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'Dance' Master Henri Matisse

Any artist may be intrigued by a subject and ask the proverbial - "what if" concerning that subject or idea. Then the question m...

The Land of the Lotus Eaters Painting by Robert S. Duncanson

In six pages this painting by 19th century African American artist Robert S. Duncanson is analyzed with the emphasis being on its ...

Conversion of St. Paul by Caravaggio

In a paper consisting of twenty pages this painting is examined particularly in terms of the artist's use of shadow and light as w...

Mademoiselles d'Avignon by Pablo Picasso

tangible formation. That he also was a talented sculptor speaks to the fact that Picasso was fully capable of translating his two...

Christian Themes in the Surrealist Paintings of Salvador Dali

themes, brought to life in his symbolistic style of painting. These paintings are characterized by meticulous draftsmanship and ...

Painting Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch

was trained by his father, also a painter by trade. It would appear that he always lived and worked at his birthplace, Hertogenbos...

An Irish Art Interpretation

In eight pages Patrick Hennessy's postwar surreal painting is examined in terms of meaning and in an exhibition setting with a dis...

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...

Irises Painting by Vincent Van Gogh

In nine pages the Irises painting by Vincent Van Gogh is analyzed in nine pages. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....

Colonial Art of John Singleton Copley

the people in the portraits are from particular backgrounds. Of course, one may speculate that anyone who commissioned an artist ...

Francisco Goya's Black Paintings

In six pages this paper examines how Goya's concepts are expressed in his Black paintings St. Isidore and Saturn Devouring His Chi...

Cubism and Pablo Picasso

to retreat from Cubism into a period of traditional painting and sculpture. According to Krause, Picassos foray into traditiona...

Solitude in the City

refuge in the cafe. In this work the solitude, while sad, is also one of peacefulness. One might also say that it is a juxtaposit...

Science and Religion Clash in the Paintings of Salvador Dali

In five pages this paper discusses how Dali struggled with his interests in science and spiritualism as reflected in his surrealis...

Paintings Crucifixion and The Last Judgment by Jan van Eyck

In eight pages these fifteenth century paintings by Jan van Eyck are analyzed in terms of their iconographic, historical, and reli...

The Brooding Woman of Paul Gaugin

In five pages this paper analyzes the famous painting by Paul Gauguin with style, gender, social implications, and the artist's re...

Critique of Vertumnus and Pomona Painting by Francois Boucher

artist of rare proportion who effectively coupled his own singular and distinctive style with that of the refinement of the period...

Nighthawks by Edward Hopper

In five pages Hopper's 1942 painting is examined in terms of meaning and techniques such as shading and color. Four sources are c...

Inspiration of Pablo Picasso

is synonymous with sadness. One is said to be blue, or sad, and this reflected his entry to the art world as a painter....

Purchase Contract

In a paper consisting of seven pages a case study involving the purchase of an antique shop painting that contains a draft of the ...

The Rock Painting by Peter Blume

be defined as realistic objects, in what appears to be an unreal setting. Or it may be realistic objects, with something that it ...

Photography and Its Aesthetics

even if it is disturbing. This is because it catches our attention. The primarily components and focus of the work is unique or st...

Rosenberg, Abstract, and Action Painters

art and life. Modern art is educational, not with regard to art but with regard to life." Abstract expressionism According to Car...

Paul Chabas' September Morn Painting

won Mr. Chabas the Medal of Honor, it caused no flurry of attention" in terms of producing a buyer (Bull, 1998; sptmrn.html). Beca...

Comparative Analysis of Father and Daughter Painters Orazio and Artemisia Gentulischi

going to force themselves on someone (Artemisia Gentileschi, 2002). And, it should be noted, that one of the men in the picture i...

Artistic Similarities Jean Jacques Rousseau and Jacques Louis David

of color to drawing (2002). The economy of statement had been seen to be in line with keeping with the new severity of taste (20...

Jacques Louis David's Painting, Jean Jacques Rousseau's Philosophy and Duty to the State

from a state of freedom to a willingness to submit to the states authority? This is the underlying question in the majority of hi...

The Gleaners by Jean François Millet

he was relatively ambivalent about any political aspects of his work (Internet source). Pioche writes: "Being of peasant stock, he...

Iris Painting by Vincent Van Gogh

that "the Impressionism is a lot more a state of the mind than a technique; thus artists other than painters have also been qualif...

Three Artistic Masterpieces Compared

However, the light strikes each man in varying degrees of intensity. This becomes the means by which Caravaggio penetrates the "su...