Essays Tagged: "european art"

About a visit to a Metropolitan museum of New York, brief discussion of two works-one western art, the other-african.

art works - of different styles, times, and locations. African, American, Oceania, Egyptian, Asian, European art also Medieval, Modern, Islamic and other styles are represented with in the walls of th ... i (Francesco di Andrea di Marco) (Italian, Florentine, 1469-1543); Oil on wood; 34 1/8 x 25 3/8 in. European paintings (2000.420).These two works are parts of two absolutely diverse cultures: African ...

(3 pages) 143 0 5.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Art Essays

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has one of the finest Asian and European art collections that has enlightened and strengthened my understanding in my personal art experience.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has one of the finest Asian and European art collections that has enlightened and strengthened my understanding in my personal art e ...

(4 pages) 138 0 4.3 Oct/2003

Subjects: Art Essays

18th Century Sensibility and Classical Theory

rgences between the classical concepts of art and the new empirical view of sensibility divided the European art world. The classical theorists were bound to the Aristotelian view of art as means to b ...

(6 pages) 67 0 3.8 Jan/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Explain how and why Ickworth House, including the park and gardens, has changed since the building of the house started in 1795.

urved corridors leading to 2 wings which The Earl Bishop planned to display his great collection of European art in.The Earl Bishop had a model made of how he wanted Ickworth built. Unfortunately in 1 ...

(3 pages) 27 1 2.6 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

"Museums and art galleries exhibit cultural traditions". Discuss this statement with reference to an exhibition you have seen. (Brisbane Art Gallery)

nted contemporary artists and present the best of these, rather than the more expensive traditional European art works. As a result of this, Brisbane gallery contains new and thought-provoking ideas t ... ists including Percy Leason and Max Meldrum. These works upheld early Australian culture with their European influence and absence of Aborigines. The audience cannot infer much from these works alone; ...

(5 pages) 56 0 3.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art

Vincent van Gogh

as a Post-impressionist, and is generally considered one of the greatest painters in the history of European art.By the age of 27 he had been in turn a salesman in an art gallery, a French tutor, a th ...

(1 pages) 34 0 4.8 Sep/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Bettelheim's Caribbean Espiritismo Altars

costs less to make and appraises for little or nothing (compared to the prices of “high” European art). Also, people of color and women produce kitsch art, which goes against the accepted & ... or and women produce kitsch art, which goes against the accepted “standard” of the white, European, male artist. As Bettelheim points out in her article, under these standards (or more corre ...

(2 pages) 18 0 4.3 Nov/2007

Subjects: Art Essays

Renaissance

Renaissance GenreRenaissance music is European music created during the Renaissance times. Characteristics of the Renaissance music were g ... e interval of the third as a consonance is one of the most pronounced features of early Renaissance European art music. This differs from the Middle Ages, thirds had been considered dissonances. Polyp ...

(5 pages) 12 0 0.0 Apr/2010

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies