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man very much at war with himself, constantly battling inner demons that prolifically poured onto his canvases. He literally had ...

accounts, it is possible for art historians to state that some of the copies of the statue are inaccurate. Grout notes that those ...

it up" (Hurston). By focusing on poor urban blacks instead of writing about the African-American doctors, dentists, and lawyers, ...

areas of the Middle East as well as regions of Africa, Europe, and Asia (Islamic Art). Another author notes that, "The interchange...

Even today, if we look at the extent to which Chinese cultural ideology has made its way to the West via art and...

face and bust, with no other activity taking place, as the background is very dark and inconsequential, it is clearly a portrait. ...

Artists thought the Abstract Expressionists pretentious and over-intense" (Pop art, 2006). The art of the Impressionists a...

conditions of poverty during their particular reconstruction. Clearly such a time would evoke many forms of creative artistic expr...

conceptions of himself, his fellowmen and his universe" (Fleming, 1974, p. 1). The visages that art can take are many and varied, ...

be judged according to its truth, but it can only provide a "true opinion" since it must be judged by external standards. It is th...

some of the essence of urban life, jazz music, and Black pride. Basquiats work demonstrates both the vibrancy and despair of moder...

such as slavery, racism, imperialism and World War I (Lavender, 2000). Modernists, in contrast to the Victorians, focused on human...

time of specific change. Morris (1997), for example, observes even subtle changes in the dress of the Pope between the Renaissanc...

the age of 24 left her son with deep emotional wounds that never completely healed. It is believed that there is a little of Eliz...

of people have a serene quality to them as if the person were completely innocent and good. One can see Da Vincis influence on Ra...

because it is not well understood and is usually treated simplistically. African art in the modern vein is all too often subject t...

elicited feelings causing you to draw closer to God, to give Him His due praise? And, yes, do you believe that the Spirit can use ...

during this time period) was the way the mouth hangs open, in animal-like fashion and the fact that he appears to have no clothes ...

a small area of this, with the arrangement of colours and textures. However, we are arguing that the cross over may be greater tha...

to do so throughout the play as he plots his revenge. "The spirit that I have seen May be the devil; and the devil hath power To...

Persian art. The Smithsonian Institute (2004) tells us that, "This exhibition features twenty-six of the finest illustrated manusc...

can be found in Zhan Ziqians Spring Excursion. Li Sixun and his son Li Zhaodao in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty were the represen...

which all students and staff members are learners who continually improve their performance" (NYCPDS, 2004). According to Spark...

study their ways and means, learn from their successes and failures and add your quota. Thus you may acquire from the experience o...

seems to have earned a portion of his income by supplying pornography to Viennese collectors (Lucie-Smith). Both Schiele and Mun...

for their own sake and not for moral edification, as was the stance popular in the Victorian era. There has been considerable de...

Walter Benjamin was "was positive about new technologies, emphasizing their liberating, democratizing influences. This put him at ...

first shot is fired. Finding the enemys vulnerability has always been a strategy, but in this book one is also urged to look for o...

much that it has immeasurably been altered. Who was Socrates and why was he so influential? Socrates was a Greek philosopher who ...

renderings, she was portrayed as "clothed and formal" (Anonymous, 1997a); however, in later years this image was significantly alt...