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the human body. In Leiden, the first important Vanitas painter was David Bailly (1584-1657), and later Pieter Claesz (c. 1596-166...

bright yellow and adorned with pictures. The viewer sees the couple as if grazing through a window while walking down the street....

the Japanese woman is "framed" by a pond that features water lilies, reeds and bamboo, as well as two figures in a boat, two frogs...

that will be discussed, involves his focus on the less than beautiful aspects of women. He did not fall into the genre of painters...

man very much at war with himself, constantly battling inner demons that prolifically poured onto his canvases. He literally had ...

rich with character. Apparently Courbet was from a very wealthy family and yet this picture presents him very much as a common man...

me today?" (Reed 25) His art has been described as being both powerful and extraordinary, and since the Mexican Revolution coinci...

known to be a determined individualist, and was known for the time when he asked a group of models about their ridiculous poses - ...

to hearth and home. Her expression is one of serenity, and reminds one of the Madonnas expression. In this respect, then, women we...

protrudes from the ceiling, perhaps signifying the heavens (Searle). Behind the woman is a tapestry which features the crucifixio...

the most defiant aspect of its symbolist tendencies; without uttering but a single word, this work of art is fully able to communi...

surrounded by a host of celestial maidens... So awe-struck was the disciple that he immediately took up hammer and chisel, hollo...

another nude he had done. The fact that Manet was surprised at the reaction to his work, and considering that Manet was consider...

statue conveys a sense of well being to the viewer. In this statue, the Avalolkitesvara is pictured in interesting pose that sugge...

nude, reclining on a chaise lounger. This can be said to have rocked the art world. Olympia, painted in 1863, and subjected to ha...

white and is the focus of most of the people in the painting, also brings the line of viewing down and across the bottom. The c...

We see the moist and secretive environment and truly gain a feel for the garden and the water which abounds in the painting. It is...

of Madrid). Another author notes that, "Goyas sensitivity to these events resulted in his best print series and furthermore in a m...

the opinion that Cassatt possessed "infinite talent" (Whitcomb 48). In 1893, Cassatt painted a work that signified that she had ...

second of course has the flame smoking and Mary just beginning to show the signs of pregnancy. The third has Mary obviously pregna...

hilltop is now shown as much as it is suggested by two rounded green shapes in the lower half of the painting. The dancers barely ...

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...

nurturers. So, while the characters, and the environment, of both pictures differ greatly there is also a sense of femininity that...

so distant from the restricted Venetian veduta" (Bellotto Bernardo: Venice 1721 - Warsaw 1780). Such a description does offer the ...

radical of all times. These changes are particularly interesting in regard to the manner in which they changed the artistic depic...

its geometrical balance with the map, and essentially we are presented with an incredibly intense visual image. But, is this parti...

some style to the films. "One group of filmmakers who were experimenting with cinematic technique were those who emerged from B...

regards to this Renoir is often noted as being perhaps the only artist who never painted a sad painting. Many quote him in regards...

the time. In regards to this Renoir is often noted as being perhaps the only artist who never painted a sad painting. Many quote h...

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