Category: Arts – Arts Theory and Criticism
From Lyrical to Dynamic: Wang Yancheng’s Abstract Art and Its Shifting Context
This study examines the artistic development of Wang Yancheng, a prominent contemporary Franco-Chinese artist. He was born and trained in …
Flattening and Simplifying: Flatness and Modernity in the Space of Manet’s Paintings
The “flatness” and “modernity” in Manet's pictorial space are of great significance to early modernist painting. The internal factors of …
The Modernity of Calligraphy: The Reconstruction of Traditional Art in Western Formalism
The study focuses on the integration and reshaping of calligraphy and Western formalism. As a model of ancient Chinese art, …
A Comprehensive Review of Theoretical Approaches to Analyzing Yinka Shonibare’s Art: Exploring Colonial Legacies and Cultural Hybridity Through Diverse Theoretical Lenses
This paper examines the range of scholarly theories and methodologies employed to analyze Yinka Shonibare’s art. Shonibare’s work, celebrated for …
Navigating Contexts: A Periodization Methodology for Understanding Hong Kong
This article examines the periodization methodology of Hong Kong art, offering a comprehensive framework for understanding its evolution through distinct …
Revisiting Ancient Monuments: Domon Ken’s Muroji Series in the Context of the Post-war Japanese Photography Development
The paper examines the Muroji photographic series executed by the Japanese photographer Domon Ken (1909–1990) and published in a photobook …
Material Witnesses: Environmental Memory and Nonhuman Agency in the Works of Sooyeon Kim
This paper investigates how Korean artist Sooyeon Kim's multimedia practice reveals new modalities of environmental memory formation through material agency …
Shaping Art Criticism in India: Seminal Role of European Art Critics on the Development of Art Criticism in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century
Art criticism shapes how art is understood, appreciated, and discussed. It provides a framework for analyzing and interpreting artworks, contributing …
Art, Anthropocene and Technology: Exploring New Approaches to the Ecological Crisis
In the face of the ecological crisis that defines the Anthropocene, art emerges as a transformative force, interrogating not only …
The Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Contemporary Aesthetics: An Exploration of Human Aesthetic Perception and Cultural Ecology
The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) has significantly impacted creative communities such as illustration, manga, and painting, particularly driving …
Two-Level of Creation
This research explores the search for generation and appearance, focusing on the ontological and epistemological aspects derived from the interaction …
The Study of the Relation Between Interpretation and Existence: Understanding How Spaces Transform Into Places Through Experience and Perception
When experiencing a space, different appreciators can have different experiences, perceptions, and interpretations of meaning. Why is that so? What …
Space Producing and Time: Spatiotemporal Concepts in Linear and Cavalier Perspectives
It is known that the linear perspective was a significant invention of the European Renaissance, while the cavalier perspective which …
Artistic “License”: Kagan’s Charismatic Dissent in Warhol v. Goldsmith
Our study explores the rhetorical demystification of artistic “license” via an analysis of United States Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan’s …
Schubert – the Strange and the Supernatural: Exploring Nineteenth Century Fantasy Aesthetic and Its Expression in Schubert’s Music
This study aims to comprehend better the culture surrounding Romantic aesthetics of fantasy and the uncanny during the nineteenth century …
From Virtual Space to “Third Space”: Mickey Mouse in Shanghai During the 1930s and 1940s
Mickey Mouse made his Chinese debut in the Shanghai illustrated magazine Liangyou in 1932. Since then, urban audiences in Shanghai …
Redefining Crafts and Crafts Enterprise in the Twenty-First Century: A Theoretical Analysis
When studying crafts as a tangible material culture associated with intangible heritage contexts, it is essential to investigate the terms …
Writing Forces: Revisiting the Aesthetic Concept of Shi 勢 in Chinese Calligraphy Criticism
Ideas regarding forces in things – and artists’ sensations and presentations of such forces – have been discussed by Western …
Solving Problems and Pleasing Patrons: The Case Study of the Egyptian Artists Who Decorated the Xviiith Dynasty Private Theban Tombs
This study is focused on the artists involved in the decoration of the private Theban tombs of the nobles of …