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20th Century Propaganda and Art

In five pages the various ways in which 20th century propaganda has been reflected in art are examined. Three sources are cited i...

Turquoise and its Mystique

In eight pages this paper discusses the historical allure of turquoise in this consideration of Native American art and the Americ...

Modernism and the Art of Mark Rothko

In six pages this paper examines modernism and its impact upon painting in a consideration of the art of Mark Rothko. Four source...

Ancient Works of Art

far more meaning that representing daily life. According to one particular author, "The Cycladic civilization of the Aegean sea...

'On the Standard of Taste' by David Hume

would be clearly dependent upon the eye of the beholder. Therefore, the conclusions were not judgments, per se, but were response...

Sculpture from Greece and Egypt

body" (Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greek and Roman Art). This particular statue is 9 and 5/8 inches high and is made from bronz...

Aristotle's Nature Study, Physics, and Analogy of Art Uses

successful in clarifying his principle of nature. In Aristotles "Physics" Book II first written in 350 B.C.E. he compare...

Cinema and Truth

sister, Cynthia. As if to complicate matters further, Johns old college friend, Graham, shows up in town for a visit and something...

Significance of the Magdeburg Ivory

the Great Exhibition, 2002). The Magdeburg Ivory is considered to be among the most famous of ivory carvings to emerge...

Tang Dynasty Artists and the Silk Road's Cultural Influences

its open access was that of the Tang Dynasty from 618-907 A.D. In addition to the Silk Road land routes, many scholars also includ...

Drama, Aristophanes, and Plato

yet does not lose faith in the just and true" (Plato Jowett Translation Characters). In this we see that Plato appears to be indic...

Umberto Boccioni and Jean Dubuffet

Expressionist, a cave painter (and poet) with a yen for existentialist texture" (Adams 126). In his earliest works, 1917 to 1936...

Fold Theory in the Arts and in the Time and Space of the Female Body

the folding of womens existence and the reaffirming and reinventing of the feminine concept is still prevalent. The Fold: The F...

Female Artists of the 19th Century

was considered to be an essential component of every young artist training. Some critics at that time actually argued that no grea...

Culinary Arts and Customer Service

of organizational effectiveness (Byrne, 1992; Gagne, 1983; Lowe and Masseo, 1986 cited in Emery, Summers and Surak, 1996). TQM foc...

The Needs of Strangers by Michael Ignatieff

needs of all human beings and must be translated into the politics and philosophies of modern life. He emphasizes the need that hu...

Personal Problems in the Poetry of Sylvia Plath

poetry as the stresses. It is because of this particular styling that syllabic poems most often contain no rhyme or uniform numbe...

Native American Algonquin Tribe

variety of dialects (1999). Algonquian-speaking peoples have dominated most of the northeastern North America (1999). Also confus...

Fine Art Defined

something they feel, or something they are. When the art is finished it has found its end, and it is complete. From another per...

Perceptions and Awareness of Aesthetics

our manner of interaction with the world, ourselves, and others. Our perceptual capacities are not fixed; they are not static or ...

Czechoslovakian Artist Milan Knizak

of art which transcend the existing categories of art, whether they come from music or language, from the fine arts or from dance"...

Art According to Plato and Aristotle

However, Allen also makes the point that Platos attitude was at least partially due to his respect and fear of the powers of art o...

Architectural Design and Art Theory Integration

also something they can enjoy (Architecture Vs. Contemporary Art, 2002)? How can architecture mirror the fast changing cultural pa...

Beauty, Art, and The Portrait of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

In seven pages the ways in which Wilde's novel explores the meaning of beauty and art are discussed. There are no other sources c...

Madonna of the Clouds by Donatello

In nine pages this Donatello piece as featured in Boston's Museum of Fine Arts is considered in terms of this marble's relationshi...

Representation

In five pages representation is examined within the context of the statement 'The art of representing and reducing the other alway...

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...

Greece's Golden Age

In six pages this paper examines classical Greece's architecture and art with a discussion of the Acropolis and the sculptures of ...

Analyzing How Sandro Botticelli Transformed the Beauty of His Idealism into a Reality Dark and Somber

deserve to become the focus of a truly disinterested affection" (Kuspit The Psychoanalytic Construction of Beauty). This eloquent...

Continuity in Indian Art

be contended to be one of the most integral components of Indian expression through the ages. From the most primitive aspects of ...