Considering The Parthenon from a Platonist Perspective
The glory and majesty of beholding this edifice, of such wonder and grandeur, has stirred the soul for centuries. Even today, millennia...
A Postmodernist, Deconstructionist Analysis of Gaulli’s, "The Triumph of the Name of Jesus and
Subject: The Triumph of the Name of Jesus and The Fall of the Damned, 1676–79 By Giovanni Battista Gaulli, Il Baciccio, Italian, 1639 -...
Should Piss Christ, by Andres Serrano be considered a “beautiful work of art”?
Andres Serrano’s Immersion (Piss Christ), 1987, is a work of art that associates theories from both Immanuel Kant and Ivan Gaskell. Piss...
The Representation of Illegal Drugs and Drug Use in American Media
Since the epoch of media, in all its many facets, there has been growing concern as to what effect it has on the general public. Scholars...
Can We Accurately and honestly describe "Reality" When Representing Art
In our reading, Patterns of Intention, by Michael Baxandall, the main idea expressed is the difficulty in accurately describing what we...
Homer Winslow's The Gulf Stream | A Formal Analysis
The subject of my formal analysis is Winslow Homer, The Gulf Stream, 1889, Oil on canvas 71.4 x 124.8 cm (Fig. 1). This painting is done...
Iconography, Iconology and the Interpretation of Meaning in Art
Erwin Panofsky explores the mechanics of meaning as related to images in a work of art. Systematically he explains the process in which...