Essays on Art

In the article, The Work On The Street: Street Art and Visual Culture, by Martin Irvine, he gives a better interpretation of the concept of street art, while distinguishing major aspects of visual culture. To start off, Irvine provides a definition of street art noting,…

The chosen work of art that was recreated is known as Pope Leo X with Cardinals Giulio de’ Medici and Luigi de’ Rossi by Raffaelo Sanzio aka Raphael. The oil paint on wood was created in 1518-1519. Its intended location is unknown although it was…

Pablo Picasso’s Guernica speaks to pain and destruction as a singular picture. It is a cubist style painting which depicts the circumstance of the Spanish town of Guernica in the midst of during the Spanish Civil War. Guernica used to be the capital of Spain….

Roman art is a vast art form that bridges over Europe, Africa, and Asia. It dates back to almost 1,000 years and contains a huge spectrum of media (Ambler 2015). Such media included paintings, mosaics, bronze work, marble, and terracottas. Around the city of Rome…

“What art is, in reality, is this missing link, not the links which exist. It’s not what you see that is art; art is the gap” (Duchamp). This quote perfectly explains the piece of art in which is used as the focal point of this…

Afro-Portuguese Ivories are artifacts that are well known and admired throughout history. Ivories are known to be derived from the west coasts of Africa. These works of art are the first known African art pieces to be brought back to Europe through African-Portuguese trading. The…

The Interactive Oral session held in class helped me develop a deep understanding of the play and its themes. Themes such as ‘absurdity of existence’ and ‘purposelessness of life’ were also discussed along with the cultural context of the play. In this reflective statement, I…

The Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci is a masterpiece from the high classical renaissances of France. This is an oil on wood portrait landscape that depicts what art historians believe to be a woman from the noble class. This art piece is the most…

Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi, is a depiction of the Islamic revolution through the eyes of a child. The book has won a series of prizes, including “Best Book for Young adults” and a “New York Times Notable Book” title, however, it’s artistic characteristics transform it…

“The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe is written by an author whose writing style can give the reader a detailed image in his or her mind. In this text the author uses multiple writing techniques that amplify his poems to the next level. Poe’s Poems…