Academic papers on Art & Architecture

American Costume Jewelry: Miriam Haskell
A 14 page paper which discusses American costume jewelry from 1925-1960 as designed by Miriam Haskell. Miriam Haskell costume jewelry dates back to the 1920s and is a company that still produces costume jewelry today. The paper discusses some of...
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Ancient Art Commonalities
A 4 page paper discussing the art of Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus Valley and China in terms of the features they have in common. These diverse art forms and cultures from which they arose all hold in common either a single deity or the presence...
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William Blake, Artist and Mystic
A 50 page research paper that presents the career of late eighteenth century artist William Blake (1757-1827). The writer argues that Blake's work as an artist demonstrates Blake's mystical nature and religious orientation. Additionally, the writer...
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Henri Matisse: Purple Robe and Anemones
A 6 page paper which analyzes and discusses Henri Matisse's painting "Purple Robe and Anemones." The paper argues that the image presented is symbolizing the strength and sensuality of the woman, which is clearly represented in the feminine and...
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Tintoretto's Last Supper
A 12 page paper that discusses Tintoretto's painting of the Last Supper. The writer provides a short background of the artist, discusses his work with an emphasis on the Last Supper painted for the San Giorgio Maggiore parish in Venice. A brief...
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Architect Marcel Breur
6 pages in length. One of architect Marcel Breuer's earliest buildings was that of the architect's own home. Built in 1939 in Lincoln, Massachusetts, the construction consisted mainly of wood and stone bearing walls with wood spans. It was...
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Sienese Panel Painting
This 6 page report discusses the Sienese and their artwork in the 13th and 14th centuries. For almost five hundred years, from the late Middle Ages into the seventeenth century, the Italian city of Siena was a thriving center of trade, learning,...
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Photographic History: The Calotype
(5 pp.) 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...
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Digitized Images
A 6 page paper which discusses different technical aspects of digitized images. The paper discusses why it is necessary to digitize images, how it is done, and what factors influence the images. Bibliography lists 5 sources
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17thC Landscapes: El Greco & van Ruisdael
(5 pp.) Throughout Europe, artists were once more relating to the bounty that they considered home. This included their physical home as well as their spiritual home, both were reflected in their landscape paintings. We shall see this...
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The Three Types of Zen Gardens
A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts the three different forms of Zen gardens. These forms are as follows: based on landscape paintings, austere and more abstract dry garden, and roji, or tea, garden. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Shinto Shrines and Buddhist Gardens
A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts Shinto shrines and later Buddhist gardens. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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The Gothic Cathedral
(5 pp.)Historians in the seventeenth century who looked at this "new" building style, did not initially know how to define it, and in one of those legends in history, someone said - well -" it was built by the Goths" -we should call it...
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Georges Seurat: Bathers at Asniers
(5 pp.) The tendency, of most of us, when thinking, of "the end," of anything, guess that it will taper off or even just dwindle away. That was hardly the case of post-impressionistic artists. These artists, the last of the...
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Architects I.M. Pei & Frank Gehry
A 7 page research paper that examines the design philosophies and careers of architects I.M. Pei and Frank Gehry. The writer spotlights and discusses several buildings designed by each of these famous architects. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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