Helen Gardner/Art Through the Ages
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A 5 page analysis of Gardner's comprehensive survey of art that literally covers the entire course of human history, as well as samplings of art from practically every culture that produced an art history that has been documented. It begins in the Paleolithic and ends with twentieth-century modern art. No additional sources cited.
Filename: 90arthis.rtf

“The Quiet American : National Projection” or Work of Art?
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A 5 page paper examining a number of contrasting critical views of this novel by British author Graham Greene. The paper concludes that The Quiet American is neither nationalistic or slight, but is a beautifully-crafted and enduring work of art. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Ggreene.wps

Images Of Alexander the Great—A View To The Past
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A 5 page essay which examines 2 pictures of Alexander the Great--a fourteenth-century painting entitled ‘‘Alexander Battling the Fur of Hind'' and a sixteenth-century woodcut print entitled ‘‘The Three Good Pagans.'' The paper describes the two works of art in detail and explores what may be surmised from a close examination of these two works. No bibliography.
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Leonardo Da Vinci And Raphael Santi
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Art in the Western World has a tendency to be defined by the Masters of the Renaissance. Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Botticelli, Titian, Tintoretto, and Raphael are names that stand for an era unsurpassed for vitality and skill, as well as innovation and depth of meaning. This 6 page paper asserts that Da Vinci's Mona Lisa is an icon of global understanding and exhibits many of the techniques that Da Vinci instituted. Raphael's The Nymph of Galatea is a symbol of the changing of era; from the medieval emphasis on Christian doctrine to the acceptance of pagan images. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KTmongal.wps

The Influence Of Francisco de Goya
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A 15 page paper analyzing the effect the late eighteenth-century painter Francisco de Goya had on the Impressionists of the late nineteenth century and the Expressionists of the early twentieth. The writer concludes that the Impressionists primarily gained from Goya a fresh way of looking at light; the Expressionists gained from his darker period a more direct way of depicting the human soul. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: Goya2.wps

The Life & Works of F.J. DeGoya
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6 page discussion of the life and works of Francisco Jose DeGoya, the 18th century Spanish painter. Focuses upon 'The Shootings of May Third' and 'Pradrera de San Isidro.' Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: Goya.wps

Cezanne's 'The Bather' # 2
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A 5 page essay on the rhythms and cadences that speak to the soul in Cezanne's 'The Bather.' The writer compares the dissonances in Cezanne's work to musical counterbalance, positing that the artist (Cezanne) creates a Rachmaninoff concerto from Debussy's 'Chanson de Billets.'
Filename: Cezmuse.doc

Leonardo DaVinci
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A 10 page overview of Leonardo DaVinci's life & work. Bibliography lists 7 sources. End notes.
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Leonardo DaVinci's 'Mona Lisa'
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A 4 page research paper on DaVinci's infamous painting 'Mona Lisa' in which the writer presents their own opinion of the work and then complements it with in-depth historical analysis and factual information about the artist, the model, and even the work's original name. From an artistic perspective, the materials and methods used to paint the Mona Lisa are described as being genuinely representative of DaVinci's era.
Filename: Monalisa.wps

Leonardo DaVinci's 'Mona Lisa' and 'Vitruvian Man'
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A 4 page paper that discusses the artistic principles DaVinci developed and applied to his paintings generally, in comparison with other artists of the period, and the application of these techniques to each of these two paintings. The paper discusses these in light of the Renaissance ideas of science and humanity and posits that perhaps the 'imperfections' in his paintings exhibit a larger experiment in these two areas of thought. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Davinci2.doc