Essays on Art

Have you ever watched a movie, play, or musical and thought to yourself, “how in the world do they look so realistic, and how did the bring the character to life like that?” In “Shrek the Musical”, they did just that. They brought to life the aspects of the Ogres, Donkey, the even shortened Lord...

Indicated throughout the history of humanity, the relationship between man and architecture is seen to have intertwined inevitably with nature. Regardless as to whether it be influenced literally, for instance through the emulation of natural forms by means of biomimicry, or influenced abstractly, through the collectively shared virtues within human nature, it is clear the...

“Is my design good design?” Design is a very broad subject that embraces an extensive variety of different disciplines from product, graphic and interior design to industrial and architectural design. Any designer wants their design to be a success. They want it to be taken up and used extensively. They want what they create to...

Introduction I have created two designs for the product I am presenting to progress ahead and in this Document, I will describe why I have designed my designs based on my customer profile choices. Design 1 My design 1 features a blue base colour with a white trim colour and a wide rim I have...

Introduction Stones Any kind of technology influences architecture on how to build buildings and houses from any centuries when you search you can see kind of materials affected styles and constructions used to build. In ancient Egyptian used kind of the materials in that time, for example used a reed, mud-brick, limestone and chiselled stones,...

The objective of this essay is to critically analyse and show how, since ancient times proportion and geometry have always been the fellow companions of architecture on its journey of evolution through the ages. Throughout history, appreciated architecture has always emanated from an adequate knowledge and understanding of some form of geometric principles. To understand...

The first phase of gothic lasted from approx. the 1130s – to 1200s. It quickly spread in this stage throughout Europe. The 3 defining elements which were present; flying buttresses, ribbed vaults and pointed arches; latter replaced rounded arches that allowed for more flexibility in cathedrals of those vertical proportions. In England, the early gothic...

In the modern world, colour, and the lack thereof, holds a timeless aesthetic significance that can be applied to all forms of life and objects. This is especially important in many aspects of filmmaking as a way to represent certain emotions whether it be the nostalgia of remembering the past, or conflicts that explores the...

A gifted and imaginative child, Joseph Mallord William turner was the most original artist in the history of English landscape painting, Turner was fascinated by the effects of light. Turner had travelled widely and produced a vast amount of work, his style changed considerably over the years, ranging from accurate, topographical watercolours in his early...

Throughout this essay, the question” What are the ways in which the Divine was used as a generating concept in the design of Gothic cathedrals and churches in the Middle Ages?” will be discussed. Questions including “How did the resulting design goals generate new structural technologies to support a Gothic cathedral?” and “how were they...