11 Types of Essay

Numerous teens go off to college not knowing basic life skills that become increasingly helpful when you're off on your own. Figuring things out on your own isn’t always an awful thing, but if you had someone to teach you about life and how to manage your way through it, it would be so helpful. One not so great thing about figuring information out on your own is that you could end up making some costly mistakes. One of the best times to learn life skills such as managing money, cooking, raising a child, first aid, relationship and communication skills, and how to get a job is right before a teen goes off to college. There is a great deal of teens who go off to college and will be living on their own for the first time, if we taught life skill type classes in high school they would be more prepared to go off on their own.

I’ve explored these connections in several extracurricular programs relating to art history as well as science and technology. At the American Museum of Natural History, while taking science research courses in astrology and the structure of our universe, I couldn’t help noticing the artistic beauty inherent in the multiple color composites in the solar system that we analyzed. Similarly, at my internship at the Rubin Museum of Art, where I discovered Southeast Asian art and created computer-generated mandalas, I saw spatial patterns and various geometric sequences in the artwork. When I see these connections I get very excited because, honestly, it all makes sense! Art and science are not mutually exclusive concepts; rather, I think the line between the sciences and arts is

I had the marvelous opportunity to hear Dr. Morgan Frank read from her book Spokes of Venus that was recently published. The reading took place at T-bones café, one of my favorite places in Hattiesburg, and the atmosphere was quiet welcoming and comforting. How Dr. Frank found the title of her book from a story about the astronomer Percival Lowell was extremely intriguing. In her book Dr. Frank really embraces the spirit of honors forum. In one of her poems she mentions the historical connection of art and science and this particular thought really stuck out to me. Some of the greatest scientific minds in history were inspired by various forms of art. It is crazy to assume that because a person enjoys science that the arts are unimportant to

Science had been silenced for so many years by the church that it exploded in The Renaissance. New inventions and discoveries were being made rapidly. The entire attitude of everyday people had changed. People wanted things out of life other than a trip to Heaven. People wanted to learn, to create, to grow as individuals. This attitude fueled artists to push themselves and in the end created so of the most well known pieces of art in all of history.

Philosopher Arthur Danto, author of “The Artworld,” an artistic criticism, states that “to see something as art requires something that the eye cannot descry—an atmosphere of artistic theory, a knowledge of the history of art: an artworld” (201). Artistic theory, according to Danto, requires the presence of a subject, style, rhetorical ellipses, and that of historical context. Danto is capable of developing this view on art with the aid of an imaginary character, Testadura. Testadura, however, makes mistakes, as well as corrections, about the objects before him.

The disciplines of thinking among the studies of art and science intertwine to form an understanding from our truths. During the Renaissance, artists such as Leonardo da Vinci were students of physiology, anatomy, and mathematics. The Baroque era furthered the study of art and science with the influences of Galileo Galilei, Nicolaus Copernicus, and Isaac Newton to elevate humanism as observed by the paintings of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio and others. Later in history, the Rococo period embellished the Baroque style for a more lavish expression of playfulness among aristocracy during an age of Enlightenment. The Renaissance, Baroque, and Rococo ages advanced disciplines of thinking in the scope of art and science by intertwining these

The Mona Lisa has to be one of my favorite paintings of all time and has lead me to use this specific painting as a topic for this paper. Not to mention the love I have for Leonardo da Vinci. I, myself have always been drawn to da Vinci’s paintings and all of his other achievements that he has given us during his life. I, like Leonardo da Vinci love art and science just as much as it seems he did. He shares a love of art and a fondness for science. It also seems that he loves a good mystery, and the Mona Lisa just happens to be one clouded in mystery. And I too love a good mystery.

In this quote there is an underlying experience from it’s author, Pearl S. Buck, that contributes an explanation while solidifying the information. Buck spent most her childhood in China, living at home with an American family and outside in a Chinese society, and all the while observing and experiencing two lives. In correlation to the quote, Buck has seen the divide of the societies, even in its maternal ways, and vocalizes how no matter how a mother chooses to show care and affection for their child, love is deeply rooted into their practices. To set a particular example, take a mother receiving news her child is at the top of their class. Now the mother could be ecstatic for her child’s achievement, expressing her love and happiness for them, or this mother

Arthur C. Danto in “The Artworld” provides us with the argument that, “To see something as art requires something that the eye cannot descry-an atmosphere of artistic theory, a knowledge of the history of art: an artworld.” Danto shows us the importance of the artworld in order to know that a work of art is more than just what we can plainly see. Danto provides two theories he calls the “IT” (Imitation theory) and the “RT” (Reality theory). With these two theories, Danto explains how we can define art and why “The Artworld” is needed to help understand art, because after all, “these days one might not be aware he was on artistic terrain without an artistic theory to tell him so.”

This essay looks at the time in history beginning in the 1400’s to the mid-1700’s which we identify in art history as The Renaissance, Baroque, and Rococo periods. Focusing on the influence new scientific knowledge had in the art produced during this time with specific examples from each period and artists of the time.

I never knew how much I loved science until my love for art developed. As a child, I grew up in a home where my parents encouraged me to flourish creatively. While we lived in Europe, I thrived on new adventures as they took me to museums, cathedrals, and castles throughout several countries. The sculptures and paintings of people always amazed me. My small brain could

The most important trait in defining art is its beauty. As complex as the term “art” can be, the term “beauty” is nearly just as complicated. In order to understand art more clearly it is important to understand beauty. “We label an object beautiful because it promotes an internal harmony or ‘free play’ of our mental faculties; we call something ‘beautiful’ when it elicits this pleasure.” (Freeland 8). As defined above, beauty is not a direct message. It is something that subconsciously allows man to feel good and pleasurable. There is “an internal harmony” when we observe something beautiful that allows us to take away a deeper understanding of a work of art regardless of it being “nice looking” or “ugly”.

Throughout the vast history of art, historians can find connections throughout the centuries. Artists from the beginning of humankind have been inspired by the world around them. From the Apollo 11 stones to present day, history and culture have provided inspiration and have been the focus of various pieces. Examining artwork from the 15th-18th century, viewers can be shown a whole world that would be unknown to us without these artist’s contributions. History, religion, and cultural events have sculpted the art world, and we can observe this through many pieces during the 15th-18th centuries.

The history of art dates back to ancient times. Artwork can be, and was, found around the world. What makes art interesting is that it can be created in any way, shape or form with any materials. It seems that the artwork can also tell us a lot about the artist. Art seems to be simply, a direct, visual reflection of the artist’s life. Therefore, one can assume that an artist’s life experiences and beliefs directly influence their art. If we look at examples from different periods of art we will be able to see the connection between the artist and the art.

For over two thousand years, various philosophers have questioned the influence of art in our society. They have used abstract reasoning, human emotions, and logic to go beyond this world in the search for answers about arts' existence. For philosophers, art was not viewed for its own beauty, but rather for the question of how art and artists can help make our society more stable for the next generation. Plato, a Greek philosopher who lived during 420-348 B.C. in Athens, and Aristotle, Plato’s student who argued against his beliefs, have no exceptions to the steps they had to take in order to understand the purpose of art and artists. Though these two philosophers made marvelous discoveries about the existence of art, artists, and