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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...

Personal Problems in the Poetry of Sylvia Plath

poetry as the stresses. It is because of this particular styling that syllabic poems most often contain no rhyme or uniform numbe...

'On the Standard of Taste' by David Hume

would be clearly dependent upon the eye of the beholder. Therefore, the conclusions were not judgments, per se, but were response...

Drama, Aristophanes, and Plato

yet does not lose faith in the just and true" (Plato Jowett Translation Characters). In this we see that Plato appears to be indic...

Umberto Boccioni and Jean Dubuffet

Expressionist, a cave painter (and poet) with a yen for existentialist texture" (Adams 126). In his earliest works, 1917 to 1936...

Ancient Works of Art

far more meaning that representing daily life. According to one particular author, "The Cycladic civilization of the Aegean sea...

Sensitivity and Social Awareness in Modern Video Art, Photography, and Paintings Examples

the 19th century but his work had been censured and placed away for much of that time due to the fact that he focused mainly on li...

Culinary Arts and Customer Service

of organizational effectiveness (Byrne, 1992; Gagne, 1983; Lowe and Masseo, 1986 cited in Emery, Summers and Surak, 1996). TQM foc...

Sculpture from Greece and Egypt

body" (Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greek and Roman Art). This particular statue is 9 and 5/8 inches high and is made from bronz...

Postmodernism Defined

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

Technical Analysis of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa

In five pages this paper analyzes the artist's techniques in the creation of this Italian Renaissance work of art with the subject...

'Well of Moses' and Sculptor Claus Sluter

In five pages this sculptor of the 14th century is considered in terms of his life and art with a specific consideration of the 'W...

The History and Evolution of Fingerprinting

This paper examines the art and science of fingerprinting. The author discusses the history and evolution of fingerprinting techn...

Western and Eastern Philosophical Differences

In seven pages differences that exist between Eastern and Western philosophies are considered with references made to Zen and the ...

Life and Artistic Perspectives of Leonardo da Vinci

In eight pages this paper discusses Leonardo da Vinci in a consideration of his life, art, and perspectives. Six sources are cite...

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...

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...

Timing and Disguise in 'The Odyssey' Stories

his household. The suitors have taken it upon themselves to essentially use Odysseus home as though it was their own, killing live...

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...

'Murder in the Rue Morgue' by Edgar Allan Poe and Satirical Humor

In five pages this paper examines how Poe employed satirical humor regarding art and science in this famous short story. Five sou...

Overview of Minimalist Art During the Sixties and Seventies

1960s and 1970s was profound, they were set apart from others who saw no such thing. Other critics however took a decidedly differ...

Sonnet 87 and Othello by William Shakespeare

In 5 pages this paper contrasts and compares relationship emotions as featured in 'Farewell, thou art too dear' sonnet and in Othe...

Photographer Helmut Newton

swan; stilettos on a nude on a diving board, stilettos in the kitchen, and stilettos at the seashore. I was surprised that the su...

Le Corbusier's and Venturi's Architecture

In five pages this paper examines these architects and their philosophies in an examination of Harvard University's Carpenter Cent...

Contemporary Artist and the Influence of Eastern Philosophy

In five pages this paper examines how the Eastern philosophies of Zen Buddhism, Taoism, Keiji Nishitani, and Dogan can influence t...

Art and Architecture of Islam in Great Mosque of Damascus and Dome of the Rock

In eight pages Islamic architecture and art are examined in a comparative analysis of these mosaics. Seven sources are cited in t...

Nelson Mandela and Vaclav Havel on Politics and Society

In five pages this paper presents a comparison of politics and social control as conceptualized by Nelson Mandela in The Long Walk...

David Bailey, Photographer

as one of the principal influences and inspirations on him as an artist ("David Bailey, Biography"). According to Bailey, "The fir...

Mondrian and Martin

Mondrians. "Red Bird" is part of the collection at New Yorks Museum of Modern Art, and it is on display on their website. Accordin...