Traveling Project Time Traveling Byzantine Architecture -- the Hagia Sophia In all my travels, no structure can bring about as much awe and respect as that of the Byzantine Hagia Sophia, an immense temple that merges East and West in a conglomera Continue Reading...
Even though the titles such as "Kin XX (Be my knife)" address injustice, the individuality and humanity within the subject's faces is a profound challenge to any easy categorization of the works. As Quashie notes, the viewer is compelled to ask -- w Continue Reading...
On the other hand, it is quite likely moreover that these statues were fertility statues for given the circumstances of the times when due to policies uncertainties as well as situations of health and socio-economic difficulties, death of women dur Continue Reading...
Revolutionary history of Mexico [...] interrelationships of art and events in Mexico for the revolutionary period. It seems that revolution in a country also breeds artistic development and reform. As freedom beckons, so does the creative process an Continue Reading...
As Amun, he also wears a flat-topped crown, which was his signature. The figure is carrying and ankh in one hand and a scimitar in the other which is laid across his chest. The gold represents the sun in ancient Egyptian culture, and so it is the o Continue Reading...
Gothic Cathedrals and Light From the end of the 12th century for at least two centuries architecture underwent a revolution known as Gothic. Much like classical architecture, changes in building paralleled changes in culture. Gothic works tended to Continue Reading...
The Amiens Cathedral, on the other hand, was constructed over a much longer period of time. From beginning to end the Amiens Cathedral's construction took 190 years. As a result of this fact, there is little likelihood that the original plans used t Continue Reading...
storytelling in the cultures we studied in the past four weeks using the artworks below as examples of the Egyptian, Islamic, and Early Christian societies' modes for depicting stories. Begin with a brief analysis of each story that is being told, u Continue Reading...
17th Century Portraits Art that was produced in northern Europe in the 17th century quite different from the art in southern Europe. This difference was based on the fact that in northern Europe -- particularly in the Netherlands, Germany and Switze Continue Reading...
). Indeed, when Dix exhibited Der Krieg in Berlin in 1924, he was criticized by the right wing press and eventually when Hitler came into power in 1933, Dix was fired based upon pressure from Hitler's government that contended that his paintings were Continue Reading...
Mae Weems The 1965 Moynihan Report was not the first government report to blame blacks for the very factors that condition their lives. It would be lovely if it were the last such report, but it won't be. An unintended contribution of the Moynihan Continue Reading...
Modernism As the 1800s came to an end, a group of forward-looking artists, architects and designers broke away from the Victorian constraints and developed a new style that encouraged an interdisciplinary approach fostering a sharing of contemporary Continue Reading...
Hellenic Tombs One of the ways in which the art, history and architecture of ancient cultures can be understood and investigated is through what is left behind to be examined. Some of the most permanent artifacts that are available for examination a Continue Reading...
Frank Gehry has become a leading architect noted for his innovative structures using industrial materials in new ways and with a certain deconstructivist approach to architecture. Philip Johnson, the dean of American architecture and a power since th Continue Reading...
Knight, Death, Devil Durer Artistic Analysis: Knight, Death, Devil by Durer "Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil," Psalm 23 could easily be taken as the primary influence for this piece (The British Museum 2 Continue Reading...
" Bell's article underlines the thinking behind Raphael's masterpiece. It is not simply an imagined portrait of famous people; rather it is a philosophical treatise, in symbolic form, of what it meant to be a great man, as embodied in these differe Continue Reading...
Claude Monet was born on November 14, 1840, in Paris, France and he died on December 5, 1926. Though his father wanted him to go into business, his mother believed in his artistic abilities and backed him up. He had a remarkable career in art althoug Continue Reading...
Animation Replace Real Actors Art Moves Forward (While Artists are Left Behind to Suffer?) Visual representation of ideas, history, and stories has been an important part of human culture since prehistoric times, when cave paintings and other prim Continue Reading...
Thus, we assume that children gifted in the arts are every bit as intellectually endowed as those with academic gifts. The relationships among giftedness, talent development, and creativity are challenging areas of research. Because researchers lac Continue Reading...
Hellenic sculpture and Hellenistic sculpture? First, the Greek Hellenic period dates from 900-323 B.C., and the Hellenistic period came right after that and lasted until 31 B.C. The focus of the Hellenic period is Idealism, while the focus of the He Continue Reading...
This music certainly reflects current developments in politics (anti-Iraq war protests), socioeconomics (the poor in society), and technology (use of new instruments and recording techniques). The music affects our lives in so many ways, from enligh Continue Reading...
Missing Reel The Untold Story of the Lost Inventor of Moving Pictures by Christopher Rawlence History as a concept was created within the human mind thousands of years ago. It most likely arose from tales told around flickering campfires of great Continue Reading...
artists known by only one name; Rembrandt is one of them. The Dutch artist's canon of work is extraordinary and includes etchings, self-portraits, portraits commissioned by wealthy patrons, and grand scale religious and historical allegories. Rembra Continue Reading...
Introduction According to a famous architectural scholar, the architectural industry's slow growth results from wanting political goodwill (Jencks 1973). A good relationship between the two realms is critical to architectural designs' progres Continue Reading...
Alfred Stieglitz: The Changing Face of Photography Alfred Stieglitz is considered to be one of the primary early definers of the nature of photographic art. His life and career spanned from 1864 to 1946, encompassing the tail end of the Civil War th Continue Reading...
Postmodernism Post Modernism and Individualism and Responsibility Introduction and Postmodern Definition Understanding the postmodern paradigm is a little like looking in to a bowl of spaghetti, and without using any utensils, trying to determine Continue Reading...
In some cultures, however, dance is also used for spiritual purposes. The art of creating dances is known as choreography. Outside of the performing arts, one of the most important features of the humanities is philosophy. Philosophy is derived fro Continue Reading...
Lives Artists: Volume 2 Giorgio Vasari, Peter Murray, George Bull, Book Review -The audience read book, give Essentially, the author of the work of literature entitled Lives of the Artist, Volume 2, created this work in order to immortalize artists Continue Reading...
World War I: Dada The literary and artistic movement known as Dada originated in the Swiss city of Zurich, at the time of the First World War, as a response to the War as well as the nationalism considered by many to have sparked the war. Inspired b Continue Reading...
As a designer, Westwood's methodology was immediately defined by her willingness to experiment with an eclectic range of inspirations, and soon after starting her career "she began to research in the National Art Library in the Victoria & Albert Continue Reading...
Hemingway's A Moveable Feast provides remarkable insight into the life and times of one of the world's great modern authors. However, what makes A Moveable Feast timeless is that it captures an era. In the posthumously released memoirs, Hemingway wri Continue Reading...
Pasolini's final interviews, before the release of Salo, or The 120 Days of Sodom, and prior to his murder, he revealed his thoughts on his work. He simply saw himself as a poet. His most popular essay on the cinema was entitled "Il cinema di poesia Continue Reading...
Alvar Aalto Architecture is rightly considered as one of the most important of the Art categories. Unlike a painting or a sculpture, it is not something passive that can be hung on the wall or kept in a museum; they do little to impact us or our en Continue Reading...
Dignity of Workers Dignity of Work and the Rights of Workers There is a set of photographs taken by Sebastiao Salgado that explains the viewer both who Salgado is and why he covers the worker's plight throughout the world. The images are set in a g Continue Reading...
social and political philosophy of Karl Marx Karl Marx is known to be one of the greatest philosophers who have ever lived and he spent a significant part of his theories and writing discussion the relation between capital and labor. He indeed look Continue Reading...
