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Jacques-Louis David

of this time was The Intervention of the Sabine Women (Olgas Gallery). And, interestingly enough, this was very political for it d...

Greek Virtue

the foot of power!/Nothing care I for Zeus" (Aeschylus). In other words, Prometheus will not succumb to tyranny and a power that r...

Department of Canadian Heritage's Cultural Affairs Sector

are the strongest reflection of the diversity of multicultural issues and ideologies that underpin Canadian life. As a consequenc...

Ancient Art

Both are clearly made of very different materials. The Head of a Roman Patrician is carved from marble and is thus a three dimensi...

Maya Art

person," which linked Maya society to the world of its ancestors (Carrasco, 1990, p. 40). The Maya lived in a cosmopolitan world o...

Aloofness and Human Disinterest of the Greek Gods

them somehow" (Ancient Greek Religion and Mythology, 2003). For example, "The Egyptian goddess Isis was especially popular in Athe...

Medea, An Overview

This essay presents an overview of Medea in Greek mythology, referring to scholarly assessment of ancient sources and also the way...

Art Questions

page. The use of negative space to enhance the darkness of the central image is important to creating a tone for the site, and th...

Tragedy That is Not Tragic in 'Night Mother'

forty and has epilepsy. However, the source of Jessies psychic pain is not her condition, but rather the fact that she has never ...

Architecture - Technology and Art

form of structure, function, and aesthetics. This paper will explore how the evolution of technology has influenced the evolution ...

Art and Architecture in Abstract Expressionism

In a paper of twenty pages such terms definitive of abstract expressionism including spatial depth, minimalism, material combinati...

Comparing Abstract Expressionism Art and Architecture

In twenty pages abstract expressionism in such forms as moralist, colors and objects, materials combination, minimalism, spatial d...

Metropolitan Greek Collection and the Rare Kouros Art

In five pages the Kouros at the Judy and Michael Steinhardt Gallery is analyzed in terms of its posture, style, historical and aes...

Influence on Art and Society in Hellenistic Greek Culture

succession of Macedonian Greeks who ruled Egypt from 323 B.C. to 30 B.C. The subject of this piece is Arsino? II. Smith...

Rise of Modern Art

(Modern Art Movements, 2008). Impressionist painters, such as Manet, Claude Monet and Edgar Degas, preferred to paint outside, w...

Alphonse Mucha & Art Nouveau

"Gismonda" led to long-term association between the Mucha and Sarah Bernhardt, as he produced not only posters for the actress, bu...

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...

Medieval Art: The Arch Angel Michael Diptych

sculptures that were produced during this time, none were more magnificent than The Archangel Michael as he was depicted on a sixt...

David Bailey, Photographer

as one of the principal influences and inspirations on him as an artist ("David Bailey, Biography"). According to Bailey, "The fir...

Syncretism, History and Art

with religion and the general worldview of that of society, it also became more complex, as it began to reflect the philosophical ...

Artists' Books

artists book, that is, with no apostrophe, due to this initial usage of the term. As of 1998, there have been over 300 exhibitions...

Comparing Impressionism and Post-Impressionism

during the nineteenth century (Burns, 1969). It began in 1874 when Claude Monet exhibited a painting entitled "Impression-Sunrise"...

History of Cityscapes

suggest that it was part of Neros palace.5 It is believed by scholars that the function of these cityscapes, that is, aerial views...

Instruction and Tolkien's The Hobbit

This research paper describes five websites that pertain to J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and can be used in instructing students in...

An Art Work Representing Ideology

derive from your religion could be grouped around this central influence. For example, people holding hands in love and fellowship...

2 Artists/Pollock and Bateman

framing, as the painting bears no relationship to the size or shape of the canvas (Pioch). While he was initially ridiculed by the...

1996 Metropolitan Museum of Art Exhibit Nefertiti and the Royal Women

which Thutmose created Nefertitis limestone bust was by plastering and richly painting the stone core. Working to give the queen ...

HIV/AIDS Pandemic, How Should It Be Addressed

This research paper pertains to the ongoing debate as to how to address the global pandemic of HIV/AIDS. The writer describes the ...

Death Becomes Her, An Exhibition at the MMA

This essay pertains to the Death Becomes Her: A Century of Mourning Attire exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The write...

Manet, Overview of A Bar at the Folies-Bergere

This research paper/essay describes the career of Edouard Manet and the role he played in ushering in Impressionism as a major art...