Graffiti Artist / Basquiat
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A 30 page paper discussing Jean-Michel Basquiat, his life, his art, and his art in relation to society and what its message stresses for us. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: Basquiat.wps

Grant Wood's 'American Gothic'
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A 5 page research paper on the artistic intent of Wood's famous work of the Iowa farmer holding his pitchfork next to his daughter. Included in the discussion of the work are the various interpretations of the piece, including iconography, personification, attributes, and hidden symbolism. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Cngrwood.wps

Graphic Artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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A 5 page paper discussing the art of this graphic designer. The quadrille was but one of the components of the lively Paris nightlife found in Montmartre at the end of the 19th century. It provided Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) with a beginning point for public display of his artwork in the form of posters for Moulin Rouge, Jane Avril, May Belfort, Chocolat, La Goulue, and Yvette Guilbert. In return, Toulouse-Lautrec gave Montmartre and its performers a taste of immortality while giving rise to the “can-can,” the American Burlesque version of the risqué quadrille forms performed in Paris nightclubs during the “gay 90s,” the final decade of the 19th century. Along the way, he created advertising art that persists more as art than as advertising more than a century after his death. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSToulouse-Lautrec.rtf

Greek and Roman Art:
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This 5 page paper discusses the details of both Greek and Roman art, and arrives at the conclusion that Greek art contributed more to the development of each civilization. This paper provides support for this thesis based on the different contributions from different periods of art. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: GSGrkart.rtf

Gustav Klimt -- Two Paintings of Adele Bloch-Bauer -- 1907 and 1912
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This 6 page report discusses the Austrian painter and illustrator Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) and two of his paintings. The work of Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) was rich with a mosaic of romance, passion, with layer upon layer of sensuality and intrigue and each of those aspects is represented in his portraits of Adele Bloch-Bauer. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: BWklimt.rtf

Halston: Fashion Designer
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A 5 page paper which discusses the life and fame of fashion designer, Halston. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAhalston.wps

Harold Rosenberg and the Action Painters
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(5 pp) Rosenberg came up with the term "action painting," when he was talking about those painters we now call "abstract expressionists." As a critic and writer, Rosenberg argued that the major value of art was in the act of creation itself. Today, following the same line of argument, we might say that the value is in the process. Rosenberg, the first spokesman for this new form, felt that visual art should be treated as if it was a narrative, or "told a story." He said , "The new painting has broken down every distinction between art and life. Modern art is educational, not with regard to art but with regard to life." Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: BBactptr.doc

Harry Callahan & Jackson Pollock:
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This 8 page paper compares two great artists of the same time period, who used different media. "Pollock," said painter Willem de Kooning, "busted our idea of a picture all to hell." Callahan concentrated on street scenes, landscapes, nature, and most particularly, his wife and his daughter. His primary objective was to be "different." Bibliography uses 6 sources.
Filename: BBcalPol.doc.

Helen Frankenthaler
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A 4 page paper that discusses Frankenthaler's experience in the world of art, her unique technique and its subsequent applications. The paper discusses the fact of recognition for her technique in a male-dominant art world, but not her works. Through feminist descriptions of a few of her works, the paper posits that the beauty of the paintings themselves may have been largely ignored in light of the fact that her technique was so intriguing. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Frank2.wps

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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A 14 page paper which discusses the works and influence of the artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec during the period of modernity in Paris. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAlautrec.wps

Henri Matisse - Master of the "Dance."
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This 7 page paper examines the differences and similarities of the 1909 paintings Dance I and Dance II initially separated by continents for eighty years. "This dance was in me, I did not need to warm myself up: I proceeded with elements that were already alive," Matisse says of the works. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BBmatis.doc.

Henri Matisse: Purple Robe and Anemones
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A 6 page paper which analyzes and discusses Henri Matisse's painting "Purple Robe and Anemones." The paper argues that the image presented is symbolizing the strength and sensuality of the woman, which is clearly represented in the feminine and masculine images and forms. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: RAmatisse.wps