🎨 Art Essays

Even though Gothic literature can be traced to the 1800s, within the last 20 years or so there has been a tremendous spike in the…

A picture tells more than a thousand words – you must have heard this line severally even so did its meaning really sink deep down?…

Good artists copy, great artists steal cites Jones as he claims that there is nothing new under the sun as the same applies to art…

Sergei was born on 23rd January of the year 1898 in Riga, Latvia and was argued to be of Jewish descent who became one of…

Roger Fry and Clement Greenberg are among the best known critics of their time although each belongs to a different school of art. Roger Fry…

Beowulf is the oldest epic written in English and the single existing cope of the writing dated from the tenth century.  The movie “13th Warrior”…

Diego de Velazquez was the court painter who was appointed by King Phillip IV in 1623. Many of the works of Velazquez were greatly influenced…

Introduction Guernica is oil on canvas painting measuring 349cm X 776cm (The Open University, 2013). The painting presents a powerful antiwar statement in modern day art….

Since the beginning of human history, aesthetics have played an prominent role in society and culture. The study of beauty speaks to a universality that…

Modern art is extremely different from the artworks of previous centuries because artists have changed the purpose and the idea of art. Artists create various…

When people talk about legacies, what do they imply? For many, a legacy refers to an intangible imprint created by a specific individual, owing to…

Introduction Death, as a subject can be witnessed in many of the Emily Dickinson’s poems. However, it is not easy to proclaim that exactly how…

Music is observed to travel with the migration of communities in the contemporary world since it is portable and can be communicated orally. There is…

The play ‘Hamlet’ is one of the greatest creations of William Shakespeare. Hamlet dominates the play and is possibly the most discussed and controversial character…

At the end of the movie the word “unlearned” is typed across the screen. Higher learning is synonymous with the term higher education, meaning education…

Introduction The issue opinion that government has a responsibility to support the arts is an interesting and controversial one. This issue is increasingly important in…

Eugene O’Neill’s ‘A Long Day’s Journey Into Night’ portrays Tyrone family’s hopeless review of their past — the circumstances, choices and actions that have shaped…

The fairy tale Bloody Chambers is a slight alteration of the fairy tale Bluebeard. The fairy tale the Bloody Chambers is about a teenage girl…

William Shakespeare’s 73rd sonnet, ‘that time of year thou may’st in me behold’, expresses a mournful tone as the narrator lingers upon the faded days…

Montserrat is an island in the Caribbean region that has become a subject of study due to its unique geographical features. Montserrat is in an…