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… it is important to consider modern art. The reason being is that postmodernism is seen as the critical review of the history and institution of modern art. Modern art is at the heart of post modernism and the similarities in them can easily…

… is up for auction. You are bidding for it against a dazzling array of eccentric art dealers. Should you keep bidding, as the price gets higher? Is it a bargain or a worthless forgery? You must decide quickly, but you will never know unless…

… Art, Art and Man In earliest times primitive people made contact with the outside world through the same five senses used by people today. They could hear the sounds of animals, see objects, feel the rain on their faces, smell the fragrance of wild…

… millions of different answers. To me art is a lot of different things. Art is the way I do my hair in the morning or the way I butter my bread. Art is something that every person has. More often than not when you ask a person what art is they are…

… on the night of March 2, 2001. In seeing and writing this paper I was asked to evaluate one of the major characters in the production. So for my evaluation I have picked the character of Peer Gynt. In this paper I will evaluate many different items…

… Vinci and his relationship with Niccolo Machiavelli. I didn’t know that Leonardo Da Vinci and Niccolo Machiavelli had a relationship, and I only knew about Leonardo Da Vinci. Leonardo was a famous artist and sculptor, and I found out that Machiavelli…

… ourselves, therefore, concerning the nature of that evidence, which assures us to matters of fact, we must enquire how we arrive at the knowledge of cause and effect.” Hume then makes the claim that; “knowledge of this relation is not, in any instanc…

… image of a beautifully painted vase, an amazingly real sketch of a model or a peculiar but eye-pleasing piece composed of abstract lines and brushstrokes is usually what comes to mind. From the sensual, beautiful works of the Rococo movement to the…

… Dickinson and William Blake. Dickinson’s poem is entitled “My Life had stood-a Loaded Gun” and Blake’s poem is entitled “The Tyger.” In both poems, nature plays an important part and it is obvious to the reader that both Dickinson and Blake feel…

… on October 25th, 1838. He was trained by his parents, who were musical, and admitted to the Paris Conservatoire just before his tenth birthday. There he studied counterpoint with Zimmerman and Gounod and composition with Halévy, and under Marmontel's…