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Art and the Impact of Industrialization

This paper examines how art was affected by the 19th century Industrial Revolution with works by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and oth...

Genre of Performance Art

In five pages this paper defines performance art in a consideration of such artists as Yoko Ono, Adrian Piper, Vito Acconci, Carol...

Performance Art and Humor

according to one of the creators, Blue Mans "role" was to "challenge the audience to accept that art isnt necessarily elitist, hum...

A History of Performance Art

it still has a "middle," or whether we can contemplate that it will have an" end." According to Jack Bowman (1993), "1. A perform...

Similarities and Differences Between Arts and Crafts

us. With those thoughts in mind we shall proceed. A place to start There is a multitude of definitions, and yet no one is willin...

Photographer Helmut Newton

swan; stilettos on a nude on a diving board, stilettos in the kitchen, and stilettos at the seashore. I was surprised that the su...

'Murder in the Rue Morgue' by Edgar Allan Poe and Satirical Humor

In five pages this paper examines how Poe employed satirical humor regarding art and science in this famous short story. Five sou...

Le Corbusier's and Venturi's Architecture

In five pages this paper examines these architects and their philosophies in an examination of Harvard University's Carpenter Cent...

Nelson Mandela and Vaclav Havel on Politics and Society

In five pages this paper presents a comparison of politics and social control as conceptualized by Nelson Mandela in The Long Walk...

Art and Architecture of Islam in Great Mosque of Damascus and Dome of the Rock

In eight pages Islamic architecture and art are examined in a comparative analysis of these mosaics. Seven sources are cited in t...

Contemporary Artist and the Influence of Eastern Philosophy

In five pages this paper examines how the Eastern philosophies of Zen Buddhism, Taoism, Keiji Nishitani, and Dogan can influence t...

American and European Naturalism

In five pages this paper examines naturalism and its impact upon the culture, art, and philosophy of the United States and Europe....

Common Traits of Ancient Art

In this paper, the writer looks at the different art forms of ancient cultures, including pieces from Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, a...

7 Dimensional Model of Religion by Ninian Smart

he was able to more clearly articulate the similarities of faith that exist among event the most widely divergent populations. Sma...

Death and Dying as a Literary Theme

This paper examines Mitch Albom's book, Tuesdays with Morrie, and Kenneth Kramer's work, The Sacred Art of Dying. The author expl...

Overview of the Gothic Cathedral's Architectural Style

soaring faith. New techniques allowed the cathedral to be taller as man reached higher for contact with God. Inside the building...

Art Works, Impressionist & Post-Impressionist

This essay presents a proposal to purchase reproductions of 3 impressionist paintings and 3 Post-Impressionist. The art works are ...

Ways to See and Panopticon

The title reflects two essay written by two different authors. John Berger wrote the first one about art and images while Michael ...

Revealing Truth through the Lie of Art

us nearer to the truth." This paper evaluates that statement in regard to theater, film and literature. It does so by considering ...

Power and Pathos/National Gallery of Art

This paper describes an exhibit currently be shown at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The exhibit features ancient...

Avant-Garde and Readymade

the changes in any given society so with some chaos and change came more chaotic art. In truth, defining and keeping track...

"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...

Fountain (1917)/Marcel Duchamp

City. They were Joseph Stella, an American artist; Walter Arensberg, an affluent art collector; and Marcel Duchamp, also an artist...

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...

Why Choose to be a Methodist?

and purpose When Oral Roberts was interviewed by a conference committee prior to his ordination as a Methodist minister, he was a...

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...

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...

Assyrian Reliefs

Being that it is an article about ancient art it is not necessarily important that the article be incredibly new. The author is an...

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...

"Leadership: The Warrior's Art" - A Review

an interesting text on leadership in that it attempts to achieve a synthesis of classical leadership ideals with modern contempora...