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Essays 1981 - 2010

Perceiving the Arts

had learned in Kindergarten. It was a song that had moved him and he wanted to move others. He waited his time and delivered his...

A Short History of Franco-Flemish and Venetian Schools of Art and Music

of Flemish techniques with established French style became the Franco-French school, with the earliest known innovators being the ...

Graffiti as Art

an expressive message to the reader, whether it is a political, social or personal view" (South). Whether it is vandalism or not m...

Van Gogh/Irises

to the left. Directly below these flowers, the iris bed begins and builds in height so that the flowers on the right are the talle...

Maus I and II and Gemma Bovery

his father and mother. While so simple in its black and white presentation there is a very real and complicated feel to the settin...

Ethnographic Research

Observations help the researcher to formulate initial descriptions and explanations of the phenomenon being explored; they may als...

Native American Influences on Modern American Culture

also being reflected in modern culture with the search for a spiritual connection with the earth, which is a value being adopted a...

Commercial Law Questions

expected that it was Gary. Contract law doe not make assumptions regarding the level of consideration, only that it exits, the lev...

A Comparison of Data Requirements for Different Organizations

applicable data ("Developing Custom Database Software," 2008). Innovative organizations do however sometimes find that a commercia...

The King's Quarters at Versailles

of design that was popular in Europe, but particularly in France during the 1700s5. Interior design and ornamentation are aspects ...

Popular Culture of 1950s America

not something that sprung up in the 1990s or 1980s. Yes, it is a 1950s phenomenon ("Film History of the 1950s"). McDonalds was fra...

Jazz as Modernism

Jazz breaks free of restrictions of form and structure, melody and harmony. Jazz allows composers to take "freer liberties with a ...

David Bailey, Photographer

as one of the principal influences and inspirations on him as an artist ("David Bailey, Biography"). According to Bailey, "The fir...

Mondrian and Martin

Mondrians. "Red Bird" is part of the collection at New Yorks Museum of Modern Art, and it is on display on their website. Accordin...

The Meaning of Tattoos and Body Piercing

The most interesting question is really why people get tattoos or piercings in the first place. Despite claims to the contrary, bo...

Hamlet and the Function of Art

soliloquies: "O what a rogue and peasant slave am I," (II.ii.550) in which Hamlet discourses on the art of the theater, and compar...

St. Bernard And Abbot Suger And Art

adorned with art, sculpture and other adornments. He even included the Pope in his negative comments (Encyclopedia of World Biogra...

The Depiction of Reality in the Age of Global Production - PowerPoint Presentation

This 4 page paper is a 10 slide PowerPoint presentation, without speaker notes, looking at the way reality is presented in contemp...

Children's Book Illustrators

"pencil or pen and ink"; however, for her finished pieces, Potter worked primarily in watercolor, adding touches of pen and ink wh...

Medieval Art: The Arch Angel Michael Diptych

sculptures that were produced during this time, none were more magnificent than The Archangel Michael as he was depicted on a sixt...

Article Analysis: Substance Abuse and Mental Illness

inability to regulate decision-making behavior at such times is critical if relapses are to be avoided (Matto, 2007). In addition,...

Lois Mailou Jones: Les Fetiches

balance. While it is clearly a painting that diverged from her other work at the time, and also many of her works to come, it demo...

Viewer Implication in the Work of Marina Abramovic

In many instances involving performance art the performer actually counts on the "willingness of audiences to participate in media...

Operational Art and the Battle of Leyte Gulf

"how should the resources of the joint force be applied to accomplish that sequence of action" (the means) (Overview of operationa...

Baroque Art

Carracci at their workshop in Bologna," and Nicholas Poussin and Claude Lorrain came from France; in addition, Caravaggio came to ...

Admission Essay for a B.F.A. Program in Interior Design

my business opportunities. I hope that my experience in the Interior Design program at the Illinois Institute of Art can...

Sun Tzu and the War in Iraq

in Iraq is not meeting these objectives. First, a majority of Americans are now solidly against the war, meaning that Bush no lon...

Roman and Spanish Art

head, hands and feet. There does appear to be one figure that is dressed in what appears to be almost Roman or Greek clothing, app...

Critique of Georges Bataille’s 1949 Essay ‘The Cruel Practice of Art’

of cruelty. According to Bataille, who was well known for his atheist views, constantly reproducing Christs crucifixion glorifies...

Review of "Delivering the Goods - The Art of Managing Your Supply Chain" by Damon Schechter and Gordon Sander

this book takes on an interesting perspective, instead of trying to see logistics and supply chain management are separate issues ...