Art-Ahdaf Soeuif- “A Reflection in the Looking Glass: A Parallel with the Past” An analytical analysis of Ahdaf Soueif’s In the Eye of the Sun Universally and historically female writers have addressed issues regarding their female sexuality and women’s role in society, per their cultural norms. Since this has long been the case many cultural norms and mores have been introd

Behavioral Science Applied To Art Behavioral Science Applied to Art In the world of art, there is a wide range of classifications that fall under this category. There is not just one type of person that can be called an artist. An artist can be a painter, musician, sculptor, metal fabricator, architect, or someone who design, express, or produce objects subject to aesthetic criteria.

Tommy Tune --> Tommy Tune, Actor, Dancer, Singer, Choreographer and Director is the winner of nine Tony Awards, and the only person in theatrical history to win in four different categories and to win the same two Tony Awards two years in a row. Tommy danced onto the Broadway scene in the chorus of 'Baker Street' in 1965 and hasn't stopped since. He worked in the chorus' of 'A Joyfu

Comparative Paper: Parthenon, Athens Vs. Cathedral Of Florence After the Persians destroyed the Acropolis, in 448 BC the Athenian leader Pericles initiated construction of the presently standing temple of Athena. Built by the architects Ictinus and Callicrates under the supervision of the sculptor Phidias, the temple is generally considered to be the culmination of the development of th

Eliot And Alienation Modernism was the time period between 1865 and 1950 that consisted of a change in the perspectives of how Americans examined themselves and their role in society. Many things occurred during these eighty five years that accounted for a great social change. Among these things were World War I, the Civil Rights Movement, prohibition, women suffrage, and the Great Depre

Mary Cassatt An American painter born on May 22, 1844, in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, Mary Stevenson Cassatt dedicated most of her social life to becoming one of America's most interesting artists. Growing up in Philadelphia, she was the fifth child of Katherine Kelso Johnston and Robert Simpson Cassatt, whom was a real estate and investment broker. Her upbringing was fairly distinctiv

Uccello Paolo Uccello was born as Paolo di Dono and was given the name Uccello as a nickname meaning “the bird” because of his love for drawing birds and animals on frieze. He was the son of Dono di Paolo, who was a barber and surgeon and Antonia di Giovanni del Beccuto. He came from a poor family but money never matters to Uccello, his art did. He was a member of the official painters'

Ugolino Sculpture From The Met Carpeaux was born in France in 1827; he went to study in Italy in 1854. Carpeaux studied under the Romantic French sculptor Francois Rude (1784-1855), in the Ecole Des Beaux-Arts (Stokstad, 1008). There he studied the works by Michelangelo, a High Renaissance artist who was a major influence in Carpeaux sculpture. The sculpture’s main character (Ugolino)

Ukiyo-e And Art Nouveau Ukiyo-e Ukiyo-e means “pictures of the floating world”. In 1603 through 1867, Ukiyo-e defined an art movement of the Tokuguawa period, it was the final phase of traditional Japanese history, and also a time of cultural arts. Ukiyo-e mixed influences from decrorative design and traditional picture scrolls. Mainly used in the entertainment district of Edo, the

Van Gogh "What lives in art and is eternally living, is first of all the painter, and then the painting." - Vincent Van Gogh Expressionism is an art form in which the very style itself and the symbols that the artist uses are meant to express his innermost feelings on the subject. Vincent van Gogh has often been hailed as the quintessential expressionist painter. His artwork covers a

Van Gogh Van Gogh was born March 30, 1853 in Groot Zundert, Netherlands, which is south of Holland. Vincent was the second born in his family. Before him his mother gave birth to a stillborn child, who was also named Vincent that she buried in the front yard. This is believed to play a huge part in his depression and growing up in general. Vincent Van Gogh loved to take walks and rea

Van Gogh As a project, my senior year of high school, we were asked to write a fifteen page report on a historical figure. I choose to write it on Van Gogh, emphasizing on Starry Night. The more I got into Van Gogh’s work the more I became fascinated with the man behind the paintings. Van Gogh was a tormented soul and through the years you can see that his paintings project this. When yo

Merian Sibilla Merian, a German naturalist, author, and illustrator was born in Germany. Frankfurt was a small town in Germany where she was raised. They had a wide family that were either an engraver and or a publisher. After the death of her stepfather that taught her much botony and engraving, she was later very enthusiastic to develope a several scientific and observational flower en

Leonardo Da Vinci Leonardo Da Vinci was born in 1452 on his father’s estate in Vinci, Italy. He received his education on the estate until the age of fifteen. Which is when his father had noticed Leonardo’s potential and had decided to send him to be an apprentice to the artist Andrea del Verrocchio in Florence. There he studied sculpture and the mechanical arts. This was also when he fi

Jean-Baptiste Rodin On November 12, 1840, Auguste Rodin was born into a modest family who resided in Paris. Rodin’s father was an office employee; his name was Jean-Baptiste Rodin. Marie Chefter, his mother, was especially religious, as was his father. Rodin’s family were very close, through love and religion. He was the younger of two children. His sister who was about two years older t

Daivid Origin of Art David Sculptures David, who was destined to be the second king of Israel, destroyed the Philistine giant Goliath with a stone and a sling. Donatello, Verrocchio, Michelangelo, and Bernini each designed a sculpture of David. However, the sculptures are drastically different from one another. Each one is unique in its own certain way. Donatello, whose David w

US Attorney General, John Ashcroft Vs. Free Speech Coalition Act US Attorney General, John Ashcroft vs. Free Speech Coalition Act U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft announced more than 100 arrests on Aug. 8 related to a Texas-based Internet child pornography ring. Postal inspectors say the two-year investigation that preceded the arrests may yield 30,000 more cases involving those

Basquiat So Young So Lost Jean-Michel Basquiat, a young graffiti artist in New York, was born in Brooklyn on December 22, 1960. Since childhood, he showed an interest in art which his mother encouraged. He grew up to be one of the most famous artists of our time, but also one of the most troubled. He died at the young age of 27 from a heroin overdose. I believe factors other than the

Hadrian Roman Art and Culture Hadrians love was of the classical Greek ideals. He built a villa for himself with many houses not attached, not only did it have a classical feel but it also had the technological advances of the time. He built a temple in Rome, the Temple of Venus and Roma. It had many Greek features, like the fact that it sat on a platform with steps leading up to the

Dance I am a performing member of the Sandhills Ballet Theatre; a non-profit arts organization, dedicated to enhancing the community’s awareness of dance, through performances and outreach programs. Recently I have performed in “Causing A Commotion,” an international incident. Through this experience I showed leadership ability and took special initiative. As a result of hard work, I hav

View Of Toledo Amid several 16th century works of art, the painting “Toledo” by El Greco (the Greek) is exhibited in the H. O. Havemeyer Collection, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. This piece is somewhat of small size and brushed in on a canvas with oil paint. Its small size and unrealistic dimmed colors make it a prominent piece in the divergent brightly decorated ga

Vincent Van Gogh Who was the man called Vincent Van Gogh' Vincent Van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853 to Theodorus Van Gogh and Anna Cornelia Carbentus. He was born in the village of Groot Zundert, In the North Brabant region of the Netherlands. His father was a Protestant preacher. He had three sisters and two brothers. He spent the first thirteen years living in Groot Zundert. At age 1

Visual Art Types The evolution of art first began in a workshop environment and was considered techne, making according to a plan. It was a collaboration of many artists working together even though many early pieces are credited to one artist. At the time, there was no distinction between art and craft. Art was purely functional unlike today. What we consider visual art was for many

Art And Design During The Nazi Movement Art and Design during the Nazi Movement Germany during the Nazi movement controlled the art produced between 1933 and 1945 to ensure they embodied the ethics they wanted to teach the German people. Highly eristic and aesthetic pieces romanticized everyday subjects and repeated outmoded stereotyped Nazi principles of the human body and its

Ansel Adams Ansel Adams, UCI, ca. 1966. Photograph by Richard Schlesinger Ansel Adams (1902 – 1984) Mount Williamson – the Sierra Nevada, from Manzanar, California Ansel Adams, 1945 The first question to ask is what makes an Ansel Adams photograph an Ansel Adams. To classify him to one certain category would be nearly impossible. Ansel Easton Adams, born on Thursd

David David, who was destined to be the second king of Israel, destroyed the Philistine giant Goliath with stone and a sling. Donatello, Verrocchio, Michelangelo, and Bernini each designed a sculpture of David. However, the sculptures are drastically different from one another. Each one is unique in its own certain way. Donatello, whose David was the first life-size nude statue since Cl

The Divinity Of Art Art may be defined as having four aspects. One aspect of art may be called imitative art — the tendency and ability to produce as exactly as possible, on the canvas or in the clay, something that one sees. This is the first stage, and one that leads the artist further on the path of art. In order to develop this faculty, the mind must be fully concentrated. When the a

Effects Of Photography On Painting In the 19th century, photography was considered to be the end of painting. Not only did the camera quickly become a painters tool, but it can be argued that the invention of journalistic and moving picture photography freed painting from the need to produce strict academic images of historical events and places and helped allow Impressionism and Modern

Walters Art Gallery: The Female Figure And Hippopotamus Walters Art Gallery: The Female Figure and Hippopotamus By: Erin Bray In the second or third millennium B.C. The Female Figure, a highly abstracted figure is the creation of a pre-Hellenic population of the Cycladic islands of the Aegean. Dubbed fertility goddesses, this female figure reclining with her arms crossed i

Warhol Warhol The life and work of Andy Warhol has inspired many writers to tell of the artistfs secrets in published writings. However, Carter Ratcliff accomplishes this feat in a unique fashion, profiling Warholfs work in Andy Warhol. A must-read for anybody interested in the origins of American Pop art, Ratclifffs Andy Warhol touches on all aspects of Warholfs work. Segmented ch