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Woman Holding a Balance Painting by Jan Vermeer

to hearth and home. Her expression is one of serenity, and reminds one of the Madonnas expression. In this respect, then, women we...

Young Woman with a Water Jug by Jan Vermeer

In eight pages this paper examines the the life and art of Jan Vermeer with the primary focus being this painting and the female i...

Baroque Paintings

heroic exploits" (Irinas World). And, in this particular painting, which also holds an angel of sorts (actually a goddess) with a ...

17th Century Dutch Painter Vermeer

View of Delft (c. 1658), an oil canvas in the Mauritshuis collection, The Hague, Vermeer carries the eye of the viewer from the pe...

The Woman in Blue Reading a Letter by Jan Vermeer

its geometrical balance with the map, and essentially we are presented with an incredibly intense visual image. But, is this parti...

Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Vermeer

concepts of the South and North" (Strickland 50). In the case of Vermeer he was clearly, and strongly, a Dutch Baroque art...

'Woman Holding Her Foot' and the Cubism of Pablo Picasso

One of Picassos widely acclaimed Cubist paintings, the 1907 Woman Holding Her Foot is a fine example of this artist at his Cubist ...

Van Eyck and Velasquez

the bed (Jan Van Eycks Arnolfini "Wedding" Portrait). Finally, the light source is a window to the left, and the daylight illumina...

2 Dutch Masters, Leyden and Steen

earnings from his art were meager ("Seven Dutch Masters: Jan Steen"). In the popular imagination, Steen is associated with the i...

Can Women Play a Greater Role in Economic Development?

The writer considers the argument that developing countries are losing a potentially valuable resource by holding back women, prev...

The Netherlands, Its Landscape and Its Art

In seven pages this paper discusses how the Netherlands' landscape has been immortalized in art in the beautiful paintings of Verm...

George Stubbs' Painting Displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

In five pages this paper discusses George Stubbs' artistry in a consideration of his paintings' composition and line uses....

Paintings Crucifixion and The Last Judgment by Jan van Eyck

In eight pages these fifteenth century paintings by Jan van Eyck are analyzed in terms of their iconographic, historical, and reli...

Renaissance of Northern Europe

In five pages this paper examines the Renaissance of Northern Europe in a comparative analysis of paintings by Pietr Brueghel the ...

Painting During the Renaissance of Northern Europe

In four pages this paper discusses the paintings of Rogier van der Weyden, Pietr Brueghel the Elder, and Jan van Eyck in terms of ...

Crucifixion and Last Judgment Painting by Jan Van Eyck

is simply the "launching pad for an awesomely stark drama" (Perl, 1998). In the foreground on the Crucifixion panel, heavily drape...

Overview of the Paintings of Weyden, Raphael, and Vermeer

detail is attended to with respect to the intricacies of the human form. Light is the primary separation that exists between two-...

Comparison of Paul Gauguin's La Orana Maria and Johannes Vermeer's Allegory of the Faith

protrudes from the ceiling, perhaps signifying the heavens (Searle). Behind the woman is a tapestry which features the crucifixio...

Holding the Line

The writer examines the Barbara Kingsolver book Holding the Line, which discusses the 1983 mining strike in Arizona. The book reve...

Themes of the Mona Lisa Painting by Leonardo da Vinci

In five pages this paper discusses how this painting represents the 16th century European treatment of women in a consideration of...

French Artist James Tissot

Although he served in the Franco-Prussian war, he was also accused of being part of the short-lived Paris Commune. Consequently t...

Seneca Falls and the Women’s Movement

simply did an overview of the movement. One of the things that is most striking about the Seneca Falls convention is that the Dec...

Virginia Held on defining "Human" and "Natural"

a woman gives her child is "incorporated into the framework of the natural," rather than thought of as a matter of choice, which w...

Birth Defects and Vitamin A Overuse

In five pages this paper discusses how birth defects including those involving the cranial neural crest and retinal issues can be ...

Women in Art of the Victorian Age

of a woman reader, conventionally prim from the waist up, but with her stockinged legs arranged in the position of a side saddle r...

Francois Boucher's The Toilet of Venus and Edgar Degas' Nude Woman Having Her Hair Combed Paintings Comparison

Quite frankly, both Venus and the nameless woman seem equally as fair, yet because of her godly status, Venus is entitled to so mu...

Purple Robe and Anemones Painting by Henri Matisse

In six pages this painting is analyzed in terms of its representations of a woman's sensuous nature and her strength as these qual...

Vincent van Gogh's The Night Cafe in Arles

pure. But, the red is introduced halfway up the walls and carries up to the ceiling, where the vivid green is present. The red and...

Nail Varnish Marketing

to the individual attention as well as the exclusivity of specialist cosmetic counters. The perception of the products is also imp...

Manet's The 'Kearsarge' at Boulogne and J.M.W. Turner's Europa and the Bull Paintings Compared

a smooth, detailed technique....he later experimented with more radical techniques and evolved a highly original style that influe...