 pages - Business strategy
One of the most revered names in jewelry, Cartier Monde (French for "World") is also the world's largest luxury jeweler, operating nearly 200 retail stores in over 125 countries. The famed watch and jewelry House of Cartier, one of the most recognized brands in the industry, was founded in...
Art and globalization
Thesis - 21 pages - Arts and art history
"Art always has been and always will be important to humans", says Cynthia Freeland, professor of philosophy at the Houston University. This sentence, announced as a universal truth, shows that art remains strongly essential for human beings. It is also assured that everybody knows...
Baroque or Rococo Art Critique
Case study - 2 pages - Arts and art history
"The Taking of Christ" is an impressive work of art by one of seventeenth centuries most prolific and influential painters, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. The painting is typical of Baroque style: intense, vibrant colors, strong contrasting of light and dark shadows, and dramatic...
The Role of Black Artists in African American Culture
Thesis - 4 pages - Social sciences
Throughout the Harlem Renaissance, blacks were creating new ways to identify themselves both individually and as a part of a new, developing culture within America. While some black writers used their work to identify their race as a separate entity, others used their writing to expose the social...
Company analysis: Richart's chocolate business
Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy
The first strategic turnaround in the life of chocolatier Michel Richart was when he decided to produce and focus on the art of chocolate making. Subsequently, he sold his bakery and moved to Fontaines sur Saone. He specialized in the sale of "anonymous bulk" for professional chocolate...
Cartier's global operations
Market study - 7 pages - Business strategy
The famed watch and jewelry House of Cartier, one of the classiest brands in the industry, can trace its origins back to 1847, when Louis-Francois Cartier opened a small jewelry store in Paris. Over the years, the brand has evolved to become the official jeweler of the Royal courts of England,...
A historiography of the net.art
Essay - 4 pages - Arts and art history
The historiography of an event, phenomenon or a novel can be defined as the examination of different discourses and diverse modes of writing history. Therefore, we must first, examine the design of the history and methodology. Today, historiography is characterized by a rapid methodology that...
In defense of Abstract Art
Essay - 2 pages - Arts and art history
It's possible to believe that people around the world love, hate, misunderstand, and criticize abstract art. More than likely the people who've come to hate and criticize probably have no art history knowledge or appreciation whatsoever. However, art critics and serious...
Land Art
Thesis - 20 pages - Arts and art history
In the late 1960s, a limited number of artists, especially from New York, United States, left the classical settings of the workshop, gallery and museum, to work directly in nature, or introduce natural elements into museums. According to GillesTiberghien, this new Land Art can be defined...
Technology's influence on art
Thesis - 3 pages - Social sciences
Technology allows artists to explore new mediums that were not previously available. Three dimensional modeling on computers and various other programs graphical effects provided on various programs allows artists to do things with their art that were unavailable to previous generations...
