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  • The Perilous Consequences of Going Beneath the Surface’s of Art

    The Perilous Consequences of Going Beneath the Surface’s of Art

    The Perilous Consequences of Going Beneath the Surface’s of Art In the novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde creates a world of epigrams and paradox’s that all runs true to his aesthetic beliefs. Wilde fashionably implements these beliefs through witty epigrams verbalized by Lord Henry, and through his clever aphorism in the preface. Of the many aphorisms that Wilde use’s to begin his novel, it’s the dire and consequential statement, those who go

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    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: David
  • Different Ways to Compare Art History and Informational Technology

    Different Ways to Compare Art History and Informational Technology

    Different Ways to Compare/Contrast Art History and Informational Technology Robert Nealeigh Colorado Technical University ENG116-0802A-01 Susan Sampson April 22, 2008 Different Ways to Compare/Contrast Art History and Informational Technology In the essay that you are about to read, I will explain the differences in a compare and contrast essay on Art History and Informational Technology. I’ll be talking first about Art History and what we need to research, investigate and just plain figure out what’s

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    Essay Length: 491 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Museum Art Critique

    Museum Art Critique

    Museum Art Critique If you live in Dallas, most likely you have been to Northpark Mall. However, did you ever notice that Northpark is also a museum? Sort of. Most art people do not know about it, and the shoppers do not seem to care, but the place is owned by Ray Nasher of Nasher Sculpture Center, and he has placed an impressive percentage of his collection in front of Neiman’s, Barney’s, Victoria’s Secret, and

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    Essay Length: 1,141 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Mike
  • What Is Art History

    What Is Art History

    What Is Art History? Many students do not get a chance to study art history until they take a college course, so art history may be a new field of study for you. Even though you are new to analyzing the visual arts, your learning skills in other fields will serve you well in this discipline. If you have ever analyzed a poem or developed an understanding of a historical period, you already come prepared

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    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Mike
  • Ancient Greek Women

    Ancient Greek Women

    Ancient Greek Women By: Marck Simichin In ancient Greek society women lived hard lives on account of men's patriarch built communities. Women were treated as property. Until about a girl's teens she was "owned" by her father or lived with her family. Once the girl got married she was possessed by her husband along with all her belongings. An ancient Greece teenage girl would marry about a 30-year-old man that she probably never met before.

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    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Greek Vase Painting

    Greek Vase Painting

    Greek Vase Painting In modern society, Greek pottery is considered an art which is regarded as much for its aesthetic splendor as its historical significance. However, the role of pottery in ancient Greek culture was far more functional as its primary use was for the transportation and storage of such liquids as water and wine (Encyclopedia Britannica). Due to the durability of the fired clay material, Greek pottery is the only remaining art form that

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    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Fonta
  • The Parthenon - an Ancient Greek Temple

    The Parthenon - an Ancient Greek Temple

    The Greeks had an eager individualistic strain that led them to high levels of creative thinking in art, science, and literature. They were by nature sensitive to beauty and made its creation and enjoyment an important and necessary part of their lives. The Parthenon is a beautiful monument noted for its perfect simplicity of design and the harmony of its proportions. 1 From the architecture, to the sculpture, to the history of this great monument

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    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Mike
  • Background of Greek Mythology

    Background of Greek Mythology

    Background of Greek Mythology Gaea, the earth, and her son Uranus, the heavens, produced the Titans. The Titans were the old gods who were supplanted by the Olympian gods. Their mother Gaea was probably a Neolithic earth mother who was pushed into the background by the patriarchal gods of the Indo-Europeans who invaded Greece during the second millennium B.C. Their son, Coronus was the chief Titan, a ruling god who obtained his power by castrating

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    Essay Length: 977 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Filipino Art of Tattoo

    The Filipino Art of Tattoo

    The Filipino Art of Tattoo The history of tattooing in the Philippines goes back nearly as far as the history of the country itself. There are literally hundreds of ethnic groups in the Philippine island chain, each of which has their own language, tradition, and history. Much like Borneo and other parts of Micronesia and Polynesia, tattoos were applied by a sharpened bird bone or a kind of 'comb' made of sea shells. A hammer

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    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • The Art of Team Communication

    The Art of Team Communication

    The Art of Team Communication Where a team is concerned, communication can be the root of all evil or a seed planted to produce the future. Learning to communicate with another is an art and is the tunnel through which the future is seen. Through good communication, a team can thrive, grow, and create. Tone, clarity, and maturity are three major factors that must be present within a team to ensure good communication. Atop these

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    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Example Art Gallery Report

    Example Art Gallery Report

    EXAMPLE ART GALLERY REPORT! Portrait 1 My first portrait I am going to going to critique is a oil on canvas piece by Scott Jones B. This first portrait I am going to critique is called going on four. The first thing you immediately see about the piece is the scantily clad cartoonish bee looking character set in the foreground .The piece is of a bee looking character set in the middle of the piece

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    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Hebrew and Greek Legacy Review

    Hebrew and Greek Legacy Review

    The Hebrew and Greek societies are two very unique cultures. Both are similar, But yet different compared to each other. One way both of these cultures are similar is by being very religious. But in the same sense they are very different. The Greeks worship many gods whom they believe appeared in human form and yet were endowed with superhuman strength and ageless beauty. The Iliad and the Odyssey are early surviving examples of Greek

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    Essay Length: 362 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Two Different Ancient Art Pieces - Ebih-11, the Superintended of Mari and a Standing Buddha

    Two Different Ancient Art Pieces - Ebih-11, the Superintended of Mari and a Standing Buddha

    Compare and Contrast I will compare and contrast two different ancient art pieces. The first piece is Ebih-11, the Superintended of Mari. This statuette is also a small alabaster statue. The Near Eastern date for this piece of art is 2400 BC circa. The second piece is a Standing Buddha. This mottled red sandstone sculpture is a medium sized. This South Asians date for this piece of art is 321-500 AD circa. The Ebih-11, the

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    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Vika
  • Art Appreciation

    Art Appreciation

    The traditional view is that the Renaissance of the 15th century in Italy, spreading through the rest of Europe, represented a reconnection of the west with classical antiquity, the absorption of knowledge of experimentalism, the focus on the importance humanism, an explosion of the dissemination of knowledge brought on by printing and the creation of new techniques in art, poetry and architecture which led to a radical change in the style and substance of the

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    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Jack
  • A Comparison on Homer and O Brother Where Art Thou

    A Comparison on Homer and O Brother Where Art Thou

    A Comparison on Homer and O Brother Where Art Thou In Homer, the main character's name is Odysseus. In O' Brother, the main character's name is Ulysses. They both are on a journey to their home. Odysseus is headed to Greece, because he was in a war with Sparta that was away from his home. Ulysses is headed back to Mississippi because he escaped from jail. They both encounter unusual obstacles on their way. Odysseus

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Bred
  • Sacrifice in Greek Myth

    Sacrifice in Greek Myth

    It is a well-known fact that the Greeks of old practiced sacrifice. Many believe that they also practiced human sacrifice. However, not many can say to what extent or for what specific purposes where such sacrifices made. Very few historical texts are available depicting the true nature of these sacrifices and whether or not they played a role in the everyday society of ancient Greece. Our best depictions of ancient Greek history can be found

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Anna
  • History Captured Through Art

    History Captured Through Art

    Nick Crimaldi English II Reaction Paper History Captured Through Art When viewing art it is important to be aware that the artist has created the piece for a reason. Let us not forget that most of the generations before us did not have the modern luxury of film. Because of this there are many works of art that have been made famous for their historical significance. Most common among these types of paintings are the

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Monika
  • Aristotle - the Greek Philosopher

    Aristotle - the Greek Philosopher

    The Greek philosopher, Aristotle, is known as one of the greatest philosophers and thinkers of all time. He was the student of another important philosopher, Plato, and is known for writing on a multitude of subjects. Aristotle was born in 384 BCE in Stagira, a city located in northern Greece. His father, Nicomachus, was a physician to King Amyntas of Macedonia. Because of his father, Aristotle had the same education as the aristocrats of that

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Good Teaching Is an Art as Well as a Science

    Good Teaching Is an Art as Well as a Science

    “Good teaching is a skillful blend of artistic and scientific elements. Teaching as an art involves beliefs, emotions, values and flexibility, while teaching as a science utilizes instructional practices that are proven by research to improve student achievement” (Snowman and Biehler, 2006). According to (Peters, R.) teaching can involve formal methods of instruction as well as informal ways of organizing things so that children will be led to discover things for themselves. According to (Manning,

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    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Take Any Pilgrim Whose Tale We Read and Show Chaucer Artfully Matches the Story to the Teller

    Take Any Pilgrim Whose Tale We Read and Show Chaucer Artfully Matches the Story to the Teller

    Take any pilgrim whose tale we read and show Chaucer artfully matches the story to the teller. Of the many stories he writes the tale told by the Wife of Bath is the most verbal and for its time the most forthright exposition of the role women did not have but could have in that time period. The wife of Bath’s story is fairly general a man is accused of trying to rape a woman

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    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Tragedy in Greek Literature

    Tragedy in Greek Literature

    Tragedy in Greek Literature When one hears the word tragedy, they might think of someone dying in a car wreck, being killed in a plane crash, or even a massive tsunami that wipes out nations. This type of tragedy is the most common, but when referring to Greek literature, a tragedy is an outstanding piece of drama originating in Ancient Greece. Greek tragedy originated in honor of the god of wine, Dionysus, the patron god

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    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Mike
  • Canadian Culture: The Northern Mosaic

    Canadian Culture: The Northern Mosaic

    Canadian Culture: The Northern Mosaic Canada is one of two countries located in North America and is the second largest country in the world. It is situated just north of the United States and constitutes the northern part of the country, excluding Alaska. Over the years Canada’s culture has been influenced by European culture and traditions, mainly that of the French and British. Canadian culture has also been influenced by the countries’ first people, the

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    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Artur
  • Video Games - the Forgotten Art

    Video Games - the Forgotten Art

    Video Games - The Forgotten Art Ask any major in the fine arts for the definition of art. They're likely to tell you that it is self-expression through the use of some sort of medium. Most commonly thought of are clay for a sculpture, paint for a masterpiece, even music notes for a four-movement suite. The last thing you'd think of is a computer program for a video game. But why not? Don't video games

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    Essay Length: 1,652 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Bred
  • Fiscal and Monetary Policy for Arts Industry

    Fiscal and Monetary Policy for Arts Industry

    Fiscal policy and monetary policy are two of the tools that government uses to influence its domestic economy. Fiscal policy is the use of the government budget to affect an economy. The government could adjust its expenditure plans or change the tax rate with fiscal policy to influence the economic prosperity. Another tool, monetary policy, refers to the government or central bank managing the money supply. Monetary policy rests on the relationship between the rates

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    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Mike
  • Commedia Dell’ Arte

    Commedia Dell’ Arte

    Commedia dell' Arte The first question is why use "commedia dell' arte" as a training tool for modern actors at all, since drama and the business of acting has hopefully moved on since the Italian Comedians finally left Paris. The fact remains, however, that the dominant form of acting today that both exists as the aspiring young actor's performance role model and as a category of performance in itself is T.V. naturalism. We are lucky

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    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Mike

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