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Art can refer to many things, such as music, film, dance, literature and painting, and it can be interpreted in many ways. In general, art consists of paintings, sculpture, and other pictures or objects that are created for people to look at and admire of think deeply. It can also help us to express our…

Many would say that art is an expression of personal feelings and emotion, and therefore many would say that art is also judged by subjective opinions, as personal feelings are required to appreciate art. Two factors affecting our artistic judgment are our individual and cultural paradigms, which forms the basis of our subjective opinion on…

The theory that we value art because it expresses the feelings of the artist is one held by those who believe in what is called ’emotivism’ – art is valued because of its emotional impact (on the audience), whether that comes from our own personal reaction, the artwork acting as a ‘container’ for the artists…

Art is the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance. Consequently, relating the truth in an artwork depends on how aesthetically an author wants to show his work. Truth is something that has conformity with fact or reality. “An author corresponds his…

History is an account of what happened in the past. It provides an explanation of what happed in the past, so we can learn from our ancestors, about their successes and mistakes. What type of knowledge do we gain from this? Is it the objective knowledge of a scientist or the subjective knowledge of an…

Cindy Sherman, American Photographer and Artist, born 1954 in Long Island, New York, Arts Graduate 1976. Sherman’s subject matter whilst always feminine, includes discourses on film stills, magazine centrefolds, fashion spreads, advertising, children’s literature, formal portraiture, historical records, mannequins and the monstrous body. Sherman’s work spans a 25 year period, making her one of the most…

Reflect on the work of artists like Banksy, Bil Hensen, Andres Serrano and other controversial ‘artists’. What are the essential characteristics, if any, that qualify an object a work of art. “Controversial artworks have been produced by artists throughout history that really test the standards of decency in our society. Some parts of society lay…

Italy country in Europe shaped like a boot that Leonardo was born in Verrocchio Leonardo’s teacher, taught self-discipline was as important as the brush angel what Verrocchio asked Leonardo to paint in the corner of his painting “The Baptism of Christ”, Verrocchio thought the angel was the best thing about the painting scaffolding what artists…

If this was scary in 1897, it’s not very scary now but I can see how the Narrator is trying to get a picture in your head to spook you. Bram Stoker wrote it in 1897; it was scary at the time but not as much as it is now. The simplest way in which Stoker…

There are many different things that as a director, I would need to say to ‘Caliban’ to make the play run smoothly In my opinion the first bit of action that I would give to Caliban is as follows: when Stephano says to him on line three “servant monster, drink to me”, Caliban should hesitate a…