Essays 481 - 510
by Aristotle as a kind of activity based on knowledge and governed by rules" (Witcombe, 2003). From this perspective an art, or tr...
However, Allen also makes the point that Platos attitude was at least partially due to his respect and fear of the powers of art o...
also something they can enjoy (Architecture Vs. Contemporary Art, 2002)? How can architecture mirror the fast changing cultural pa...
other primary governor is Confucianism (Robinson, 2002). Taoism has a great deal in common with other religious beliefs, such as c...
the public in 1900 (Victoria Art Gallery, 2003). The Gallery houses a range of oil painting dating from the fifteenth century, fea...
preachers come away from some sermons with a sense of satisfaction in knowing that a specific sermon was "good," but without means...
PG), yet they yearned for something much more intimate, something that just did not exist in their homeland. What they found, how...
statue conveys a sense of well being to the viewer. In this statue, the Avalolkitesvara is pictured in interesting pose that sugge...
to have a grand view of the ocean. Yet, this concept is not new. the idea that location and climate were the utmost concerns emana...
been seen were though of as to sophisticated and complex, appeal to the elite and to abstract from every day meaning. Two of the m...
where the latter merely assembles information from myriad places in order to render historic imagery; in this case, the author nee...
the tale of Icarus. We do know that Auden visited the sixteenth century painting by Peter Breughel when it was displayed in the M...
and is a study of psychological reactions. A serene Christ, who is resigned to his destiny, has just announced to his disciples th...
were the most significant paintings for American to know and recognize. Nearly forty paintings and two sculptures can be found in ...
ornate. It is believed that this particular sculpture was carved to stand before the burial site of a youth who was the member ...
most fundamental theme or issue in this particular film involves the title. This title refers to an individual who is nothing more...
by geographic, socio-economic, educational or other barriers, as well as enriching the quality of individual, family and community...
world as well as that within the U.S. In comparison other articles reveal that American art has not been considered as successful ...
life for victims of this disease. Light in the Labyrinth pairs professional artists with Alzheimers patients for a period of eight...
technique, its origins and finally, its application. Kempo was not originally called, Kempo, but rather Shorinji Toraken Ry...
a rather poor situation. One can pick out the bride when one looks carefully enough, but she is nothing like one would expect a br...
of terrorist attacks -- more specifically, the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001 on the World Trade Centers in New York City....
of the bright lights of consumption" (Vincent 96). The art and artists that characterize the 1960s represented not simply a diver...
in his career, Bernini occupied himself with church architecture late in life, designing three churches -- "one a Greek cross, one...
how Charles Baudelaire, Fran?ois Truffaut, and Sigmund Freud, based on their inheritance of lyricism, shaped and perpetuated a cul...
in 1640 Poussin returned to Paris and to decorate the Grand Gallery of the Louvre and receive royal favors. However, he soon becam...
ways of the farmer and those who work with the land. A return to the land and the environment may signal a return to these types o...
was a time of the "rebirth" of the individual in thought and life style, this unique need to express the individual can also be se...
looking. By the tilt of her head and the direction of her eyes you will see that she is looking, almost staring at the lower left...
that will form the core of our discussion concerning American Abstract Expressionist painter, Jackson Pollock (1912-56). Paint Har...