Essays Tagged: "great works"

Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe, a study of his work

-steel furniture, like his famous "Barcelona chair", used in the Barcelona Pavilion, another of his great works. He became a professor of architecture in Chicago, where he designed two glass apartment ... cture in Chicago, where he designed two glass apartment towers on Lake Shore Drive, around 1956.His greatest work is considered to be the Barcelona Pavilion, which in its original form was only a temp ...

(3 pages) 115 0 4.2 Feb/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Charles Dickens

ll tell you about hisearly, middle, and later years of his life. It will also talk about one of his great works of literature.In conclusion, this report will show a comparison of his work to his life. ... bout 1865 his health started to decline and he died of a stroke on June 9, 1870. 12Dicken's WorkThe Great ExpectationsThis story talks about a guy who is in love with a girl. It is the theme of a yout ...

(4 pages) 78 0 4.0 May/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Charles Dickens

Chaucer and the "House of Fame". Discusses the cultural nature of fame and its textual expression with reference to oral heroic poetry and the modern construction of the canon of English literary trad

that arise from it. 'Fame' can both destroy and create. It can result in theeternal preservation of great works and their creators. However, Chaucer is quick tonote the precarious nature of 'fame' not ... quoting Aristotle who defines this asthe 'judgement of the wise man in his chosen discipline.' The great reverence andrespect shown towards writers of antiquity is clearly evident in Chaucer's The Ho ...

(8 pages) 64 0 1.5 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

My guide to writing success.

n the progression of civilization and literature of various kinds. From the dark ages to this day, great works of writing has been and is still being produced and published; it ranges from the great ... ntence, I would reread the whole essay again, but thanks to my high school teachers, over time with great amount of practice and learning I was able to bring my writing capabilities to the average lev ...

(3 pages) 100 0 4.7 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Probing Yeats's Mysticism - Colored Nationalism In Easter 1916

ts's Mysticism-Colored NationalismIn Easter 1916William Butler Yeats is considered to be one of the greatest Irish poets in English language, and his poetic achievement stands at the center of modern ... ing in the romantic tradition and finishing as a matured modernist poet. Easter 1916 was one of his great works dealing with Irish national problem. The poem was written in October 1916 just after the ...

(7 pages) 65 0 3.4 Dec/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

A character comparison of Tybalt and Mercutio in William Shakespears's Romeo and Juliet

The Pivotal Pairin William Shakespeare's Romeo and JulietWhen one thinks of Shakespeare's great works, Romeo and Juliet probably comes to mind. The characters of Romeo and Juliet, however, a ...

(4 pages) 38 0 5.0 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Romeo & Juliet

Piero Della Francesca- this is about 360 words long and gives an overview of his career as an artist.

applied adeep understanding of Florentine art to his paintings that is common to many ofVeneziano's great works. It is thought that Piero worked as an assistant toDomenico Veneziano for painting the f ... Francesca's artwork has also shown similarities to that of Massacio's.Massacio was one of the first great artists of the renaissance whose depiction ofnatural light influenced some of Piero's works. L ...

(1 pages) 71 1 4.2 Feb/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Private Passions and Moral Responsibilities: Hamlet

Many great works of literature often focus on personal tragedy and ways of overcoming it. In Shakespeare' ...

(3 pages) 162 5 4.3 Feb/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Cold Fusion: Possibility and Potential Use.

essence. All these are variation of "cold fusion" or "free energy". This is an awesome paper with a great Works Cited Page. Use it as a basis for an "A".My NameDoctor SoandSoPhysical Science Sec. 1Nov ... how could Helium be produced if there was no emission of Gamma rays?Cold fusion was dismissed with great prejudice after these and other claims were reviewed during a period of approximately one mont ...

(9 pages) 95 0 4.2 May/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Lorenzo de Medici, and Pope Julius II.

ce, and literature. Among these were the artists Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti, the great Florentine ruler, Lorenzo de Medici, and the Pope Julius II. These individuals, probably more ... dici, and the Pope Julius II. These individuals, probably more than anyone else, contributed to the great works of art created during the Italian Renaissance.Leonard da Vinci was born in the Italian t ...

(2 pages) 82 2 4.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Shakespearean Comedy.

Shakespearean ComedyShakespeare was a great writer. He wrote different types of literature which are still known and famous today. Some of ...

(1 pages) 24 1 3.0 Oct/2003

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

An analysis of Mtv according to popular culture theoriciens Q.D. Leavis and Theodor Adorno.In other words, critisizing Mtv both in concervative and liberal view.

pable of understanding and profiting from the descriptions of the human experience contained in the great works of art and culture. Only this small cultural elite can pass on this precious inheritance ... years on his essay On Music, its still keep its validity. In the standardization process MTV has a great role. Actually, almost for 22 years MTV does this. MTV is like a factory. MTV is an industry. ...

(6 pages) 105 0 4.6 Dec/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Book Review: A single Shard

s Min's one day. He unfortunately had to pay off a debt by working for Min when he broke one of his great works by mistake. Though the work was hard and long, the young lad was eager to learn. He was ... of his possessions on his way and dropped his masters' work, which reduced the vases into shards of great fine work. Determined not to come back empty handed he took a single shard from the broken ear ...

(4 pages) 38 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Discussion on Abstract Art vs. 'Fine' Art

es of the most beautiful, intricate, and famous art ever known to man. They contain works from such greats as the ancient Romans, Greeks, and Egyptians, as well as more current artists such as Leonard ... h the idea of preserving humanity's heritage, an effective way for the public to view artifacts and great works of art, and yet preserving them and keeping them safe for generations to come. People ca ...

(4 pages) 157 0 4.1 Apr/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art

The Playwrights of the Elizabethan Era

The Elizabethan era was a great one for the theatre and performing arts. There were numerous playwrights who contributed a lot ... d with violence, brutality, passion and bloodshed. They tend to have heroic themes, usually about a great personality who is destroyed by his passion and ambition. Marlowe's plays were sensational and ...

(2 pages) 40 1 4.3 Apr/2004

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

The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet LetterMany great works of literature are filled with material symbols that are meant to represent other deeper ...

(4 pages) 42 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Life and Time of Alice Walker. This tells you about her life and her writing style. How she pours her personal experience into her characters. With Work cited page

her to look at the world in a way that she had never seen it before. With that new vision, we have great works from her as we know it today.Walker is known for works like, Once: Poems, "Goodnight, Wi ... n her work because it is whom she knows. Alice walker stated, " The black woman is one of America's greatest heroes.... Not enough credit has been given to the black woman who has been oppressed beyon ...

(7 pages) 130 0 4.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Degeneration of Fine Art Museums Into Warehouses for Modern 'Art'

es of the most beautiful, intricate, and famous art ever known to man. They contain works from such greats as the ancient Romans, Greeks, and Egyptians, as well as more current artists such as Leonard ... h the idea of preserving humanity's heritage, an effective way for the public to view artifacts and great works of art, and yet preserving them and keeping them safe for generations to come. People ca ...

(4 pages) 79 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Art Essays

Is there anything original about Islam?

ndent of the past? Or is such a view a naive, idealised narrative that should be constrained to the great works of fiction? This is the polarising debate among Western academics with the romantic outl ... ss well preserved, in the same manner we will understand why the accounts of the rise of Islam vary greatly, and why opinion on the originality of the religion are also broadly different.An example of ...

(10 pages) 121 0 4.0 May/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Islam

Characterise and assess Plato's theory of forms/essences in the first half of the Phaedo (up to 95e).

th inheritHis corpse below.P. B. Shelley. (1)Plato's Phaedo is a work that stands proud amongst the great works of Greek literature. The serenity of Socrates as he spends his last few hours before he ... erse in Translation. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1938.Honderich, Ted, ed. The Philosophers Introducing Great Western Thinkers. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.Honderich, Ted, ed. The Oxford Compani ...

(11 pages) 119 0 3.8 May/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Contemporary Philosophy