A picture is worth a thousand words. This saying has remained true for a long time. Throughout history, iconic images have represented anything from triumphs to tragedies, to historical events and eve…
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Show moreMark Twain once wrote that "I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead." Isn't this ironic, saying that it is easier to write numerous words in a short span rather than …
In 1633 an excellent piece of artwork was composed. This piece, created by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, depicts Matthew 4:35 - 5:43. This oil painting was titled Christ in the Storm on the Sea of G…
The saying "A picture speaks a thousand words" is very true. Being able to look at a picture and breaking it down to see what it is saying is not something everyone can do, and this course made me rea…
Art is everywhere and people who create it. This generation of people, especially young people, are very creative. A lot of jobs now are involved with the arts. Unfortunately, many artists go unnotic…
Katherine Mansfield is a short story/fiction writer. She was born October 14, 1888 in New Zealand. Her birth name is Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp. Her personal friends and family called her, Kass, Kat…
Oscar Claude Monet was a french painter and founder of french impressionism. Some people thought he was the the most famous painter. He produced over 2000 paintings and his exhibits attract thousands…
This paper will cover the landmark work of Donatello; the bronze statue entitled David, 1430-32, which is located at the Museo nazionale del Bargello (Florence, Italy). The statue stands at 185 cm tal…
The Merode Triptych represents domesticity unlike any other 15th-century devotional altarpiece through its use of disguised religious symbolism in everyday household items such as pitchers, mousetraps…
Humanism helped change what artists painted in the Renaissance. Before the humanist movement, art was mostly biblical, but the humanist way of thinking brought new ideas and revolution to artists in I…