what you'd like to major, why or how your past academic or work experience influenced your decision how transferring to Cornell would further your academic interests. 650 I am a prospective art history major and visual studies minor. To me, art has been a passion rooted in my very soul and an inseparable part of my life ever since I started painting at nine years old. However, where I come from, pursuing art is rarely respected or supported. As a result, I spent both my freshmen and sophomore year as a STEM major. Yet throughout my freshmen year, experiencing art while visiting New York was the fountain of my happiness. I can still vividly remember the holiday windows, New York Fashion Week, and especially the artworks in countless galleries and museums I visited. Spurred by my thirst for art, I took an Asian art history course, where I got to examine how philosophy, politics and local culture shaped Asian art by studying monuments, paintings and calligraphy. Art sustained me through the many frustrations of academic pressure and cultural barriers, and I became determined to make art my life’s pursuit. Last winter break, I interned at Phoenix …show more content…
I cherish the fact that at Cornell, students are encouraged to take courses across colleges. During the past two years, I have been able to broaden my view of the world by taking classes in various fields outside of STEM, and I would like to further explore fields yet unfamiliar to me. Specifically, I am interested in courses through Cornell’s Human Ecology College and College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, including apparel design and fashion management. Taking specialized courses will hopefully help me pinpoint the area of art I want to concentrate in for graduate studies and my future career. Besides the major field, I would like to further explore fields that I am interested in, such as Boxing, Wine Tasting and Magical Mushrooms Mischievous
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has one of the finest Asian art collections that has enlightened and strengthened my understanding in my personal art experience. The Museum itself is an artistic architectural structure that graces the entire block on 82nd Street in Manhattan. Entering inside, I sensed myself going back into an era, into a past where people traded ideas and learned from each other. It is a past, where I still find their works of yesteryears vividly within my grasp, to be remembered and shared as if their reflections of works were cast for the modern devoted learner.
Is college worth it? Is college worth the time and energy you invest? This is a question that many students ask themselves as the cost of college rises and jobs are harder to find. As a 27 year, old college student myself I really thought about this question. I had to think back when I first started college at the age of 18 and how I was excited about starting college. I easily got tired of all the work that it took to get the degree so I dropped out. After having my first child and trying to work and take of her and myself with only making minimal wages, barely get by that when I knew college is worth it. A college education is one of the most reliable paths to financial success for students and gives the opportunity
I was recently accepted into the Exploratory Studies college at NC State, and am beyond excited to hopefully continue my academic career at NC State University. Although I am currently undecided on my major, I've shown the most interest in math and science related subjects, and hope to pursue similar avenues of study at State through the Exploratory Studies program. I am interested in exploring different career paths that I may have not yet considered, and believe that this program will provide me with the resources necessary to truly discover what I want to do for the rest of my life. Although I currently do not have any specific career objectives, I am confident that I will leave NC State prepared to build a successful career, regardless of my eventual major. I am excited at how much NC State and the Exploratory Studies college has to offer, and hope to eventually graduate with the experience and knowledge to begin a professional career.
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what I wanted to become. So after graduation I decided to explore my options at
Going to college is something that has been drilled into my brain by the public education system since I was in first grade. They obviously did a phenomenal job because here I am, a high school senior, applying to various colleges and universities trying to find the right fit. There are many reasons why I want to go to college, but there is one reason above all others, and that is that I want to be able to share my passion of music with others in hopes of sparking a similar passion inside of them.
Freshmen year of college had finally arrived, and I was ready to experience life through the lens of an adult. Just turning eighteen, I had it all figured out, my school of choice, my major, and my career. My plan was to graduate with a major in business administration and a double minor in psychology and political science, with hopes of becoming an attorney. It never ceases to amaze me how each semester of college has taught me to expand my realm of knowledge and to become more open to new experiences. After my very first semester, I decided to double major in business administration and psychology. As time went on, my sophomore year allowed me to delve into many major courses, which probed a thirst for knowledge that needed to be quenched. At this point, I wanted to receive a more thorough understanding of both academic disciplines, but it was not until my junior year that I realized my true purpose.
My chosen major is Psychology and Pre-Law. Psychology is defined as the study of the mind and behavior and how someone or a group of people think. I chose Psychology because during my middle school and high school years, I always studied how people would act and was always able to identify certain events or actions that trigger someone 's emotions or behavior to change. Most of the people I used to study was the people I had class with because most of them I saw every day and known them throughout my middle and high school years. Over the years, I learn the things that triggered changes in their attitude and behavior. I was able to identify when one of them was angry. When one was upset and didn 't want to bet bother and when one wanted to fight someone. After awhile, I realized that if I can be able to understand my classmates, then I know I can understand and help people as my career profession.
Before taking this course, I did not have much exposure to art and its principles. I take this class and its assignments as a learning opportunity. This trip exposed me to a new way of analyzing art. I learned to appreciate creativity more for its artistic properties rather than entertainment.
My attraction toward art history was rekindled in my first spring semester in college by an inspiring teacher who presented art in a new way that showcased art as a result of what was going on during that time period. After taking an actual art history course I realized that the subject would be a perfect match for me, for I had slowly and assuredly fallen in love with it. To me art is complex, intriguing, filled with meaning, purpose and history and is my destiny. As fate would have it, I traveled abroad to Europe with a friend.
_________, What initially drew me to the study of the history of art is the amount of information that, through the methodology of art history, may be gleaned by studying a single work of art, no matter how simple or insignificant it appears to be. This fascination led to a desire to study the continuous evolution of art in different civilizations throughout time through analyzing one work of art at a time. Following this realization, I chose to be an Art History major. Through my studies in this field, I have been given the tools to research such prominent, art as that of Ancient Egypt to the newer, less established, art of the comic. Through such varied courses, I have been able to gain an even greater appreciation for art from all cultures and times.
In today’s society anything can be considered “Art”. From the great sounds of a symphony, to the architecture of a modern structure, or even an elephant painting with its trunk, art is what the viewer perceives it to be. Individuals will always agree or disagree with the message behind a certain piece of art, as pieces can be offensive to some, but beautiful to others. Some argue that funding the arts in school is a waste of money, time, or a combination of both, but the benefits outweigh the negatives by far, due to a variety of reasons.
In my point of view people often separate academics and the arts, believing that people often lean towards one or the other. I was among those people until I enrolled myself in AP Art History, where just its name itself disproves the statement above. It’s a common misconception that in order to truly understand art you must be an artist yourself. However, Art History fulfills the analytical side of an individual along with the admiration of artworks. With Art History’s unique combination I believe that teaching this subject would fulfill the intellectual mind by giving satisfaction both academically and artistically.
As a student majoring in Art Education, the history of art plays an important role in every aspect of my field of study. To begin, art’s history is important in showing myself where particular styles from the past can inspire works in today’s modern world, and who and where we get these methods from. In turn, me studying the history of art allows me to better explain to my student where we get these modern styles and techniques to help myself better explain the projects I assign to them. Lastly, no matter what part of the art world a person decides to choose for a career, whether it be education or fine arts, a knowledge of the history of the subject is always important to have. Overall, art history is an important subject for any artist, including myself, to study.
Rather take other courses that are less theory based and more productive to help them improve their skills in art. It is important to learn the past history about original artists and their work to get inspiration from but if one’s style of art is different from that than what’s the point of taking that history course? New York's Museum of Modern Art in 1929, avant-garde art gained importance in US, helped by Mondrian and George Grosz, who were escaping the progress of Nazism. Relentlessly, the principles of pioneer craftsmanship wound up fundamental social presumptions for Americans situated toward the humanities. Also, she claims that the most important question about art is what lasts and why does it last? Maybe it is important to know the answers of those questions but art shouldn’t be questionable. Every art piece is important in its own way despite the fact of how long it lasted or not. If an art piece doesn’t lasts, it doesn’t mean it's not as important as the others. It must be important for someone which is not seen by other