Essay Database

… puzzlement. It is hard to tell whether the painting is a Genre scene or a history painting. It could be both, indeed this is a painting of everyday life for this family, but it also documents a particular point in time for a well to do family. The…

… no responsibility to support them. I think that there should be no grants given to an artist because they have chosen this profession. I think though that loans should be made available for them to encourage them to create pieces but just like college…

… I of England was responsible for introducing what was then called "country dancing" at court late in the 16th century. Up until then, the style of dancing among royalty in Europe was complicated, requiring extensive instruction, and was limited almost…

… arts today and one must have extraordinary talent to influence or create an impact in his or her field or art. George Balanchine, regarded as the “...foremost contemporary choreographer...” (Balanchivadze 1) is one of these “choreographic geniuses”.…

… long and quite dramatic. Taking its roots in ancient Egyptian stylization, and evolving into naturalization and clarity of human form, Greek sculpture has made an enormous impact of the art of modern day. The early kouros figures were very similar…

… excel in English while others excel in science or even athletics. I’ve excelled in communication. As a freshman I only dreamed of what it was like to be a leader. Never once did I believe that I could or would accomplish, what I have at my school.…

… New York. Pantheon Books. 1993. Wendell Berry, self-styled intellectual, social commentator and purveyor of common sense, authored a biting series of essays on the state of American life and economy, compiled in 1993 under the title Sex, Economy,…

… certain colours are associated with certain emotions, the obvious example being red for anger. If this is the case then the animations could incorporate the theories of colour and emotion, and therefore make it easier for the emotions to be conveyed.…

… popular. With increasing readers, comics has evolved from the newspapers funnies, to today’s mass production of entertainment. Comics in many ways follow up on similar forms, that makes comics its very own form of art. Considering comics as a form of…

… Menil Collection, the Cy Twombly Gallery, and Richmond Hall. I arrived at the Menil Collection at around 2:00pm and stayed until approximately 4:45pm visiting the three collections. As I drove to the museums, I was challenged with normal Houston traffic…