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2 Dutch Masters, Leyden and Steen

earnings from his art were meager ("Seven Dutch Masters: Jan Steen"). In the popular imagination, Steen is associated with the i...

Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanual Leutze

damaged state, the work won a gold medal in Berlin and was "much celebrated in Europe."9 It was part of the permanent collection o...

Impressionism/Music & Art

not explicitly intended to depict any concrete object or situation, but rather seeks to create a "mood or atmosphere," which elici...

Sean Scully/Wall of Light

the formed of "learned communication" (Kuspit). As it is, Scully tries to recreate his lived experience for the viewer by offering...

Neolithic Period to Tang Dynasty Chinese Paintings

were several important developments in the style and theme of Chinese painting during the Han dynasty. Tomb paintings were importa...

An Analysis of the Series of Paintings Voyage of Life by Thomas Cole

Life is "an allegory of the four stages of man: childhood, youth, manhood and old age" (Bertman, 2002). Each of the paintings sho...

17th Century Dutch Paintings' Vanitas Style

situation is shown through the inclusion of some element out of place, in Beyerens case, a small mouse. Beyerens use of th...

Van Der Weyden/Art

connection between the three central figures. St. Luke, while he is painting the Virgin and child, does not appear to be looking ...

'Medici Cycle' of Peter Paul Rubens

of understanding into a cultures ideals and belief systems. The purpose of art, the creation of art, the interpretation of art, an...

Frans Hals and Rembrandt

(His own work 96). This produces a velvety-look to the players tunic, yet the instrument distinctly has the high gloss of polished...

Art of Wassily Kandinsky

KANDINSKYS ART Few realize that Kandinsky is considered to be the founder of abstract art. Though his art was not appreciated at...

Murillo and Velazquez Spanish Painters

what are called knickers today, and a dark cape that is full and is approximately the same length as the abbreviated pants. As ...

Mona Lisa Viewing Experience

world that actually extend beyond a recognition of the genius of the painter. The symmetry, color, rhythm, and other components of...

Impression Sunrise of Claude Monet

moment which will soon disappear with either a breeze, or a blink (Wood 245.) Monets art addressed the previously unacknowledged...

A Tour of the Louvre

In five pages this research paper celebrates the passions of art and politics revealed in various displays of Romantic and Neoclas...

The Wall Art Found in the Etruscan Tombs

This 6 page paper discusses the wall paintings found in Etruscan tombs. Among those discussed are the Tomb of the Baron and the To...

French Artist James Tissot

Although he served in the Franco-Prussian war, he was also accused of being part of the short-lived Paris Commune. Consequently t...

'Woman Holding Her Foot' and the Cubism of Pablo Picasso

One of Picassos widely acclaimed Cubist paintings, the 1907 Woman Holding Her Foot is a fine example of this artist at his Cubist ...

Painting's Verbal Aspects

deeply personal, but they are the product of a lively mind (http://members .aol.com/mg4273/malevich.htm). One of these visual exp...

W.H. Auden, Georges Braque, and Pablo Picasso

In five pages this report considers W.H. Auden's poetry line 'Art is a lie that tells the truth' within the contexts of painting b...

Vitruvian Man and Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci

In four pages this paper examines these paintings' 'imperfections' and what they may perhaps reveal about the Renaissance concepts...

Themes of the Mona Lisa Painting by Leonardo da Vinci

In five pages this paper discusses how this painting represents the 16th century European treatment of women in a consideration of...

European Middle Ages Architecture, Art, and Classical Antiquity

In five pages the influence of classical antiquity on the architecture and art of the European Middle Ages are considered in the a...

Real and Metaphorical Staircases

In five pages this paper discusses staircases in terms of symbolism and reality as represented in a chapel in New Mexico's stairs,...

'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' Lines 550 to 639 Analyzed

he could not possibly survive such a blow. Lines 550-639 of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" concern Gawains preparation for mas...

Tennessee Folklore: The Ghost Lights of Chapel Hill

his lantern, as he searches for his lost head" (Brown). In addition to the lights, some people have reported UFOs in the sky; oth...

Sistine Madonna by Raphael

In five pages Raphael's life is considered in a brief biographical profile but the focus is an artistic analysis of the painting w...

Arena Chapel of Padua, Life of Christ and Giotto di Bondone's Fresco

(McGeary 152). Giotto replaced golden backdrops with hills, meadows and houses, which were familiar to his fourteenth century view...

Titian & Michelangelo/Their Pietas

to a "fever" and Orazio also perished due to the plague ("Art...Titian"). Due to the circumstances, the emotion conveyed by the ...

Art Criticism and Pollock

I am more at ease...I feel nearer, more a part of the painting, since this way I can walk around it, work from the four sides and ...