Art As A Declaration Of Societal Culture

Since time immemorial, art has been an integral tool in influencing a society, pushing forth ideas, expressing the general atmosphere amongst the party’s involved and fighting vices in the society. Art is fundamental in the transformation of any society through its ability to influence opinions and values. Through sound, vision any other form that art may take, communications is enhanced. Visual art, Music and poetry have always been the most used.

Realism is the art of exposing the hardcore truth in a form of literature while keeping it creative in its fashion. Realism, in itself is a type of literature I am the fondest of because although the truth hurts sometimes, it will always be better than a sweet lie. Most of the literary realism I have experienced has worked hand in hand with romantics as it exposes the truth behind marriages in the 18th and 19th centuries. Two stories I have read that stood out the most to me on the grounds of literary realism are: Editha by William Dean Howells and The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

Realism, as stated by Washington University, is the “faithful representation of reality that describes and depicts everyday middle- class life.” It (Realism) demonstrates the hardships and problems people undergo in order to be able to achieve moral success and mental peace. “Naturalism depicts the similar ideals as realism in portraying a situation in a more negative and detached tone” (literarydevices.net). The ideas are mostly focused on the character being more human and more prone to making mistakes and going through struggles that may seem hard to overcome, but in the end may teach something. Despite the character’s obstacles, they don’t overcome who they truly are and don’t change their personality, economic status or wealth.

Realism occurs everyday, one may not know but its the reason why know not everyone gets to live their lives to a happy ending, its the reason why sometimes you can't get everything you want in your life. Realism is the attitude or practice of accepting a situation as it is and being prepared to deal with it accordingly. Realism is a trend which takes place in the nineteenth century during which literature depicted life "as is," and focuses on real life. This literary movement frequently depicted everyday life; it follows the rule of a phenomenal world and that nothing is added to your life. It is the reverse job of what a filter would do to all the troubles that one may encounter later in life. Realism is

During the time that this story was written, realism was a trending topic. Realism is a style and type

Realism, what does it means? Realism is ‘the quality of a person who understands what is real and possible in a particular situation and is able to deal with problems in an effective and practical way’. In this short play, “A Streetcar Named Desire,” Williams did a great job of demonstrating the love and caring side of the characters. This shows that, when Blanche lost the family mansion and had nowhere to go, her sister welcome her with an open heart. Although the protagonist in this short play is the caring Blanche DuBois, the play shows that she struggle with social realism.

Realism is the artistic attempt to recreate life as it is in the context of an artistic medium. It began as a revolt against the conventions of the classic view of art in the late 1800s in America and Europe in the form of an artistic movement (McConnel, R. 1997). There are many themes involved with realism that shall be discussed. These include accuracy and independence.

Have you ever heard the word “Realism” in literature and thought it was an act of being real ? In fact, Realism was actually the response to Romanticism in which prior to Realism was a time of growth in American Literature. Realism was considered to be a style of writing in which authors sought after revealing life as it truly was. Many of the stories consisted of real life people and real life situations that readers could related to in their daily lives. This time period lasted from the late 1860’s until the early 1900’s. Authors such as Henrik Ibsen who write the play “Hedda Gabler” and Gustave Flaubert who wrote “A Simple Heart” emphasized the main character as being unhappy but somewhat heroic.

Realism is a type of art that illustrates how the world and people really look. “Realism started in the mid-19th century in which figures and scenes are depicted as they are experienced or might be experienced in everyday life (Fine Arts).” Gustave Courbet was the first person to introduce Realism into the art world. He was a French painter who painted Romanticism before discovering Realism (Introduction to the Artistic Style of Realism). He inspired many other painters such as Edouard Manet and John Sargent.

Goya’s strategy was to use psychological forces to direct not only our eyes but also our sympathy to the painting. He gains our sympathy by using the faces of the rebels as focal points in the painting. He painted the soldiers and their rifles in a way to create direction that forces the viewers to focus on the rebel with his hands flung out in a gesture of crucifixion. He also painted this rebel with a bright white shirt and clean pants. The rebel’s face shows grief and anguish, but his arms are in the shape of a v which may represent amity.

The realism era came about during the time of the Romantics, the time where imagination and ideology painted the artists canvas. To be a realist meant that an artist would paint what he actually saw and not an idea of something. For instance, if an artist were to paint a depiction of war, then all the gruesome details would probably be considered in the piece of art. The artist that essentially paved the way out of Romanticism and into the era of Realism was Gustave Courbet considered by some to be the first realist.

Realism is a tricky art form. And it is less of a style than a commitment to paint the modern world honestly, without turning away from the brutal

Using your understanding of Clifford Geertz’s ideas as expressed in “Art as a Cultural System” as a starting point, analyse works by two Australian composers, or popular, folk or traditional musicians or groups. Discuss how musical, textual and / or performance features may be interpreted as having arisen from the cultural environment in which the works were created.

Since as far back as the ancient Egyptians and the construction of the pyramids to modern day, art and literature has prevailed. Before civilization, art and literature came in the forms of cave drawing then evolved to hieroglyphs. These were not only used to communicate with others, but to also leave messages about dangers in the land. Art and literature has come a long way over the last ten thousand years, but it remains as a form of communication while still leaving messages to others. For as long as they have been around, art and literature have influenced the lives of humans. The fact that cave carvings are almost as old as the human race itself would make it safe to say that art and literature is part of the human genome. In Emily St. John Mandel’s novel Station Eleven all of the main characters are one way or another connected to art and literature, and as a result, they have a major impact on their lives. An apocalypse breaks out a few weeks after the death of a world renowned actor, Arthur Leander, and the novel proceeds to follow Kristen Raymond, who knew Arthur prior to his death, twenty years after the apocalypse, but occasionally going back in time to characters who are associated with Arthur, including Arthur himself. During the apocalypse, Kristen travels around North America with a group who call themselves the ‘Travelling Symphony’. The Travelling Symphony believes that art, in the form of Shakespeare and classical music should be a part of people's lives,

Art is subjective and everyone has a different perspective on different works of art. Because of this, ethics, morality, and aesthetic value in art are all also subjective to the individual. While some may look at a piece of art like Piss Christ by Andres Serrano and see a claim of religion’s lunacy, others saw it as a portrayal of how we have constrained Jesus and limited his power.