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History and Architecture of Chihuahua Cathedral

In twelve pages the ways in which the Chihuahua cathedral's history and architecture represents its community's cultural and spiri...

Literary Transcendentalism by Lawrence Buell

In six pages this paper discusses the American Transcendental movement in a summary and analysis of Lawrence Buell's Literary Tran...

Influences of Classical Greece

pervaded Western architecture for more than two millennia. The Greek temple emerged as the archetypal shrine of all time. Unlike ...

Cimabue and Duccio or 'Madonna Enthroned' Times Two

in society Introduction One way that art history has been studied is to trace the development of the realistic portrayal of the h...

Aphra Behn's Love Poetry of the Renaissance

In five pages this paper analyzes the social commentary featured in allusions to the physical love between women symbolized in Aph...

Jazz by Toni Morrison and Reflections of the Harlem Renaissance

In eight pages this paper examines how Toni Morrison reflected the Harlem Renaissance artistic movement in her novel Jazz. Two so...

The Life and Work of Architect Marcel Breuer

In six pages the life and architectural style of Marcel Breuer are examined with a discussion of his Lincoln, Massachusetts home a...

Overview of the Gothic Cathedral's Architectural Style

soaring faith. New techniques allowed the cathedral to be taller as man reached higher for contact with God. Inside the building...

1920s' Harlem Economy

by the river while the wealthier classes lived uptown. By 1890, massive immigration resulted in over 71% of New Yorkers being eith...

Islamic History in Spain

independent from Arab roots, thus making Spain a Muslim country, but without the interference of Muslim rule from afar (Spain, 199...

Postmodernism and Great Britain

influences as well as reflects the society in which it manifests. Here we may see a post-modern attitude. The influence of many ot...

Postmodern Deconstructionist Architecture

Russian constructivist forms and by Derridean deconstruction" (Ganim 364). Basically, the philosophy behind the concept of decons...

Art and Religion of Ancient Egypt

point that there was a strongly ritualistic and shamanic element to funeral rites: pictorial representations of funeral ceremonies...

Harlem Renaissance and Zora Neale Hurston

her age and a man that treats her badly. In many ways he enslaves her and she feels helpless to leave him. Finally, Janie shares t...

Morality and Architecture by Watkin

the human condition. That said, a student writing on this subject might construe those two points by the author as rather weak. T...

The Architecture of the Arkansas State Capitol Building in Little Rock

down to the first floor. The solid brass chandelier reaches twelve feet across as it hangs amidst the marbleized interior from wa...

US Literary Renaissance of the 1940s and 1950s South

This paper examines the writing renaissance that took place in the American South during the 1930s and 1940s in five pages. Five ...

Beaux Arts Architects William Morris, Labroust, and Frank Lloyd Wright

In five pages this report considers how Beaux Arts architecture was mastered by Frank Lloyd Wright in terms of environmental harmo...

Renaissance Art's Depiction of the Human Body

In ten pages this paper discusses Renaissance art in a consideration of how the human body was depicted by Italian and German art ...

Alvar Aalto's Villa Mairea

use of visual elements is what is responsible for keeping his legacy alive. The student will also want to discuss the fact that t...

Ancient Greek Economics

in manipulating that world. It can also be contended, however, that each new technological development directly impacted the econ...

Superstition During the Renaissance

superstitious practices that were adhered to so rigidly, it should not be surprising that the citizens of the Renaissance also bel...

Western Civilization Architecture

The original castles prior to reflecting architectural influence lacked much style or finesse; in fact, they were relatively munda...

Comparison and Commentary of Rem Koolhaus and S,M, L, XL

to be saying that the term, bigger is better has applied for years where buildings were concerned. Whether he takes this to task, ...

Aesthetics of Japan

as Josiah Conder notes in his classic study of the subject, "the clipping and carving of trees and bushes into shapes such as moun...

The Role of the Venetian Army during the Italian Renaissance

but no one can take away Italys prowess during the time period and the strength of the Venetian Navy is also something significant...

Renaissance and Humanistic Art

intellectualism" of the medieval universities began to give way before the warmth of "Franciscan emotionalism" (Fleming 162). This...

The Ancient City of Palenque

In a five page paper the ancient Mayan city of Palenque is examined in terms of its religious and historical influences and how th...

Western Paintings

was a time of the "rebirth" of the individual in thought and life style, this unique need to express the individual can also be se...

ISA, RISC and Original

There is a limit to how much can be done in miniaturizing transistors to increase the speed and capacity of a microprocessor chip....