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Pop Art and the Infamous Campbell's Soup Can by Andy Warhol

In eight pages this example of pop art by Andy Warhol is analyzed in terms of style, structure, medium, elements, and silk screeni...

Asian Aesthetics and Buddhism's Impact

In seven pages this research paper examines how Buddhism impacts India and China's art with references also made to Confucianism a...

Review of The Arts of China by Michael Sullivan

In four pages this book that chronicles the development and history of Chinese art from the ancient period to the 20th century is ...

Contemporary Civilization and the Neolithic Age

In five pages this research paper discusses the pre Egyptian civilization's Neolithic Age in a consideration of its art and ritual...

Modern Art and The Painted Word by Thomas Wolfe

themselves, and only managed to find new benefactors to provide more words. Throughout "The Painted Word," Wolfe makes no me...

Women in Art of the Victorian Age

of a woman reader, conventionally prim from the waist up, but with her stockinged legs arranged in the position of a side saddle r...

Changing Artistic Images of the Virgin Mary

The changing images of the Virgin Mary in art are discussed in this paper consisting of six pages. Four sources are cited in the ...

Modern Architecture, Art Nouveau, and Otto Wagner

In eight pages this paper examines Otto Wagner's role in the art nouveau movement of modern architecture. There are 5 sources cit...

Architect Raymond Hood's Works

In five pages the New York City Skyline, Rockefeller Center, and the American Radiator Building are among the buildings which show...

Middle Ages Art and Demon Iconography

In eleven pages art of the Middle Ages is discussed in terms of the popularity of devil representations that dominated paintings, ...

1937 'Degenerate Art Exhibition' of Adolf Hitler

In six pages this paper examines the modernist art destruction by the Nazis in 1937 and the events that contributed to this artist...

Participation in the Arts and Opposition of a Separatist Proposition

In nine pages this essay presents an argument against the separatist view that time and income levels determine participation in t...

Recreational Art Therapy Benefits

In six pages the uses of recreational art therapies and benefits for those individuals that are either suffering from a traumatic ...

The Netherlands, Its Landscape and Its Art

In seven pages this paper discusses how the Netherlands' landscape has been immortalized in art in the beautiful paintings of Verm...

Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction by Walter Benjamin

In six pages this essay analyzes Walter Benjamin's perspectives regarding art being mechanically reproduced. There are 2 sources ...

Art and Feminism

self and history"1. With specific regard to a topic such as that of this essay, I found that the professors writing did not provid...

Sexism, Romanticism, and the Portrayal of Women in Eighteenth Century Art

and females are portrayed during that time period. A highlight of the Fricks holdings is its collection of 18th-century rococ...

Arts and Government Spending

In seven pages the effect of reduced government funding of the National Endowment for the Arts is discussed. Seven sources are ci...

Art, Women, and Elsa Honig Fine's A History of Women Painters and Sculptors from the Renaissance to the Twentieth Century

In ten pages this paper discusses this text's perspectives on art and women. Nine sources are cited in the bibliography....

Art Defined by Heidegger, Nietzsche, Hegel, and Kant

In twelve pages this essay considers the art definitions of these philosophers in a comparison and contrast of their similarities ...

The Internet and Art

In five pages the benefits and advantages of creating and showing art on the Internet in order to supplement its usual creative pr...

An Exploration of Aztec Art

In a paper consisting of six pages various aspects of Aztec art are explored in terms of history, culture, and influence, with per...

A Trio of Minimalist Artists Compared

In ten pages the minimalist art of Donald Judd, Ulrich Ruckriem, and Marcel Duchamp are compared. Five sources are cited in the b...

Scottish Architect Charles Renny Mackintosh

Scottish architect Charles Renny Mackintosh and his architecture are discussed in five pages with such famous buildings as the Wil...

A Continental Overview of Africa

In a paper containing six pages the art, religion, geography, and history of the African continent are examined. There are three ...

Apartheid and African American Art

In five pages this paper discusses the influence of apartheid on African American artists and their art and the compassionate corr...

Romanesque Art and Meyer Shapiro's Contributions

In eight pages this paper discusses the beauty and social desire evoked by Meyer Shapiro's Romanesque art in a consideration of hi...

Art of the Renaissance and Human Nature

renaissance view of human nature by examining the works of the great renaissance artists. The Renaissance View of Human Nature The...

Comparison Between Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo

follows "A good painter must paint two things above all others the person and the intent of that persons soul" (qtd. in North 16)....

Prevarication or Why People in Western Culture Lie

In eight pages this research paper considers the art of lying as a Western cultural component. Six sources are cited in the bibli...