Essay Database

… “The Yosemite Fall” in 1864. This painting is on display in the Timken Gallery in San Diego California. This is an oil painting that has been painted on canvas, with dimensions of 34 ½ x 27 1/8 in. This artist was born in Dusseldorf in 1830, but…

… assignment is Marc Chagall’s I and the Village. This piece, done in oil paints seems to have taken on many of the characteristics of watercolors. Many of the colors are very translucent, and many bleed into each other. The subjects in this piece are…

… was put together using graphic design. It is a very widely used art form incorporated into many different projects. The ultimate purpose is to communicate. The field takes a lot of knowledge to be able to produce a finished and printed product (Rogers,…

… of Hans Holbein the Elder. Born in 1497 he was an outstanding portrait and religious painter of the Northern Renaissance, he was mostly influenced by his father. He spent most of his life in Basel. He showed his talent in designing woodcuts and glass…

… the horizon. Slowly it raised, throwing a contrast of colors into the sky. The little water dew drops soaked Danielle’s feet as she walked through the grass to feed the chickens. It was early Monday morning and chores needed to be done. Today…

… The Royal Abbey of St. Denis People are in many respects unique animals: they can create culture as no other animal can. As an aspect of this culture, they construct images for worship and admiration as well as icons for pleasure and practice.…

… society have their own style they either like to watch or actually do. The connection every person has with dance is the abilty to enoy the art of dance. Some cultures use dance for rituals while other cultures, such as the U.S., can trace its society’s…

… now, but only recently have prices dropped low enough to make digital cameras a reality for the middle class America. The process originated within the Defense Department during the Cold War, and has improved immensely sense then. Digital photography…

… for me was Antigone. At first she made me feel sorry for her because of what happened to her brother and she was only fulfilling a duty that she thought she had. I was able to relate to this duty. Perhaps I feel this way because I have three…

… to be the second king of Israel, destroyed the Philistine giant Goliath with stone and a sling. Donatello, Verrocchio, Michelangelo, and Bernini each designed a sculpture of David. However, the sculptures are drastically different from one another. Each…