Essays Tagged: "masterpieces"

The Homeric Poems

re and poetry. Some call him the most famous and greatest poet of the Greek society. Known for his 'masterpieces' of western literature the Iliad and the Odyssey, Homer's poems have been passed down t ...

(4 pages) 131 0 4.6 Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature

Greek Literature

ly been equaled and never surpassed. In poetry, tragedy, comedy, and history, Greek writers created masterpieces that have inspired, influenced, and challenged readers to the present day.To suggest th ... classical age. He was born about 518 BC and is considered the greatest of the Greek lyricists. His masterpieces were the poems that celebrated athletic victories in the games at Olympia, Delphi, Neme ...

(17 pages) 569 2 4.3 Mar/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

Leonardi Da Vinci

us, who possessed one of the greatest minds of all time. As a painter, the Florentine produced such masterpieces as the 'Virgin of the Rocks' (1483), the 'Last Supper' (1495-97), and 'Mona Lisa' (1503 ...

(15 pages) 458 1 4.4 Apr/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

The following essay analyzes, synthesizes, and expounds upon two articles appertaining to the variable criteria requisite to enter major Literature's exclusive Canon, and the need for its reform.

The reasons that certain literary works become masterpieces, and are embraced and extolled, others receive encomium for a certain period of time an ...

(8 pages) 226 1 4.4 Nov/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert:An Analysis of The Characters

( Censorship) Fortunately, Flaubert won his case and "Madame Bovary" remains to this day one of the masterpieces of French and world literature. It still holds up fairly well today. The psychological ...

(6 pages) 133 0 3.7 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

GREEK LITERATURE.

ly been equaled and never surpassed. In poetry, tragedy, comedy, and history, Greek writers created masterpieces that have inspired, influenced, and challenged readers to the present day. To suggest t ... classical age. He was born about 518 BC and is considered the greatest of the Greek lyricists. His masterpieces were the poems that celebrated athletic victories in the games at Olympia, Delphi, Neme ...

(17 pages) 391 4 3.7 Dec/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

The Two Camps of Modern Art is about the two main schools of thought in art history from 1945 - current

s point on it is no longer possible to speak of "painting": a different horizon opens, one that the masterpieces anticipated but which new artists are now tackling, in unpredictable ways; Modern Art. ...

(8 pages) 132 0 3.9 Jan/2003

Subjects: Art Essays

This is a term paper for Western World Lit II (The Tragedy of Greed) Complete with Work Cited page

shkin, with his varied style of writing, soon became a leader in Russian literature. "His completed masterpieces rank among the best not only in Russian but in world literature of the nineteenth centu ...

(5 pages) 59 0 4.7 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Graphic arts & advertising.

uction, bookmaking, interior design and fashion design. In the fine arts, many artists have created masterpieces of engraving, etching, and other graphic arts. These artists include Albrecht Durer of ...

(8 pages) 252 0 3.3 May/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Design Arts

Shakespeare vs. Zefferelli.

are vs. ZefferelliThe works of Shakespeare are studied, analyzed, and enjoyed as some of the finest masterpieces of the English language. It is no wonder that countless directors attempt to interpret ...

(2 pages) 28 0 2.5 Jun/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Details of Homeric Poems, and stories.

't information of whom and how, Homer used excellent location and details. The poems in general are masterpieces of Greek literature, but are being used in present day for more then reading and entert ...

(7 pages) 55 1 4.5 Oct/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature

This essay is a contrast of the Odyssey and The Psalms.

The Odyssey VS The PsalmsThe Odyssey and The Book of Psalms are masterpieces composed orally as poetry during the Bronze Age, and then written down centuries later. ...

(5 pages) 63 0 4.3 Nov/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology

Comparison of the Met and Guggenheim Museum New York

anity does. For a city so young, New York is home to number of architectural classics. Two of these masterpieces of architecture are the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim Museum. Both cont ... the architecture of the Met.The Guggenheim Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of New York are both masterpieces of architecture that communicate their form and function in contrasting styles. The Met ...

(7 pages) 142 0 4.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Design Arts

Humanity as in Ancient Greece-An analysis of Greek influence and literature.

ly been equaled and never surpassed. In poetry, tragedy, comedy, and history, Greek writers created masterpieces that have inspired, influenced, and challenged readers to the present day. The Greek ci ... s sophisticated if not for the great thinkers of Greece in ancient times.Greek writers have created masterpieces that have influenced and inspired readers to the present day through poetry, prose, and ...

(3 pages) 78 0 5.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Scarlet Letter: Arthur Dimmesdale as Protagonist.

condition in the process. Dimmesdale is an intelligent and emotional man, and his sermons are thus masterpieces of eloquence and persuasiveness. His commitments to his congregation are in constant co ...

(14 pages) 65 0 3.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Donatello

man ruins and became a humanist. Donatello also had a shop in Florence where he created many of his masterpieces. The last years of Donatello's life were spent designing twin bronze pulpits for San Lo ... t like Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. Donatello was essentially a realist. Many of Donatello's masterpieces are located in Florence. Some of these masterpieces include: St. Peter, St. Mark, Zucco ...

(1 pages) 46 0 4.1 Feb/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

There are many different kinds of love. This is a reflection of this in how Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, George Orwell's 1984 and Oscar Wilde's Picture of Dorian Grey deal with the theme.

ho writes it, hence what that person feels identified with. Subsequently I will discuss three major masterpieces and how their respective authors deal with the theme.To start with we have Mary Shelley ... more likely to be the concept formed in ones mind, according to the author.By analysing these three masterpieces of modern literature we can study various different conceptions in the form of love. Al ...

(3 pages) 36 0 3.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

Frank Lloyd Wright

ses of worship, skyscrapers, resorts, museums, government offices, gas stations, bridges, and other masterpieces showing the diversity of Frank Lloyd Wright's talent. Not only did Wright possess geniu ...

(12 pages) 137 2 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Art Essays

A paper (plus bibliography) analyzing the Georgia O'Keefe painting Oriental Poppies. Two sources.

enjoyed a long life, living from 1887 to 1986. She received worldwide admiration for her still-life masterpieces that detailed elaborate, vibrant and lifelike flowers and landscapes with Southwestern ... rs and landscapes with Southwestern themes. Oriental Poppies (1927) was one of O'Keefe's most noted masterpieces and was on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during my visit. This paper will p ...

(4 pages) 72 0 4.3 May/2004

Subjects: Art Essays

A Brief Introduction to American Literature

ture, to my eyes, like American history, although short, however, still full of glories and shining masterpieces and writers. Those American writers, while conquering this wild America, also had conqu ...

(14 pages) 405 2 4.6 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers