Academic papers on Art & Architecture

The Effects of Fire and Future Tunnel Safety
12 pages. In today's world of steel and concrete we are seeing more and more expansive tunnel systems being built for vehicular use. Many, such as the Chunnel System spanning the English Channel, are designed to carry many hundreds of...
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The Renaissance, Art, Religion, and Society
A 3 page overview of the impact of the Renaissance on Art, Religion and Society. Notes the importance in the move away from the concept of papal primacy imposed by the Roman Catholic Church but emphasizes that even after the Reformation, the...
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Freudian Revenant and the Aesthetics of Art
A 5 page contention that Freudian theory has a diversity of applications to the aesthetics of art. Of these, however, the concept of revenants is perhaps the most obvious in the greatest number of art pieces. While revenants could be a component...
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A Semiotic Analysis from Elle Decoratio Magazine
This 5 page paper provides a hypothetical semiotic analysis of the cover of Elle Decoratio Magazine. This paper defines the central components to be considered in this type of analysis, including factors related to the signifiers, codes and...
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Designing Product Packaging for the Visually Impaired
A 36 page paper discussing how graphic designers can better serve the visually impaired in designing product packages. The paper traces the difficulty the Diabetes Division of the American Federation for the Blind had in gaining any cooperation...
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Kouros at the Met.
(5pp). This Kouros, is the focus of the Judy and Michael Steinhardt Gallery dedicated to Greek Art of the sixth century BC. It is one of the only complete early Kouroi outside of Greece to be seen, and perhaps the only one in America....
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Giulio Romano
20 pages in length. Giulio Romano, also known as Giulio di Pietro de'Gianuzzi Giulio Pippi, was one of Italy's most prominent mannerist painters. His instrumental existence within the world of art stands out with his presence during the Mannerism...
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Cultural Analysis of Television Drama, With Particular Reference to Colin McCabe
A seven page paper which considers Colin McCabe
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Maya Lin.
(6 pp). Lin was only 21 years old when she won a nationwide competition for the design of the Vietnam Memorial, coming out on top over more than 1,400 proposals from other artists. 'The Vietnam memorial is a place where something happens...
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Lee Krasner at the Brooklyn Museum of Art.
(5 pp). "The key is what is within the artist. The artist can only paint what she or he is about." Lee Krasner (1979). Krasner, like a lot of us, has molded her personal history into what she wanted it to be, often for the sake of the...
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Artful Definitions of the Minoan Society
(6 pp). When we try to investigate the Minoan society we are immediately hampered by the lack of physical evidence. Being a costal area leads to erosion and decay just because of climate. We have some fragmentary knowledge about Minoan...
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Office Architecture: Similarities Between Japan and the United States
A 10 page observation of the many similarities shared by Japan and the United States in regard to office design and architecture. Accounts for these similarities with the theory of dominant ideologies, noting the Western influence on Japan which...
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The Last Supper in the Renaissance Period
This 4 page paper presents a discussion on three works of art which depict this religious event. Paintings from Italy, Germany and Holland--painted by Da Vinci, Cranach and Rembrandt respectively--are compared and contrasted. Religion is discussed....
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Early Photography: The Calotype.
(7pp) The base of a calotype negative, rather than the glass or film to which we have become accustomed, was high quality writing paper. The sheet of paper was carefully selected to have a smooth and uniform texture and, wherever possible, ...
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Studying The Arts: The Relationship To Understanding Europe and North America
5 pages in length. The social, political and economical impact of the arts has been vast and encompassing to understanding Europe and North America. Throughout the Baroque, Enlightenment and Romantic Periods, the world was changing in leaps and...
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