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Essays 1891 - 1920

Ancient Works of Art

far more meaning that representing daily life. According to one particular author, "The Cycladic civilization of the Aegean sea...

Sensitivity and Social Awareness in Modern Video Art, Photography, and Paintings Examples

the 19th century but his work had been censured and placed away for much of that time due to the fact that he focused mainly on li...

Cinema and Truth

sister, Cynthia. As if to complicate matters further, Johns old college friend, Graham, shows up in town for a visit and something...

Aristotle's Nature Study, Physics, and Analogy of Art Uses

successful in clarifying his principle of nature. In Aristotles "Physics" Book II first written in 350 B.C.E. he compare...

Significance of the Magdeburg Ivory

the Great Exhibition, 2002). The Magdeburg Ivory is considered to be among the most famous of ivory carvings to emerge...

Tang Dynasty Artists and the Silk Road's Cultural Influences

its open access was that of the Tang Dynasty from 618-907 A.D. In addition to the Silk Road land routes, many scholars also includ...

Documentary Evolution

it can be seen to have been on its way out at the dawn of all the other television competition for viewers time. Perspectives shif...

Sculpture from Greece and Egypt

body" (Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greek and Roman Art). This particular statue is 9 and 5/8 inches high and is made from bronz...

Architectural Design and Art Theory Integration

also something they can enjoy (Architecture Vs. Contemporary Art, 2002)? How can architecture mirror the fast changing cultural pa...

Perceptions and Awareness of Aesthetics

our manner of interaction with the world, ourselves, and others. Our perceptual capacities are not fixed; they are not static or ...

Czechoslovakian Artist Milan Knizak

of art which transcend the existing categories of art, whether they come from music or language, from the fine arts or from dance"...

Art According to Plato and Aristotle

However, Allen also makes the point that Platos attitude was at least partially due to his respect and fear of the powers of art o...

Native American Algonquin Tribe

variety of dialects (1999). Algonquian-speaking peoples have dominated most of the northeastern North America (1999). Also confus...

Fine Art Defined

something they feel, or something they are. When the art is finished it has found its end, and it is complete. From another per...

Roman Architecture and the Continental Building

are just a few of its ornamental features (Gilmore Associates, 2004). The overall style of the Continental is Art Deco. The Art ...

Early Artists and Art of China

can be found in Zhan Ziqians Spring Excursion. Li Sixun and his son Li Zhaodao in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty were the represen...

Clement Greenberg's Medium Concept and Dick Higgins' Notion of Intermedia

modern art had driven itself into the embrace of the abstract by shifting its focus onto the conditions of the medium, or in other...

3 Art Form Variations

Persian art. The Smithsonian Institute (2004) tells us that, "This exhibition features twenty-six of the finest illustrated manusc...

U.S. History, Quilting, and Quilts

turkey red) on the basis of permanence (Mainardi, 1982). They were creating fine works of art that would be marveled over and app...

Creativity and its Demise

and not allowed to be creative or fulfill his inner yearnings. Certainly, society affects the art that is produced. Nietzsche a...

Asian Culture in Art and Film

way or another by the culture itself. Now, while there are numerous contemporary artists and also numerous styles this section ...

Poetically Examining Nature Through Figures of Speech

now that she is gone that they will have some rest, that no one will bother them anymore, least of all their mother. And yet, they...

Jacksonville, Florida's Cummer Art Museum

and as such it is a testament to Mr. Cummers dedication to his wifes hobby that he procured them for her. Now, of course, these Li...

Imaginary Dialogue Between Socrates and Sen. Jesse Helms

an imaginary podium, and is steadily building volume when Socrates interrupts.) Socrates: Oh, I see. Then the nude statuary that s...

Analysis of Art Appreciation

originally painted with other details. Comparative evidence is just that: comparative. It can allow one, one might state, to ...

A Study of the American Theater

- the nation then being confined largely to the east coast" (Theatre History, 2003). The four largest theatre towns were Philadel...

1960s' Countercultures

completely rejected the "establishment" and decided that it was unwise to trust anyone over the age of thirty. This was clearly a ...

Evaluating Ancient Art Works

sense of comfort and knowingness when one is met with something that they can understand. Yet, when faced with the unfamiliar work...

Visual Art and Modernism

previous times and styles. Nor does it need to be seen as an opposition to the past, and as such it is the concept of originality ...

Romanticism, the Influence of the French, and the American Art Movement

comparable power? How was it to claim a place among nations producing art of real consequence?" (Cohen-Solal PG). After pulling...