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emma bayes

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Within my Fine Art Practice I am heavily interested in objects and artifacts. I enjoy exploring their life histories in detail. The juxtaposition between the archaic and the modern is one of the main features of my work. I am interested in the importance of ritualistic function, and how inderviduals create narratives through objects. My practice explores the medium of surface, combining painting, drawing, printmaking and textiles.

'Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will get you everywhere'

Albert Einstein.

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As an aspiring art historian

It is imperative to be able to argue and convey an argument on a given subject. Below is a number of examples of academic  essays I have written as part of my course.

ESSAY TWELVE

How does Ford Madox Brown Convey and Control Meaning, both Textually and Visually in his paintings Work and The Last of England?

This Dissertation will be a collection of essays that explore the ways in which Ford Madox Brown conveys meanings within his paintings. Is meaning conveyed through his own descriptions? Or is perception altered through the use of art historical critical methodology? Can understanding shift and change through alternating opinions? Can there ever be one true interpretation, reading, or meaning of a work? I will be looking at Work and The Last of England to present my arguments.

ESSAY ELEVEN

Dissertation Theories and Methods, and Statement of the Question Essay

This body of work outlines how I want my Dissertation to be structured. It documents a research review,outline of my proposed aims and chapters, an annotated bibliography of all the key sources and art historians that have written on my subject and a statement of the question essay that demonstrates the key art historical and critical methodology on my topic. I will be exploring the artist Ford Madox Brown's paintings in Nineteenth Century Britain.

ESSAY TEN

How was race and gender marginalised in Abstract Expressionism and within the American identity, and how did it relate to the purely “white male” New York School?

This essay explores how Abstract Expressionism is heralded as a movement that celebrated the achievements of the “white male artist”, which has later become synonymous with the members of the New York School. Women, Homosexuals and People of Colour, were unsuitable for this selective club and consequently were side-lined and overshadowed. There was simply not a place for these groups, not only due to their roles within society but also notably through the history of art itself, a canon of typically white male masters.

Essay NINE

Focusing on a monument or memorial, please asses and evaluate it in relation to form and function. Please take into consideration issues around aesthetics, audience, memory, memorialisation, and history.

This essay explores the function of the Lincoln memorial, and how the monument inspires new meanings in different groups. It argues how the architecture of the building generates a memory and projects new aesthetics.

essay eight

Using Your Experiences in Washington D.C Make a Video Showing Your Time Spent in the City

Having partaken in a visit to Washington D.C in February 2016 we made a ten minute video to document our time in the city. The trip was a wonderful experience that allowed us to see not only the iconic sites, but visit some of the prestigious art museums in the capital.

Essay seven

Peninsula Arts Placement Reflective Essay

This essay reflects on my time spent at Peninsula Arts Gallery. Here it documents a number of activities I was involved in, and some of the issues that affect contemporary curation.

Essay Six

Following the Rapid Expansion of the International Art Market and a Spate of Press Controversies Over Fakes and Forgeries, the Twentieth Century Saw the Rise of the ‘Art Expert’, Connoisseurship and Debates About Authenticity. Who Decides the Value of a Work of Art, and on What Grounds?

This essay explores the role of the Guilded Age as a trigger for the rise of the 'Art Expert' profession. As a new demand for art grew, due to Americans need to demonstrate their status and prestige, new individuals were needed to ensure that art was authenticate.

Essay five

Compare and Contrast Two American Artist’s Approaches to Landscape Painting During the 19th and 20th Centuries. Please Discuss in Terms of Subject Matter, Style, and the Broader Cultural Context.

This essay explores both Thomas Cole's and Charles Sheeler's use of landscape painting to express their given thoughts and opinions on their retrospective American contemporary societies.

ESSAY FOUR

To What Extent Do Issues of Conservation, Preservation, Restoration and Heritage effect Plymouth City Museum, and Additional National and International Museums and Galleries?

Conservation, preservation and restoration are key issues that have to be taken into consideration for practicing Museums today. Conservation can arise many problems for both conservators and museum professionals alike, and this essay explores the issue of national heritage and preservation among historians.

ESSAY THREE

Continuity and Change in Western Art: An Exploration of the Different Subject Matters used by the Pre-Raphaelites and their Associated Peers

This essay explores the similarities and differences used by the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood and their preconception with challenging the favoured style of Raphael by their Victorian contemporaries. Their new ways of working and focus on spiritual, everyday life and femme-fatale/mythological subject matter created interesting narratives.

ESSAY TWO

Introduction to Art History- How Does William Holman-Hunt Present His Ideas in the Awakening Conscience? Consider Visual and Contextual Analysis

This essay presents William Holman-Hunt's portrayal of  the loss of innocence of a woman in Victorian society. It is a comment on the realisation that a woman has fallen from grace. Hunt uses numerous symbols and motifs to express this argument.

ESSAY ONE

National Gallery Sainsbury Wing Review

This essay reviews the Sainsbury Wing within the prestigious National Gallery. It demonstrates the differences between the main gallery and its collection, and that of the Sainsbury Wing.

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