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Essays 1981 - 2010
limitations. The law of pragnanz, which asserts that man is "innately driven to experience things in as good a gestalt as possibl...
arrested by photography(Mendieta). Almost no one was defining their art as Mendieta was during this time in history. Certainly ...
smarter" brought him fame at the turn of the century, the societys appetite for greater productivity has been insatiable (1999). ...
reviews, and black-and-white reproductions of fine art, to the Pollock family in Orland, providing Jackson with his first exposure...
In five pages this paper examines the publicly donated art collection of Henry Clay Frick after his death in terms of how the vari...
understood. He goes on to call it a queer thing that abounds in metaphysical subtleties as well as theological niceties (1887). A...
are opposed by the church. In comparing this time period--the old world system of the early Italian Renaissance--with a new world ...
within a theory of natural selection as it worked on primates and early hominids. Dissanayake sees a distinct connection between...
independent from Arab roots, thus making Spain a Muslim country, but without the interference of Muslim rule from afar (Spain, 199...
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...
Academy, and reconcile contempt for study with respect for the truly learned?" (NA). In many ways we can see a certain amount of h...
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...
political in terms of tradeoffs made, take too long to develop, take too many organizational resources and fail to measure the cri...
land and the pastimes of the Dutch people who were an increasingly prosperous merchant middle class" (Anonymous Dutch Baroque Peri...
takes. It would seem that to incorporate so much history into so little time that these works would be awash with busyness, myria...
if he should have a son. Therefore, Laius took steps to prevent conceiving a son by Jocasta. However, Jocasta wanted a child and c...
Holofernes reflects the angst so commonly portrayed in Gentileschis work. With the prospect of danger forever just around the cor...
spread across Europe, and as the technology spread, so did ideas, revolutions and feelings (Phinney, 2002). During the 19t...
"exciting, gripping story of crime and bloodshed" (Anonymous PG) leaves the reader with many unanswered questions, which only serv...
Common Definitions One of the earlier definitions of pornography appeared in an 1864 edition of Websters dictionary: "licentious ...
In two pages this essay examines the discipline of the Korean martial art Tae Kwon Do and considers its contemporary social uses. ...
Joan at her trial before the ecclesiastical court. Much of the film is camera movement which makes not only Joans passions visibl...
In four pages this creative essay describes a photographer's love for the profession as an art form. There is no bibliography inc...
In eight pages this paper examines Otto Wagner's role in the art nouveau movement of modern architecture. There are 5 sources cit...
In five pages the New York City Skyline, Rockefeller Center, and the American Radiator Building are among the buildings which show...
of a woman reader, conventionally prim from the waist up, but with her stockinged legs arranged in the position of a side saddle r...
The changing images of the Virgin Mary in art are discussed in this paper consisting of six pages. Four sources are cited in the ...
In five pages classical forms and their influence upon art and architecture of the Middle Ages are discussed. Four sources are ci...
In a paper consisting of six pages various aspects of Aztec art are explored in terms of history, culture, and influence, with per...
In seven pages this research paper examines how Buddhism impacts India and China's art with references also made to Confucianism a...