The work was wheel thrown and hand burnished, and the handle is a curly willow design. The vary9ing patterns on the jar are creatd by Saggar firing, described above ("Curly Nature Jar" para. 1). Her "Ceramic Vase" is a thirteen-inch hand throwjn po Continue Reading...
Baroque Painters The Techniques of Five Baroque Painters The Baroque era painters, different as they were in terms of personal style, approach, and technique, had in common the ability to imbue their works with a certain dramatic quality much in de Continue Reading...
Georges Seurat's Evening, Honfleur And Vincent Van Gogh's The Starry Night: Differences And Similarities In Style And Subject Matter The painting styles, if not the subject matter itself (i.e., in both cases an impressionist evening scene) of George Continue Reading...
Space New York City Use of Temporary Space (NYC Department of Parks & Recreation) Images & Charts Illy Push Button House Store Front Library Brooklyn Bridge Park Chashama Images & Charts According to the NYC Department of Parks Continue Reading...
Science holds that there is a central "truth" to every artifact, which is seen as the primary evidence for the specific time period investigated. This is then used in writing cultural histories. Once again, this relates with the above-mentioned asse Continue Reading...
For Pollock, the expression of his style was directed by "some type of mysterious, psychic force which seemed to take control of his hands and feet" 12 which may explain why some people have viewed his paintings as being accidental in nature, meani Continue Reading...
Realist Painting Style and Realism The Realist style owes its existence to the Realist concept. "Realism is democracy in art," Courbet believed. (Nochlin, xiii) Taking that as the credo upon which the works of the artists were constructed, the style Continue Reading...
Cosimo De Medici We know all about the de Medici family - one of the most important dynastic families in Europe and in particular concerning the cultural and artistic life of Italy and so of the continent. And yet, as Dale Kent makes clear in her au Continue Reading...
Chinese Artist AI Weiwei "Truth, No Matter the Power: China government's aggressor." This presentation will provide you with an introduction to Ai's life and work, including his personal background, some of his greatest works of art and their signi Continue Reading...
Statues Ancient Greece was a place of incredible artistry in terms of architecture, playwriting, and sculpture. At the start of Grecian culture, artists and craftsman were seen as relatively unimportant members of society because they did not contr Continue Reading...
There is evidence that Newark is poised to begin attracting the urban professional demographic, in part because of its low rents, proximity to New York and its tax incentives. If this occurs, with the extant immigrant demographics, Newark will have Continue Reading...
Oracle Bone Script and Modern Design In today's domain of alphabetic scripts, the Chinese system of writing is a one-of-a-kind phenomenon. Rather than using a number of letters, the Chinese have come up with several thousand complicated characters o Continue Reading...
Henri Cartier-Bresson INTERVIEWER: I was very taken aback and exhilarated to see the intense use of texture in your work. I was surprised to see how much more significantly this characteristic of your work stands out when viewing it in person. Can y Continue Reading...
Houston's large supply of land means that demand growth primarily results in more construction, not higher prices" (McCullagh & Gilmer, 2008). However, it is important to realize that land supply is only one part of the reason that new home con Continue Reading...
A number of economists suggest that markets are efficient, but this efficiency is merely assumed. In this regard, Batten points out that, "There is no actual proof. It is virtually impossible to test for market efficiency since the 'correct' prices Continue Reading...
Later on, throughout the 1930s, fashion photographs were principally created in studios, to take advantage of being able to carefully control lighting, composition and pose (Grossman 1). However, outdoor photo shoots were not unheard of. It has been Continue Reading...
Women identified their Christ Jesus who was food during mass as the redemption of humanity. The women believed reaching spirituality was through food, since naturally they were food from their ability to breastfeed. The Medieval women associated th Continue Reading...
(269) It would seem that the artists and the press of the era both recognized a hot commodity when they saw one, and in this pre-Internet/Cable/Hustler era, beautiful women portrayed in a lascivious fashion would naturally appeal to the prurient in Continue Reading...
But a multi-disciplinary approach is always useful. 4. Should archaeology students be required to take ethnographic methods classes? Yes, because that knowledge is necessary in understanding the cultures of local communities or indigenous people o Continue Reading...
Contextualizing Fashion: London The objective of this study is to become familiar with London as a fashion capital and opportunities for fashion retailing in London including the wide range of commercial outlets from the high street store to the fas Continue Reading...
American history [...] changes that have occurred in African-American history over time between 1865 to the present. African-Americans initially came to this country against their will. They were imported to work as slaves primarily in the Southern Continue Reading...
From the 1950's to the present time the towns and villages have developed from a land of small oasis to that of a modern city with full functions as in any modern city. The infrastructure investment in this area comes to a total in excess of tens o Continue Reading...
Greek Project 1272 ART204 Formal Research Project Summer Term 2012 Ancient Greek sculpture is one of the most famous historical forms of art. Three main forms of life are represented by this sculpture; war, mythology, and rulers of the land of anci Continue Reading...
Orson Welles to Visual Arts One of the most influential motion picture directors and producers of the 20th century was Orson Welles, whose well-known radio rendition of "War of the Worlds" in 1938 panicked an entire country long before September 11 Continue Reading...
Race, Ethnicity, And Utopia The idea of a perfect society is very important in human cultures everywhere. Most cultures and religions talk about a time long ago when the world was perfect. Stories of long lost "golden ages" or the "Garden of Eden" h Continue Reading...
Culture and the Ipod American Culture and the IPod Apple first introduced the iPod in October 2001, beginning what many would consider an enormous revolution in the music industry. While music had been previously made available on MP3 players, the Continue Reading...
Domestic Architecture in Ancient Pompeii The ancient city of Pompeii has been investigated for 250 years but still remains one of the least understood ancient cities. Historians have attributed this to the inadequate standard of excavation and publi Continue Reading...
Counterfeiting on Luxury Goods Consuming counterfeit products social effects. Consumers want to project a desired social image Consumers want to project an external image of themselves that gives them a certain social status, even though internally Continue Reading...
Elvis Presley Subject's development: Erikson and Kohlberg Elvis Presley is something of a paradox as an entertainer. He became famous for singing traditionally 'black' songs although he was a white singer with a largely white fan base. He began you Continue Reading...
Irving Penn's Cigarettes Exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art" Irving Penn's exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in 1975 showed "14 platinum print photographs of cigarette butts" which were described by the Museum's Director of the Department Continue Reading...
Lawrence River. Then there are basilicas, museums, and the Ice Hotel plus countless dining, wining and shopping opportunities. When you factor in the day trips to local ski resorts, you can have an unrivaled city-ski break" (the Mail on Sunday, 2006 Continue Reading...
" Johnny Miller, famous golfer and tournament champion in the 1970s and early 1980s. (Dulac, Oakmont Country Club: Awakening the Beast, 2007) "You can hit 72 greens in regulation in the Open at Oakmont and not come close to winning." Arnold Palmer, Continue Reading...
Hatshepsut's sphinx looks quintessentially "Egyptian" and explicitly draws from the oldest and most conservative Egyptian models; Ashurnasirpal's door guardians have become a symbol of his reign and, ultimately, the entire Assyrian civilization, but 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...
German Influences on Texas Culture If one has lived in Texas for any length of time, they will realize immediately that the Texas culture is influenced by German culture in a number of ways. Modern day Texas culture would not exist as it does today Continue Reading...
Monuments Men Robert M. Edsel's The Monuments Men, is the study of the United States Army's attempt to save valuable art objects during the Second World War. Edsel's primary objective was to showcase the men and women involved in what was known as t Continue Reading...
Assembling Culture Assembling Southern Appalachian Belief Culture from the Foxfire Archive This project looks at the belief structure of people in the Southern Appalachian mountains as recognized through the Foxfire archival project, documentary ev Continue Reading...
Assyrian Reliefs LACMA Reliefs Palace Assurnasirpal II Nimrud Gypsum Assyrian, ca. 883-858 BC The Divine Right to Rule It is extremely apparent that the reliefs taken from the Northwest Palace of King Assurnasipal II are expressions of power. One c Continue Reading...
