Essays and Research Papers on Social Issues In Art

A 4 page research paper that examines the work of American artists Samuel F.B. Morse and William Sidney Mount, who were contemporaries, but who took very different stances in regards to American art. The writer argues that an examination of Morse's "Gallery of the Louvre" (1832-33) and Mount's "The Painter's Triumph (1838) clearly demonstrates their ...

A 7 page paper which examines the film “Clockwork Orange” as well as other art forms that are generally considered to be somewhat offensive. The paper then examines two artists who have been known to shock viewers. Those artists are the photographic artist Andres Serrano and the performance artist Gina Pane. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 4 page paper presents the "characters" of deep ecologist Sessions with social ecologist Guha, and is set-up as a dialogue between the two men. The purpose of the dialogue is to reveal through a series of questions and answers the basic ideologies of deep ecology and social ecology. Bibliography lists 3 sources. ...

This 3 page paper discusses public funding of the arts versus private funding of the arts. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This is a 3 page paper discussing the photography and the social issues addressed by Lewis Hine. Photographer Lewis Wickes Hine (1874-1940) was not only a photographer who achieved a certain artistry within his photographs but also addressed important social issues regarding humanity in the first half of the 20th century. Through his insightful images ...

An 8 page paper discussing how resistance influences change. Two authors, Kenneth Frampton and Karsten Harries, discuss both change and the lack of change in architecture. Each finds reasons for resistance to change over time; Frampton attributes that resistance to regionalism. Where regionalism is strong (such as in New England), there are ...

A 3 page paper which illustrates that the performing arts and visual arts are necessary for a meaningful and full life. Bibliography 2 sources.

This 4 page paper compares/contrasts Dutch painters to French painters during the Reformation of the 16th century. Examples given. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This is a 6 page paper discussing structuralism in the study of media and culture. Structuralism is based on the premise that “societies and sociological or cultural practices can be analyzed, along the lines of language, as signifying systems [and within] structuralism the subject is decentered, in other words the central focus on the individual ...

A 4 page paper which examines what influence psychoanalytical theory had on the representation of the body in 20th century art. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A paper which looks at the social and political influences on Dali's life and works, especially his support for Franco during the Spanish Civil War. Bibliography lists 3 sources

This 9 page paper examines the architecture of Birmingham, UK in terms of how it reflects the city's heritage and changing character. Specifically, this paper explores issues such as economy and social impact, as well as highlighting many points through the use of examples. Bibliography lists 15 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses the details of both Greek and Roman art, and arrives at the conclusion that Greek art contributed more to the development of each civilization. This paper provides support for this thesis based on the different contributions from different periods of art. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 7 page paper which examines the role of documentation in the live performing arts. Adrian Piper and Stuart Brisley are the focus in relationship to performing artists. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This 7 page paper examines different western ideas of imagination and its origins. This paper specifically examines the ideas of Kant, romanticism, post-modern imagination, mimetic and Hebraic imagination, and more. This paper examins the relationship between imagination and artistic expression. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 6 page paper looks at the film Gods and Monsters, as well as the debate in society in respect to high culture. The difference between high culture and pop culture is explored. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

An 11 page paper which examines the work and the times of artist William Gropper. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A paper which looks at the social and cultural factors which underpinned film censorship in British cinema in the early twentieth century, and the way in which the moral values on which censorship was based were dictated by religion. Bibliography lists 4 sources

A 6 page paper which examines the perspectives of Walter Benjamin and John Berger, regarding the mass production of art, as they would relate to the art of Andy Warhol. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 7 page paper discusses, compares and contrasts the three muralists, Rivera, Siquieros, and Orozco. Examples of their work discussed, symbols analyzed. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 3 page analysis regarding different sculptures of David. The paper examines Bernini’s, Donatello’s, and Michelangelo’s sculptures of David. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses and examples the profession of the interior designer to the work of the artist. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A paper which considers the development of fascias and signage, with reference to the change from hand-lettering to mass produced signage and the current trend towards making signage appropriate to the environment. Bibliography lists 9 sources

This 4 page paper discusses Dick Higgin's ideas of intermedia contrasted with the views of Clement Greenberg's theories of art. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines three different types of art forms, or compilations of art, and then examines how they reflect their particular time period. The pieces, or types of art, discussed are the Peacock Room, Love and Yearning, and contemporary Chinese porcelain. Bibliography lists 3 sources.