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Italian Baroque Ceiling Paintings of the 18th Century

which was a term used by philosophers during the Middle Ages to describe an obstacle in schematic logic" (Wallbank, 1992). As such...

Jan Van Eyck's Arnolfini's Marriage

fruit, the faithful little dog, the rosary, the unshod feet (since this is the ground of a holy union), and even the respectful sp...

Gainsborough's Eighteenth Century English Portraits

Sarah Siddons was a well known personality of the age, perhaps the most famous actress. This presence of character is represented ...

Artistic Styles of Spanish Baroque and Flemish

archetypes of the former age. The attention to the spiritual nature of mankind is evident throughout the arts during this time per...

Max Beckmann's Self Portrait with Horn

This offers a very powerful statement that can be seen as quite emotional and strong. When we think of the color orange we are ...

Literature and the West's Medieval and Renaissance Cultures

Dantes (1999) Florentine origin, one first must ascertain the reasons why people are drawn to his work. Is it that poems are enjo...

'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...

Benjamin West's Artistic Career

Francis Hayman for the Rotunda at Vauxhall Gardens during the Seven Years War. Jonathan Tyers, the proprietor of Vauxhall Gardens ...

Sloop, Nassau by Winslow Homer

at more than those two dimensions. This is achieved through limiting his use of shading and only subtly hinting at it, such as see...

Three Musicians by Pablo Picasso

artist deconstructed the objects in the painting and rearranged them on the canvas. The neutral tones of "gray, green, olive and o...

Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci

do this, Da Vinci prepared the wall as if he were painting on panel (Rosand, 2001). The Last Supper pictures the moment when Jes...

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...

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...

The Eternal City by Peter Blume and Echo of a Scream by David Alfaro Siqueiros

those external standards that are often the most telling in terms of the underlying historical perspective offered within the art....

Life and Art of Impressionist Painter Mary Cassatt

Fine Arts. In 1866 she went back to Paris" where "She copied the old masters in the Louvre and other museums. The young woman arti...

Artists Courbet, Monet, and Manet

clouds that are very sensuous in their round form. We are also given the flowing nature of the waves despite their horizontal posi...

Rembrandt The Humanistic Theme

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The Gardeners by John Currin

you from New York City. The purpose of my visit is to find out more about John Currin, a modern artist who fascinates me and calls...

Art and Music A Reflection of and an Impact to American Culture

This paper examines art like a diversity of art to discern its impact on our culture. World War II's Rosie the Riveter is explore...

Analysis of The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh

haiku poem Blasts of light, motion, Tortured vision, endless beauty, Lead to new understanding. Vincent van Gogh painted The Sta...

An Art Work Representing Ideology

derive from your religion could be grouped around this central influence. For example, people holding hands in love and fellowship...

Art Works, Impressionist & Post-Impressionist

This essay presents a proposal to purchase reproductions of 3 impressionist paintings and 3 Post-Impressionist. The art works are ...

Viaduct at L'Estague by Georges Braque

This essay discusses "Viaduct at L'Estague" by Georges Braque, which founded Cubism. The writer analyzes the painting within the c...

Art of Henri Matisse and Jacob Lawrence

the background and one individual standing in the foreground. The painting is filled with images and different activities. There i...

Artists Egon Schiele and Edvard Munch on Sexuality

seems to have earned a portion of his income by supplying pornography to Viennese collectors (Lucie-Smith). Both Schiele and Mun...

Execution of the Third of May by Francisco Goya

to be next in line for killing and then the men with the guns and uniforms. The painting is incredibly dark save for one bright, a...

Renaissance Period Embodiment of Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci

of interests, which included mathematics, music, science, and artistic design (Craven 85). When his lawyer father showed his sons...

Evolution of Modern Art and the Influence of Impressionism

(1899, oil on canvas, 211" x 33", Art Institute of Chicago). The objects in the painting, the bridge, flowers, water and trees hav...

Hans Memling's Virgin and Child and Catherine of Alexandria and St. Barbara and Raphael's Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints

It is clearly a picture of the Madonna and Baby Jesus. It is also a painting that has several saints surrounding the figures of Ma...

Artist Eugene Delacroix

see these influences in his depiction of the legend of Sardanapalus. Delacroix, like any good author, was immediately drawn to t...