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"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", 2007.
A description of the effectiveness of Gustave Dore's engravings that accompany Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner."
916 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 0 sources, $ 32.95
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This paper discusses Gustave Dore's set of forty-two engravings that accompany the story depicted in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." The paper quotes passages from the poem and describes how the accompanying engravings enhance the telling of Coleridge's story, in order to paint a more vivid picture for the reader.
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"The engraving depicting the detention of the wedding guest at the beginning of the story sets the stage for the whole tale. Coleridge uses the frame story convention in order to enhance the story. The poem begins with the ancient mariner stopping a guest on the way to a wedding in order to tell the tale of his adventure at sea. This drawing is definitely on land, and serves to illustrate the contrast between land and sea that Coleridge intended. The background depicts a foreboding city scene, and the looks on the faces of the men in the engraving enhance the ominous atmosphere."
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Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus", 2007.
This paper discusses the painting 'The Birth of Venus' by Sandro Botticelli.
790 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 28.95
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In this article, the writer discusses the artist Sandro Botticelli and looks at his most famous work 'The Birth of Venus'. The writer discusses various influences on the work of Botticelli and points out that he combined ideas of mythology with Christian concepts in his painting. The writer notes that the 'Birth of Venus' is believed to be inspired by the Homeric Hymns and Ovid. Furthermore, the writer discusses that in the painting itself, Venus is loosely correlated to the Virgin Mary, while Zephyr and Aura are represented as angels and the nymph Hora, who welcomes Venus, suggests the relationship of St. John to the savior. The writer concludes by pointing out that Botticelli's later works focus on more Christian subjects with traditional themes.
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"In his art, Botticelli was truly a Florentine of his time as he spent his whole life there minus one year in Rome where he worked on the Sistine Chapel. Furthermore, the subject matter of his art was influenced by the social and philosophical atmosphere established in Florence by the famous Medici family. Botticelli benefited by a close relationship with that family at the height of their influence on the social and political atmosphere of Florence. Several of his works were painted either directly for the Medici family such as portraits or indirectly through commissions that the Medici family controlled. Without a doubt, Botticelli was a favorite in the family and had access to other artists and thinkers gathered around the family."
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Peter Carl Faberge, 2007.
An examination of the life and works of Peter Carl Faberge.
1,328 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the topic of art in Russia. Specifically it discusses how Peter Carl Faberge's products have served, and been affected by, the idea that the arts in Russia are a political, religious, and philosophical arena for debate in the absence of a free press. The paper examines the effect Faberge has had on the arts in Russia. The paper further examines how Faberge is one of the most famous Russian artists in the world, with his works reflecting the opulence and garishness of the Victorian era, and illustrating the attention to detail and opulent decor that was so popular at the time. The paper concludes that Faberge brought world attention to the Russian art world.
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"Faberge was an innovator, and that is another important part of his artistic legacy. He brought art nouveau to Russia and created a myriad of decorative pieces. Some estimate his designs numbered more than 150,000 (Von Hapsburg, 1996, p. 4). In actuality, Faberge never made anything himself. He employed hundreds of artisans and craftspeople who did the design and execution. Faberge's contribution was his shrewd business sense and the materials used, such as precious stones, the carving, and the use of gold and silver in the designs.
Faberge's works represented an opulent and excessive time in world and Russian history. The wealthy were extremely wealthy, and society was becoming more mobile, more open, and more interested in the world around them."
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Albert Einstein, 2007.
A discussion on the life and works of Albert Einstein.
1,772 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 57.95
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This paper offers a detailed history of Einstein and the effects his works have on the world, including nuclear energy. It discusses his many theories and explains that often times these works were of religious motivation. The paper also discusses Einsteins effect not only in the science arena, but also on art and the development of Modernism and Post-Modernism in particular.
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"In more theoretical terms, Einstein postulated several theories that challenged the nature of time and suggested both its relative nature depending on how it is measured and the possibility that it is reversible, something that clearly went against the traditional view. Einstein is really the figure around whom the changes in both the sense of time and of space swirl, for his theories challenged both and suggested ways in which both time and space could be changed, bent, twisted, and made into something different than people had once believed."
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"American Tropical", 2007.
A discussion on David Alfaro Siqueiros' mural "American Tropical".
1,202 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper begins with a general discussion on three great 20th century Mexican-born muralists, namely, Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros. It continues to discuss David Alfaro Siqueiros' life and his controversial Los Angeles mural "America Tropical", in particular. The author includes reasons for its unenthusiastic reception by Los Angeles leaders in 1932. The paper also explores its great impact on public art.
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"Arguably, Siqueiros's America Tropical has also been significant, within Los Angeles (and the United States), artistically; culturally; and expressionistically from the early 1930's on (even considering the quick and total censorship of it in 1932) because American Tropical was in fact the first large mural within the United States anywhere that was created specifically within public space, and public viewing, on a plain exterior public wall."
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Palmer Hayden, 2007.
A biography of the life and work of the painter Palmer Hayden.
971 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper looks at the work of Palmer Hayden who was one of the first African-American artists to use African subjects and designs in his painting. In particular, it looks at how he was part of the "Harlem Renaissance" in the 1920's, a flowering of African-American social thought that was expressed through the visual arts, as well as through music and how it influenced his work.
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"Although Hayden had pursued training in New York and Paris, his style has frequently been described as primitive. "In "The Janitor Who Paints", the figures' oversized hands and intense, cartoonlike expressions, as well as the freely treated space in which shapes are outlined as relatively flat areas of color, recall the simplified forms of American folk art." 7 Actually, these elements are present much more because of his highly personal approach to interpreting the vitality and challenges of African-American life than because of the broader influences of African and modern art that Hayden encountered in Paris ."
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The Getty Center Museum, 2007.
An analysis of artworks at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 39.95
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The paper describes how the artistic goal of the J. Paul Getty Museum, located at the Getty Center in the city of Los Angeles, is to make its collection meaningful and attractive to a broad audience by presenting and interpreting the collection through educational programs, special exhibitions, publications, conservation and research. The writer proposes that this has been accomplished with the museum's outstanding collection of art masterpieces, ranging from European paintings, drawings, sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, decorative arts, and European and American photographs. The paper examines specific works of Van Gogh, Renoir and Raphael.
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"As one of the great masters of Post-Impressionism, Vincent Van Gogh's paintings contain many visual elements and principles of design, especially through his use of color. His insistence on the expressive values of color led him to develop a corresponding expressiveness via his application of the paint to the canvas. The thickness, shape and direction of his brushstrokes created a tactile counterpoint to his intense color schemes, usually by loading his brushes with paint and then vigorously applying it back and forth or at right angles which gives a textile-like effect; he also often applied paint directly from the tube which gives his paintings an almost three-dimensional feel to them."
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The Elgin Marbles, 2007.
A debate on the exhibition of the Elgin Marbles in the British Museum.
1,010 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper discusses exhibitions in the British Museum. Specifically, it focuses on the debate surrounding the Elgin Marbles. The paper offers an objective exploration on why these sculptures should remain in the museum.
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"It is clear the Elgin Marbles are incredible works of art, and they deserve to be seen by the greatest number of people possible. Personally, I did not know of this controversy regarding the marbles, and reading about it gave me a clearer understanding of ancient artifacts and their ownership and display. While I can certainly understand why Greece would like the artifacts back, it seems that if that occurred, it would simply open up an assortment of problems for every museum in the world. Where did their displays come from, and who owns them now? If one country can reclaim treasures, then what would stop other countries from doing the same thing? It seems that museums are the best place for these artifacts, because they take care of them, they allow the public to view them, and they protect them. I am not so sure that would happen with many of the artifacts if they were returned to their native countries."
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"An Old Man in Military Costume", 2007.
An analysis of the painting "An Old Man in Military Costume" by Rembrandt van Rijn.
1,276 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper analyzes Rembrandt van Rijn's 1630 portrait entitled "An Old Man in Military Costume." The paper describes the painting and also describes how the representation of the individual painted differs from other paintings of the same person. The paper then describes how the painting could influence the creation of a film on the Dutch struggle for independence combined with a biography of Rembrandt's life.
From the Paper
"This might be one way to render the form, the visual structure, and the meaning of the work into a film. One could begin a film, for example, on the Dutch struggle for independence combined with a biography of Rembrandt's life by opening up with a shot of a perched ostrich plume, as the credits rolled by. The film camera, after the credits had finished would pan down to show the face of the old man. Suddenly, the man would come alive. As the film transformed the image of the painting into the face of an actor portraying the living subject, sitting for Rembrandt's portrait in a studio, gradually the soundtrack would start to roar with the sounds of soldiers marching in battle. The camera, still focused on the living poser for his portrait would show the face of the man suddenly become young again."
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"On Naive and Sentimental Poetry", 2007.
An explanation of Frederick Schiller's essay "On Naive and Sentimental Poetry."
1,051 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 36.95
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The paper discusses how Frederick Schiller attempts to create an aesthetic philosophy of what constitutes great art. The paper explains his philosophy that great art is a balance between the unforced beauty of nature and the calculated, skilled knowledge of a technician. The greatest art, according to Schiller, is not pure nature, or pure naive expression, nor is great art the work of the most skilled painter or wordsmith. Rather, Schiller maintains that great art is made by an artist who can exist between the two extremes, who can still think like a simple child with enthusiasm about nature, but also enlarge nature through art in a way that is striking, but not untruthful.
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"In the first part of his essay Schiller defends the beauty and purity of nature and apparently unskillful art that is truthful over art that is simply crafted in the sense that it conforms to accepted aesthetic principles. Schiller forces the reader to ask a question of him or herself what makes art both good and moving at the same time? Why do certain apparently simple tunes seemingly so catchy, and why do some works of skilled artists leave a person cold? The answer, Schiller states, is to be found in nature. So long is something is natural, says Schiller, the critic should not feel any guilt about appreciating, for example, naive and sentimental poetry, any more than he or she feels guilty about gazing with pleasure at a flower in nature."
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