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Botticelli's Birth of the Virgin and Pablo Picasso's Les Demoiselles

In five pages this paper examines how these Renaissance and twentieth century paintings reflect social attitudes and scientific pr...

Analyzing the Painting Rembrandt Contemplating the Bust of Aristotle

In five pages this painting is analyzed in terms of three aspects of the subject's psychological mood, light, and shadow which is ...

The Life and Works of Lorenzo de Medici

This paper focuses on the artistic accomplishments and life of Lorenzo de Medici, ruler of Florence during the Renaissance period....

San Marco, Venice's Artistic and Musical Humanism During the Renaissance

of Venice and the notion of Renaissance humanism. The focus of this research study, then, is to consider the notion of humanism i...

Art of the Renaissance and Human Nature

renaissance view of human nature by examining the works of the great renaissance artists. The Renaissance View of Human Nature The...

Comparison Between Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo

follows "A good painter must paint two things above all others the person and the intent of that persons soul" (qtd. in North 16)....

Eighteenth Century Art and Its Economic and Sociopolitical Impacts

In three pages artists Francois Boucher and Jacques Louis David are discussed in an examination of how the art of the 18th century...

Review of The Arts of China by Michael Sullivan

In four pages this book that chronicles the development and history of Chinese art from the ancient period to the 20th century is ...

Comparison of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Mexican Art

In five pages this paper compares the Mexican art trends of this time period and examines the regional impact generated by the War...

Middle Ages Art and Demon Iconography

In eleven pages art of the Middle Ages is discussed in terms of the popularity of devil representations that dominated paintings, ...

An Exploration of Aztec Art

In a paper consisting of six pages various aspects of Aztec art are explored in terms of history, culture, and influence, with per...

Aegean Art in Greece

In this paper consisting of four pages the Aegean art that existed before the emergence of the Classical Greek art period is explo...

Architecture of Early Greece

In about ten pages the architecture of early Greece is examined in terms of its various styles and periods. The annotated bibliog...

Architectural Fetishes

In eighteen pages fetish architecture is examined in terms of uses, time periods, and various techniques. There is also the inclu...

1955 to 1975 Feminist Movement Rebirth

participant within the workplace was but one aspect of feminism between 1955 and 1975; however, along with it also came undesirabl...

Cherokee Indians and Religion

the Cherokee from their homelands, the establishment of a government reservation for the people, and the ultimate separation of th...

Early Modern Culture and Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

protagonist does not only not fight against sin, he embraces it, and categorically refuses all attempts at redemption. The followi...

Art and Architecture of the Renaissance and Modern Eras

world of mankind as much as a concern for the hereafter (which was the sole concern of medieval man). This new way of thinking is ...

Similarities and Differences Between the 17th Century Scientific Revolution and 18th Century Enlightenment

matter, "organic and inorganic alike," could be defined in terms of extension and motion (Burns, 1969, p. 567). Therefore, Descart...

The Urban Evolution of Paris

the Right Bank, this traditional barrier had to be extended by another structural wall in the fourteenth century (Diefendorf, 1991...

A Comparison of Greek Sculptures

in the afterlife. The two figures do not appear to be sculpted, but are rather painted on to the marble column. The figures look ...

19th and 20th Century Development of Russia

the wealthy. Many were secretly considering an end to Tsarist rule. A small attempt at revolution by the Decemberists sought to de...

1868 to 1938 Civil Rights in America

the bonds of slavery but it did nothing toward meeting their basic needs. The former slaves had no money and no where to live (Mc...

Scientific Revolution and How It Evolved

place (Meeks PG). With the advent of the Copernican theory that the sun, not the Earth, was the center of the universe people wer...

2002 to 2004 Forecasts Regarding the American Economy

approximately 1% is expected to increase to about 2% (10). The Office of Economic Analysis provides the following projections: Pro...

Monroe Doctrine to Cold War American Foreign Policy

nations. The 1824 U.S. isolation from the rest of the world would be formalized with the Monroe Doctrine, a foreign policy ...

India and the British Empire

elements of civilisation to the native Britons, and in the latter part of the nineteenth century, the Pax Britannica was frequentl...

European Transitions from Ancient Times Through the 18th Century

also comes with other ideals and towards the end of the eighteenth century, things changed immensely. Trade had already opened new...

U.S. Economy During the 1970s

utilization of monetary policy as implicit (1999). Authors suggest that monetary policy is in fact most responsible for what has ...

Background and the Pricing Strategies of OPEC

price increase. This means that it is an inelastic product, as petroleum is an inelastic product, when prices increase and...