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Portrait of the Baroque Artistic Age

In six pages this paper consists of the predominant portraiture of the Baroque period and includes discussion of Rembrandt, Judith...

Fayum Portraits

as to whether or not they actually resembled the deceased to any greater degree. Analyses of the paintings shows that they are oft...

Ancient Art

Both are clearly made of very different materials. The Head of a Roman Patrician is carved from marble and is thus a three dimensi...

Overview of Baroque Art

This paper consists of a three page consideration of Baroque art in terms of the way in which the artistic style personified the t...

Comparative Artistic Analysis of Gimaud and Bernini

and an introduction of new and exploratory forms. However, the term has now also come to mean other forms of grotesquerie or absur...

Baroque Artistic Period and Meaning

describe the art from the baroque period they would include: spacious, dynamic, natural, colorful, passionate, sensual and versat...

Artistic Styles of Spanish Baroque and Flemish

archetypes of the former age. The attention to the spiritual nature of mankind is evident throughout the arts during this time per...

Review of Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

"girl-child." The writer accepts it about himself - the challenge then remains, do we accept it as readers. If the idea stymies ...

Meso American Civilizations of the Aztec, Maya, and Inca

In six pages this essay contrasts and compares these early Meso American civilizations in terms of organizational, agricultural, r...

Bauhaus, Art Nouveau, and Arts and Crafts

As Ruskin stated, all cast from the machine is bad, as work it is dishonest" (The Arts and Crafts Movement in the American Midwest...

Comparative Artistic Analysis of 'Entombment' and 'Venus of Urbino'

hues. Jacopo Pontormos "Entombment" echoed the stylistic principles of early Mannerism. A strong shift from the direction ...

Concerto Grosso Number 4 in A Minor by Charles Avison

This was not an uncommon practice at the time. Bach did virtually the same thing with some of Vivaldis composition. One commentato...

Performance of the Baroque Cello

physical differences between a modern cello and the typical eighteenth century instrument. For one thing, there is a wedge under ...

Europe's Disenchantment Period

In a paper of fifteen pages an examination of European history includes the Middle Ages, Baroque period, and The Enlightenment in ...

Different Types and Regional Museum Pieces

liked to envision men, the primary subject of sculpture, as regal and noble and strong characters. There was nothing more powerful...

Spanish Interiors an Baroque and Rococo Architecture

In many ways the terms Baroque and Rococo can be interchangeable as "Baroque and late Baroque, or Rococo, are loosely defined term...

Renaissance and Baroque

instrument and during the Renaissance period flutes and reed instruments were widely used. One author notes, "The basic reed instr...

An Examination of Baroque Musical Forms

Motet While Gregorian chants were intended entirely for liturgical and worship purposes, this was not the case for later Renaiss...

Baroque Music, An Overview

This essay presents an overview of the Baroque musical era. The writer talks about the features of the music, defines certain musi...

Social Influence and Art from the Middle Ages to the Baroque

Art has evolved in response to numerous societal factors....

Time Capsule: Renaissance & The Age Of Baroque

Architectural fetishism came of age during the Renaissance. Classified as a magically empowered inanimate object, a fetish may ta...

Changing Driver’s License Age Limits to Save Lives

description shows the factors that are common in crashes involving teens: a 16-year old boy was driving; he was in an SUV; there w...

Paintings of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres and Diego Velazquez

at the artist who is painting them. From these perspectives we can see that much of both paintings, in terms of presentation of...

The Art of Alice Neel

and the paintbrush she holds. Small touches of red in her face and in the shadows of her neck and legs, punch up the contrast of ...

Self Portrait of Henry James in The Portrait of a Lady

In ten pages this report discusses how the characterizations within the novel The Portrait of a Lady actually represents a portrai...

Portrait Comparison Between Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres and Francisco Goya

In five pages this paper compares Ingres's Comtesse DHaussonville portrait with Goya's portraits of Don Pedro, Duque De Osuna. Fi...

Wilde's and Dickens' Ideas of Traditional Families

the world. This may be a critical look, on the part of Wilde, at the realities of the traditional family which presumes it is the ...

Middle Ages and How Artistic Creativity was Influenced by Christianity

In seven pages this paper discusses how during the Middle Ages the creativity of artists was strongly influenced by the Catholic C...

Reception Theory vs. Dominant Ideology of Art

In five pages this paper discusses the artistic conflict between the dominant ideology and reception theories during the Middle Ag...

Rembrandt's Self Portrait, William Shakespeare's King Lear and Their Portrayals of Old Age

In five pages this paper discusses how two different art forms depict the same topic - old age....