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land and the pastimes of the Dutch people who were an increasingly prosperous merchant middle class" (Anonymous Dutch Baroque Peri...

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...

world of mankind as much as a concern for the hereafter (which was the sole concern of medieval man). This new way of thinking is ...

better than his master and having seen that Verrocchio swore never to pick up a paint brush again (Hellmich, 1997). In 1481, Leon...

to define its own unique identity was by emphasizing its strengths as a highly industrialized capitalist society. An artistic mov...

There were numerous monuments and statues constructed during the reign of...

sexual orientation, and consequently these different facets may take on different degrees of priority at different times in their ...

come through art and through living the life of an artist. In the beginning we do not necessarily see that Thea herself is sure...

But in terms of its more commercial use as understood by modern people, it is a relatively new art form and should be thought of a...

the activities that took place there were not everyday activities - probably ritual activities" (Petersen, 2001; paleo.htm). Be...

of quickness and penetration, piercing easily below the clumsy platitudes of Thrasymachus to the real difficulty; he turns out to ...

of another direction, only to be broken apart and redeveloped by way of postmodernistic composition. Technology, as such, represe...

his household. The suitors have taken it upon themselves to essentially use Odysseus home as though it was their own, killing live...

and is known as the curly script for the form it adopts after each stroke (Calligraphy). Emperor Qin Shi Huang modified ancient z...

Of far greater interest to the consumer are the costs, the utility, and the popularity of any given item . . . and not necessarily...

face (Higgins 95). This oneness with and reverence for nature is also depicted quite excellently in the so-called "Toreador" fres...

glorification of the nude that sculptors were destined to follow for many years (Burns 411). A local cultural touch is provided b...

the nineteenth century, or so, the art world seemed to go into a slump. Quite like writers block, this slump saw a lull in the art...

clayware. While the fundamental basis of Pueblo pottery maintains much the same common denominator, there are enough pueblos that...

long held beliefs, intellectual theories, and works her way deep into the root causes, in her opinion, of much of the social and r...

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

for more than five thousand years"(ITR, 2002). How the Egyptians discovered the process is as big a mystery as any other technolo...

comes to the aid of Hrothgar: "Thou Hrothgar, hail! Hygelacs I, kinsman and follower. Fame a plenty have I gained in youth! These...

this "a bitter argument" arose "at the Royal Academy, fellow students labeled Millais, Hunt, and anybody else who shared their bel...

of his arm, and it also affected his ability to paint. In 1920, Pippin would marry Ora Giles of South Carolina and they settled i...

Paris during the nineteenth century for an artist to be accepted and gain success it was necessary for their world to be accepted ...

from the buildings as they collapsed, this rendition had proved controversial. In fact, all art is controversial. Several years ag...