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Fayum Portraits

as to whether or not they actually resembled the deceased to any greater degree. Analyses of the paintings shows that they are oft...

Ancient Art

Both are clearly made of very different materials. The Head of a Roman Patrician is carved from marble and is thus a three dimensi...

Wilde's and Dickens' Ideas of Traditional Families

the world. This may be a critical look, on the part of Wilde, at the realities of the traditional family which presumes it is the ...

Paintings of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres and Diego Velazquez

at the artist who is painting them. From these perspectives we can see that much of both paintings, in terms of presentation of...

Self Portrait of Henry James in The Portrait of a Lady

In ten pages this report discusses how the characterizations within the novel The Portrait of a Lady actually represents a portrai...

The Art of Alice Neel

and the paintbrush she holds. Small touches of red in her face and in the shadows of her neck and legs, punch up the contrast of ...

Portrait Comparison Between Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres and Francisco Goya

In five pages this paper compares Ingres's Comtesse DHaussonville portrait with Goya's portraits of Don Pedro, Duque De Osuna. Fi...

Jesus and Socrates

For example, Bostick (1935) makes copious use of footnotes, drawing on the works of Plato and Xenophon, who were two of Socrates d...

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Moderation. Avoid extremes; forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve. 10. Cleanliness. Tolerate no uncleanline...

Natural Art and the Photography of Sally Mann

passions for nature and photography. Dr. Mungers photographic collection included several shots of a nude young Sally playing out...

Portrait of the Artist and Ulysses By James Joyce

as a Young Man and Ulysses by James Joyce are two very different works. Portrait has a much more conventional structure than Ulyss...

Views on South African Slavery

This research paper/essay addresses the view of historian Robert Shell on the nature of slavery in South Africa's Cape Colony and ...

Crown Cork and Seal Case Study

also reflected in 44 percent declining profit margins between 1968 to 1975 for the current industry. metal containers are also con...

Personal Portrait Drawing Personality Development Models

ignored or if care is not consistent, the infant will develop mistrust, that is, fears of abandonment (Arnett, 2003). If the careg...

Laboring for the Workers

increasingly difficult task. Tony Mazzocchi has been fighting that battle for years. Mazzocchi served in three different campaign...

A Branding Plan for a Photography Company

a high level of disposable income, often in the public eye. 3. The Product The final product, referred to as a Premier Portrait,...

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...

Canada in Letters by Charlotte Gray

with any kind of revenue, real cash, in these early days. And, it also clearly illustrates that on the other side of surviving for...

Frida Kahlo Self Portrait

and dark in nature. This is further emphasized by the fact that Mexicos roots are very natural and organic, whereas the United Sta...

David Bailey, Photographer

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

Allegory and Exemplum in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

are knit by Chaucer into a complex tapestry in this allegorical tale, illustrating the instability of lifes joys, but also the sam...

Modernist Portrait of Ernest Hemingway

It was Fitzgerald who is credited with coining the phrase Jazz Age to describe the 1920s. During this time, the spectre of war an...

Picasso/Sylvette

curves, with the neck more or less elongated; somewhat stockier; somewhat thinner; Sylvette obdurate; closed; ironic; absent ("Lot...

1887 Self Portrait of Vincent Van Gogh

in the 1886 Impressionist exhibition. In the Art Institutes Self Portrait, the sharp, direct gaze of the artist, whose eyes practi...

Gainsborough's Eighteenth Century English Portraits

Sarah Siddons was a well known personality of the age, perhaps the most famous actress. This presence of character is represented ...

Max Beckmann's Self Portrait with Horn

This offers a very powerful statement that can be seen as quite emotional and strong. When we think of the color orange we are ...

Biography of John Brown by Stephen B. Oates

himself was raised by a strict, fundamentalist father who beat him often for the slightest infraction of rules or signs of religio...

African Mask Controversy and Gertrude Stein

(Danto 19). Danto supports his argument with the fact that this is the natural progression out of Picassos Blue Period, which embo...

Overview of 6 Roman Portraits

antipathy towards the Romans (2004). It has also been suggested that portraits in the Roman Empire at the time were more a reflect...

2 Paintings by Gustav Klimt

synthesizes all of his diverse talents and multiple influences and results in an image that is completely unique in terms of its e...