The painting that as selected for this interpretation is "The old man with guitar" by Picasso. In the most simplistic form of analysis or presentation, one could state that it is literally an image of an old man holding a guitar. However, such an image could be presented in many...

There are many similarities between the cave paintings at Grotte Chauvet Pont d’Arc and those at Lascaux. In the first place, both display similar content: bulls, aurochs, and horses, for example, are extremely prominent in both sets of cave paintings, and both also depict other animals such as felines and...

Abstract Of the many styles of artistic creation and integrity, neoclassicism, impressionism, and abstract expressionism are several of the more well known that were instantiated as movements during key points in world history. The first of the three, neoclassicism, is a title given to a series of artistic movements based...

The Virgin of Guadalupe is a historic piece of art. It depicts the story of the Virgin Mary appearing to Juan Diego in Guadalupe. The image is reverenced not only among Catholics in Mexico, but by the entirety of the Catholic Church. Recently, an art museum in Santa Fe, New...

After hearing artist Susan Byrnes speak on her art and her creative process and after reading the article by art historian Suzi Gablik, one main idea from Gablik article that connects to Susan Byrnes’ work is the need for the artist to have creative control over his or her work....