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… the Italian Renaissance ideals. Many people that lived during the Renaissance were very religious and desired to learn about new aspects of life that was not uncovered yet. The Birth of Venus was based on a classical myth of ancient times. Many Italian…

… with work ranging from the Paleolithic Age to the works of Ancient Egypt. The subject matter that is being depicted is a wide array of major concepts or issues of that particular time. As art observers we try to really understand the art we are looking…

… the coarse of its history. Over the years the Greeks strived to perfect the faces, bodies as well as the human form in their sculptures. They experimented with many types of techniques, many of which I will touch on in this paper. This paper will mainly…

… Greek colonies from about 1100 BC to the 1st century BC. It has its roots in Aegean civilization, but its unique qualities have made it one of the strongest influences on subsequent Western architecture. Few undamaged originals of Greek architecture…

… between communism and socialism and how different the thoughts and opinions of these two ways of life are from the current western views on religion and God. To explain about the differences between socialism/communism and western thoughts on religion…

… form of artwork was still very popular and important. However, the way or style in which the events were pictured changed. The cultural production of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries is often described as the “baroque” period. Among…

… my words is all of the elements in the art come together to achieve unity. A good example is Paul Cézanne’s “Basket of Apples”-this has a nice blend of paints to achieve balance. It is aesthetically pleasing to the eye. Conception- Conception is…

… which started among a tiny elite, and slowly spread to make its influence felt throughout society, Romanticism was more widespread both in its origins and influence. No other intellectual/artistic movement has had comparable variety, reach, and…

… of the piece of Dyno Guy, Dyno Woman and V-6 I as see them, are to reflect social and cultural context. I say this because the pieces appear to be a family. A father, a mother and a child. After describing some of the characteristics of the pieces,…

… art forms in Southeast Asia is a type of dyed cloth called batik. The word batik is thought to be derived from the word “ambatik” which means “a cloth with little dots” in Indonesian. The suffix “tik” means little dot, drop, point or to make dots.…