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Michelangelo and Bernini/Statues of David

writing that the primary motivation behind Michelangelos sculpture was "the expression of thought in stone" (Burns 412). Furthermo...

Medieval Christianity: Music and Sculptures

liturgy provided innumerable texts, all set to music in the style we call Gregorian chant. The church served as an important patro...

Early and High Renaissance

inquiry, which they saw as the "key to success," and believing this they sought to discover the laws governing such things as the ...

Dan Brown: "Angels and Demons"

modern, the setting and the rising stars, were in the sky together ... As the rift between the spiritual and the material values w...

Venus de Milo's Sublime Sculpture

high point of sensuality and complexity of emotion; the expressions showed nuances of feeling. This period of sensuality saw the ...

Sculpture of Europe and America

is also very active and speaks of mythology and fantasy. Standing Woman (1927) by Gaston Lachaise: Interestingly enough, this pa...

Houdon's George Washington Statue

In 1785, Houdon joined Franklin on a journey to America, and arrived in Philadelphia (Jean-Antoine Houdon, 2003). From there, he ...

Political, Religious, and Social Sculpture

after it was moved to the Piazza della Signoria. The reason this particular point is so greatly argued is because of the glaring ...

David Sculpture of Michelangelo

in a singular manner also. Interpretive: The "feel" of this whole work is one of resting power. The artist has captured the imag...

Michelangelo and Jacopo Sansovino's Relationship

In fact, during his life, Sansovinos architectural designs may have been just as much, perhaps even more, admired than Michelangel...

Art of James Magee

accompanying poem begins, "Juans ax aches/His tracks lead backwards." The alliteration, assonance and consonance of his word choic...

Analysis of Quantum Cloud by Antony Gormley

has explored the "relationship between the body and its environment," while envisioning this relation as encompassed by the "trans...

The Influence of Medieval Christianity on Art of the Time

version is richly colored; Mary here wears a bright red robe as does a man who might be Joseph, who is in the background (Adoratio...

Art: European and Asian

particularly with the theme of human vanity and the transience of life." The student also notes that there is a sense of wealth se...

Titian & Michelangelo/Their Pietas

to a "fever" and Orazio also perished due to the plague ("Art...Titian"). Due to the circumstances, the emotion conveyed by the ...

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...

Artist Chaim Gross

his artwork" (Anonymous Chaim Gross, 2002; 27.html). It was during this time, when he was a student, that "A friends comment th...

Analysis of the New York Kouros Ancient Greek Sculpture

The sculpture is comprised of marble. Subject Matter The subject matter of this particular sculpture is a kouros, or a Greek y...

1 Sculpture from Each of the Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic Periods

form" (Kerr). In addition, it was presumably used at the entrance to the burial site of a youth who belonged to a wealthy family. ...

Overview of Modern Art

In eight pages this paper examines modern art pieces such as Andre's floor sculpture, the Blue Nude of Matisse, Mont Sainte Victoi...

The West Front of Wells Cathedral

in early Christianity. This group includes statutes of "St. Augustine...St. Paul, (and) St. Joseph of Arimathea (Van Rensselaer, 1...

Different 'David' Sculptures

that of David. This was his first real sculpture and perhaps, like David, he was taking on a powerful challenge that would determi...

The Kiss Sculpture by Rodin

In five pages this sculpture is analyzed from the perspectives of passion, aesthetics, and form. Six sources are cited in the bib...

Society's Reflection in Ancient Sculpture

This essay consists of five pages and considers sculptures of Aphrodite of Knidos, Lady of Auzerra, and Queen Nerfertiti in terms ...

Art of Ancient Greece

In four pages the art of ancient Greece is contemplated in terms of its influential architecture, paintings, and sculptures. Thre...

Greek Sculpture and How It Evolved

In fifteen pages this paper examines the evolution of drapery treatment in this analysis of Greek sculpture. There are 8 sources ...

Middle Ages Art and Demon Iconography

In eleven pages art of the Middle Ages is discussed in terms of the popularity of devil representations that dominated paintings, ...

Kamakuran Period Art of Japan

In ten pages this paper discusses the style and development of Kamakuran Period art in a consideration of Buddhism, priests, spiri...

Sphinx of Senwosret II at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art III

An explication of this sculpture featured at New York's Met is presented in a paper consisting of five pages. Three sources are c...

Renaissance Contributions of Michelangelo

of this prolonged gloom. This period of time catapulted the citizens of Europe from the land of the dark to a world filled with co...