Body art

The art of tattoos has been prevalent in several ancient cultures and represented various meanings. Until around the mid-20th century, tattoos were seen in a very negative light; mainly associated with circus freak shows, bikers or outlaws. In more current times, tattoos are becoming more accepted overall. With this change there is a debate of body art in the workplace. If a person chooses to have visible tattoos, it should no longer be seen in such a negative view among assorted careers today.

The human body is one of the most popular subjects of art throughout time, and the depictions of the body are constantly changing and evolving throughout the ages. With different ideals and thoughts that are popular in society, there are a number of different portrayals of the human body, and three of them are Michelangelo's David, Millais' Ophelia and Cindy Sherman's Untitled Film Still #35. Michelangelo's David is a masterpiece and one of the most recognizable statues in the entire world of

Is body art a workplace issue? Does having a visible tattoo say anything about an individual that is relevant to his or her job? I feel that these things shouldn’t even be a concern. Tattoos and pricings are just a way to express oneself. Tattoos and piercings shouldn’t be a reason for questioning a person’s responsibility or productivity in a job setting. Tattoos are a form of expressing oneself, everyone should be able to express themselves however they want. Tattoos are just art that is on your

opinion, the body in art was the starting point for any king of art form. As some people have said, art may have actually started with the body, such as the decoration of the body shown for example in Zulu when they used to paint their faces with natural colours in order for them to create camouflage and catch and kill their prey. In many ways, art is for the human experience and the experience of being here, the presence, which is shaped with the representation of the human figure. A body can convey

Body art in the workplace has been and will continue to be a controversial topic to discuss. Tattoos and piercings do not come even slightly close to affecting the kind of person someone is and how well their work ethic is. It should not affect a person’s likeliness of being hired. Even in today’s modern and generally accepting world, a world where most “abnormal” things are considered normal, there is still a rather large amount of people in this world who are against tattoos and piercings in the

that they depict truly define who they are. Body Art written by Lynne Carroll, elaborates on the idea of tattoos and piercings becoming a popular practice for people in the world and the different perspectives of body art pertaining to individuals. “Tattooing and body piercing have become increasingly prevalent in popular culture over the last 30 years” (Carroll 1). Many different motivations for body art, as well as the explanation of this idea of art are also mentioned in the text. I agree that

Metropolitan Museum, rigid and awkward, and all together unrealistic. However, Greek art, especially Greek sculpture and vase painting has not always portrayed the human body in such a perfect and idealistic way. Up until 500 BCE, Greek sculpture and statuary specifically were completely different to what is seen and defined as ‘Greek sculpture’ today while Greek vase painting and other representations of the human body maintained their less realistic style. The Greeks not only developed but also improved

garments assuming folds of classical draperies, which revealed parts of the body, to works such as Caravaggio’s Boy Bitten by a Lizard (1571 – 1610) where the attention on the

The very first work of art that caught my eye was the 2015 “Out of Body” piece by a woman by the name of Shinique Smith. Made with acrylic, ribbon, plastic bags, fabric and paper collage on a wooden panel, the art was truly cool to look at. This particular art work was purchased from an unknown source and placed in the Weatherspoon Museum in 2016. It portrays the edge that we have in 2016 and fit very well in the “Decade by Decade” section of the museum. The idea of change and difference being okay

Research Assignment (Body Art) Body painting is a certain form of art that continued with humans through the ancient times to the modern day times, where artists use the human body as canvasses to show beauty like no other style of artwork can. African, European, Asia, and Australian tribes have shown records that body painting was used. The tribes were using pigments from plant leaves and fruits to decorate themselves because body art was an important part of their lives. Body art would represent qualities