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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 ...

But in terms of its more commercial use as understood by modern people, it is a relatively new art form and should be thought of a...

to define its own unique identity was by emphasizing its strengths as a highly industrialized capitalist society. An artistic mov...

There were numerous monuments and statues constructed during the reign of...

sexual orientation, and consequently these different facets may take on different degrees of priority at different times in their ...

come through art and through living the life of an artist. In the beginning we do not necessarily see that Thea herself is sure...

better than his master and having seen that Verrocchio swore never to pick up a paint brush again (Hellmich, 1997). In 1481, Leon...

within a theory of natural selection as it worked on primates and early hominids. Dissanayake sees a distinct connection between...

understood. He goes on to call it a queer thing that abounds in metaphysical subtleties as well as theological niceties (1887). A...

In five pages this paper examines the publicly donated art collection of Henry Clay Frick after his death in terms of how the vari...

are opposed by the church. In comparing this time period--the old world system of the early Italian Renaissance--with a new world ...

smarter" brought him fame at the turn of the century, the societys appetite for greater productivity has been insatiable (1999). ...

reviews, and black-and-white reproductions of fine art, to the Pollock family in Orland, providing Jackson with his first exposure...

forms. This Snake Goddess--who shakes two snakes as an animal sits on her head--may have been used as part of this ritual" (Anonym...

limitations. The law of pragnanz, which asserts that man is "innately driven to experience things in as good a gestalt as possibl...

arrested by photography(Mendieta). Almost no one was defining their art as Mendieta was during this time in history. Certainly ...

political in terms of tradeoffs made, take too long to develop, take too many organizational resources and fail to measure the cri...

land and the pastimes of the Dutch people who were an increasingly prosperous merchant middle class" (Anonymous Dutch Baroque Peri...

long held beliefs, intellectual theories, and works her way deep into the root causes, in her opinion, of much of the social and r...

deserve to become the focus of a truly disinterested affection" (Kuspit The Psychoanalytic Construction of Beauty). This eloquent...

the nineteenth century, or so, the art world seemed to go into a slump. Quite like writers block, this slump saw a lull in the art...

comes to the aid of Hrothgar: "Thou Hrothgar, hail! Hygelacs I, kinsman and follower. Fame a plenty have I gained in youth! These...

for more than five thousand years"(ITR, 2002). How the Egyptians discovered the process is as big a mystery as any other technolo...

This report contrasts and compares the art from the ancient Minoan culture and Sumer in five pages. Six sources are cited in the ...

did my spirit seal; / I had no human fears: / She seemed a thing that could not feel / The touch of earthly years."1 Romance expr...

this "a bitter argument" arose "at the Royal Academy, fellow students labeled Millais, Hunt, and anybody else who shared their bel...

of his arm, and it also affected his ability to paint. In 1920, Pippin would marry Ora Giles of South Carolina and they settled i...

Paris during the nineteenth century for an artist to be accepted and gain success it was necessary for their world to be accepted ...

from the buildings as they collapsed, this rendition had proved controversial. In fact, all art is controversial. Several years ag...

face (Higgins 95). This oneness with and reverence for nature is also depicted quite excellently in the so-called "Toreador" fres...