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Essays 181 - 210

Solitude in the City

refuge in the cafe. In this work the solitude, while sad, is also one of peacefulness. One might also say that it is a juxtaposit...

Development of Graphic Arts in the Future

graphic art, indeed there is a plethora of advertisements form the Victorian era that may be seen as accomplished graphic art, wit...

Beuys and Warhol, Two Different Artists

The life of Joseph Beuys began as a very conservative one as he was the only child born in a Catholic middle class family in Krefe...

Life and Art of Jacob Lawrence

"[A]fter school while his mother worked, Lawrence attended a day- care program at Utopia Childrens House, where he studied arts an...

Comparing the Self-Portraits of Female Artists Kathe Kollwitz, Frida Kahlo, and Paula Modersohn-Becker

been wrinkled by the hands of time. Rather than being strictly a portrait of age, however, Kollwitzs 1934 self portrait is also a...

Elijah in the Desert Painting by Washington Allston

the essence of poetry, encourages contemplation of metaphysical truths" and that this should be "at the heart of artistic expressi...

Work of Korean Artist Nam-Jun Paik

light-rays dance and transform as you move the magnet" that is connected to the movement on the screen of the television (Nankivel...

Peter Paul Rubens and Pablo Picasso

back to Spain - all in the years 1899 to 1904" (Hoving, 2005). His first real work was apparently the beginning of his Blue Per...

Lorna Simpson's Impact on Postmodern Feminist Art

depictions of Black women that hide their face, their central visual identity. This is the basis through which Simpson creates a ...

Van Gogh's Self Portrait (1889)

to replace the superstitious and less credible beliefs of the day. New thinking would also come about in terms of liberty and free...

Caravaggio, Blake, and Goya

the face of David is not clearly seen, only seen from the profile, though Goliaths is clear and clearly severed. There is no real ...

Three Graphic Artists

designed to be much more primitive and thoughtful. Wind, Earth, Water - Nature" (Greenmuseum.org, 2002). His designs are not, by...

'Scholar's Studio,' 'Red, White And Blue,' 'The Color Red,' and 'Sword And Sheath'

Korea before Japan finally came in and annexed the struggling nation. The year 1910 marked the fall of the Choson Kingdom. The t...

Frida: A Reaction Paper

surrealist movement, but there is debate about that ("Frida Kahlo, The Surrealist," 2006). The film itself was replete with infor...

only you and I, Corita Kent

This essay discusses Sister Corita Kent's "only you and I" and how it reflects the artist's deep spirituality. Three pages in leng...

Nineteenth Century Art and Modernity

During the nineteenth century, all aspects of European culture were affected by the advent of the Industrial Revolution and the ad...

2 Dutch Masters, Leyden and Steen

earnings from his art were meager ("Seven Dutch Masters: Jan Steen"). In the popular imagination, Steen is associated with the i...

American Literature

little concern for the development, the past, of the relationships that play a very important part in the stories. One could well ...

Analysis of the Monet's Impressionist Painting "Woman with a Parasol" (Also Known as "The Stroll, Camille Monet, and Her Son Jean")

depict life as they saw it honestly and realistically, and not as an extension of deceptive social or political propaganda (Impres...

Ovid's Metamorphoses/Concept of Art, Poet

her sisters husband and how he had cut out her tongue to keep silent and a prisoner (Ovid BkVI:571-619). Those characters who as...

Pietro da Cortona And Tohaku: Principles of Design

enhances the already exquisite singularity of design, playing a substantial role in bringing da Cortonas artwork alive with realit...

Mark Bradford and Claude Monet Compared and Contrasted

that Im trying to really figure out" (Bradford, 2006). One cannot help relate the artists words to the painting itself. Similarly,...

"Mother To Son" - Reader Response Criticism

Hughes mother who says "So, boy, dont you turn back. Dont you set down on the steps. Cause you finds its kinder hard," mine was ...

White Man's Burden, A Film Analysis

of racism. However, viewing John Travoltas portrayal of Louis Pinnock through the stereotype of the "brute Negro," that is the s...

Personal Essays and Cultural Backgrounds

Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883) was a Russian novelist who passionately portrayed the ongoing class struggle between the peasantry and t...

The Idea of Dreams from Toni Morrison and Alain Locke

Morrisons novel this rebirth was filled with dreams and possibilities. For Joe and Violet it was a dream of better opportunities. ...

Chesnutt's The Marrow of Tradition

Chestnutt skilfully exposes the irony of these attitudes through the interaction between the various family members, where the dis...

A Compendium of Four Essays on Religion

and some of the verses were sung. It was explained to me later that the members of the congregation that perform this part of the ...

Cultural Effects of Negro Spirituals

and so realize their place in the world. Such was the convoluted logic of pre-Civil War America. However, the spirituals were much...

An Analysis of Cruse's The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual

This paper analyzes the theories put forth by Harold Cruse in his book, The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual. This five page pape...