The printing presses evolution would not be complete without some prior knowledge of how it all began; therefore, a little history is necessary to fully understand the evolutional picture of communicational needs and the printing press. In ancient times before the beginning of a written dialogue, when reading and writing was nonexistent, communication was nothing more than some obscured hand drawings on clay tablets or cave walls. Communication was limited to the imagination of the ancient artist who wanted to explain life’s surrounding and how to survive. The validation of communications in religion, life and death, and even war through pictorial drawings are further evidence of a crude method of interacting between humankind.…
“… One of the discouraging things in my own self-education, was the fact that painting pictures didn’t bring about any social change.” – Norman Lewis…
Teel records losses that result from applying the lower-of-cost-or-market rule. At December 31, 2007, the loss that Teel should recognize is…
It has often been claimed that photography displaced painting. Evaluate the arguments for and against this position.…
CIMABUE: Virgin and Child in Glory surrounded by six angels, c. 1280, wood, Musee de Louvre…
1. How does Ernst Gombrich define style and how might we understand the relationship between an object’s style and the time and place in which it was created?…
Man has been using signs and symbols mutually understood between at least two persons, and more usually among people belonging to a group, tribe or trade. These signs, symbols, signals and indicators have generally been of two types - visual and audio signals. That is why we have a Chinese proverb, "a picture is worth a thousand words". Paintings, murals and engravings found on the walls of ancient caves, temples and other buildings have a lot of communicative value.…
Since the beginning of human memory, there has been a tendency to communicate with images as often as, if not more than, words; lucky for us, "Images are an international language," according to Marjane Satrapi (Foroohar 58). The earliest evidence of this is found in prehistoric cave paintings and ancient pictorial and syllabic alphabets, among them ancient Egyptian and Chinese characters. Cartoons over the ages, with creators such as Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin, and many others, slowly evolved in Europe.…
I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and after seeing all the paintings, sculptures, and art works, I chose Kouros, for my final paper, because it shows Greek's first nude youth male during Archaic period on ca. 600 BCE. My piece of art is Marble statue of Kouros (male youth) which is characteristically depicted nude with the left leg striding forward and hands clenched at the side. This noble figure of a youth is one of the earliest freestanding marble statues from Archaic Greek, Attic. This statue was made with Naxian marble in ca. 590–580 b.c.…
Photography, however, did not really begin until 1839 when the world heard about something startling. Louis Daguerre had invented a way to permanently reproduce a fleeting image on a metal plate. It took 30 minutes to expose, not eight hours. The advent of this technology resulted in a new language that everyone understood. The language was photography, through which we could recall a moment frozen in time and could share it with others.…
“Today, it is important to discuss how images work, because they “make” us more than ever before”…
Due to the increase in the speed of the way life is conducted, the question has been proposed as to whether art will cease to exist or prevail through this era of technological dominance. Creative expression has never been an essential item in life, such as food, water, and air. Instead it originated and has remained an aspect of culture. The very fact that art has lasted century after century through various times of technological revolution demonstrates that it has the ability to persist. Whether it does or not is no fault of the technological advancement but of the individual. As Richard Restak states in his work “Attention Deficit: The Brain Syndrome of Our Era”, we now live in a “make it quick culture” (337). We now live in a…
In the section “The myth of Photographic Truth” by Marita Sturken and Lisa Cartwright, they present the thoughts and terms of Roland Barthes, which are used to view the myth of photographic truth in many ways. Barthes uses the word “studium” to describe the performance of a picture that refers to pictures’ ability to encourage an appreciation for what it holds in it. He also coins “punctum” to explain people emotions towards a picture. These two terms “studium” and “punctum” are explained to the myth of photographic truth by using feelings and emotions.…
Vincent van Gogh made “The Peasant Woman Cooking by a Fireplace” just after he completed “The Potato Eaters.” “Peasant Woman Cooking by a Fireplace” and the “Potato Peeler” both represent women working in the Nuenen period, spring 1885. Even though one of the paintings is a self-portrait and the other one shows a peasant women cooking, both paintings show working humble women engrossed in their work.…
What is the purpose and function of art? Art plays a large role in our everyday life. It has a heavy impact on our different cultures countries around the world. With the different countries there are different forms of art. These forms of art are some people lives. Some people enjoy art as a hobby; some make a living from art. It is just involved in so many of our daily lives. Art enhances our creativity. It also allows your curiosity explore. For the fact that art is so versatile everyone can learn, enjoy art for what it means to them.…