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With the onset of the French Revolution came the idea of making artwork for the public. Work was now able to be created as engaging political and social commentaries. For the first time, artwork created an influence rather than simply illustrating a preexisting one. Both Jean Louis David’s work Oath of the Horatii and Theodore…

The Muslim south, where the minority Muslim population is concentrated, is made up of about nine ethnic-linguistic groups: Tausug, Maranaos, Maguindanao, Samal, Yakan, Sanggil, Badjao, and Molbog. Jama Mapun Woodcrafts produces Okil or okir (wood carvings) that are best represented by brass works, where one sees a rare blending of the aesthetic, the utilitarian, and…

What defines graffiti? Graffiti is described as any form of writing on any surface. In that case, would drawings made by cave men be classified as graffiti? If so, what distinguishes them from modern graffiti that alters the world’s perception of it? Why is graffiti illegal? Is graffiti a form of art? Can something classified…

Art Deco is a classic art movement that started out in the early 1900s  but this style started to recede after only  thirty to forty years of existence. But Art Deco ended with a big bang because during its last years in the 1930s-40s, several notable works were generated by artists that are still admired…

The future of the United States, according to Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games novel. Is filled with bleak, rigid and never-ending misery. In other words Suzanne Collins picked a world in the future. Formally North America but now called Panem that has many dystopian properties. Dystopia can be best defined as a society or world. As…

Was Hamlet insane? Scholars have debated this question ever since Shakespeare presented this play to the public. Although I am not a scholar, I believe that there is enough evidence in the play to suggest Hamlet had been sane. He may have been depressed and angry however this was due to the treachery and betrayal…

George Orwells, The Animal Farm, depicts how power can corrupt society. If one person receives too much power, one will most likely lead up to dictatorship. To exemplify this idea, Orwell uses a farm to represent a society and the animals inside to portray the people. Orwells use of the pigs and animals are also…

Scharmer’s Theory U makes emphasis on the art of “presencing”, the term combined from “presence” and “sensing” and meaning a heightened state of attention. According to Scharmer (n.d.), there is a “blind spot” in the today’s leadership theory, and this “blind spot” is the inner dimension of leadership, or the inner place that the leaders…

The Lamentation over the Dead Christ artwork was painted by Italian artist Andrea Mantegna in 1480. Conversely, Giotto created his Lamentation painting between 1305 and 1306. Both paintings depict various people mourning Jesus’ death. In Mantegna’s painting, Mary (Jesus’ mother) and St. John stand beside Jesus’ dead body, weeping. In Giotto’s painting, five human figures…

The art pattern of pulling in the late 20th century has achieved the position of art in its ain right. The attack to drawing is besides altering in ways that reflect tendencies within the art universe at big. Many graphicss in association with pulling challenge traditional boundaries among media. Second, there is self-consciousness about the…