Essays and Research Papers on Famous Works Of Art

This 10 page paper discusses the change of pictorial order in Medieval art to the modern era. Examples cited from each era. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 12 page research paper that examines the art movement that evolved during the 1930s known as American Scene Painting. This movement was in reaction to the modern European style and was also an effort to define a uniquely American style of art. Regionalists, such as Grant Wood, and Social Realist artists are profiled ...

15 pages in length. The rebellious nature of art affords a certain amount of artistic license with regard to issues of social and political nature. That art is the extension of the artist's personal beliefs and perspectives speaks to the sometimes-harrowing yet always passionate portrayals depicted in many of history's most powerful creations. ...

This 10 page paper looks at this artist's work and provides a thesis on why she was not considered to be up to par with her contemporaries such as Jackson Pollock or even her husband Willem. Her work is discussed and ideas that go to her social position are also included. Bibliography ...

10 pages in length. The creative genius of Alexander Calder spanned the better part of the twentieth century, with the American sculptor establishing his niche of motorized abstract mobiles in the 1930s. With a history of sculptors on his paternal side of the family and his mother a painter, it was no surprise ...

This 7 page paper examines different western ideas of imagination and its origins. This paper specifically examines the ideas of Kant, romanticism, post-modern imagination, mimetic and Hebraic imagination, and more. This paper examins the relationship between imagination and artistic expression. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines several works by the French artist (1869-1954), who was one of the founders of the Fauvism Expressionist movement of the early twentieth century. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page paper which discusses Manet’s focus on consciousness in his painting “Olympia.” The painting is compared to Couture`s “Romans of the Decadence” and Courbet’s “Demoiselles des bords de la Seine.” Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 5 page report discusses two paintings created in the 1930's. Mexican artist David Alfaro Siqueiros's "Echo of a Scream" is a dark and disturbing depiction of suffering and anguish. Peter Blume's "The Eternal City" is a complicated and surrealistic view of Rome. The overall purpose of the paper is to describe each painting and explain why the writer ...

This 7 page paper examines three works of Postmodern art and compares and contrasts them according to theme, style, etc. Furthermore, this paper delves into each piece in terms of how it relates to the Postmodern era as well as the other pieces being examined. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines the life and work of artist Mary Cassatt. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses, examines and analyzes a Greek Grave relief from 400bc found in the J.P.Getty Museum. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

An 11 page paper which examines the work and the times of artist William Gropper. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 5 page report discusses a student's reaction to seeing Leonardo Da Vinci's famous painting "Mona Lisa" at the Louvre in Paris, France. The actual painting is discussed but issues associated wit the student's response to the painting are also considered. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 4 page paper which examines the relationship between Vincent Van Gogh’s painting “Starry Night” and Anne Sexton’s poem “The Starry Night.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 6 page paper which examines a painting by the artists Manet, Monet, and Courbet. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 7 page research paper that examines representative paintings of the career of Vermeer, Dutch artist of the seventeenth century. Works examined include View of Delft, Artist in His Studio and Diana and Her Companions, among others. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 6 page paper which examines the perspectives of Walter Benjamin and John Berger, regarding the mass production of art, as they would relate to the art of Andy Warhol. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3 page paper defines the concept and explores examples on the Internet. Various types of art forms are discussed inclusive of film, dance and photography. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 7 page paper discusses, compares and contrasts the three muralists, Rivera, Siquieros, and Orozco. Examples of their work discussed, symbols analyzed. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 14 page paper relates some of the central views of El Lissitzky, also known as the father of modern graphic design. No single figure has played a more significant role in the remarkable construction of the graphic design profession than El Lissitzky. Bibliography lists 15 sources.

A 3 page analysis regarding different sculptures of David. The paper examines Bernini’s, Donatello’s, and Michelangelo’s sculptures of David. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 6 page paper defines modernism and modernity and how they can be identified and separated from arts that are merely contemporary or “of the times”. The paper gives three examples of modern art, looking at architecture, graphic design and photography. The bibliography cites 7 sources.

This 4 page paper discusses the composition of Abraham Beyeren and his work, Banquet Still-Life with Mouse as examples the Vanitas style of Dutch painting during the seventeenth century. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

5 pages in length. The writer discusses the impact of French artistry upon American artisans, as well as incorporates the influence of Romanticism. Bibliography lists 6 sources.