Art Appreciation Research Paper This paper focuses on artistic work that concentrates on the themes of love and sex. Although the two seem to be in tandem, at least in terms of application, the dominant theme is love. It refers to different arts and Continue Reading...
Art - A Product of Its Context Introduction Exploring by visual means is a versatile process of collecting facts about the world. The context from which one does so and their personal factors influence such a dynamic exploration process. Art and cont Continue Reading...
Such works bring to mind Freud's theory of genital anxiety, which is present in both men and women. At the same time - and this is where Bourgeois's revolt against myth occurs - what would otherwise be seen as a fetish object for men is deployed her Continue Reading...
International Human Rights, Women and Gender International Human Rights: Women and Gender Women are the most assaulted segment of the human society. A shocking statistic reveals that a majority of the females are subjected to violence and sexual vi Continue Reading...
Gender Throughout the course of history, art has been used as a form of expression and to define social customs / traditions. In some cases, this is occurring with it serving as a symbol of the larger ideas that are most important to specific ethnic Continue Reading...
Two of the most notable examples of prehistoric art, the Woman of Willendorf and the cave paintings at Lascaux, have the power to inspire awe and stimulate discussions on the consciousness of early humanity. The cave paintings at Lascaux, in modern-d Continue Reading...
Baroque Art: PETER PAUL RUBENS & CARAVAGGIO The artistic period known as the Renaissance continued without any sharp stylistic changes well into the 17th and 18th centuries; however, the art of this later period is often called Baroque, althoug Continue Reading...
Da Vinci's Mona Lisa has been the subject of films, conjecture, and speculation throughout the ages. Who is Mona Lisa and why is she smiling that small but intriguing smile? Another art critic notes, "The treatment of the mouth, upturned at the end Continue Reading...
art of illustration has changed dramatically over time. In the present moment, book illustrations can be a variety of types and styles, all of which have some historical basis in past illustrations. The period between 1929 and 1955 had two very diff Continue Reading...
Visual Imagery and Qualitative Dimensions of Life & Consciousness in Visual Art Throughout history all cultures have produced works of art. The impulse to create as a means of personal expression and to stimulate the imagination of viewers is un Continue Reading...
It should be noted here that the culture/nature dichotomy is just as important to Butler as it is to Mendieta. Early on in Bodies That Matter, Butler asks the following question: "Is sex to gender as feminine is to masculine?" Nature has traditional Continue Reading...
Thus, the invention of perspective by the artists of the Renaissance reflected the emergence of science and the mathematical ordering of man's observations of the physical world. The manifestation of perspective can clearly be observed in the paint Continue Reading...
Luncheon of the Boating Party Pierre Auguste Renoir Pierre-Auguste Renoir saw an abundance of beautiful things in the world and his paintings expressed a never-ending sense of joy and discovery. With his brilliant use of natural light and color, h Continue Reading...
gender roles in the workplace pre-exist much of what we think defines what work really is; not only do they pre-exist the modern working world of offices and factories, but they also seems older than more basic things, like writing and currency. Fro Continue Reading...
Van Eyck's The Arnolfini Double Portrait The Arnolfini double portrait is amongst the best paintings from the Renaissance in Netherland. The portrait which is also referred to as the Arnolfini Wedding/ Marriage is a picture depicting a wealthy pair Continue Reading...
Vincent Van Gogh, Frank Lloyd Wright and Madeleine Vionnet. What did this 19th century artist, architect, and fashion designer share in common? Very simply: They all incorporated Japanese techniques into their works of genius. When Commodore Perry op Continue Reading...
Ansel Adams: An Analysis of the Importance of America's Most Popular Photographer Of all the great black-and-white photographers, Ansel Adams was the blackest and the whitest. -- Kenneth Brower, 2002 Today, Ansel Adams is widely regarded as the mo Continue Reading...
Emile Galle and Louis Majorelle and the Art Nouveau Movement Art Nouveau is best defined as a style in the visual arts that came to the fore in a number of European and North American cities in the early 1890s, and remained a force to be reckoned wi Continue Reading...
Along the edge of the pool are her refreshments and shoes waiting for her to claim them. The detail in this work is amazing, the water even looks three-dimensional and clear, and there is even a life preserving "floating" on the surface. The artist Continue Reading...
George Durrie was an American painter who lived and worked during the 19th century (George). Durrie was a northerner who supported abolition and professed a concern over rampant industrialization which he believed diminished the natural landscape. Cu Continue Reading...
Queen Jiang and Deng Chanyu were both strong women in the story but their strength lied in different things. The Queen was more virtuous which gave her a lot of perseverance and Deng Chanyu was a skilled and strong fighter that allowed to remain acti Continue Reading...
Woman Loves her Father, Every Woman Loves a Fascist: The Politics and Poetics of Despair in Plath's "Daddy" Sylvia Plath is one of the most famous poets to emerge in the late 20th century. Partially due to the success of her autobiographical novel Continue Reading...
The birds flying away in the end are representative of the freedom to love each other that Allie and Noah now have with each other. No physical bounds can restrain them. These elements became apparent on the fourth viewing. I then went back through Continue Reading...
Women and the Home Front in Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee during the Civil War This paper examines the living conditions and attitudes that shaped the lives of the women in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee during and afte Continue Reading...
178). For example, Sakkal reports that, "The measuring system of Ibn Muqlah is based on a circle with a diameter that equals the height of the letter Alef. It controls the correct proportions of the letters by comparing them to the circle, and by di Continue Reading...
North American Women Continue to be the Primary Targets and Consumers of Cosmetic Surgery? In a world in which we are judged by how we appear, the belief that we can change our appearance through cosmetic surgery is liberating to a lot of women. Th Continue Reading...
Bill Ivey's Art, Inc. With an insightful analysis of modern economics and its impact on the state of art and culture in America, Arts, Inc.: How Greed and Neglect Have Destroyed Our Cultural Rights is author Bill J. Ivey's attempt to sound the alarm Continue Reading...
The Romanticism of Goya's work is shown in the way that it is openly partisan and emotional -- it lacks the clean lines of David's painting and thus make the figures seem more worthy of pathos, more real as subjects to the viewer, even though the r Continue Reading...
Woman and Law Enforcement Involved in a Standoff That Lasts 39 Days The thoughts expressed in the comments about the way the officers handled the standoff between the woman who was deemed unstable in the head, the numerous officers were less than v Continue Reading...
woman entered the National Institutes of Health Research Hospital in Bethesda Maryland with a serious, but fairly routine infection; however the subsequent events were to prove anything but routine. The article titled "Tracking a Hospital Outbreak o Continue Reading...
African-American Literature -- Alice Walker Women breaking the barriers in literature: Alice Walker, Pioneer of Womanism and Bastion of the African-American Culture (Literature) African-American culture as American society characterizes it today co Continue Reading...
Modern Woman’s Struggle with Self-confidence The Art of the Story: An International Anthology of Contemporary Stories by Daniel Halpern is a compilation of the 80 short stories. This book brings together a generation of short story writers who Continue Reading...
Mental Health The health of women has been a subject of discussion for many years and it has been emphasized because the health of women is directly related to the health of the child and thus the health of the society (Jacobson, 1993). However, the 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...
Craft not art? a. Though it is undeniable that manufacturers of objects not generally esteemed as art such as fabric and dishes are still artists, the fact that their contribution to cultural aesthetic is not valued similarly or at least regarded s Continue Reading...
age of globalized images and new media, including social media, visual culture is universal. Even traditional news media, such as photojournalism, provides a window into multiple worlds and offers an opportunity for individuals from diverse backgrou Continue Reading...
