Our photography and arts essays cover a broad range of topics, spanning arts and visual culture, art histories, the classical world, theatre, creative writing, photographic fine art practice and more.
Anita Kunz is a Canadian illustrator with nearly 40 years of experience who has worked for America’s most iconic magazines and advertising agencies. A renowned artist, her works have been praised worldwide. While she is an artist, she is better described as a social critic that uses art as her medium. Body 1 – Tri … Read more
What does one typically think of when they hear the word, “Gothic?” Usually, the picture is dominated by the color black. One may even go as far as Satan, metal spikes, or an abundance of piercings. However, despite the existence of people who considered Goth, there are actually many different definitions. The definition of what … Read more
I intend to closely observe and evaluate, how the artistic work of Dora Maurer exploring both spatial and bodily languages translated through photography can be reinterpreted within a contemporary context. As a starting point for my research, I used the work called Parallel Lines, Analyses 1977 by Dora Maurer – the work is currently on … Read more
(Music) Why I chose this Topic? • I wanted to learn more about more music. BAROQUE MUSIC Baroque/Extravagant music is a style of Western workmanship music formed from around 1600 to 1750. This time took after the Renaissance and was followed thusly by the Classical period. “Baroque” originates from the Portuguese word barroco meaning distorted … Read more
II. THE FILMS AND ASSOCIATED LITERATURE: 1. An overview of Vietnamese literary history: a. From 10th to 19th century: From the 10th to the end of 19th century, Vietnamese literature was medieval. Historically, Vietnamese literature was established quite late in the compare with other literature all over the world. According to (Tân, 1998) and (Thin, … Read more
“It seems like we’re more concerned with being called racist; Than we actually are with racism”. A concept which artist Ben Haggerty, better known as Macklemore, illuminates in his piece “White Privilege II”. The white rapper uses his music to reach through aux chords and speakers and radio stations and grip his audience for a … Read more
David Bowie, a popular rock musician in the recent modern era, originally went by David Jones. Born to Heywood Jones, who worked in charity, and Margaret Mary Jones, a waitress, Bowie had changed his name so people wouldn’t confuse him with Davy Jones from The Monkees. If you’ve ever noticed asymmetry in David Bowie’s pupils, … Read more
It’s the end of the night and I’m worn out from being on my feet for the past eight hours! I’m weaving my way through the crowds of people all around me trying to get as close as possible to get the best view for the headlining show. “Where was I?”, one might ask? I’m … Read more
In the 2012 documentary titled “The Story of Wish You Were Here” Director John Edington provides insight into Syd Barret, the founding member of Pink Floyd and his ordeal with schizophrenia, most likely caused by his psychedelic drug use, leading all the way into his subsequent departure from the band. Pink Floyd was well known … Read more
After Metallica’s music was featured in Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky’s documentaries, the two directors decided they wanted to make a documentary of Metallica. The band was reevaluating their relationship and success. Common Sense Media states “This 2004 Metallica documentary lifted the heavy metal veil to reveal a band who was at their lowest point.” During this … Read more
Introduction of research This research aims to provide an overview of the arts which are include crafts and culture wisdom of Madura, one of the ethnic that include in sub race of Malayan Mongoloid in Indonesia. The researcher conducted a qualitative study with a research focus on scene depicting local wisdom of Madurese arts, craft, … Read more
Introduction The case for this small field-analysis I chose to scope in on is a very interesting artist namely, the purple one, Prince. My rationale for doing so is, because there is a lot to tell or rather find of this subject and I could correlate this to a micro-sociological level. Because he did bring … Read more
ABSTRACT This paper address the contested domains of hegemonic praxis and art education; distinguished by opposition and argument between policy formulators and art education professionals which sometime result in frustrations and despairs. Though considerable progress has been made through policy innovation combined with professionals’ collaboration and consultations. The continuing interference of hegemonic practice complicates much … Read more
During this thesis I am going to be exploring notions and discussing valid elements of technological transformation and expansion, the vast growth in many social media platforms over recent periods and the surrounding impacts/influences that are so easy to absorb in to, and how certain elements surrounding the photographic industry and media have an impact … Read more
Introduction: ‘I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.’ Vincent Van Gogh ‘Transformed Curio’ is designed to give tribute to Saeed Akhtar- a very renowned artist of Pakistan. The book has been designed to give information about eastern art in an interesting way. . The main concept of Transformed Curio has been conceived … Read more
