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Meaning in the Visual Arts by Erwin Panofsky

"emotionally evocative qualities of pose, gesture, facial expression, atmosphere and so on" (Kahil). Panofskys second layer of m...

The Kouros

the relationship in Greek thought of the symbolization of the state through the perfection of the individual - or at least the phy...

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 ...

Cimabue and Duccio or 'Madonna Enthroned' Times Two

in society Introduction One way that art history has been studied is to trace the development of the realistic portrayal of the h...

Scholastic Achievement and Visual Arts

In fifteen pages this research proposal considers whether or not there is a connection between visual arts and achievement academi...

2 Meanings of Humanities

In three pages this essay considers the general and liberal arts meanings of the humanities concept....

Art and Visual Culture

or are from cultures different from that of the viewer, nuances in meaning may not be readily apparent. For example, consider the ...

Nietzsche And Heidegger: Art & Aesthetics

myriad philosophies by which people live their lives that help to maintain order and a sense of direction where otherwise there wo...

Visual Art And Brain Development In Children

Art is such a universally recognized method of this statement that there exist no barriers with regard to interpretation. Infants...

National Standards/Fine Arts

A 3 page research paper that, first of all, briefly outlines the general content of national standards addressing the fine arts: a...

Connectivity, External and Internal Drive Bays

front panel." Kozierok (2001) also explains that the term "external drive bay" is a "bit of a misnomer" in that the term ex...

Urban Art as a Reflection of Urban Culture

This 5 page paper examines the concept of urban art. The writer argues that the term is ambiguous, but is usually understood to me...

Scenic Design and 'Tools' of Fine Art

this piece in our discussion due to the many stage-like qualities, which it includes in its presentation. Probably the first art ...

Looking at the Link Between Drawing and Intelligence

the social and political functions of visual art, and how those functions might be assembled into a theoretical methodology for us...

Review of Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

"girl-child." The writer accepts it about himself - the challenge then remains, do we accept it as readers. If the idea stymies ...

Art's Golden Mean and the Development of the Fibonacci Sequence

In six pages this paper examines The Annunciation of Leonardo da Vinci in a consideration of the Fibonacci mathematical sequence, ...

The Stone Carvers by Jane Urquhart

"a perfect bell, with a perfect pitch" calling worshipers to mass (11). On arriving in Canada, Father Gstir simply changes the loc...

Paint and Art

one author that Hubert is "Credited with inventing oil painting" and "was so idolizes for his discovery that his right arm was pre...

Modern Medicine's Early History

In six pages this research paper considers the early history of modern medicine as presented in Medicine at the Paris Hospital, 17...

Artistic Innovations of Jan van Eyck

In seven pages this research paper that applies the artistic theory of Panofsky in a consideration of van Eyck's techniques and in...

Roots of Avant Garde's Visual Arts

In eight pages the roots of avant garde regarding film are argued to be in the visual arts as opposed to the narrative cinematic t...

Slapstick Masters Woody Allen and Charles Chaplin

machine. The idea is that this feeding machine will cut down on the time needed for lunch breaks and, thereby, make the factory mo...

Madonna of the Clouds by Donatello

In nine pages this Donatello piece as featured in Boston's Museum of Fine Arts is considered in terms of this marble's relationshi...

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...

Artists Joseph Mallord William Turner, Henry Purcell, and Robert Schumann

In five pages this paper considers Baroque and Romantic music and visual arts from a social perspective with the music of Purcell ...

The Social Mirror of Art

powers to insure a good hunt, or an annual event in which the animal shapes were retraced on the wall to insure their continued li...

Visual Art and Modernism

previous times and styles. Nor does it need to be seen as an opposition to the past, and as such it is the concept of originality ...

2004 Visual Arts Carnival

it is used in art and applied to art works. Basically, the carnival was broken into four different areas of exploration fo...

Life Fulfillment Ensured by the Arts

silent, and incredibly depressing. Even if we are not heavily involved in listening to a particular form of music, it is such a pa...

Performance Art and Humor

according to one of the creators, Blue Mans "role" was to "challenge the audience to accept that art isnt necessarily elitist, hum...