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scholarly achievement (Ebrey, 1993). The Sung dynasty is often compared to the Tang dynasty which preceded it (618-907) (Ebrey,...

the time. In regards to this Renoir is often noted as being perhaps the only artist who never painted a sad painting. Many quote h...

elder brother Giovanni, who was nicknamed "Il Botticello," which means "little barrel" (Schmeckebier 138). It is believed he was ...

collection of sayings which give a significant insight into Confucian thought and philosophy. The Book of Changes, for instance, i...

world of art was also introduced to a unique paradigm of a painting technique and skill known today as miniatures. The emperors of...

manufacturers to compete effectively in consumer-driven markets that demand wide selection as well as relatively low prices. The ...

this we are given a painting that evokes soft and sensuous feelings that are easy to pinpoint due to the fact that this painting h...

living sisters, felt trapped between the obligations imposed on her by the world of her parents and the conflicting concepts prese...

reunification with the Peoples Republic of China in 1997" (Shelton and Adams, 1990, 45). It is still uncertain whether th...

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...

of this for the government was that communism thwarted any attempts at economic growth, and it became obvious to many in Chinas go...

with the exception of Renoir and those who shared in the pairs experiments with color and technique. Monet banished black and gra...

among the applicable families; however, it was not as welcomed by the rest of the citizenry as clearly evidenced by these five sto...

the Dead Watching" Despite the fact that he painted numerous tropical scenes and used the colors of the jungles and oceans of the...

a passage in Polizianos La giostra Gombrich successfully adduced Ficinis interpretation of the mythical birth of Venus from the se...

and the job of teaching the children fell to the grandparents" (Social Revolution and Students), which forced people to become mor...

might compare the situation to that of the United States in the twentieth century when farmers went bust, depended on government a...

going to force themselves on someone (Artemisia Gentileschi, 2002). And, it should be noted, that one of the men in the picture i...

meant to symbolize the conditions of rural poverty in China and its openness and vastness is typical of Chinese art works which eq...

on the outside. Her only exposure to American lifeways, in fact is that she sees infiltrating her home through my daughter and in...

won Mr. Chabas the Medal of Honor, it caused no flurry of attention" in terms of producing a buyer (Bull, 1998; sptmrn.html). Beca...

finally being admitted to the organization), the country has begun several reforms, including relaxation of its stance against for...

images to such effect that the original image is hard to see. There are many pictures painted in the 1930s and 40s which were pain...

observing the ships that crowd the harbor. Their serenity provides an interesting contrast to the business of the ships, and the c...

2002). Furthermore, the idea of mien (face) is very important in the Chinese culture and very directly related to respect and t...

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

from a state of freedom to a willingness to submit to the states authority? This is the underlying question in the majority of hi...

of color to drawing (2002). The economy of statement had been seen to be in line with keeping with the new severity of taste (20...

he was relatively ambivalent about any political aspects of his work (Internet source). Pioche writes: "Being of peasant stock, he...

The first point to be made here would be that the Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) is one of the major traditional national holi...