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Native Americans as Depicted in the Art of the Dominant European Culture

contended to be even more misleading. The infatuation with Native Americans is, however, particularly obvious when one considers ...

The Cosby Show

of the African American community in the nation (The Professor). From the opposite perspective another author, in quoting ones com...

Diego Velazquez’ Las Meninas

to Velasquez when he was working in his Studio and suddenly the little princess and her entourage appeared."4 But, there is clearl...

Jacques-Louis David: “The Death of Socrates”

First, Socrates, who is obviously the focus of the painting, is sitting up, still teaching as shown by his raised left hand. Hes m...

Analysis of the Monet's Impressionist Painting "Woman with a Parasol" (Also Known as "The Stroll, Camille Monet, and Her Son Jean")

depict life as they saw it honestly and realistically, and not as an extension of deceptive social or political propaganda (Impres...

Notre Dame from the Quai de la Tournelle Painting by Dutch Painter Johan-Barthold Jongkind

visionary. The social and political history of mid-nineteenth century France had an enormous impact upon the art that was produce...

Theodore Chasseriau's Andromeda

killed the Gorgon Medusa, rescued Andromeda, slaying the monster. As indicated above, Chasseriaus work has been viewed as a brid...

Storm Paintings by Watteau and Delacroix

workers who are hurrying to finish their work and/or reach their destinations before the storm arrives are on the left-hand side o...

Kandinsky, Beckmann, and Marc

Introduction In the early part of the 20th century there were many artists creating intriguing pieces of work that were very uniq...

Social and Political Views of Pablo Picasso

it is wise to be wary of people who are quick to dump on a passionate temperament, particularly during conservative social and pol...

Life and Times of Pablo Picasso Represented in His Paintings

it is wise to be wary of people who are quick to dump on a passionate temperament, particularly during conservative social and pol...

Madonna and Child by Fra Fillipo Lippi

possessed a style "on which his great pupil Botticelli informed himself" (Olgas Gallery, 2007). At the time of painting Madonna an...

Ruysch: Floral Still Life

to get a decent representation on a computer monitor.) But we do know that she was a pupil of van Aelst, and that he worked with v...

Cimabue's "Madonna And Child Enthroned By Angels"

opportunity to create an illusion so grand that the observer is unable to determine what is image and what is reality. Light is t...

Saint Paul Writing His Epistles

religious. In terms of it being historical, one may assume, without the presence of the title, that he could be a historical figur...

Venice, Italy

be seen both across the expanse of water and reflected in it (Lauritzen 12). San Marco is constructed so as to catch the light. Th...

Impressionism/Music & Art

characterizes both the music and the art of the impressionist movement. As a term, "impressionism" derives from a painting by Cl...

Early and High Renaissance

inquiry, which they saw as the "key to success," and believing this they sought to discover the laws governing such things as the ...

Dan Brown and "The Madonna of the Rocks"

This 3 page paper discusses the painting "The Madonna of the Rocks" that hangs in the Louvre with regard to the hand gestures of M...

Goya/Executions of the Third of May, 1808

people who were followers of the European Enlightenment who supported the idea of a more "liberal, constitutional government."v Go...

Art Critique: Reaction

himself, on a pedestal that is covered in fabric. The photo is a profile of the man and his entire body, save for a small portio...

Two Paintings from the Wadsworth Antheneum Museum of Art

rich with character. Apparently Courbet was from a very wealthy family and yet this picture presents him very much as a common man...

Henry James's 19th Century Critique of John S. Sargent's 'Lady with the Rose' Painting

lived a privileged upbringing throughout Europe (Downes 5). Lacking a university education did not deter this young sketch artist...

Death in the Paintings 'My Birth' by Frida Kahlo and 'The Trench' by Jose Clemente Orozco

me today?" (Reed 25) His art has been described as being both powerful and extraordinary, and since the Mexican Revolution coinci...

Three Modern Art Works

the paintings. To further narrow the field, Ive looked at each of the works in turn, picked out those that draw me most strongly....

Last Supper by Leonardo Da Vinci

picture" (Messengers of Light, 2005). There has also been recent discussion and controversy over one figure not being one of Jesus...

Dutch Vanitas Paintings and Vanity

the human body. In Leiden, the first important Vanitas painter was David Bailly (1584-1657), and later Pieter Claesz (c. 1596-166...

Room in New York by Edward Hopper

bright yellow and adorned with pictures. The viewer sees the couple as if grazing through a window while walking down the street....

Japanese Edo Art and Vincent Van Gogh's The Courtesan

the Japanese woman is "framed" by a pond that features water lilies, reeds and bamboo, as well as two figures in a boat, two frogs...

Overview of Impressionism

that will be discussed, involves his focus on the less than beautiful aspects of women. He did not fall into the genre of painters...