National Endowment for the Arts: NEA is our friend.
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This 10 page paper examines the past history of the NEA; controversial issues which have surrounded federal funding of the arts, including First Amendment issues clarified in 1998. Censorship outrage due to the work of Serrano and Maplethorpe is also discussed. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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National Enndowment for the Arts
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This 9 page paper examines the past history of the NEA; controversial issues which have surrounded federal funding of the arts, including First Amendment issues and censorship; and makes suggestions for some calm resolution. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: BBnea.doc

National Identity & International Exhibitions
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A 5 page research paper that discusses the manner in which nationalism was expressed at the Paris Exposition Universelle held in 1900. While the ostensible reason for this huge world's fair was to encourage peaceful idealism, it was also an occasion marked by intense nationalism. The writer argues that the nations that constructed exhibits at this fair did so with little or no thought to international cooperation; they were there to compete. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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New Thoughts and Ideas of the Renaissance
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(5 pp) Historically the Renaissance connects the middle ages and the modern times; it is that time period from about 1350 to 1650. The ideas and accomplishments of that period were amazing, and still remain astounding when we stop to consider them, for they provided the building blocks of some of the ideas that we hold today. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BBrentht.doc

Orientalism - then and now.
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(10 pp) In the nineteenth century artists explored the Orient packing brushes and canvases with them. They delivered an exotic view of the Eastern world, often more based on the imagined than what was real. This discussion will look at that period of art history, known as "orientalism," and see if any of those trends or ideas are out and about today. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BBoriart.doc

Origins of Imagination:
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This 7 page paper examines different western ideas of imagination and its origins. This paper specifically examines the ideas of Kant, romanticism, post-modern imagination, mimetic and Hebraic imagination, and more. This paper examins the relationship between imagination and artistic expression. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Our Multicultural Heritage: Reflections in the Theater
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A 4 page contention that America's multicultural heritage is reflected in practically every aspect of our daily lives. The arts, in particular, are a multicultural product. It might be contended, in fact, that the performing arts are the strongest reflection of the diversity of multicultural issues and ideologies that underpin American life. As a consequence, the image that we see there is relevant not only to the culture that produced it but to all Americans. Bibliography list 7 sources.
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PAUL SIERRA: CUBAN ARTIST
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This paper focuses on Paul Sierra, a Latin American artists originally from Cuba. The paper discusses Sierra's style, inspirations and his background. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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