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Artist Frida Kahlo, 2004.
This paper discusses the legendary Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo, sometimes called a surrealist painter, Communist, and inspiration for one of the greatest painters of the 20th century, Diego Rivera.
2,605 words (approx. 10.4 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 78.95
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This paper explains that Frida Kahlo?s physical suffering definitely stimulated her spiritual side as images came into her mind and then appeared in her paintings, similar to many physically handicapped artists, such as Toulouse-Lautrec. The author claims that the biography of Frida Kahlo, as written by Hayden Herrera, is perhaps one of the most interesting and complete stories about someone?s life that has ever been written. The paper contends that Kahlo is a type of traditional artist, called Mexicanism, which she embraced throughout her lifetime as a result of the Mexican Revolution of 1910 that resulted in a wave of nationalism throughout the country and prompted a new pride in traditional Mexican culture.
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Background Information: Biography and Reputation
Synopsis of Hayden Herrera?s "Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo"
Objective Critique
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"Frida Kahlo was born on the 6th of July 1907 in Ciudad de Mexico as the third daughter of William Kahlo and Matilda Calderon. Her complete name was Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo Calderon. Her life was struck by misery ever since the beginning: in 1913, when she was six years old, she contracted poliomyelitis and her right leg was affected, appearing much thinner than the other throughout her life. She entered high school at the National Preparatory School, where she soon turned out to be the leader of a prank-oriented group of rebel teenagers. It was here that she came in contact with her future husband and soul mate, Diego Rivera, perhaps the greatest Mexican muralist who, at that time, was commissioned to paint a mural in the school auditorium."
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The Italian Renaissance, 2005.
Comparison of two works by Italian Renaissance artist, Sandro Botticelli: Venus and Mars and The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti."
2,510 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 76.95
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The Italian Renaissance artists were a very influential group in the history of mankind, and their work continues to entertain art lovers and connoisseurs all around the world. This report is a summary and comparison of two of Sandro Botticelli's works from the Italian Renaissance period.
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"Renaissance is French and was coined as a term in the late 19th century. In regard to art movements like the Italian Renaissance, the word is used to illustrate an intellectually based artistic revival that has been inspired by the study of existing Classical literature or art. The entire Renaissance movement originated in Italy around the beginning of the fourteenth century. The movement ran through the beginning of the sixteenth century after making its way through various other European countries.
The origins of the Renaissance can be tied to social and political movements of the time. Italy from a historical point of view in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries can be traced back to unique occurrences in specific cities. The period was full of turmoil as there were many minor wars for internal or external commercial control as well as many political expansion attempts."
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Joseph Stella?s ?Old Brooklyn Bridge?.
This paper discusses, based on John Berger?s book, ?Ways of Seeing?, the experience of seeing Joseph Stella?s painting, ?Old Brooklyn Bridge?.
2,020 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 0 sources, $ 63.95
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The paper explains that the ?Old Brooklyn Bridge? is positively aglow with color and light; the painting is alive and active, its linear composition is stellar, and the palate reminiscent of the industrial age in which it was born. The author points out that she sees the painting with increasing awareness and a deeper understanding of the artist?s intent, now understanding, in Berger?s words, that art becomes "a record of how X had seen Y.? The paper reveals that the clearest structure the author could discern in the background was a strategically placed depiction of the bridge?s recognizable towers.
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"Reflecting further on Berger?s ?Ways of Seeing,? I recalled his section on perspective. One of the most remarkable aspects of Stella?s painting is its linear perspective. The lines representing the suspension cables of the bridge converge in space. The most notable conversion occurs at the very top of the canvas, where at least two of these beams intersect. Had I not known they were suspension cables I might have thought they were beams of light or just abstract lines. Yet although Stella approaches an abstract rendition of the Brooklyn Bridge, this painting is not what I would call abstract."
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Zwelethu Mthethwa, 2005.
A discussion of South African photography artist, Zwelethu Mthethwa.
1,102 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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This paper provides a brief biography of Zwelethu Mthethwa, explaining that he considers painting and photography to be equally important and is continually transferring notions from one field to the other. It discusses major characteristics of some of his famous works.
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"In an article for ?African Arts? Kristina Van Dyke described Mthethwa?s work as portraits that ?do not aim to characterize their subjects as victims but rather as individuals who make creative choices that result in unique domestic spaces? (Van Dyke Pp). Jed Perl writes of Regarding Mthethwa?s ?Flex? which was shown in the first International Center of Photogrpahy?s ?Strangers? exhibition, Jed Perl writes that this series of black and white ?close-ups of African men?has a boldness that recalls avant-garde silent films? (Perl Pp). Sarah Caylor writes that ?much of the meaning lies in the intense examination of the physical specifics of clothes and settings, as well as physical and spatial relationships? (Caylor Pp)."
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The Etruscans, 2004.
A brief analysis of the arts and craft of the Etruscans.
717 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 25.95
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This paper discusses the sculptures done by the Etruscans in ancient history. The paper presents the sculpture, "Etruscan warrior supporting a wounded comrade", from the early 5th century BCE, describing the era when it was created. The paper compares this sculpture to "Augustus in Armor", another sculpture created in 20 BCE. The paper illustrates the differences in these two sculptures according to the time period that they were created.
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"While we think of the Etruscans as a monolithic group, in fact, they covered a wide geographic area with a civilization that spans many centuries from a millennium BCE to their putative dissolution a couple of decades BCE (Time International, 2001). The sculpture Etruscan warrior supporting a wounded comrade, from the early fifth century BCE, was created in about the middle of the Etruscan era. At the time this sculpture was created, the Etruscans had begun exploring the coast of what is now known as the Italian peninsula. The Etruscans enjoyed dominion on the seas at the time, giving them ?tremendous potential for trade as well as piracy? (Time International, 2001). It is obvious from the embellishment on the clothing of the two warriors that the Etruscans enjoyed their sea-based wealth. It is also easy to believe, as Time (2001) contends, that the Etruscans were a more jovial people than were the Romans who supplanted them; despite the obviously unpleasant fact of the warrior being wounded, neither face is particularly anguished, and, indeed, the wound is probably not all that grave."
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Apocalypse Art and Technology, 2004.
Examines a modern form of art called "apocalypse" and shows how it is linked to modern technology.
3,500 words (approx. 14.0 pages), 30 sources, APA, $ 98.95
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This paper examines modern art, in particular ,that which is referred to as ?apocalypse art? and examines the interactions between art and technology. Specifically, paper looks at the new dimensions that technology has contributed to the rendering of art as well as what contribution or impact that art has rendered to technology. The methodology for this study is examination of several artists and scholars who are in some way interconnected in this process of producing apocalypse art. Artists discussed include Joe-Peter Witkin, Roy Ascott, and Dinos and Jake Chapman.
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"The social impact of the new art-technology relationship is quite simply due to knowledge being more plentiful than at any other time in recorded history. To further expand on that element it must be understood that the application of knowledge, as well as man?s integration with knowledge, has not at any time in history been so cohesive with each other. This is due to the global society now established in the world which is aided by the science of computing which brings all knowledge, all applications and all the minds of men together in one vast conglomerate freeway of information."
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Photo Reportage, 2005.
A discussion on digital photography and how it allows the photographer to distort the image of reality.
1,146 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper looks at how photojournalists can play a key role in shaping the public's image of reality. Special emphasis is placed on how photojournalists, using advanced digital equipment, can depict a war and, in particular, how they can impact the public's image of the conflict in Iraq. The paper points out that, now more than ever before, the most important issue in photo reportage today is ethics.
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"When an unknown aphorist coined the phrase ?A picture is worth a thousand words,? the world was a lot simpler. For certain, digital photography and digital sound were not even figments of most people?s imaginations. Perhaps the odd genius, a Leonardo da Vinci for instance, might have imagined such wonders. But then again, he might well have avoided mentioning it since he was a painter, made his living by daubing charcoal or oils on various papers, boards and canvases."
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American Landscape and Social Attitudes, 2004.
Discusses the history of the relationship between American society and the country's natural environment.
1,600 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 13 sources, MLA, $ 52.95
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American attitudes towards nature have undergone a complex change in a relatively short period of time, ranging from attitudes of reverence for nature to a view of nature as handmaiden to the technological development. This paper shows that many environmentalists are of the opinion that America is neglecting the preservation of the environment. The societal attitudes within America are often reflected directly in their attitudes towards nature. However, the attitude towards the natural environment has never been clear-cut, and there has always been a certain amount of ambivalence towards nature. The paper examines how this ambivalence is reflected in the work of artists and writers, such as Jack London.
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"A sociological and socio-cultural view sees London?s works as related to the cultural trends, mores, and traits of the time. This can be seen in the well-known story "To Build a Fire", which is often called the ?quintessential? naturalist short story. The reflection of differences and dichotomies in American society can be seen in an analysis of the story. One of the most important themes in the naturalist movement, and also the crux of the novel "To Build a Fire,? is determinism as opposed to free will. Another is the seemingly amoral indifference of nature and the environment, which is coupled with issues of survival and the problem of making moral judgments in an amoral universe. Another aspect is instinct versus the intellect."
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Rodney Graham, 2005.
A look at the work of Canadian film maker and photographer, Rodney Graham.
1,250 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper examines the theme of identity, or of changing identity, seen throughout Graham's work. The paper examines and analyzes several of Graham's pieces in order to illustrate this continuous theme. The paper explains how Graham's fascination with the permanent instability of the photographic, filmed self reflects his feeling that he never really had a clear vision of who he was as an individual or who he was as an artist.
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"Rodney Graham is a Canadian artist, born in Vancouver in 1949. But he could be anyone?or so his art suggests. In Fishing on the Jetty, 2000, the Rodney Graham renders himself into his own text as a filmed subject. In this film/performance art piece, the viewer is witness to the sight of Graham playing Cary Grant in his own nautical version of Alfred Hitchcock?s ?To Catch a Thief.? Graham, within the context of the piece is himself, is the character of Grant, and is also the persona portrayed by ?Cary Grant,? the sublimely artificial romantic lead of the 1930?s classical film in a who-done-it about mistaken identity, a film where the actor portrays a constantly misleading man with a shape-shifting identity."
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The Biography of an Artist, 2004.
An analysis of the importance of biography in the art of Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso.
2,350 words (approx. 9.4 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 72.95
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This paper contends that the biographical aspects of an artist provides one of the most important dimensions in the history and study of art and allows one to trace the stylistic development within an artist?s overall career. The paper discusses two specific artists who are generally viewed as masters of their craft, Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, both of whom greatly influenced the artistic world in which they lived and continue to do so in the present time.
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"Early in life, doubt and dissatisfaction with contemporary artistic formulas enabled Picasso to discover that a search for beauty according to the standards in which he had been brought up was not the aim he wished to pursue. The brilliance of his talent in his youth and the ease with which he absorbed the work of other great contemporary artists could have tempted him to become satisfied with the success that came to him at last after years of poverty in Barcelona and Paris, but the strength of his powers of expression, coupled with an unusual degree of courage, brought a crisis which forced him to abandon the easy road to fame and plunge perilously into new forms of artistic creation."
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Tattoo Removal, 2004.
An analysis of tattooing and the various methods of tattoo removal.
2,145 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 67.95
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This paper presents the history of tattooing. The paper describes evidence of tattooing throughout many cultures across the world. The paper explains modern-day tattooing, which is used primarily to denote gang or other group affiliations or just for body decoration. Since both these reasons are subject to changing tastes and circumstances, there has developed a demand for a reliable way to remove tattoos. These methods are explored in the paper.
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"The history of tattooing is a long and varied one. ?A tattoo is a permanent mark or design made on the body when pigment is inserted into the dermal layer of the skin through ruptures in the skin's top layer.? (?How Tattoo Removal Works?, 2004). A more recent development in this area, however, is the issue of tattoo removal. Only recently have advances in technology made it possible to effectively remove a tattoo. The process of tattooing, which inserts ink deeply into the layers of the skin, has traditionally made it very difficult to get rid of a tattoo once it's been applied. Modern techniques for tattoo removal include; dermabrasion, salabrasion, excision (surgical removal) and laser removal. There are also less thorough methods for covering a tattoo such as scarification or tattoo modification. Currently, the most favoured method of tattoo removal is laser removal, as it leaves little scarring and is very effective, although multiple laser treatments are often required."
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Michelangelo and Pope Julius II, 2004.
This paper discusses the relationship of Michelangelo and Pope Julius II to demonstrate the nature of Catholic art during the Renaissance period.
1,180 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 40.95
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This paper explains that religious art during this period was an intensely social production and vision, a dialogue between religious leaders such as Pope Julius II and artistic producers such as Michelangelo. Popes commissioned artistic works and inspired, guided, and checked the artist?s individual vision. The author points out that Pope Julius II, who was as careful in planning as he was in his military achievements, enriched the landscape of Rome by adding many fine buildings to the city, including the Vatican Museum and art collection and the Sistine Chapel. The paper relates that the role of the artist was expanded rather than limited by the patronage and commissions of the papacy, and rather than embodying narrow religious ideals, Michelangelo and others were prodded to create works with expansive, complex renderings of Biblical figures as both human and divine in nature.
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"Pope Julius II, often known as a kind of warrior pope because of his influence in political as well as spiritual affairs, even more renown to the ages for his tireless patronage of the arts. He is also called the savior of the papacy, because of his integrity, relative to his contemporaries, and his restoration of legitimacy to the church because of limiting some of its excesses?excesses, albeit not enough to stifle the Reformation later on. Also, it is unlikely that Julius would have, had he lived after the reformation, been able to commission such anthropomorphic and expansive works of religious art, some of which were designed to commemorate his own personal memories and accomplishments, such as the commissioning of the tomb that first drew Michelangelo to Rome."
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Peter Voulkos, 2005.
Biographical account of American clay sculptor Peter Voulkos who died in 2002.
858 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 30.95
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This paper provides biographical information on the life and artistic career of Peter Voulkos. The also paper looks at Voulkos's artistic style and explains how it capitalizes on the qualities of the clay itself. Furthermore, the paper describes some of the influences on Voulkos's art, analyzes some of his more famous sculptures, and explains the significance of his work to other sculptors.
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"Peter Voulkos, a clay sculpturist who died in 2002, was important because he brought clay forward as an artistic medium in its own right. Until Voulkos demonstrated the art of clay, people tended to think of ?pottery? as either functional ware, a craft, or a tool for ?real? artists such as bronze sculptors. The movement he started came to be known as the American ?clay revolution.? (Chattopadhyay, 2001)"
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Nagapattinam, 2004.
Analyzes the philosophy and image behind this 12th Century statue of Buddha.
955 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 33.95
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The image, in bronze, of the standing Buddha Nagapattinam from the 12th century belies some of the common popular assumptions about Buddhist iconography that a contemporary Westerner might hold if he or she was unfamiliar with the history of the Buddhist tradition of images in Asiatic art. This paper discusses the Nagapattinam, which depicts not the enlightened Buddha, but a teaching Buddha marked for enlightenment. It examines the philosophy behind the creation of Buddha in this particular image and presents a description of the physical features of this statue.
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"According to the scholar Jin Weinu, all ?Buddhist images? however, regardless of origin, usually ?display the thirty-two lakshanas and eighty notable physical characteristics of the Buddha,? as does the 12th century Bronze Nagapattinam statue noted specifically above, at the beginning of this essay. These thirty-two characteristic physical markers indicate that the figure, over the course of its life, sought to ?seek dignity, a singular superb ness, in order to embody all excellences and good fortune and virtue,? over the course of the Buddha?s specific life phase, or this specific Buddhist incarnation over the course of his many lives, even though the image might be of a pre-Enlightened part of the Buddha?s biography. (Weinu, 1999)"
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Rene Magritte, 2005.
A biographical overview of artist, Rene Magritte, and an analysis of his unique and sometimes erotic style.
1,425 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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This paper briefly provides a biographical analysis of Rene Magritte. It begins by looking at his childhood and education and proceeds to analyze his work. The style and texture used in his paintings are examined and explained. The paper also analyzes some specific paintings, such as ?The Origin of the World,? "The Eternal Facts," "Philosophy in the Boudoir," and "The Ocean".
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"Still another very erotic work by Magritte is The Ocean, a black and white painting of a nude man by the seashore, and where there might have been a penis, instead there is an erect tiny nude woman, about the size of an erection that man that big would be expected to have. And yet another provocative erotic work is The titanic days, painted in 1928, showing the main nude body of a strong woman, who is pushing (it seems) a man away from her. The man is only about one-quarter complete, but his hand is on her right thigh, just inches from her public region."
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Norman Maclean's "A River Runs through It", 2004.
A look at the dominant theme in this book about art and the role it has in our lives.
992 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper describes the theme in the book, "A River Runs through It", about art and its importance in our lives and the way the author, Norman Maclean, combines the sport of fly-fishing with this theme as a way of explaining what art means and how it differs from mere competence.
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"Norman?s father who was a Presbyterian minister believed that art was ?one? way man could clearly understand God and His creation. He advocated creativity because for Norman?s father, art was the channel man used to communicate with God and to become a part of His wide universe. In short, it was not competence but mastery of art that helped man establish a direct link with the wider world around him and Art was man?s way of showing appreciation for God?s universe. This is the reason why Norman?s father tells him to create stories because he knows that this is one art form that will bring his son closer to God and nature."
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Religion in Art, 2004.
An analysis of Adorno?s negative theology and the religious dimension of art.
3,437 words (approx. 13.7 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 97.95
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This paper argues that, while rejecting the embodying of religious meaning in art and artwork in the institutionalized sense of churches or other organized religions, Adorno identified and insisted upon a revelatory role for art itself in terms of its engagement with the human condition and human values. The paper states that Adorno was, in many ways, a writer and thinker profoundly influenced by religion.
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"For the social and cultural critic and theorist Theodor Adorno (1903-69), art is integrated into the society that produces it, and cannot be considered separately from the economic, political and ideological circumstances of its creation. This position reflects the continuing influence of Marxist theoretical approaches to art which can be found underlying even Adorno?s most radical writings. However, Adorno tended to distance himself from a crude materialist or historical-contextual reading of art, focusing on a close reading of the work itself and claiming such thorough analysis from the inside would enable a reading of the work?s social meanings without cumbersome references to external contexts. Those social meanings, however, remained central to any accurate and meaningful understanding of the work, whether literary, musical, or visual in nature."
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Art Education in America.
An analysis of the demise of the art curriculum in America.
1,004 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper examines how, with the age of technology and efficiency at hand and the threat from countries like Japan surpassing American students in technical knowledge, Americans began placing more importance on science and math, and arts have been pushed to the back burner. It looks at how, coupled with budgets that are increasingly difficult to manage, this is a recipe for the demise of art education across America.
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"The solution to the problem, according to Howie Schaffer, a spokesman for The Public Education Network, lies in the public and their refocusing on how important arts education truly is for American children. "For us, public pressure is the key ingredient in fixing schools," Shaffer states. (qtd. in Richard & Hoff) Until Americans realize that well-rounded students are critical to success later in life, the scenario will not change. Until Americans see that the creation and appreciation of art is fundamental to the human psyche, our schools will continue to spit out Internet savvy graduates who feel more comfortable communicating via e-mail and instant messages, rather than interacting face-to-face with other human beings."
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"Olive Trees with Yellow Sky and Sun", 2004.
An examination of Van Gogh's famous painting, "Olive Trees with Yellow Sky and Sun".
1,048 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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This paper first provides a detailed description of the visuals in the painting and then provides an interpretation of what is seen. The writer also interprets some attributes of the painting in regard to the artist's personal life.
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"The tendency towards a positive outlook in the face of difficult circumstances may be indicative of the enjoyment Van Gogh derived from nature at this time. Nature, the artist seems to say, can teach the viewer a variety of lessons. Adaptation is one of them. Like the olive trees, human beings have many difficulties to cope with in life. These difficulties however can be seen as symbolized by the simultaneously destructive and life-giving force of the sun. How this force manifests in life depends upon the adaptability of the individual."
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