Artists in this century have a long and rich, and problematic heritage on which to draw. As an artist I have been influenced by others before me and by the world around me. The technology that has been introduced into art is both a problem and a challenge for artists as it changes the meanin...

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...

Primitive art is art. It is a different type of art. There are a lot of aspects about the cultures of these people that are unknown. Through the artifacts that have been left behind, we can start to see their world through a possible human perspective, and realize that they weren't just cavemen ...

Art may be present in any form of human activity. Plato regarded art as a form of play or pastime, which was inferior to such occupations as agriculture or cookery. Schiller referred to art as a play impulse. According to Ruskin, fine art is that which the hand, the head and the heart of ma...

The "reintroduction" to the arts in the curriculum has been a slow process with many detours along the way. It has also been compared to Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences in this way: "Three important truths are woven together in Gardner's characteristically perceptive trope. First is ...

Darwinian Creativity, fact or fiction? (The Evolution of Kids Stuff.) In his paper, "Could there be a Darwinian Account of Human Creativity?", Daniel Dennett ponders the origins of what society deems art, and whether art has evolved from more primitive acts of construction, or, ...

According to The American Art Therapy Association, "Art therapy is a mental health profession that uses the creative process of art making to improve and enhance the physical, mental and emotional well-being of individuals of all ages. Through creating art and reflecting on the art products an...

The theory that all art is imitation is a good starting point to deciphering what exactly art is, but it is not the cornerstone, contrary to Plato, Aristotle, and Batteux's beliefs may be. Batteaux's Single Principle of the fine arts suggests that all art is an imitation of beautiful nature convey...

Art History: Cubism Picasso's Still Life with Chair Caning 1912 characterises Cubism's divergence from more conventional, academic styles of painting previously dominating French art. Marking a transition between the Analytic and Synthetic phases, Still Life with Chair Caning expresses ...

There has always been controversy when East would meet West, particularly in the art realm.Hirayama says, in reference to Japan, that by increasing ones exposure to Western art, one calls into question many long held artistic assumptions and institutional practices (57). He noted that such cause...

Diversity and the Mass Media The question of weather the media's role in establishing racial and ethnic equality is not only very easy to answer but needs to be answered. People need to think of how important it is. People tend to under estimate this power and hate to admit that the me...