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Indian Art Piece the Bodhisattva Maitreya

21 3/4 x 7 1/2 x 9 1/2".2 One author, in relationship to the material schist and its use, states that, "Unlike their Mathuran coun...

Art of Ancient Greek Civilization

It is for this reason that Greek art conveyed abstract ideas such as "beautiful" concepts of the human body through a dichotomous ...

Evolution of Modern Art and the Influence of Impressionism

(1899, oil on canvas, 211" x 33", Art Institute of Chicago). The objects in the painting, the bridge, flowers, water and trees hav...

Manifestos in Arts, Crafts, and Marxism

and artistic consequences of what they felt was ill-considered machine use (Crouch, 1999). Hand skills were esteemed due to the fa...

Martial Arts' Overview

such practice that date as far back as 1066-256 B.C. during the Zhou dynasty (Short History of Chinese Martial Arts, 2005). Wit...

Relationship Between Society and Art

In this paper, well present sources that prove that Mr. Greenbergs philosophies are little more than elitist snobbery and that art...

Jane Urquhart's The Stone Carvers

where she needs to go. Klara is taught from an early age that art is a very powerful thing. Her grandfather, a master carver, t...

Frankfurt School & View on Mass Culture

way, attempted to "fix" Marxism and their ideas came to be known as "Critical Theory."5 When Horkheimer became director of the Ins...

Pierre Bourdieu and Art Analysis

field of "taste and aesthetics," and among other things, repudiates the idea that there is a "universal transcendent conception of...

Impressionism/Music & Art

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

Art for the Sake of Art in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

of community theaters and high-school drama clubs). On the complete opposite end of the spectrum from his drawing-room comedies, h...

Van Gogh's Self Portrait (1889)

to replace the superstitious and less credible beliefs of the day. New thinking would also come about in terms of liberty and free...

Art & Creativity/Elementary Classroom

creativity through art is that it provides an ideal medium for teaching diverse student populations. Through art, elementary teach...

Gothic and Roman Design and Art

farmer with his cow passing a roadside shrine on the way to market. 1st c. B.C. (Munich: Staatl. Antikensammlung)" (Early Roman Em...

The Picture of Dorian Gray and Modern Art's Aura Dissolution According to Walter Benjamin's Theory

in print sources (magazines, newspapers) where the image present on the page bears little resemblance to the image "seen by the un...

Picasso, Braque and Cubism

Cubism had an enormous influence on modern art and artists. This paper discusses the work of Picasso, Braque, Leger, Uecker, Ducha...

The Smithsonian Hispanic Art Opinion Essay

In an essay consisting of two pages and five paragraphs the writer's personal observations and opinions regarding five works of ar...

Value of Sidewalk Art

In five pages this paper assesses sidewalk art's community value and also discusses the impact of children's participation with Si...

Mycenae and Early Greece and the Effects of Minoan Culture and Art

In five pages this paper discusses how the art of the Mycenae and early Greece was influenced by the Minoan culture and art with c...

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...

Similarities and Differences Between Art of Incas and Aztecs

There are many similarities and differences between the art of the Incas and Aztecs. This paper analyzes each, touching on the str...

Liberal Arts' Education and its Importance

In four pages this paper examines liberal arts' education in an overview of curriculum benefits and value with job possibility exa...

Fountain of 1917 by Marcel Duchamp

In seven pages this infamous work of art is examined in terms of its impact and how it forever changed the history of art. Eight ...

Modernism, Feminism, and Art Essays

Nine essays totalling seventy five pages provide an integration of perspectives regarding socialization, art and art history on fe...

Performance Art and Theater

In five pages this paper discusses the differences between performance art and theater with an example of theater being the Broadw...

Dutch Art

paintings, he sanctioned the use of artwork for decorative or didactic purposes in the home" (Albany Institute of History and Art,...

Dutch and Italian: Art and Culture

the Church to be displayed or created in the Church (Albany Institute of History and Art, 2007). 2) How does the Dutch...

The Impact of Napoleon on the Art and Science of War

the art and science of war, and also in operational art as he was capable of planning and executing campaigns which achieved "stra...

Art Interpretation: Guernica by Picasso

abstracts pain and fear from history" (Berger 169). He also discusses what Picasso was doing, and not doing and in that respect th...

Feminism, The Female Form, and Postmodern Art

This paper addresses the ways in which the female body has been adorned and admired throughout the history of art. The author com...