Essays 1711 - 1740
arrested by photography(Mendieta). Almost no one was defining their art as Mendieta was during this time in history. Certainly ...
much that it has immeasurably been altered. Who was Socrates and why was he so influential? Socrates was a Greek philosopher who ...
In four pages this paper examines what influenced Whistler's life and art and also considers how society was influenced by Whistle...
forms. This Snake Goddess--who shakes two snakes as an animal sits on her head--may have been used as part of this ritual" (Anonym...
limitations. The law of pragnanz, which asserts that man is "innately driven to experience things in as good a gestalt as possibl...
that had been the result of a bus accident in 1925 at the age of 18. Boldly Timid -- Strongly Fragile In each of her works, espec...
What one might learn about the journey to becoming a primitive artist is that one must follow ones intrinsic path and be true to o...
Holofernes reflects the angst so commonly portrayed in Gentileschis work. With the prospect of danger forever just around the cor...
their relationship to human development and a greater awareness evolved of the role and the importance of the individual rather th...
only permitted slavery, but found it acceptable, and the economic reasons which perpetrated the condition for so long. To the mode...
for which he is most well known. Some of his earlier pieces included Les Alyscamps, Arles 1888; Still Life with Three Puppies 188...
graphic art, indeed there is a plethora of advertisements form the Victorian era that may be seen as accomplished graphic art, wit...
if he should have a son. Therefore, Laius took steps to prevent conceiving a son by Jocasta. However, Jocasta wanted a child and c...
"exciting, gripping story of crime and bloodshed" (Anonymous PG) leaves the reader with many unanswered questions, which only serv...
takes. It would seem that to incorporate so much history into so little time that these works would be awash with busyness, myria...
desire of Gropius to make "modern artists familiar with science and economics," which he felt would "unite creative imagination wi...
the post-Civil War period, which was one of unprecedented patronage for the arts from government and private sources, produced wor...
point that there was a strongly ritualistic and shamanic element to funeral rites: pictorial representations of funeral ceremonies...
opposites."1 Art is perhaps the most obvious place that one can envision the true nature of this balance as presented by the Chine...
the first tasks undertaken by Weatherford is to define the term "Native American" itself. Indeed, the term Native American is a c...
in the reigning powers influence over art. In addition, art was commonly used to glorify those in control at the time, a reality n...
In five pages this paper discusses the problems with trying to classify or categorize evolutionary biology in a consideration of h...
predecessor to writing (Tierney & Readance, 2000 as cited in David, & Capraro, 2001) . Again, there are few who would argue that ...
its ruler and padding back to America in search of the woman who scorned his advances when he was nothing more than a lowly consum...
the epitome of this planning. Many of the same criteria which are used to ascertain contemporary cities can be used to...
the nineteenth century, painting was characterized by "flights of imagination" and "academic glorifications of the heroic past" (F...
people of Mexico have a very complex and elegant non-linear writing style. We call their ancient documents codices (hieroglyphic p...
life..." (Tait PG). It is important for the student to emphasis the individuality of artistic endeavor with regard to arguing the...
life that one would want to aspire toward. And, typically, as in a religious painting, the consequences of not choosing the faith ...
elements in their temples and homes, would also lend credibility to the fact that the codices were a form of written language, rat...