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Scott Joplin & George Gershwin

time," then shortened to "ragtime" (Porter, 1973, p. 2). The innovations that Joplin brought to ragtime were remarkable and uniqu...

The First Amendment and Art

This essay presents a scenario in which the writer is presumed to be the major of a city who is confronted with a problematic situ...

The Differences Between Art for Life's Sake and for Art's Sake

In seven pages this essay considers differences between art simply for the sake of art and as a representation of life and discuss...

Los Angeles County Museum of Art's Madina Islamic Art Collection

Greater Iran. This cup is "Silver, gilded, chased and punched" and measures "3 7/8 x 4 5/8 in. (9.84 x 11.75 cm)" (Los Angeles Cou...

U.S. Culinary Arts and the Literary Influence of M.F.K. Fisher

her choice of subject matter. She acknowledged the callous dismissal of her contemporaries, who labeled her material as "womans s...

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...

Holland and France During the Baroque Art Period

in 1640 Poussin returned to Paris and to decorate the Grand Gallery of the Louvre and receive royal favors. However, he soon becam...

Experience, Knowledge, and the Individual

ordinary. For example, the treadmarks that a car makes in the mud he translated into a tires treads rolled through paint and appli...

Comparative Analysis of the Art of James McNeill Whistler, Auguste Renoir, and Claude Monet

to merge as one giving no definite beginning or end. We see the impressionistic images of the boats which offer the real only geom...

Modern Media Arts and the Effects of New Digital Technology and Software

impact of digital technology and software on the media arts. The use of new technology in arts is not new, this has occurred ove...

Two Works of Tibetan Art

statue conveys a sense of well being to the viewer. In this statue, the Avalolkitesvara is pictured in interesting pose that sugge...

Analyzing How Sandro Botticelli Transformed the Beauty of His Idealism into a Reality Dark and Somber

deserve to become the focus of a truly disinterested affection" (Kuspit The Psychoanalytic Construction of Beauty). This eloquent...

Concert Report, a Choral Performance

Colleges Performing Arts Center prior to attending the concert held there on Sunday, October 14, which was entitled "Just the Chor...

"The Art of War" by Sun Tzu and What Can be Learned by Reading This Text

chance of receiving the promotion by first devising a plan that can achieve the goal. A proactive plan will allow the employee to...

The Renaissance Through Impressionism

The so-called Early Renaissance is among the more interesting of these periods. So too, however, are the Late Renaissance and the...

"Lavender Mist" by Jackson Pollock

that art was significant in and of itself, i.e., "art for arts sake," and that abstract expressionism should be viewed as a "movem...

Art of James Magee

accompanying poem begins, "Juans ax aches/His tracks lead backwards." The alliteration, assonance and consonance of his word choic...

Aesthetics and Ethics - The Eternal Disparity

affair rather than the politics. As such, Riefenstahl was chosen for two reasons - the first being that she had no particularly in...

Strategy Models for Bank Frey

able to leverage position in terms of the protection it can provide for its clients. This is supported by a commitment to maintain...

Renaissance Neoplatonic Beauty and The Courtier by Castiglione

In six pages this paper considers the aesthetic objectives of Neoplatonic beauty in terms of the art of Leonardo da Vinci and Mich...

Appia's Material Realism and Artistic Ideal

In five pages this research paper examines Appia's concepts of theater and art and considers how he idyllically staged Wagner's wo...

Tonality in Music and Art

the opposite of reality since telephone polls to not actually shrink in size over distance, although this is the real visual effec...

The Impressionism of Claude Debussy

Impressionism is a term usually reserved for painting, but Claude Debussy's work has often been termed impressionistic. This essay...

Van Gogh/Irises

to the left. Directly below these flowers, the iris bed begins and builds in height so that the flowers on the right are the talle...

Love and Art in the Works of William Shakespeare

In five pages this report considers how Shakespeare employed love as an art form in his works. Four sources are cited in the bibl...

Life and Art of Rene Magritte

of realism as though it were a sketch. There is not the boldness of lines and the use of color that would represent the work of Ma...

Dada and Impressionist Art as Political Statements

favorable in his time period (Art Archive [1], 2005). This author notes the following in regards to his work and his beliefs: "Yet...

Renaissance Art - Three Works

Madonna is another version of the Madonna/Child pairing, but this time Christ is an infant. The relief, which is 74.5 x 69.5 centi...

Meaning in Terms of Artist and Art

sometimes knowing what the artist was thinking or saying influences a viewers interpretation and appreciation in a negative way. I...

Analysis of Six Museum Works of Art

accounts, it is possible for art historians to state that some of the copies of the statue are inaccurate. Grout notes that those ...