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8 Styles of Painting from Baroque to Surrealism

the Baroque period is Flemish-born painter Peter Paul Rubens, whose masterpieces were an unapologetic celebration of sensual pleas...

Rubens and Botticelli

In six pages the Renaissance paintings of Botticelli are compared with the Baroque art of Rubens in a comparison of style characte...

Conversion of St. Paul by Caravaggio

In a paper consisting of twenty pages this painting is examined particularly in terms of the artist's use of shadow and light as w...

Artistic Styles of Spanish Baroque and Flemish

archetypes of the former age. The attention to the spiritual nature of mankind is evident throughout the arts during this time per...

'Medici Cycle' of Peter Paul Rubens

of understanding into a cultures ideals and belief systems. The purpose of art, the creation of art, the interpretation of art, an...

Baroque Paintings

heroic exploits" (Irinas World). And, in this particular painting, which also holds an angel of sorts (actually a goddess) with a ...

Spanish Interiors an Baroque and Rococo Architecture

In many ways the terms Baroque and Rococo can be interchangeable as "Baroque and late Baroque, or Rococo, are loosely defined term...

George Stubbs' Painting Displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

In five pages this paper discusses George Stubbs' artistry in a consideration of his paintings' composition and line uses....

Dutch Vanitas Paintings and Vanity

the human body. In Leiden, the first important Vanitas painter was David Bailly (1584-1657), and later Pieter Claesz (c. 1596-166...

17th Century Dutch Paintings' Vanitas Style

situation is shown through the inclusion of some element out of place, in Beyerens case, a small mouse. Beyerens use of th...

'Woman Holding Her Foot' and the Cubism of Pablo Picasso

One of Picassos widely acclaimed Cubist paintings, the 1907 Woman Holding Her Foot is a fine example of this artist at his Cubist ...

Analysis of "Christ's Descent into Hell"

Descent into Hell," painted in the style of Hieronymus Bosch in the Netherlands between 1550-1560 is oil on wood, 21 x 46 inches, ...

Medium Cool Film by Haskell Wexler

In five pages this paper examines the surrealism and documentary styles featured in Haskell Wexler's 1969 film with behaviorism an...

Artist Mark Rothko's Development

them again because they are the eternal symbols upon which we must fall back to express basic psychological ideas. They are the sy...

Artists Joseph Mallord William Turner, Henry Purcell, and Robert Schumann

In five pages this paper considers Baroque and Romantic music and visual arts from a social perspective with the music of Purcell ...

Baroque Artists and Illusionist Ceiling Paintings

In seven pages this report examines such Baroque artists as Pozzo and Carracci in a consideration of the illusions presented in th...

Analyzing the Painting Rembrandt Contemplating the Bust of Aristotle

In five pages this painting is analyzed in terms of three aspects of the subject's psychological mood, light, and shadow which is ...

The Finding of the Vulcan on Lemos Analyzed

appears that they had been engaged in conversation. One wears a dress and balances a basket of flowers, or plant matter, on top of...

Life and Works of Artist Toulouse Lautrec

Toulouse Lautrec's life and art are explored in a paper consisting of 15 pages that includes his fin de siecle social involvement ...

Italian Baroque Ceiling Paintings of the 18th Century

which was a term used by philosophers during the Middle Ages to describe an obstacle in schematic logic" (Wallbank, 1992). As such...

Concerto Grosso Number 4 in A Minor by Charles Avison

This was not an uncommon practice at the time. Bach did virtually the same thing with some of Vivaldis composition. One commentato...

Jael Slaying Sisera and Carol Maratta

In five pages this lone work by an Italian painter from the Baroque period is examined in terms of identification of different inf...

Performance of the Baroque Cello

physical differences between a modern cello and the typical eighteenth century instrument. For one thing, there is a wedge under ...

Mozart vs. Bach

Both Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johann Sebastian Bach are cited among the giants of Classical and Baroque music. This paper exami...

Architecture of England from 1700 to 1800

In five pages 18th century English architecture is discussed in a consideration of Baroque and Georgian styles with various aspect...

Baroque Artistic Period and Meaning

describe the art from the baroque period they would include: spacious, dynamic, natural, colorful, passionate, sensual and versat...

Overview of Baroque Art

This paper consists of a three page consideration of Baroque art in terms of the way in which the artistic style personified the t...

Musical Analysis of A Mighty Fortress is our God by Johann Sebastian Bach

In five pages this research paper analyzes this hymn in terms of its Baroque style and uniquely Lutheran influential characteristi...

An Examination of Baroque Musical Forms

Motet While Gregorian chants were intended entirely for liturgical and worship purposes, this was not the case for later Renaiss...

Baroque Music, An Overview

This essay presents an overview of the Baroque musical era. The writer talks about the features of the music, defines certain musi...