Essays and Research Papers on Famous Works Of Art

A 3 page analysis of Vincent Van Gogh’s painting “Still Life with a Plate of Onions” (1889). Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 12 page paper which compares and contrasts two paintings of Jean-Antione Watteau. The paintings are “Departure from Cythera” (1717) which is more commonly known as “Pilgrimage to Cythera,” and “The Sign for Gersaint’s Shop” (1720). Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines the work and contributions of Kurt Schwitters. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

THE ROUEN CATHEDRAL – MORNING: Claude Monet This 5 page paper talks about the great painter Claude Monet and the famous Rouen Cathedral. 5 sources cited.

This 6 page report discusses the ways in which the Romantic movement or period influenced the styles of art created during its time. Nathaniel Hawthorne is used as the example of American Romanticism personified. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 4 page paper which first presents a formal analysis of the individual paintings, then compares the similarities and differences of each. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

3 pages in length. When "Nefertiti and the Royal Women" was on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1996, the public was treated to a veritable feast of historic Egyptian art. The writer provides a detailed description of Nefertiti's bust. Bibliography lists 1 source.

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 ...

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 ...

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 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.

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 ...

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.

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.