Arts & Humanities Essays and Term Papers

together because the whole world is rhythmic, when you feel the rhythm and the beat, it's all apart of us." Brian Daffron knew what he was saying when he put the essence of tap into words. It was Buster Brown who truly believed this statement as well.…

Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night is probably his most famous painting. Instantly recognizable because of its unique style, this work has been the subject of poetry, fiction, CD-ROMs as well as the well known song "Vincent" or "Starry, Starry Night"…

in the 16th century, Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641) produced an inspiring and powerful painting that illustrates the wonderful epic of Rinaldo and Armida. Based on Torquato Tasso's Gerusalemme Libertata, Van Dyck has managed to capture vividly…

shape, space ect excellent. Line Line is the most direct way of making a mark, lines define form and shape. Lines do not occur in nature. They are simply used to translate a form into something we can recognise on paper. The…

be both attractive and repulsive at simultaneous moments. The last fifty years is filled of art that possesses this quality. In the sixties art was challenged again this time by the "anti-form". Minimalism left an unsatisfied need for direct matter.…

Culture" Ceremonial headresses are a spiritual symbol of the cultures of both Oceanic and African people. Though the 20th century dance masks of each culture are similar in that they are both painted wooden stylistic representations of a human head,…

are The Virgin and Child by Rogier van der Weyden (1406, Netherlandish; gallery room 207) and The Crucifixion by Francisco de Zurbaran (1627, Spanish; gallery room 215). These two paintings focus on Jesus Christ, his humanity and his divinity.…

remaining last scraps of rubbish on the floor of the passage before the doorway, until we had only the clean sealed doorway before us... It was sometime before one could see, the hot air escaping caused the candle to flicker, but as soon as one's…

kind of advertisement, is mainly serving the needs of the moviemakers, whose ultimate purpose was to popularize the movie and thus make more profits. To make a successful movie poster, designers have to really give much thought to it. The two posters…

period the Greeks had many great accomplishments and to add to them during the seventh and sixth century they achieved even greater talents in visual arts. The artist in the archaic period paid close detail to the shape of the human body but not…