In his essay, entitled "Art," Clive Bell proposes that there is one element that coheres all works of art considered great in the world. "There must be some one quality without which a work of art cannot exist; possessing which, in the least degree, no work is altogether worthless. What is...

Don’t exist exactly definition for a work of art. Work of art is something made by a person. Hence sunsets beautiful trees, ”found” natural objects such as grained driftwood, “painting” by insects or birds and a host of other natural phenomena are not consider...

The art of the Cuban culture goes back to prehistoric times when the first traces were found in caves. This type of art was later labeled as "folk art" because of its nature and craftsmanship. During the 15th and 16th centuries, the island was full of poverty and not much art streamed out. Painter...

In his essay, "Purism and L'Esprit Nouveau," David Batchelor characterizes the Purist movement as "a serious, thoughtful and ambitious project." Purism was a Modern Art movement that was founded in France during the 1920s. It was spearheaded by artists Charles-Édouard Jeanneret and Amédée Oz...

Modernism Until recently, the word "modern" used to refer generically to the contemporaneous; all art is modern at the time it is made. As an art historical term, "modern" refers to a period dating from roughly the 1860s through the 1970s and is used to describe the style and the ideology of art ...

Our class meeting was held at Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art in downtown Biloxi. Ohr is known as the mad potter in Biloxi and respect for his pottery has evolved over time. One of his pots, which was displayed on the second floor of the museum, grabbed my attention. It was called the "George Ohr Ligh...

Medieval art is the art that was produced in Europe during the Middle Ages-from the fall of Rome in 500 CE to the start of the early modern period in approximately 1500 CE. Most medieval art and architecture is religious, but the Church was not the sole patron of art. In fact, much of the religious ...

Color Your World employee of the month Donna Lukas made the impression on her bosses and co-workers as the "paint lady." Donna will add yet another piece of her work this month to the Toronto Gallery of Art. She has earned the reputation of being the lady to go to when in doubt of colo...

Aim: To become familiar with the various theoretical positions and writings in the histories and theories of western architecture. Task: To select two articles from a list issues of the journal Architectural Design (AD) that you consider difficult. Present a summary of the hey argument contai...

Getting Away William Butler Yeats first studied art and then turned to poetry and playwrighting. Most of all during Yeats life he accomplished being "one of the most influential poets of the twentieth century." Yeats well-known poem, "Lake Isle of Innisfree," relates to peo...

Michael Graves Michael Graves, born the summer or 1934 in Indianapolis, knew he wanted to be an artist by the age of six. Encouraged by his mother to seek a more practical career, Graves choose architecture. After studying at the University of Connecticut, he got his master's degree at Harvard ...