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The Photographer as Artist and the Artist as Photographer, 2006.
A summary of the influences of photographers on art and art on photographers.
3,816 words (approx. 15.3 pages), 10 sources, MLA, £ 54.95
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In this report the author examines the photographer as an artist and what he can contribute to natural art. From the other point of view the author also examines how art has influenced photography. He cites many opinions of famous artists and photographers. The conclusion of the paper clearly communicates that in society today art and photography cannot be considered mutually exclusive.
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"Limitations in photographic technology determined the imagery left from the Civil War. Because exposure took several seconds, Brady heavily favored images that didn't move. For example, full regiments in formation often held still for the camera. Additionally, the gruesome aftermath of battles constituted the other predominant category of Civil War photos. For a country that had been reared on the adventure and glories of war portrayed in paintings, the overall impression of this rupture in the American psyche was depressingly grim, drab and nauseating."
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17th and 18th Century Artists, 2001.
This paper describes some famous artists including Rembrandt, Renoir and Sargent.
1,395 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 11 sources, £ 24.95
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This paper describes some famous artists including Rembrandt, Renoir and Sargent. The author gives particular emphasis to artists who painted on canvas and concentrated on portraits of women.
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"Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn was considered to be the greatest artist of the Dutch Baroque Era. Rembrandt lived from 1606 until 1669. He specialized in portraiture and was a master of light and shadows. Woman with a Pink, an oil on canvas, was painted by Rembrandt in the early 1660s. The unidentified woman in this warm but somber portrait offers a pink (or carnation), symbolic of marriage, to her husband in Man with a Magnifying Glass. This painting is dark and slightly haunting, with the woman seeming to be lost in deep meditative thought."
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Three Baroque Artists, 2004.
Analysis of three famous paintings: "Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus"; "The Descent from the Cross"; and "The Death of the Virgin".
1,871 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 30.95
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This paper introduces, discusses, and analyzes three works of art: Peter Paul Rubens's "Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus" from 1618; Rembrandt Van Rijn's "The Descent from the Cross" from 1634; and Caravaggio's "The Death of the Virgin" from 1605/6. Specifically, the paper contains an opinion and assessment of each of the works.
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""Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus" is an oil on canvas painting, measuring about 88 x 82 7/8 inches, and the original resides in the Pinakothek Museum in Munich, Germany. This painting portrays the abduction of two nude women by two large and powerful men, with their stallion rearing in the background, and a cherub hovering near the edge of the painting. The colors are rich and vibrant, from the natural skin tones of the women, to the tanned and burly beards of the men. Action and upheaval are at the center of this work - it is clear the women are desperately fighting the men, and it is clear the men are more powerful than the women, and will carry them off to their fate. Paradoxically, the scenery in the background of the painting portrays a pastoral and peaceful scene of a landscape at sunset, in direct contrast with the activity and violence at the center of the painting. Rubens uses light and shadow to illuminate the action, while downplaying the scenic background, and the effect of the painting is emotional and disturbing. The overall quality of the work is soft and "painterly," which creates a sensual overtone."
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Artemisia Gentileschi and Georgia O'Keefe, 2004.
Describes the style and artistry of two famous female artists, Artemisia Gentileschi and Georgia O'Keefe.
824 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 15.95
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This paper discusses the works of famous American artist, Georgia O'Keefe, and Renaissance artist, Artemisia Gentileschi. The paper looks at the styles, techniques, and subjects of each artist, as well as their influence in the art world.
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"Compared to their more famous male counterparts, women artists have always been relegated to the ephemeral areas of art history. As a whole, this area of study has been grossly unrecognized and under-appreciated for a number of years, mostly due to the absence of solid documentation on the lives of those women who contributed to the long history of art in Western Civilization. Nonetheless, two prominent female painters deserve closer examination; one of these artists is Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653) and the other Georgia O'Keefe (1887-1986). Both artists represent the pinnacle of artistic achievement in painting, with Gentileschi firmly established as a master of the Renaissance and O'Keefe as one of the truly great American painters of the 20th century."
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Rembrandt van Rijn, 2002.
A look at the life and works of Rembrandt van Rijn and what made him one of the most famous Dutch artists.
2,540 words (approx. 10.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 39.95
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After providing a brief overview of his life, this paper examines five works that demonstrate something of the range of his extraordinary talent and illuminate his almost preternatural ability to depict the condition of the human heart and soul - whether his own in the many self-portraits he created or in other in the series of studies that made him one of the most popular portrait artists of Amsterdam in his own time.
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"Rembrandt himself would no doubt have been very pleased to have found out how dominant his own reputation has remained, for he was not an overly shy or modest artist. His life was in fact (especially when he was younger) defined in large measure by his ambition. He wished to be an artist whose work would in time come to rival that of other great Dutch artists such as Peter Paul Rubens. He wished not only to be a fine artist but also a famous one, and while he of course succeeded in achieving the first during his lifetime he in many ways failed to achieve the second. For while he was in demand for many years as a portrait-painter, by the end of his life he had lost many of his former patrons."
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Salvador Dali, 2004.
An analysis of the life and works of world-famous Spanish artist, Salvador Dali.
2,286 words (approx. 9.1 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 36.95
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This paper discusses the life and works of one of the most important artists in the 20th century, Salvador Dali. The paper examines the influence Dali had in the art world. The paper contends that his work was highly influenced by the Surrealist and Dada movements, and his spectacular appearance, with a large waxed moustache and big eyes, helped him become even more memorable to the world. The paper explores Dali's theories on art and science that changed the way many people viewed art and artistic pursuit.
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"Salvador Dali was born in Figueres, Spain, located in the Catalonia district, on May 11, 1904. He had a younger sister, and his father, also called Salvador, was a notary. He attended a private school operated by the Brothers of the Marist Order in his hometown, and was an average student. In 1916, on vacation, he viewed his first modern paintings, and remembered the experience, because he began to study drawing with a teacher in Figueres after he returned home. By 1918, he enjoyed two small exhibitions of his work in his hometown, and began to explore other modern painting techniques such as impressionism and pointillism. During this time, Dali also dabbled in writing. He published an article in a college magazine and wrote poetry. This indicates how multi-faceted the artist was. This would show up later in his career when he continued to experiment with many different art forms, and even tried his hand at filmmaking. He also began to publish an unconventional newspaper for his fans later in his life."
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Pablo Picasso, 2004.
A look at this famous artist's personal life history and his influence on art.
1,571 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 26.95
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Pablo Picasso has been, without question, the single most influential artist of the early 20th century, both as a public figure and an artist. He has been credited, along with Braque, for the creation of Cubism, and his work in every other genre set the bar for his contemporaries. This paper shows that Picasso's styles, over the course of his eighty-year-long career, ranged from Neo-classicism to Cubism to Neo-expressionism. His work even influenced the great abstract painters. His work was always genius and usually controversial. The paper shows that, while his work has been accepted by the mainstream, his life remains controversial to this day.
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"External strife was also a muse for many of his greatest political works. During his Blue era, he painted the outcasts of society. When his beloved France was plunged into war, he painted one of his greatest masterpieces, the Guernica. This giant mural commemorated the slaughter of his people and condemned the rising fascist movement. He remained artistically active when Paris was over-run by the Nazis as well. While he was regularly questioned by them, and his art decried by the Nazi Party as degenerate, he was strangely never arrested or detained."
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Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" and "The Hunger Artist", 2004.
Compares and contrasts two of Franz Kafka's most famous stories, "The Metamorphosis" and "The Hunger Artist".
1,456 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 0 sources, £ 25.95
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This paper presents a comparison and a contrast between "The Metamorphosis" of Gregor Samsa and the privation of "The Hunger Artist". The paper first summarizes the two stories and then takes a look at the themes of identity, family, and change running throughout the stories. This is followed by a comparison of the characters, the conflicts, and the language features.
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"Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis contains one of the most famous beginnings of any short story ever written, stating that the central protagonist, Gregor Samsa, woke one morning to discover that he had been transformed into a large cockroach. Gregor's parents, unsurprisingly, are rather distressed by this development. Despite Gregor's alarming appearance, however, they apparently recognize him. However, Gregor becomes a prisoner of his room and a prisoner of his body. He can no longer go to work. Once, he was the financial and emotion support structure of his family. Now he is reduced to scuttling around his room. He is beaten by the home's charwoman and fed by his repulsed sister Greta."
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Constanin Brancusi the Artist, 2006.
This paper explores the life, influences and works of one of the greatest artists of the 20th century, Constantin Brancusi.
1,606 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 27.95
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This paper contains a concise biographical background of artist and sculptor Constantin Brancusi as well as relevant information regarding his more famous works of art, including: "Endless Column" and "Gate of Kiss." The writer of this paper explores Brancusi's intense expressiveness of abstract form as well as his handling of simplistic and basic themes of nature which garnered him much respect and fame as one of the great artists of the 20th century. This paper also details Brancusi's use of stone, wood and metal, coupled with his personal background and contemporary Romanian themes that evidence his social, political and aesthetic ideas to produce works of art that led to his well-earned reputation as a revolutionary modern artist.
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"One example of a personal biographical detail that influenced Brancusi's life was his childhood in Tahiti. Although he was born in Craiova, in Southern Romania in 1876, he spent his childhood and youth in Tahiti. He was born into a large peasant family, and the family maintained its poverty throughout Brancusi's childhood. Brancusi did not go to school, but worked as a herdsman, first watching the family flock, then working for other country people in the Carpathian Mountains. Here, he learned to carve wood by fashioning tools and implements, through a popular art form making spoons, bedposts, or cheese presses, all of which were ornamented with carvings, but also for making the facades of homes."
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American Historical Artist John Trumbull, 2005.
This paper discusses the life and works of American historical artist John Trumbull, whose paintings depict major episodes in the U.S. War of Independence.
2,715 words (approx. 10.9 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 42.95
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This paper explains that, in contemporary American society, the use of images to learn history has been under-valued as exemplified by the relative under-appreciation for the art of John Trumbull, an American painter, architect and author, whose paintings of major episodes in the U.S. War of Independence form a unique record of that conflict's events and participants. The author points out that Trumbull's most famous work is his documentary painting, "The Declaration of Independence", finished in 1836, which is a familiar image in American popular iconography. The paper describes in detail the paintings "Declaration of Independence", "The Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown" and "The Battle of Bunker's Hill"; each of these paintings realistically depicts not only the scenes but also the historically correct portraiture of the participants.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Biography Information
Early life
Painting Career
"The Declaration of Independence"
Avenues of Fame
Misnaming
Description of Painting
Portraiture
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Members of Congress
Actual Scene
"Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown"
Description of Painting
Portraitures
Cornwallis
O'Hara
General Lincoln
Actual Scene
"The Battle of Bunker's Hill"
Description of Painting
Portraiture
General Putnam
British Officers
Howe
Clinton
Small
Pitcairn
Actual Scene
Conclusion
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""The Battle of Bunker's Hill" is also among Trumbull's most famous paintings. This painting is composed of many figures in close combat, and the painting's organization lies along a sweeping diagonal. Moreover, the dramatic contrasts of light and shadow movingly culminate in the highlighted soldier dying in the arms of a comrade.This was the first of Trumbull's Revolutionary War masterpieces to be finished, and it was also painted in the studio of Benjamin West in London. It was completed in March 1786, although the origin of the portraiture in this painting is less known than that of the two aforementioned Revolutionary War paintings. For example, it is unknown where Trumbull obtained the likeness of General Warren, although it is probable that he copied a portrait by Copley."
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Famous Women, 2002.
A look at some famous women and immigrants who have changed the face of American history.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 4 sources, £ 22.95
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This paper is written about famous women and immigrants. From the beginning of American history women have played an active role in seeking rights for immigrants, African Americans, and their own rights.
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Edvard Munch's Famous Painting, "The Kiss", 2001.
A short look at the artistic qualities and techniques used in this famous painting.
609 words (approx. 2.4 pages), 1 source, £ 11.95
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"The work is quite simple, using simple artistic devices in order to capture this couple's one timeless moment. It successfully portrays joy pulling the viewer into the painting's depths with its brilliant use of colour and shape, creating another reality. It's as if you are looking at these lovers through a glass panel, distorting them and melding them together until they themselves look as smooth as the glass that protects them."
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Santiago's "Danny Famous All Over Town", 1994.
This paper reviews Santiago's "Danny Famous All Over Town" a novel about life and culture in East L.A. barrio and family dynamics.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, £ 20.95
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"In the novel Famous All Over Town, Danny Santiago writes about the barrio in East Los Angeles, a whole world away from the experience of most of the residents of the city. The author details the life of this subculture, how it has developed as a reflection of the culture of Mexico and how the original culture is challenged and altered in the American context. The life of the barrio is presented here as difficult and even dangerous, producing generation after generation of angry and defiant youth who strike back at all of society for the world into which they have been born. One of the themes in this novel related to the production of these angry young people is parenting and the way young people come to see their parents in a new light as they (the children) grow up and measure their reality against the ideal they have been taught and against the image projected by ... "
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A Comparison of Two Famous Novels by Hemingway, 2000.
Compares and contrasts Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises" and "The Old Man and the Sea".
1,772 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 6 sources, £ 29.95
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An essay that compares and contrasts two of Hemingway stories, discovering that while the intricacy of plot, settings and number of players differ greatly between the two works, they both share a common thematic characteristic.
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"While the intricacy of plot, settings and number of players differ greatly between the two works, The Sun Also Rises and The Old Man and the Sea share a common thematic characteristic: Hemingway's concepts of bravery and the code hero are reflected in Jake Barnes to some extent and are clearly evident in Pedro Romero and Santiago. Loyalty is an important quality among these heroes. He pits both heroes of his novels against animalistic forces of nature. The author also gives his heroes scars to keep them from being too far removed from the audience. Thus, while these novels initially may provide many contrasts, upon close analysis Hemingway uses both The Sun Also Rises and The Old Man and the Sea to formulate a pervasive character in his fiction: the ideal man. "
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