The majority of the focus through history has been on the humanistic form, and the concentration of this paper will be on that. Art was the first written language and to study the history of art is to study the history of civilizations and humankind. The Paleolithic cave paintings in France, when vi...

Creation in a world of destruction: Art as survival in the Holocaust The Holocaust in art and the art of the Holocaust are two distinctly different forms of art. The former refers to any art depicting or alluding to the Holocaust. It includes works created both during and after the war, by victi...

Since the beginning of humanity, women in art have been worshipped, venerated, treasured, and admired. They also have been defamed, condemned, and abused. Although there have been many woman artists, their ability has not always been respected. Today there are many great women artists. It was in the...

The Celtic and Carolingian artistic style's are two of Histories most influential cultures. Bot similar yet very much different in all aspects of art. Celtic art is based on sympols and mythology. Symbols and mythology, according to Celtic artists, are the clothing of divintiy. While one may no...

Between 1900-1939, there were many different movements in art mainly due to two reasons, modernization, and the First World War. The term \'avant-garde\' has become synonymous with the evolving modern movement of art. \'Although \'art for art\'s sake\' is a term not often used positively, this moder...

In Jean Baudrillard\'s publication, \"Absolute Merchandise\", Baudrillard explores French poet and art critic, Charles Baudelaire\'s, ideas on the modern art, supporting these with Andy Warhol\'s Pop Art. By doing so, Baudrillard discusses the essence of modern art and addresses the orthodox notion ...

There seems to be a kind of circular rhetoric that weaves in and out of the \'art within a context\' discussion, or the \'what is art\' question. Both of which will probably forever continue to fuel many debates and commentaries. In this paper, I would like to provide a discourse on the topic of ga...