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Overview of the Baroque Period

In five pages the Baroque period is explored in terms of the contrasts in intellectual, political, and theological thinking that r...

French Absolute Monarchy and Renaissance of Europe

In seven pages this paper discusses the Renaissance of Europe in terms of its impact regarding France's absolute monarchy and on t...

Life and Art of Peter Paul Rubens

In six pages the life of the Flemish artist and three of his works which characterize the Baroque movement of the 17th century are...

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 ...

Musical Analysis of A Mighty Fortress is our God by Johann Sebastian Bach

In five pages this research paper analyzes this hymn in terms of its Baroque style and uniquely Lutheran influential characteristi...

Mystery Sonata in G Minor by Bach

J.S. Bach, such as pulsating basses and galant-sounding melodic lines (Baxendale, 2001). This has caused one critic to assert that...

Definitions in Art

Ages to the beginning of the Renaissance (roughly from the fifth to the sixteenth centuries) (Artcyclopedia). Generally religious ...

The Baroque Cantatas of J.S. Bach

period saw one of the most important changes in all of music history-the "transition from the medieval church modes to major-minor...

Artistic Styles of Spanish Baroque and Flemish

archetypes of the former age. The attention to the spiritual nature of mankind is evident throughout the arts during this time per...

European Cathedrals

opinion that the money spent on these monumental tributes to the sovereignty of God could have better been spent on providing for ...

'Medici Cycle' of Peter Paul Rubens

of understanding into a cultures ideals and belief systems. The purpose of art, the creation of art, the interpretation of art, an...

Baroque Period Technology and Science

At the same time, there was a new found wealth to come through the newly erupting middle class ("The Baroque" 2003). It was a time...

Bernini, Michelangelo, and Donatello's Artistic Representations of David

order to provide more accurate representation of the human body. The advances in knowledge made during these years is evide...

Holland and France During the Baroque Art Period

in 1640 Poussin returned to Paris and to decorate the Grand Gallery of the Louvre and receive royal favors. However, he soon becam...

Baroque Artists and Illusionist Ceiling Paintings

In seven pages this report examines such Baroque artists as Pozzo and Carracci in a consideration of the illusions presented in th...

Crucifixion of St. Peter, Ecstasy of St. Teresa

This essay discusses the baroque era and how Caravaggio's Crucifixion of St. Peter and Bernini's Ecstasy of St. Teresa reflect th...

Baroque Concerto, Vivaldi and Bach

This paper pertains to the Baroque Concerto and focuses specifically on the ways that Vivaldi influenced Bach. Three pages in le...

Social Influence and Art from the Middle Ages to the Baroque

Art has evolved in response to numerous societal factors....

Absolute Monarchy of the Early Modern Era, Style of Baroque, and the Scientific Revolution

1996). The world map, as one example, offered substantial relevancy to Europes existence; prior to the maps invention, poli...

Italian Baroque Ceiling Paintings of the 18th Century

which was a term used by philosophers during the Middle Ages to describe an obstacle in schematic logic" (Wallbank, 1992). As such...

Baroque Concerto Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi

a storm in the third segment of this movement. The summer demonstrates Vivaldis propensity for incorporating non-standard format ...

Comparison of Rococo and Baroque Art

In nine pages the social and political backgrounds of these artistic periods are discussed along with differences and similarities...

Music Appreciation and the Orchestra's Role

In twelve pages this research paper examines how the orchestra is a significant part of the art of musical composition. Nine sour...

Digital Musical Technology and MP3

In fifteen pages MP3 digital music technology and its processes are considered in this overview. Twenty one sources are cited in ...

Louis Armstrong's Musical Influence

In 1947, Armstrong was placed in a group of jazz musicians, and they played a semblance of the old New Orleans style type jazz ("A...

Musical and Libretto Contributions of Wolfgang Mozart's The Magic Flute

chords (Osborne 327). This opera is quite famous for containing a great deal of Masonic symbolism, although Osborne stresses that ...

Analysis of Oh, Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison

towards him and is immediately attracted to her. He speaks to her and while his plea is a comment on her beauty, it is also a lame...

Musical Innovations of John Cage

This process served to free Cage from the exigencies of the melodic line and traditional harmonic progression, and allowed Cage to...

Maria Callas and Billie Holiday

"Ive lived songs like that" (Billie Holiday, PG). MARIA CALLAS Born to a Greek family, Maria Callas was "American by birth and I...

Hong Kong and Hip Hop

in its early days was solely the province of black youth, who took a combination of social comment, alienation and African roots t...