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Artist, Scientist, and Engineer Leonardo da Vinci

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

Postmodernism Defined

of another direction, only to be broken apart and redeveloped by way of postmodernistic composition. Technology, as such, represe...

Allen Ginsberg's Life and Poetic Art

that its bizarre poetic form could also be attributed to Ginsbergs love of jazz music. The coffeehouses which reached their popul...

Art and Architecture of the Renaissance and Modern Eras

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 ...

Graphic Arts and its History

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...

Judith and Her Maidservant with The Head Of Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi

Holofernes reflects the angst so commonly portrayed in Gentileschis work. With the prospect of danger forever just around the cor...

Typography and the Avant Garde Art Movement

spread across Europe, and as the technology spread, so did ideas, revolutions and feelings (Phinney, 2002). During the 19t...

High Modernism and Postmodern Art in the Works of William Faulkner and Virginia Woolf

"exciting, gripping story of crime and bloodshed" (Anonymous PG) leaves the reader with many unanswered questions, which only serv...

Censorship and Pornography

Common Definitions One of the earlier definitions of pornography appeared in an 1864 edition of Websters dictionary: "licentious ...

Edgar Allan Poe's 'Fall of the House of Usher,' Art and Literature

walls, the ebon blackness of the floors, and the phantasmagoric armorial trophies which rattled as I strode, were but matters to w...

Houston's Museum of Fine Arts

white and black color scheme of the bird (white feathers, black accent on the tips of its wings, black legs) stand out in sharp co...

Arts and the Views of Plato

of quickness and penetration, piercing easily below the clumsy platitudes of Thrasymachus to the real difficulty; he turns out to ...

Paleolithic Art Purposes and Meanings

the activities that took place there were not everyday activities - probably ritual activities" (Petersen, 2001; paleo.htm). Be...

Chinese Calligraphy Art Form

and is known as the curly script for the form it adopts after each stroke (Calligraphy). Emperor Qin Shi Huang modified ancient z...

Marketing

Of far greater interest to the consumer are the costs, the utility, and the popularity of any given item . . . and not necessarily...

Gardens of Versailles Art History Examination

itself" (Covington, 2001, p. 90). The gardens mirrored the "air of grandeur" that French royalty itself sought to embody (De Nolh...

A Comparison of Donatello's David and Michelangelo's David

glorification of the nude that sculptors were destined to follow for many years (Burns 411). A local cultural touch is provided b...

An Aesthetician's Perspective on Art

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...

Love of Women Represented in Pre Raphaelite Art

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

Artist Horace Pippin's Life and Times

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...

Ornamental Arts, Fame and Fate in Beowulf

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

Impressionist Artists and the Influence of Japanese Art

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

The Moon Rises

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

Comparative Analysis of Ancient Art Woman or Goddess with Snakes and Eannatum, Prince of Lagash

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

Continuity in Indian Art

be contended to be one of the most integral components of Indian expression through the ages. From the most primitive aspects of ...

Documentary Evolution

it can be seen to have been on its way out at the dawn of all the other television competition for viewers time. Perspectives shif...

Significance of the Magdeburg Ivory

the Great Exhibition, 2002). The Magdeburg Ivory is considered to be among the most famous of ivory carvings to emerge...

Tang Dynasty Artists and the Silk Road's Cultural Influences

its open access was that of the Tang Dynasty from 618-907 A.D. In addition to the Silk Road land routes, many scholars also includ...

The Life and Art of Amy Tan

little pleasure from drafting speeches for corporate executives," working as much as ninety hours a week because she could not see...

Overview of Minoan Art and Culture

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