Metroplitan Museum Of Art Collection Review During all of my years of art study I was always most interested in pottery. I spent years throwing pottery on the wheel. I experimented extensively with different types of clay, glazes and firing techniques. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art Collections, I chose to look at various pieces of pottery. From the Asian Art Collection I chos

Metropolitan Musuem The “Vermeer and the Delft School” exhibition in The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, is being displayed from March 8th till May 27th, 2001. The exhibit includes various paintings, “About 85 paintings by 30 artists- including 15 by Vermeer and 10 by Pieter de Hooch- and selected groups of drawings, tapestries, silver, and ceramics reveal for the first tim

Michael Wilks Art has the power of bringing different ideas and relating them to one another. The painting by Michael Wilks is a good example of this. In his painting he gives three-hundred and sixty things that begin with the letter A. In his painting he take extremely different images and relates them to each other. In the lower left hand corner of this painting is an ear on the wa

Michealangelo Vinci Michelangelo was pessimistic in his poetry and an optimist in his artwork. Michelangelo’s artwork consisted of paintings and sculptures that showed humanity in it’s natural state. Michelangelo’s poetry was pessimistic in his response to Strazzi even though he was complementing him. Michelangelo’s sculpture brought out his optimism. Michelangelo was optimistic in compl

Michelangelo Buonarroti: The Sistine Chapel Ceiling Michelangelo Buonarroti: The Sistine Chapel ceiling Michelangelo, a painter, sculptor, and architect, was born on March 6, 1475 in a village called Caprese. His father briefly served as a Florentine government agent. Unlike most artists families in Florence, Michelangelo’s’ was not successful, they earned their income from his fathe

Modern Art Modern Art In the late 19th and early 20th century, the concepts (such as fauvism, expressionism, cubism, orphism futurism, etc.) are all classified under the category of modernism. Modernism includes all styles of painting, sculpture, and architecture that were done between 1880 and the beginning of World War II in 1939. (Stokstad 1023) This period of time in art history w

Middle Ages Middle Ages The idea that the Middle Ages were "dark ages" has been exaggerated a lot. In fact the Middle ages are split into three distinct time periods, which were all quite different from each other. There are the Early, High, and Late Middle Ages. Despite the reputation for being a time when there were no moves forward in Europe, there were actually many important a

Modern Views Of The Prehistoric Venus Figurine In today's society there are many different views of prehistoric art. These views will differ from the original creator's views and motives behind creating the art. The Venus figurine, or Mother Earth, is an excellent example of how an ancient society can have something they worship, and in today's society it may be worshiped by one group,

Modigliani: Young Woman Of The People Amedeo Modigliani: Young Woman of the People Amedeo Modigliani painted Young Woman of the People two years before his death in 1918. He used oil on a canvas that is 39 ¼ x 25 ¼ inches. Like many of his other portraits, Modigliani uses asymmetrical balance to give a certain perception of the subject to the viewer. The picture frames in the upper lef

Dali VS Esher Dali vs. Esher At first glance at Dali’s Swans reflecting elephants, it just appears to be swans swimming on a peaceful lake. At a closer look one should see elephants in the reflection of the swans. The trees are eerie and nightmarish. The blue sky is reflected in the water, which gives it color. All of these aspects raise the question where does the land end and wh

Life Shaping The first step to making or throwing a pot is wedging. Wedging the lump of clay properly will ensure ease when throwing. To wedge clay, the potter must rhythmically knead the clay at least one hundred times. The purpose of wedging is to remove air bubbles and thoroughly mix the clay into a workable mass. Just as an infant would die without proper care, a pot without properly

Mona Lisa For this art essay I decided to learn and critique on an artist by the name of Leonardo da Vinci. I chose him because I didn’t know that much about him and wanted to know why he is so admired and famous' Did he become famous before or after he died' What makes Leonardo unique compared to other artists' I also wanted to learn more about the Mona Lisa. Why is it such famous

Art Unit 6 For unit 6 i decided to choose the subject, life and death, which falls under the category, natural forms. I chose this primarily because i like the idea of the contrast between the two. As a starting point i drew skulls on the drawing day. After the drawing day i considered how i could portray both life and death. To show death was fairly easy as objects such as skulls and

Nancy Graves Nancy Graves: Bronze Sculptor Nancy Graves (1940-1995) is a sculptor of natural forms. She casts ordinary objects like vegetables as well as sardines, and crayfish whose presence in sculptor is not ordinary. Sometimes her sculptures are figures, plants, entire landscapes, and even seascapes. Nancy was the daughter of an assistant director at the Berkshire museum in Pit

Experience With Art First, I must state that this may not be what you are looking for in any way. I might also add that my selection of literature is neither artistic nor philosophical. It did, however, move me. I read The Hot Zone by Michael Crichton in 1995, and throughout my post-Hot Zone series of reads, it still remains my favorite. It wasn’t the book per se that grabbed me, it

Carnival and the Arts Through the development of Carnival, art forms such as the mas, calypso and steelband have added to the eminence of the festival. However, it is the creation and depiction of the mas that has through time been the hub of the festival displaying multiple artistic sources. Such sources include the ethnical influences, the growth of craftsmanship in costume design, use

National Geographic Society Wasting Variable Recourses The National Geographic Society, the outside is just one of those dirty old buildings in Down Town Cairo, but once explores the inside one cannot help notice its significance. The building by itself is a piece of Islamic art that was found on May 19th 1875 by Khedive Ismail. The institution's aim was to encourage and examine geograp

Art In the world of artistic expression, the change in perspective that arose with the rise of modernism was the biggest development in artistic representation. The old way of linear perspective was abandoned in favor of new ways of looking at objects and ideas. Experimental artwork consisting of areas consistent of form, content and presentation were brought forward. Anything to do with

Illinois Indians The Illinois Indians The Illinois Indians lived in the large area of the Midwest. They lived in present state of Illinois and parts of Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa and Wisconsin. Many are now located in Oklahoma. I will be talking about the history, there daily lives, and trying to get rid of the Illinois. By the mid 1600's the majority of the Illinois lived along the

Articles Of Confederation Soon after the Revolutionary War in America, a new government was started when the Articles of Confederation were adopted by the Continental Congress. The Articles of Confederation set up a democratic government that gave the States the power to make their own laws and to enforce them. However, the Articles of Confederation were ineffective and failed to provide

American Imperialism In the late 1800s, I believe that the United States was an imperialist nation even though it was mainly the European powers doing all the imperialism like Spain and Great Britain, but the United States like it usually does, and acted exactly the opposite of what they preached. While the United States was being hypocritical we had imperialist conflicts with Spain, Cub

Anne Bradstreet And Phillis Wheatly Phillis Wheatly and Anne Bradstreet Anne Bradstreet and Phillis Wheatly are two women in American Literature who are greatly respected for the works of poetry they have created. Phillis Wheatly is of a patriotic writer. Writing for the love she has for her country and countrymen. She is not shy when addressing the beauty of the land and its peopl

Battle Of Gettysburg THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG The Battle of Gettysburg was a crucial battle that changed the outcome of the Civil War due to the decisions made by the generals of both the Union Army and the Confederate Army. The Gettysburg Address given by President Lincoln continues to remind us of the outstanding military achievements and devastating human sacrifice our country suff

Women In The American Revolution During the American Revolution thousands of women took an active role in both the American and British armies. Most were the wives or daughters of officers or soldiers. These women, who maintained an almost constant presence in military camps, were known as "camp followers." Here at Stony Point Battlefield, there were 52 women who were captured with the B

Causes Of Salem Witch Trials The Causes of the Salem Witchcraft Trials Page 1 Introduction The Salem Witchcraft trials took place in a Puritan devoted community of Massachusetts in 1692. The trials resulted in the execution of nineteen men and women, and one man who was pressed to death with stones. The theories of what caused the accusations are numerous but I will attempt to explor

Stonewall Jackson If you ask the average American student “who was Stonewall Jackson' The vast majority would answer “a famous Civil War solider.” Thomas Jackson is famous in the South for being one of the most famous and influential leaders of the Southern Confederate Army during The War Between the States. Thomas Jackson was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia, on January 21, 1824.

Advertisement “Look” Magazine November 27th, 1956 The 1950’s was a decade that reconstructed the American dream and cleaned up after the 40’s. Things were structured and strict, and the importance of knowing the difference between right and wrong were common values that were practiced at home. Men were usually the ones that made the money to support the family, and women primarily

Madison Federalist #10 Federalist Number 10 Throughout our lives we have been raised to believe in democratic government by the people and for the people. We are taught that a person’s view and will are expressed through majority rule. However the truth is the founders of our very constitution were very fearful of majority rule. One man in particular was James Madison, who composed

American Revolution There where 3 major causes of the American Fight for Independence in 1776 to about 1783. The first cause was the Great Awakening. The second cause was Enlightenment. The final cause of the Revolution was Oppressive Treatment of the colonies. The first cause of the Revolution was the Great Awakening. For thousands of years, state controlled churches, and faiths had be

Kennedy John F. Kennedy took office in 1961. With him he would bring a much more aggressive attitude than that of his predecessor former President Dwight D. Eisenhower. President Kennedy had only one down fall and it was that he worried about what others thought of the United States. Throughout his presidency President Kennedy would face many crisis. Some crisis would be very small a