A Study Curriculum of Art, Music and Literature: How the Humanities Make Life Worth Living
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This 5 page paper considers the purpose of humanities and a key curriculum of literature, art and music to be studied which demonstrates the beauty of life. This paper also defines the humanities as a means of understanding cultural identity. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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A Survey of British Museums
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A 6 page paper which examines several aspects of British Museums, using Peter Vergo’s “The New Museology.” No additional sources cited.
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A Visit to the Art Institute of Chicago
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A 4 page tutorial which presents a look at two works of an Impressionist painter seen in the Art Institute of Chicago. The artist discussed is Mary Cassatt and her works that are examined are Mother and Child (1888) and The Child’s Bath or La Toilette (1893). Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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A Work of Art
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This 6 page paper provides an overview of the central characteristics of a number of works of art, including an analysis of Relief of Ramesses IX. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Abstract Expressionism / Art & Architecture Comparison
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A 20 page paper that explores layering, spatial depth, minimalism, combination of materials, objects and colors, and the moralist vein, all of which typify abstract expressionism. The artists and architects reviewed and compared include: Pollock and Richard Gluckman, Helen Frankenthaler and Garth Alexander Oldershaw, Jasper Johns and James Stewart Polshek, and Barnett Newman and Sam Durant. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
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Adam and Eve by Albrecht Durer
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A 2 page paper which discusses two different analyses of the engraving "Adam and Eve" by Albrecht Durer. No additional sources cited.
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African American Artists during The Great Depresson.
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(10pp)The Harlem Renaissance watched the flourishing of African American literature, music, dance, art and social commentary in the neighbor- hood newly transformed by the great migration of African Americans to the North during WWI. The renaissance was a time when Black Americans had a chance to demonstrate the creative and intellectual abilities that they possessed. Nightclubs, community centers, cafes, publishing houses and galleries sprang up in Harlem amongst the enormous level of energy and excitement. 'It captured all that the wild young things of the 1920s wanted to be.' Bibliography lists 10 sources. (sources follow)
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African Art’s Influence on Picasso and Matisse
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A 4 page paper which examines the influence African art had on Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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