Visual Arts Essay Examples Page 5

This semester for Art Appreciation we were asked to attend a museum and find a picture that catches our interest. I attended the Zimmerli Art Museum in New Brunswick, New Jersey and while browsing the many different rooms and pictures the museum had to offer I came across one piece I really liked. The piece…

The Roman figure called “Marble Sarcophagus with the Triumph of Dionysos and the Seasons,” was made in late imperial, Gallienic, around 260 to 270 C. E as part of the Roman culture. The figure is a marble sculpture and is about 34 X 85 X 361/4 inches tall. As a result of the size, we…

Jacques Louis David was a highly influential French painter in the neoclassical style, considered to be one of the most prominent of his time. In the late 1780s, his celebrated historical paintings marked a drastic change from the Rococo style of love and affection to the neoclassical style of moral behavior and virtue. Such new…

Sculpture plays an important role in the history of art. It combines the ancient people’s wisdom and their skillfulness. In the trip of metropolitan, Perseus With The Head of Medusa which is created by Antonio Canova and The Burghers of Calais which is made by Auguste Rodin are the fabulous sculptures that impress me. Although…

Artworks are a product of the context in which they are created, formed through the skills and interpretation of the artist. The events and issues of the time and place which the artist experiences determines their ideologies and inspiration. Brazilian artist Henrique Oliveira’s utilises discarded pieces of wood from his home country in order to…

The section of roman sculptures I ran into at the St. Louis Art Museum all had great detail work on most made of marble were all very interesting but the “Bust of an Unknown Man” was my favorite by far. This selection included a portrait of a Woman on wood from 2nd century to a…

The mother of Jesus Christ, Madonna, the most popular woman in the majority of classical art, is typically depicted as a beautiful woman. Her son is Jesus, suggesting that she should be shown as a woman of equal significance. Prior to Parmigianino’s “Madonna of the Long Neck,” artistic works with Mary as one of the…

“The Joy of life” demonstrates a multitude of contrasting colors, both warm and cold, which nevertheless agree with each other. Indeed, the green and orange that make up the foliage comes out yellow, blue and pink ground. The structure forms and wavy lines in this painting creates a certain harmony in this mix of bright…

For this paper, I have chosen the paintings that captivated my attention the most when I went to the Rubin Museum of Art. Frankly, I was not expecting much from Himalayan-Tibetian art. Nevertheless, when I saw Guhyasmaja Akshobhyavjra with Consort and Shri Devi, I completely changed my opinion and perspective. There was no doubt that…

A good piece of art is successful in making the viewers feel something; pain, happiness, anger, rage etc. A comic is a very well blended piece of art that does just that; comic artists use their lines, shapes and words to make statements about things that affect people in day-to-day lives. Debbie Drechsler’s comic, “Visitors…