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Impressionism Crisis Impact Upon the Art of Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin

with Monet perhaps remaining the one true Impressionist for much of its popularity (Abbeville Press). Gauguin and Van Gogh In t...

Comparing Two Ancient Civilizations

Crete ("Barbarians," 1999). The region was very peaceful. In fact, there has been only scant evidence of a military force ("Barbar...

Pop Art, Surrealism, and Dada Artistic Movements

of the connection between dissenting forces inherent in this kind of simplicity. Rather than creating a facade of art, one that i...

Art Aspects of 3 Impressionist Works

is characterized by a way of seeing-by the attempt to capture the fleeting effects of light by applying paint in small, quick stro...

History of Opera in China and its Social Implications

Huaguxi Opera, also known as "Flower Drum" opera was first seen in Chinas Hunan province, with the first mention of it in 1695 (Ch...

Early Twentieth Century Gender Perceptions

observers of Indian culture more, the implications of homosexuality inherent in the berdache tradition or the idea that individual...

Murasaki Shikibu Nikki and Genji Monogatori Emaki

cast down. When we understand that they are listening to music we see this is a picture that may well depict a sense of respect an...

Aesthetic Philosophy of Jean Baudrillard

In ten pages this research paper evaluates the artistic and social relevance perspectives of French philosopher Jean Baudrillard. ...

16th Century Artist El Greco

In eight pages El Greco is examined in terms of his personal and artistic influences and how his art proved influential. There is...

Gerhard ter Borch's 'A young woman at her toilet with a maid' and Francesco Franci's 'Madonna and Child with Sts. Francis and Germone'

In five pages these artistic works are compared in terms of their specific elements. There are no other sources listed....

Impressionist Genre's Beginning and End with Claude Monet Georges Seurat

1926) According to Waldron (1991) legend has it that Monet discovered his grocery purchase had been wrapped in a Japanese wood-bl...

Reception Theory vs. Dominant Ideology of Art

In five pages this paper discusses the artistic conflict between the dominant ideology and reception theories during the Middle Ag...

Comparison of Pre First World War Artistic Modernism and 1920s European Modernism

any other international symbol, art strips away the barriers inherent to humanity. Indeed, Picassos Still Life speaks a language ...

Characteristics of an Independent Filmmaker

This 5 page paper discusses the characteristics that distinguish independent filmmakers from those working in the mainstream enter...

Artistic Expression in Film

This paper examines how artistic expression can be conveyed through cinematic expression. The author also addresses censorship, c...

Art and the Images of Women

themes and strategies I do wonder if women, who are artists, or artists who are women, consciously have themes of resistance. Fr...

Art and Psychology

In five pages this paper discusses the psychological impact of art in an analysis of facial expressions when one is doing somethin...

Art and the Legacy of the Puritans

In five pages this essay analyzes the Puritan's artistic legacy in America as considered by art critic Robert Hughes. There are n...

Nineteenth and Twentieth Century New York and Paris

impressionism, a movement in painting that concentrated on the effects of light and color" This was a movement that originated in ...

Chartres Cathedral and Toulouse's Saint Sernin

that has always, apparently, been associated with the Virgin Mother. One author notes that "The town of Chartres had been a center...

Films Life is Beautiful and Shindler's List Artistic Comparison

keep the beauty in life intact for his son, determined that his sons innocence will not be turned into bitterness and hopelessness...

Hellenistic and Classical Eras' Achievements in Science, Art, and Literature

say that a great deal of struggle was not taking place during part of the Classical era, but it was a time of ideas and trading an...

Art and Modernism

value but not a supreme one"(Frascina 71, see also Risatti). His belief, counter to others, was that modern art had driven itself ...

Singer and Songwriter Ani DiFranco

fragmentation of her family, the choices she watched her friends making, and the state of life in her hometown and her country (An...

Poetry Elements

why love should be equated with a sweet song. In simplified words the poem becomes a sappy unimaginative statement of love. Wha...

Artistic Periods Kouros and Diadoumenos Eras Contrasted and Compared

illustrate a greater command of the medium than in earlier times. This is, perhaps, in part due to the creation of more sophistica...

Robert Frost's Poetic Artistry

16-18). In this we again see an imagery that allows us to perhaps comprehend the composition of a scene. We can all but envision t...

Art of Ancient Greek Civilization

It is for this reason that Greek art conveyed abstract ideas such as "beautiful" concepts of the human body through a dichotomous ...

American Contributions of Edgar Allan Poe

"These sketches will . . . will include every person of literary note in America; and will investigate carefully, and with rigorou...

Comparative Analysis of Schiele's 'The Embrace,' Kokschka's 'The Tempest,' and Klimt's 'The Kiss'

(Pioch, 2002). The fact that only the faces are visible is interesting (its uncertain as to whether the couple is clothed or not),...