Jackson Pollock
Essays

There was a move away from a product-based aesthetic in the arts (sculpture, painting, etc.) to event or performance based art in the fifties; cite some examples as to why this occurred.

According to Anthony White, the abstract paintings of the American artist Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) "are among the highest achievements of 20th-century art," and during "an unparalleled period of creativity from the…

The Boundary of Art: Andy Warhol In the middle part of the 20th century, Abstract Expressionism rules the visual arts scene with a sense of serious experimentation that was in its own way very constraining.

The Miami Art Museum boasts a diverse collection of works, with a focus upon contemporary, Miami-based artists. The Museum is designed to promote intercultural exchange by emphasizing art drawn from the diverse…

In recent years, there appears to have been an increase in the popularity of documentaries which have been made as feature films, with the intention of both entertaining and educating simultaneously.

Apollonian is a literary concept that utilizes certain features of ancient Greek mythology within its writing or telling of a story. According to Greek mythology, Apollo was the god of the Sun, lightness, music and…

After World War II, so many parts of Europe were in ruin. Economies were shattered, new governments worked to gain mandates for their authority and the people of Europe's countless and once rich cultural centers…

This paper compares and contrasts Andy Warhol's "100 Cans" (1962) with Mark Rothco's "Untitled 1953" by a preset format assigned in the class. The outcome is that these two paintings have very little in common except for their scale, beyond being approachable to most individuals if those audiences are ready to understand the pieces. Warhol's mass appeal has become a cultural cliché over the fifty years since "100 Cans" but this was not always the case; in fact when Warhol painted the piece, advertising for national brands was at a vulnerable low. Rothko on the other hand, although many disparage abstract expressionism as enigmatic, actually intended to make art that was accessible to all regardless of language or nationality. This is ironic because Rothko ended up getting co-opted into the modernist elite mainstream even though abstract expressionism was considered by most unacessible and avant-garde.

In a recent visit to Chicago, I observed the Chicago Picasso which was a gift to the city by the famed artist Pablo Picasso. Located in the downtown Chicago loop, the monument stands 58 feet tall, weighs 162 tons and is…

briefing " Should U.S. support European unification? "Dwight D. Elsenhower 1957