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.
There are many different landscape photographers, past and present, whose work is known for its particular style and characteristics. Each landscape photographer generally takes only one style of landscape photograph, i.e. a picturesque landscape or a sublime landscape. This is because each type of landscape has a very different approach, and represents different elements of … Read more
The Wanderers or Peredvizhnik were a group of Russian Realist artists who formed in 1870 in protest at academic restrictions and the status of the artist within Russian society at the time. The group was active for several decades and artists were not recruited according to aesthetic or political persuasion. For this reason, the group’s … Read more
Introduction Since the 1960s, art has been evolving towards “dematerialisation”, in which the concept behind the art was regarded with more poignance than the physical materialisation of the artwork. As a result, the relationship between the artist and the audience is one that has become increasingly integral to the experience of the art, as art … Read more
INTRODUCTION Some of the most recognizable influences in the Earth’s history, include works in the arts. The arts allow a person to express their creativity awaiting to burst out of the individual’s mind. Art can be found through multiple branches including expression through paintings, music, works of literature, and routines of dance. With the creation … Read more
I. Structure of the sector I am a first-year student studying Bachelor of Science in Food, Health and Nutrition. I had considered studying something in the Creative Arts & Design sector so I thought it would be fitting to have a look at what my options would’ve been if I’d chosen to go down this … Read more
Art could sometimes be underestimated in times of war. Many failed to notice that it also played an important part to win the war. Art was a weapon used by all combatants in the Second World War, including the United States of America. Propaganda posters, cartoons, and films called out to all Americans to support … Read more
Make, take, dispose and revert. How can design arrest the consumerism binge of the last twenty years. Forms of modern life may differ in quite a few respects – but what unites them all is precisely their fragility, temporariness, vulnerability and inclination to constant change. To ‘be modern’ means to modernize – compulsively, obsessively; not … Read more
This portfolio documents the final part of my master of scenography at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. The time frame I had to work on my subject and the fact that I was designing several shows outside of university made me reframe my subject and I chose to focus on youth theatre … Read more
On the 9th April 1609, a decree was issued ruling that all descendants of Spanish Muslims, an officially baptised community, known as “Moriscos” were to be expelled. This event (1609-1614) ruptured and created two distinct communities and perpetuated the moorification of the Moriscos’ image. This dissertation intends to place court paintings of Moriscos in their … Read more
INTRODUCTION Since the dawn of mankind people were always trying to record their presence on this planet. From cave drawings and all kinds of petroglyphs, hieroglyphics and other kinds of writings and carvings in stones, pyramids and every other type of temples around the world we can see that we as a race had always … Read more
With boundaries constantly blurring, and the rules of each discourse ever-changing I find myself questioning which genre or discourse my work may fall into and whether that really matters. Definitions, specifications and rules help us define ourselves and our artwork, they give us something to work within. Each discourse comes with its own set of … Read more
The discipline of archaeology is by no means a simple nor singular study of the past. Due to the wide range of evidence within the archaeological record, from organic to inorganic, many different methods and approaches are taken in order to deal with the wide spectrum of differing evidence. Nevertheless, the study of pottery is … Read more
The purpose of this contextual review is to illustrate my research and the direction of my Major Design Study. My aim for this project is to merge the Deconstructivist style with homeware. Throughout the design process I will keep in mind current trends and affordability. Since its genesis in the 1980s, the term Deconstruction has … Read more
The work of the great Renaissance painter Raphael continues to amaze generations due to its magnificence. Some of his greatest works such as The School of Athens, The Alba Madonna, and Galatea are timeless pieces which use techniques most associated with the High Renaissance era. Raphael Sanzio was born in the city-state of Urbino, Italy … Read more
Corneille’s ‘The Theatrical Illusion’, first performed in 1636 was, despite its popularity prior to Corneille’s death, ‘promptly forgotten’ (Cairncross, 1975, p. 195). However, the play was revolutionary in terms of its more unusual metathatrical standpoint and diversion from traditions seen in 17th Century French classical theatre, which had existed out of Aristotle’s theories (Desnain, 2018). … Read more
