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Flemish and Dutch Portrait Art of the 17th Century

In five pages paintings by artists de Hooch and Rembrandt are analyzed to explore the importance of portraiture to life in Flemish...

Dutch Art Market of the 17th Century

and against what was perceived as the lavish and licentious nature of the Catholics, paintings with religious subjects were forbid...

Dutch and Italian: Art and Culture

the Church to be displayed or created in the Church (Albany Institute of History and Art, 2007). 2) How does the Dutch...

Dutch Art

paintings, he sanctioned the use of artwork for decorative or didactic purposes in the home" (Albany Institute of History and Art,...

Ancient Art

Both are clearly made of very different materials. The Head of a Roman Patrician is carved from marble and is thus a three dimensi...

Technique in Brouwer and Ter Borch Paintings Compared

In ten pages the major techniques that characterize Dutch and Flemish schools of art are compared as they are reflected in the pai...

Life and Art of Peter Paul Rubens

In six pages the life of the Flemish artist and three of his works which characterize the Baroque movement of the 17th century are...

'Medici Cycle' of Peter Paul Rubens

of understanding into a cultures ideals and belief systems. The purpose of art, the creation of art, the interpretation of art, an...

17th Century Dutch Paintings' Vanitas Style

situation is shown through the inclusion of some element out of place, in Beyerens case, a small mouse. Beyerens use of th...

17th Century Dutch Painter Vermeer

View of Delft (c. 1658), an oil canvas in the Mauritshuis collection, The Hague, Vermeer carries the eye of the viewer from the pe...

Fayum Portraits

as to whether or not they actually resembled the deceased to any greater degree. Analyses of the paintings shows that they are oft...

Skype's 2010 IPO

setting its initial stock price. The Dutch auction gets its name from the frenzy that developed around tulip bulbs in the Netherl...

Flanders' Fifteenth Century Renaissance Art

In ten pages the profound influence this area had on Renaissance art is discussed in a consideration of Flemish painters Rogier va...

The Art of Alice Neel

and the paintbrush she holds. Small touches of red in her face and in the shadows of her neck and legs, punch up the contrast of ...

World History and Ethnic Group Persecution

The main reason why the Huguenots were unpopular with the majority in France during the time period was because they were not of t...

Art of Slavery

Their purpose was to have Parliament abolish slave trade, rather than declare slavery to be illegal. As an incremental play, this ...

The Influence of Cultural Developments on Visual Art, from the Mid-19th to the Mid-20th Century

early twentieth centuries established themselves. What this means in terms of how those great philosophers looked at the broader ...

A Short History of Franco-Flemish and Venetian Schools of Art and Music

of Flemish techniques with established French style became the Franco-French school, with the earliest known innovators being the ...

Erving Goffman's Dramaturgical Approach to Human Interaction

is indebted to both of these predecessors. Kenny (2008) observes that "Anyone familiar with Goffmans dramaturgical approach will n...

Slavery During the European Renaissance

can be termed neither solely positive or solely negative in regard to its influence on culture and people. There would be tremend...

Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolution

the flow of information. Prior to the effects of the printing press, it was relatively easy for the Church to suppress books and w...

Comparative Analysis of The Importance of Being Earnest and The Misanthrope

word be spoken that comes not from the heart" (Moliere I.i). As this opening argument to the play suggests, Molieres view of fun...

Comparative Analysis of the Building Designs of Two Rhode Island House Vernacul1ar v. Fashion-Driven Bldg. Design

long roof over the kitchen (Eleazar Arnold House). An outstanding interior feature is its huge fireplace, which has an oak mantel ...

Egyptian Architecture and Art and Their Modern Art Influence

the attention of the fashion-setting upper class. Free-standing obelisks were constructed around England, the first, which is stil...

Right and Wrong According to Philosophers W. David Ross and Thomas Hobbes

In five pages this essay considers right and wrong from Hobbes' 17th century perspectives and Ross's 20th century vantage point. ...

Scientific Revolution of the 17th Century

In six pages this paper examines how the Western world of the 20th century was affected by the scientific breakthroughs of the 17t...

Similarities and Differences Between the 17th Century Scientific Revolution and 18th Century Enlightenment

matter, "organic and inorganic alike," could be defined in terms of extension and motion (Burns, 1969, p. 567). Therefore, Descart...

Life and Works of Artist Toulouse Lautrec

Toulouse Lautrec's life and art are explored in a paper consisting of 15 pages that includes his fin de siecle social involvement ...

Barbara Novak/American 19th Century Art

"Death on the Pale Horse (1802), oil sketch on canvas, Allstons analysis relates something of his own romantic vision. He writes t...

Rise of Modern Art

(Modern Art Movements, 2008). Impressionist painters, such as Manet, Claude Monet and Edgar Degas, preferred to paint outside, w...