Category: The Arts
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Romeo And Juliet – Act 1, Scene 5
Act1 Scene5 is hugely important to the rest of the play. It incorporates the roots of love where both Romeo and Juliet become infatuated with each other, even though Romeo has just broken up with his previous love, Rosaline, and with these roots shows some of what is yet to come, foreshadowing. Also it shows…
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Important Things to Know About Before Getting a Tattoo
Tattoos are a wonderful way of expressing ones individuality, but people need to think about all the ramifications of getting a tattoo before they get it. “Tattoos are fast becoming a mark of the 21st century, with one quarter of those under the age of 30 adorning their skin with at least one.” (Healy, 2008,…
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History Of Egyptian Architecture
EGYPTIAN PERIOD (3100-311 BC.) To begin with, Egypt, the cradle of the arts of architecture and the seat of the earliest known civilization presents the astonishing picture of a society which went all the way from primitive life to the high level of the civilization by the middle of the third millenium B.C, and then…
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Religion, Femininity and Love in Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre
I. FRANKNESS AND TRUTH FROM A MAIN CHARACTER “Miss Eyre is rather a brazen miss,” wrote one reader, referring to the passionate main character of Charlotte Bronte’s most famous novel. Indeed, the novel received unfavorable reviews from its early critics for going against deeply entrenched codes of conduct and femininity. Jane’s outbursts of emotion, her…
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Making Sense of the Parthenon Frieze?
Construction began on the Parthenon as we know it today in 447 B.C. The original temple was destroyed by the Persians in the sackings of 480 and 479 B.C. and the Athenians decided to leave the ruins as a reminder of the evil of the invaders. However by 450 B.C. peace had been struck and…
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Classicism – Classification of Classic Art
Classical art can be somed up as the following: “Aesthetic attitudes and principles based on the culture, art and literature of ancient Greece and Rome, and characterized by emphasis on form, simplicity, proportion, and restrained emotion.”
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Audre Lorde – The Defragmented Form
It was Audre Lorde who gave birth to the idea of the erotic as power. She embraces it to be the passion, joy and connection within us all. Lorde distinguishes this power from the mere sensations involved in pornography, which represents the oppression of true feelings. She so boldly proclaims that, “We have been warned…
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Biography of Salvadore Dali
Salvador Dali is considered as the greatest artist of the surrealist art movement and one of the greatest masters of art of the twentieth century. During his lifetime the public got a picture of a person who was eccentric and paranoid. His personality caused a lot of controversy throughout his life.
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Why I Hate The Opera
I am not a big fan of opera. It seems so theatrical, which I know is the point, but excessively so for my tastes. They oftentimes sing in foreign languages, which may seem romantic, but to the everywoman I am, it seems my daughter can
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Biography of Vincent van Gogh and Igor Stravinsky
“One may have a blazing hearth in one’s soul and yet no one ever comes to sit by it. Passerby see only a wisp of smoke rising from the chimney and continue on their way.” Vincent van Gogh Vincent van Gogh (March 30, 1853-July 29, 1890) second child to Anna Cornelia Carbentus and
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Comparative Contrasts Abstract Expressionists
This paper will discuss, and compare three abstract expressionists, their artwork, their ideas, and their emotion involved in these works of art. They are primarily from the same time period. Robert
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Lessons from Tarsila: Sensitivity through an Awareness of Point of View
Brazilian art at the turn of the 20th century was a scene dominated by the elite upper-class. Fueled by a desire to portray a unique cultural identity to the western world, artists began to search for themes that distinguished their daily experiences
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Biography of Yohji Yamamoto
Yohji Yamamoto was born in Tokyo, Japan on October 3, 1943. He originally attended Keio University, and graduated with a law degree. In 1966, he switched gears and headed towards the world of fashion by attending Bunka Fashion College. The main reason why
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Biography of Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh was probably one of the most influential post-impressionist by taking the bright colors and style of painting and incorporating them into his own unique style. Van Gogh produced most
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The Woman of Willendorf
The Woman of Willendorf was discovered in 1908 by the archaeologist Josef Szombathy. The sculpture is one of the greatest findings in art history and is considered a significant symbol of what we know about beauty from the past. The Woman of Willendorf
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Analysis of Christian Boltanski and Roni Horn
Christian Boltanski and Roni Horn are two contemporary artists who use photography as a means to an end. If asked Boltanski would probably shrug off the notion that he is a photographer let alone someone who even cares how a camera works. Horn would
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Max Beckmann’s “Self Portrait in Bowler Hat”
A sixteen year old female slowly walks around the art museum. She passes by numerous art works, not paying too much attention. Music cascades through her head as she stops dead in her tracks. In front of her is a drawing of a man with lines and shading that express
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Cleopatra and the Peasant
The French Romantic painter Eugene Delacroix painted the beautiful and vivid “Cleopatra and the Peasant” in 1838. This impressive piece of art draws the viewers’ attention through its superb style, choice of vibrant colors, and its emotional tone. Paul Valéry once
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The Bauhaus – A Modernist School in Germany
The Bauhaus was a modernist school in Germany that played an instrumental role early in the twentieth century in shaping today’s modern tastes and art education. At a time when industrial society was in the
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Migrant Mother and the Electronic Super highway
New Jersey born Dorothea Lange, originally Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn, was an incredible photographer. Lange was able to catch the human dignity of a person in any dire situation, whether it was economical, social, emotional, or some combination of the three.
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Jean Val Jean’s Influences – Les Miserbles
Jean Val Jean greatly influenced everyone he came across. He influenced Fantine to repent her sins and stop her line of work. He helped her try to get her daughter back and gave her a place to stay and eat even though she had a daughter out of wedlock. In addition,
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Comparing El Greco’s St. Francis Venerating the Crucifix to El Greco’s St. John the Baptist
Comparing El Greco’s St. Francis Venerating the Crucifix to El Greco’s St. John the Baptist In both of his works of art, El Greco is working within a same format, a vertical rectangle. There is a difference in the scaling though. St. Francis Venerating the Crucifix is about four by eight feet in size, whereas…
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The Masterpeices Of Art As We Know It – Western Art Essay
The Masterpeices Of Art As We Know It – Western Art Essay When discussing masterpieces of art, the majority of people tend to think of Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Claude Monet, Vincent Van Gogh or Pablo Picasso, all of
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Art History Formal Analysis – Loren Teed (Untitled 1995)
Art History Formal Analysis – Loren Teed (Untitled 1995) Teed’s brightly coloured abstract painting poses a challenge to any viewer attempting to appropriate it to other abstract still-lifes, for although it is a still-
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Dorthea Lange and the Essense of Subject – Art Essay
Dorthea Lange and the Essense of Subject – Art Essay Symbols, generalisations are the language of politics, so it is not surprising to read of Dorothea Lange approaching her subject not as a human being but as “an essence”. Her actions show a political philosophy which