Essays and Research Papers on Artists Art Genre

A 6 page paper examining the use of light in "A Thicket of Deer at the Stream of Plaisir-Fontaine" and then relating Courbet's use of light to that of the Impressionists who were to come. The paper only lightly discusses the artist himself; it concentrates on the work ...and the light. Bibliography lists 6 ...

This 5.5 page paper compares two Cassatt paintings with the themes of women in the garden: Young Women Picking Fruit (1891) and Child Picking a Fruit (1893). Techniques discussed include use of line, value, color, texture, perspective and composition. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A six page paper looking at this nineteenth-century African-American artist in terms of the presence of racial motifs in his art, particularly his painting 'The Land of the Lotus-Eaters.' The paper presents both sides of the argument, but concludes that Duncanson was primarily concerned with evoking the beauty of nature, not making a social commentary. ...

This 6 page paper examines two artistic giants of Impressionism and post-Impressionism, Claude Monet (Woman with a Parasol) and Vincent van Gogh (The Starry Night). Paintings are discussed for comparisons and contrasts of style and techniques of the two artists. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 5 page paper examines the ceramic sculpture of Jeongmee Lee, a modern Korean ceramic artist who honors the traditions of her homeland, but has chosen to reflect a more primitive part of her past or invent figurative work which represents her own personal imaginative world. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 6.5 page paper discusses this post- Impressionist artist as a man and an artist. Examples of his letters to his brother Theo are used, as well as discussion of Self-Portrait of 1888 dedicated to Paul Gaugun , Van Gogh’s portraits resonate with personal compassion and the conviction that, when thought- fully observed, nature reveals profound ...

This 8 page paper compares two great artists of the same time period, who used different media. "Pollock," said painter Willem de Kooning, "busted our idea of a picture all to hell." Callahan concentrated on street scenes, landscapes, nature, and most particularly, his wife and his daughter. His primary objective was to ...

This 7 page report discusses the richly embellished Maestà Altarpiece (created 1308-1311) is an example of how numerous Italian paintings were originally parts of altarpieces, which are several paintings grouped in one large panel to adorn an altar. Italian painter, Duccio di Buoninsegna (1255-1319), founder of the Sienese school of painting, was a forerunner of the Renaissance style, who fundamentally perfected ...

This 15 page paper examines the art terms avant-garde and kitsch and places them with in a historic framework as well as looking at their similarities and differences. Unique artists discussed are Russian artist,Lili Brochetain and German artist Kurt Schwitters. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 8 page paper examines three artists and their works of the Baroque period for their similarities and differences. Comparisons used include Milton's Pariidise Lost, Voltaire's Candide, and Rembrandt's Night Watch.. It is the element of story, or how it is told, that we will use to examine each of these historic ...

5 pages in length. Like any other international symbol, art strips away the barriers inherent to cultural segregation. Indeed, society's inhabitants are hard pressed to interact with one another based solely upon verbal exchange; however, when art is brought into the mix, that cultural barrier is soon removed. It can readily be ...

(5 pp) The Pre-Raphaelite movement began as the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 19th-century England -- seven young artists protesting against the confining ideals of High Victorian art, as well as the strict, rote methods of painting they were required to learn at London's Royal Academy, who were influenced by neo-classicists Piranesi and David. Bibliography lists ...

This 5 page paper looks at these two great men, and using two of their works, 'The Prince' and ' Starry Messenger' to argue that although they wrote about different disciplines, politics and cosmology, they did have many similarities. These included the controversy their works faced and their reactions to the controversies. The bibliography cites ...

(5 pp) The most humanistic of the Renaissance painters, Botticelli was at first apprenticed to a goldsmith; whether working in this sensuous metal influenced him we can not be sure, but we can easily say that Botticelli was one of the greatest artists of the Quatrocentro. The new secular spirit of the time affirmed ...

At the beginning of the seventeenth century, the artist, Michelangelo Merisi (called Caravaggio), began to paint in a manner that was at once new and exciting as well as echoing the best of the Renaissance Masters who had come before. This 20 page paper argues that the use of light and shadow, specifically in the painting, The Conversion Of ...

(5 pp) Alice Neel's daring, endearing, disturbing portraits of people and places are among the great treasures of 20th-century art. A retrospective of her work opened in June of this year (2000) at the Whitney Museum in New York. Seventy paintings and an important body of works on paper, celebrates ...

(5 pp) The impact of Michelangelo upon the art world, and the world at large has been profound, and continues to be so today. In his own day he was work personified and professionalized. The artist challenged his Patron, even if it was the Pope, the Holy Father on earth. He embodied ...

(5 pp) Michelangelo's long and prolific life as a sculptor, painter, architect and poet made him the most celebrated artist of the Italian Renaissance. His name is synonymous with masterpiece, and his work still amazes artists today. Excerpts from Michelangelo's diaries are included. The works: David, the Pieta, the ...

This 10 page paper expands upon the concept of the 'Grand Tour' to argue that Joseph Mallord William Turner is an artist who embodies the concept of the tour gestalt in that, through an investigation of his art, one may pass through time, places and historical occurrences. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

(5 pp) David and Goya reflect opposite ends of the emotional and political spectrums, concerning the nature of war, in their works, the neoclassical, Oath of the Horatii, and the romantic, May Third 1808. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 5 page paper which discusses the Column of Trajan through the eyes of a simple traveler in the time of late antiquity. The paper analyzes the column, through the traveler, and then compares it to an earlier piece of work, the Colossus of Ramses II. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

5 pages in length. Interpretation is limited only as far as one's imagination. After all, what we like and do not like is all a matter of personal taste. Such is the same for Pablo Picasso's "Mademoiselles d'Avignon," inasmuch as the artist harbored a much talked about abstract style. Some revered this ...

(9 pp) We are fortunate to be able to view this unique work of Donatello,(1386-1466), The Madonna of the Clouds (1425-35) at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. This small bas relief was a gift of Quincy Adams Shaw through Quincy A. Shaw Jr., and Mrs. Marian Shaw Haughton, in 1917 (catalog #17.1470) ...

(6 pp). "The key is what is within the artist. The artist can only paint what she or he is about." Lee Krasner (1979). Krasner, like a lot of us has molded her personal history into what she wanted it to be, often for the sake of the story to be ...

7 pages in length. Elisabeth Sophie Chéron is the main topic of this documnent which is focused not only on the work of Cheron but the fact that she was able to overcome gender bias in a time when the female was not considered worthy of such recognition. Bibliography lists 3 sources.