Essays and Research Papers on Famous Works Of Art

This 5 page paper focuses on Leonardo da Vinci's techniques in context of the Italian Renaissance. Mona Lisa's famous smile is examined. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 9 page paper considers the development of art and architecture in these two periods noting their differences and similarities as well as the political and social background of their production. Artists discussed include Artemisia Gentileschi, Artemisia Gentileschi, Diego Velazquez, Frans Hals, Anthony van Dyck, Louis Le Nain, Sir John Vanbrugh, Francois Boucher, Sir Joshua ...

A 5 page research paper that offers a brief biographical overview of the career of fourteenth century sculptor Claus Sluter. The writer concentrates on this massive piece, the "Well of Moses," and specifically addresses possible explanations for why Sluter, and other artists, have depicted Moses with horns. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper provides an overview of this German artist's works. The influence of both World Wars is duly noted. His career is broken down into three time periods. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

An 8 page paper which discusses the life and the perspectives of the artist Leonardo da Vinci. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

Mark Rothko and Modernism: This 11-page analytical essay examines the relationship of artist, Mark Rothko to the Modernist movement. It was a period that epitomized personal artistic freedom and abject, unbridled self-expression. Rothko exhibited much of the characteristics indicative of the era, and his work remains a representational hallmark of the times. Bibliography lists ...

(7 pp). In this discussion, one of the early works by da Vinci, will be used as a departure point, and the fine art qualities of line, color, composition, texture and light, will be examined within that painting, as well as through the work of Caravaggio, Gainsborough, Turner and Frith. Includes 4 visuals (da ...

(8 pp) Previous to the seventeenth century, artists, and their work were supported by wealthy patrons: these would have been either the Church itself, royalty or the upper class of the country. After the Reformation and the Counter-reformation, coupled with the rise of the middle class, economics shifted, as did art patronage. ...

This 10 page paper focuses on this American colonial artist who is best known for his portraits painted in New England. Some biographical information is provided but the bulk of the paper compares and contrasts two works: Daniel Crommelin Verplanck and Midshipman Augustus Brine. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

(6 pp) Artwork, which represents the achievements, of America is bound to be a very individualistic choice. This selection will be part one of this discussion; part two is to determine how those selections that the author has made, might be misinterpreted thousands of years later. Four artists/artworks are represented: Thomas Cole, ...

(5 pp) Rosenberg came up with the term "action painting," when he was talking about those painters we now call "abstract expressionists." As a critic and writer, Rosenberg argued that the major value of art was in the act of creation itself. Today, following the same line of argument, we might say that ...

Picasso’s Cubism --Woman Holding Her Foot: This 8-page essay examines Cubism as it relates to Picasso’s “Woman Holding Her Foot.” The ways in which this painting reflects the overall Cubist art form is also explored in specific, historical terms. Bibliography lists 6 sources. SNCubism.doc

(5 pp) "One of the problems of definition is that the Romantics were liberals and conservatives, revolutionaries and reactionaries. Some were preoccupied with God, others were atheistic, to the core. Some, began their lives as devout Catholics, lived as ardent revolutionaries, and died as staunch conservatives. " However, there are some generalities, that the ...

This 8 page paper considers the artefact pathway, what it is how it is used, the underlying principles and examples of the application of the pathway in contemporary art. The paper also includes example of art works to illustrate the points raised. The bibliography cites 6 sources.

A 7 page paper which compares the life and artwork of Spain’s premier Surrealist painters. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

(10 pp) Michelangelo's long and prolific life as a sculptor, painter, architect and poet made him the most celebrated artist of the Italian Renaissance. The artist, as an individual, challenged his Patron, even if it was the Pope, the Holy Father on earth. He embodied the spirit of the Renaissance, the ...

(5 pages) Visual art has expressed the ideas and attitudes of Man for centuries, but it is the period of the Renaissance, which often most stands out in our mind for the unique individualistic vision of its painters. This was a time of the "rebirth" of the individual in thought and life style, this unique need to ...

In the past when one has discussed the making of art, there have been two schools of thought: one with the emphasis on the end result or the "product," the other on how one goes about making or "responding to the work as it is being made," which is the "process." It is ...

The story of Van Gogh's life, especially the last few years following the removal of part of his ear, is well known. This 9 page paper provides a formal analysis of the painting, Irises. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

The Function of Artwork as Text (5 pp) If we are to ask ourselves how artwork functions as a text, it is first necessary to determine what is "text?" We tend to think of it as printed words on a page. Yet text may refer to scholastic material, or sacred writing, ...

A 5 page paper which discusses the sculpture, the bust, of Queen Nefretiti done by the artist Thutmose. The paper also examines the art of the period in relationship to defining the work of Thutmose. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

5 pages in length. The lifelike bust that Thutmose sculpted of Queen Nefertiti marked a time in Egyptian art history when the human form took on a true appeal. Subsequent to this significant transitional period, physical features were less than flattering, with necks typically over exaggerated and other characteristics working to draw away ...

A 6 page examination of the Black Paintings of Francisco Goya. The paper focuses primarily on "Saturn Devouring His Children" and "St. Isidore," although central ideas possessed by Goya, and displayed in his paintings, are discussed as well. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 5 page paper provides a comparison of the portraits of Don Pedro, Duque De Osuna by Franscisco De Goya Y Lucientes (Goya) and the Comtesse DHaussonville by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

In modern thought, fetish becomes the object and fetishism the obsession with an object. This 14 page paper explores the work of Joseph Cornell as it relates to his life, the dadaist and surrealist movements and to the use of symbols and fetishes. Bibliography lists 20 sources.