Painting

Rumi’s poetry is influenced by Islam and Sufi ideas, as part of Persian literature. All of his poems relate to Muslim religious views, which impact the overall theme. The poem chosen for analysis, “You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life? “, closely relates to a painting depicting a man standing on…

Compare and Contrast: Asian Paintings The Fan Kuan’s “Travelers among the Mountains and Streams” and the Xia Gui’s “Detail of Twelve views from a thatched hut”, both of these paintings are related to nature. Both of them are made in the reign of the Song dynasty. Both of them are made of ink and silk….

Art is everywhere (Guillermo, 1976). We can find it through our daily activities. We can find it in every thing we saw without knowing that what we see and what we touch is already the works of art. Art add up to the beauty of life. It gives color, and light to every single piece…

The world of the “exotic” and strangeness is an inherently interesting subject matter among people. Fascinations with the “other” world are depicted in poems, novels, literary descriptions and art as an attempt to understand, romanticise or exploit another culture. The Napoleonic expedition to Egypt from 1798 to 1799 brought forth a heightened interest among artists…

            Paint analysis, in the context of forensic science, is the process of examining paint samples in an attempt to discover their unique physical and chemical properties. Usually this is done on known and questioned samples to check for any differences between them, and thus to determine if they are from the same source. One…

Ching Hao one time said, “ There are six necessities in picture. The first is called spirit ; the 2nd, beat ; the 3rd, thought ; the 4th, scenery ; the fifth, the coppice ; and the last is the ink. ” This brings us to the three chief stairss to a successful acrylic picture:…

Art is an institution that is so broad that it cannot be defined exactly. Philosophers have debated what art is and what its components are since time immemorial. However, the constraints they encountered hindered them from providing a definition that would best describe ‘art’. Nevertheless, they agree on one aspect: every color and outline of…

In the essays “There Is No Unmarked Woman” by Deborah Tannen and “Ways Of Seeing” by John Berger, the authors try to convey a similar point, but in two different contexts. Tannen describes a conference meeting and how she views others around her (Tannen 444). Berger on the other hand uses European oil paintings to…

The rich Greek mythology has several stories to tell, and one of them is that of Venus and Adonis, two lovers. According to the myth, Venus, the Greek goddess of love, falls in love with Adonis, a mortal man who is proud and arrogant of his good looks. While Venus is a beautiful goddess desired…

* Tinikling in Oil – Oil on canvas. Farmers dancing the traditional bamboo dance. named after the field birds that jump about with their long legs. This oil painting on canvas depicts a rural scene where a group of people are shown observing a fete in Antipolo. The chief focal point is on a brace…