Essays Tagged: "subject matter"

Art through the ages. Reflecting art in association with geography

ant ideas, revealing what was significant to every society, by arresting images. In recognizing the subject matter of any painting, you have to look at the artist's intentions, which are regularly con ... demands of the public. To avoid the pitfalls of judging all art by our own personal experiences and subjective views, we have to learn the background surrounding the artist when the work was created- ...

(17 pages) 836 5 4.5 Jun/1996

Subjects: Art Essays

Frank Decosta

shows his dreams to the world.DeCosta uses the human form placed in a mythical or fantasy realm for subject matter. The human form is the most complicated form on the face of the Earth. Each form is u ...

(3 pages) 100 0 4.1 Feb/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Painting in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century

tic principles of the academies, lookingoutside these conservative institutions for their training, subject matter, style, andpurpose. While many artists and critics promoted the status quo, others so ... ogies still promoted by the academies offered no inspiration, and so they turnedelsewhere for their subject matter. Some looked to nature, others to daily life, and stillothers to themes of the worker ...

(6 pages) 279 2 4.4 Nov/1996

Subjects: Art Essays

Biography and History -- Harriet Jacob's The Life of a Slave Girl

pped up in the events of a story that italienates the reader, and yet not so far separated from the subject matter that the readers cannotget into it. This is espectially the case in an autobiographic ... n an autobiographical narrative. In this case, it is verydifficult to detach yourself from the main subject matter, that is, yourself. Yet it must remain astory, and the story at its heart is a recons ...

(4 pages) 150 0 3.3 Oct/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

On Race Differences In Intelligence

ch on racial differences should be done from any perspective that might grant us information on the subject matter. I also feel that the stated qualifications should apply to any research done on this ...

(4 pages) 126 0 3.4 Jan/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

me of its release in America, horror films were virtuallyunheard of because filmakers felt that the subject matter was tasteless or even repulsive,not to mention difficult to adjust to the silent scre ...

(2 pages) 81 0 4.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Style and Theme in "For colored girls who have considered suicide? When the Rainbow is Enuf" by Ntozake Shange

Shange. She uses a combination of rhyminglyrics and a play like format to captivate the reader. The subject matter of herwork is very powerful as well. The entire collection revolves around howblack w ...

(3 pages) 60 0 4.3 Nov/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

Manet's Olympia

a masterpiece. Discussion of the painting has included lines that look elementary, dull color, poor subject matter, and unexplainable meanings. Others feel that the simple lines, lifeless color, uniqu ... two objects allow us to see the style of her jewelry, therefore giving us a clearer picture of the subject. The lines that make up Olympia's body show us her intimately. The lines create a shape that ...

(6 pages) 131 1 4.6 May/2002

Subjects: Art Essays

Art through the ages.

ant ideas, revealing what was significant to every society, by arresting images. In recognizing the subject matter of any painting, you have to look at the artist's intentions, which are regularly con ... demands of the public. To avoid the pitfalls of judging all art by our own personal experiences and subjective views, we have to learn the background surrounding the artist when the work was created- ...

(17 pages) 488 2 3.9 Jun/1996

Subjects: Art Essays

'The Pasture' by Robert Frost

at there is something within it that Frost feels reveals an important aspect of his temperament.The subject matter; going out to work, implies that Frost enjoyed his work as a farmer as he is at ease ...

(3 pages) 96 0 4.4 May/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Ee Cummings Essay that analyzes five Ee Cummings poems and connects them together in style, etc.

his various poems and other forms of artwork, wrote numerous works of poetry over a vast amount of subjects. While the subject matter of the poems differ, a few elements of Cummings' style stays the ...

(6 pages) 157 0 5.0 Oct/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Short essay supporting the statement "Art reveals values"? For a humanities class

n, where an individual can show others how he feels about certain concepts and can demonstrate what subject matter is most significant to him. I agree with the textbook Humanities Through the Arts sta ... their values by developing a story within a piece of art to tell the viewer how they fell about the subject of their work.When art is appreciated and studied, the observer will feel emotion toward the ...

(1 pages) 97 0 4.6 Oct/2002

Subjects: Art Essays

Breathless by Jean Luc Goddard. Unconventional narrative structures in New Wave French film.

oddard's Breathless breaks away from conventions of narrative through the films structure, plot and subject matter. This is shown through the films loose portrayal of action but with a greater focus o ... rred.The shift away from conventional narrative in Breathless is also seen through the treatment of subject matter. It deals with themes that effect a younger audience. Love is one of the main themes ...

(6 pages) 97 0 3.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

What are the essential ingredients to a successful military leader? Please draw your essay from the Taylor/Rosenbach text.

ch. Not the "norm" for college level essay, BUT in this particular case, with my background and the subject matter it was both accepted and encouraged by my professor.Essay:Completely stripped of all ...

(5 pages) 123 0 4.3 Nov/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

"Tricks With Mirrors" by Margaret Atwood

Margaret AtwoodIn Part I of Tricks With Mirrors, Atwood uses a seemingly vague introduction to the subject matter, but gets straight to the point. Within five lines, she distinctly identifies her rol ...

(5 pages) 36 0 3.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Comparative paper on Virginia Woolf's "The Years" and Rainer Rilke's "The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge"

rs with the adult world in two very different ways. It is very interesting to see just how much one subject matter can be illustrated from such diverse angles. The reader is swayed in two very differe ...

(4 pages) 32 0 3.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

Critical Comparisons Between Whitman And Dickinson

(1819-1892), for the time was breaking new ground with his diverse, energetic verse with regards to subject matter, form and style whether talking about overlooked things in nature such as a single bl ... founders of modern American poetry, they are strikingly different in terms of stylistic devices and subject matter.The poem. "Once I passed through a Populous City," by Whitman, is characteristic of h ...

(4 pages) 83 0 3.0 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Pains of Withdrawal: An Analysis and Explanation of S.T. Coleridge's "The Pains of Sleep"

poem, the reader can't help but ask if Coleridge's dependency on Opiates contributed heavily to the subject matter. One does not have to be a substance abuse expert to read between the lines and disco ...

(4 pages) 68 0 4.3 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

A novel is an authors perception of the world - or is it? An analysis of 'The Well of Loneliness' by Radclyffe Hall and 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' by Wilde

g that for all novels this must be true. The very writing of a book implicates humans - even if the subject matter is the cretaceous period or the moon - because to write you have to have opposable th ... e of substandard novella is the root of my cynicism. If there is going to be a bad reception to the subject matter then you are only going to take that risk if the message you have to give is importan ...

(7 pages) 54 0 5.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

Shirley jackson's "the lottery" aspects of human nature and the desire for one to suffer as long as everyday life contiues.

great deal of symbolism that the reader can connect with and interpret their own feelings about the subject matter. "The Lottery" reveals many sides of human nature and the willingness for one person ...

(2 pages) 100 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American