Germaine Armstrong Professor Hale MU2313 Critique Paper When I went home last weekend I attempted to go to the Arlington Museum of Art. Unfortunately the museum was closed due to the fact that they where changing exhibits and would not reopen until the following week. I returned back to San Marcos and decided I would go to The Wittliff Collections here on campus. To my […]

Critical Analysis This is an oil on canvas painting by Friday Kohl called Cropped Hair, made in 1940 at a size of coxcomb. It is a self- portrait of her with a scissor in one hand and her hair creeping everywhere on the floor. As you can see in the painting, the fore ground busy because of the long dark hair that is laid all […]

Discernment is defined to be the act or process of exhibiting keen insight and good judgment. Interestingly, the bible is rife with accounts and teachings how important discernment is to the people of God. Apostles, for example, were witnesses how Holy Spirit gave them the gift of discernment in the New Testament. The action of the apostles of continuing what Jesus told them to do […]

Jacob Cheslock Ms. Smith World Literature, Hour 6 30 November 2012 Music: The Savior of Life One good thing about music, when it hits you, you have no pain—“Bob Marley. ” No matter what kind of music you listen to, there seems to be something about it that soothes, calms, or sparks the creative side of the mind. Ishmael Beah, a victim child of war, […]

If you take a look at the paintings, you will see that they are abstract. In fact, they are painted in a style that is sometimes referred to as “Abstract Expressionism”. Many people have trouble understanding and appreciating this type of art. The purpose of this essay is to explain how, over time, art has evolved to become more and more abstract, and why this […]

“Every artist dips his brush in his soul and paints his own nature into his paintings.” -Henry Ward Beecher Art is defined as the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as a painting or sculpture. (Oxford Dictionaries) When posed the question what does art mean to me? I honestly have never thought about it. When I […]

Salvador Dali It has been said that Salvador Dali is probably the most universally famous, and highly regarded artist of the twentieth century. Mostly credited for his talent as a surrealist painter, his efforts in the cinema and in photography are often overlooked. Intricate draftsmanship and realistic detail characterize his paintings, with brilliant color heightened by transparent glazes. Secrets of perversion and battles of depression […]

Pop art was simply a reflection of consumer society and mass media, not a critique. Discuss with reference to the work of 3 artists. Pop Art was one of the major art movements of the twentieth century. It brought art back to the material realities of daily life, in which ordinary people derived most their visual pleasure from popular mass culture, such as advertising, television, […]

Art movements possess varying definitions that are given by art critics, historians and even artists. They emerge from Classical period and then followed by escapes or transitions from the traditions or a mixture of two movements that eventually give birth to another movement of a period. Contemporary art which is personally defined as “art of the present,” encompasses a number of artistic movements; one of […]

Music first formed in ancient time and continued to develop simultaneously with civilization. It is said that without music, our world would become boring. Why music is so Important? Why many people spend a lot of time on listening to music? In fact, music affects us more than we know. Music plays Important roles in our life: It connects people, entertains us and has other […]