Essays on Art

In the year 1949, a photographer happened upon a small closely-tied community comprised of mainly Mexican-American residents. The small village like settlement according to the video, was located upon a hill that happened to have an overlooking view of downtown Los Angeles. Don Normark, (the…

This theory adopts a more realistic and pragmatic approach to law by considering customary practices and circumstances surrounding a conflict. Basically it evolves on the perception that law is derived from precedents giving it the binding flavour to similar cases. It is for a fact…

On October 11, 2018, I discovered an amazing world of art, called Tampa Museum of Art located in downtown Tampa, Florida area. The museum offered different exhibits including; The Classical World, Yayoi Kusama: LOVE IS CALLING, Kiss and tell by Wolfgang Flad, Laura with Bun…

There was always this one question I dreaded the most when asked, “what do you want to be when you grow up?” I was asked this question since I was young and even now. This one question would bring so much anxiety to me; people…

Ars Nova is a musical style that flourished in France and Burgundian Low Countries in the Middle ages between the period 1310s till about 1400. It is translated “New Art”. During this time, the mode, time and pronation of music began to shift. Time signatures…

In Carolyn Dean’s article, “The Trouble (with the term) Art”, she conducts an inquiry into what exactly the qualifications of art truly define. She argues that the term art is too widely and generally used. Specifically focusing on “non-western art” also referred to as “primitive…

The name of the artwork is “The Last Supper” (disambiguation). Leonardo da Vinci created this artwork. Da Vinci was referred to the place he lived. And Leonardo di ser piero da Vinci was the given name(The Last Supper). He was called the father of paleontology,…

The visual imagery of the film contributes to the storytelling. There are many scenes lack of dialogue, but which emphases more about the relationships and emotional connections between the characters. This paper will argue that Julie Dash, in Daughters of the Dust, presents the umbrella…

‘Who is it that can tell me who I am?’ by Althea Thauberger is an art exhibition going on at SAAG from September 29, 2018 to November 24, 2018. This exhibition explores the political, social and institutional power dynamics in Karachi, Pakistan. The exhibition presents…

The Flatiron is the one of the most definitive images of the New York city. It was captured by Alfred Stieglitz in 1903. The name of this photograph is The Flatiron. This photograph gained its name from the building Flatiron which is in New York….