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The Khmer empire of Cambodia, extending from its capital, Angkor to present-day Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam, is credited with the creation of extraordinary art and architecture in the sixth to the sixteenth centuries CE.  Some of the world’s most glorious traditions of sculpture and architecture are still represented at Angkor and throughout Cambodia to reflect…

            In the 17th century, a new art style emerged. Baroque style  became the dominant art form during this period. This form of style is associated with “drama, energy, extravagance and intense emotions”[1]. Many artists shifted their subject matter from biblical or mythological themes to portraiture of “still-life, scenes of daily life and landscapes”[2] Two…

Michel Foucault: The Cultivation of the SelfMichel Foucault (1926-1984) spent much of the later part of his studies on the idea of the care of the self and cultivation of the self. He defined such care as using ones own reason to ascertain who one is and how he can be his best. Foucault takes…

William Harnett, known for his trompe-l’oeil still lifes, realism and representational art. He paints his subjects, in this piece, a pipe, smoking tobacco, and matches on a table in a real, life like, manner. The objects are close to life size which gives the illusion that the items can be touched. Harnett uses lines of…

20th century art short essays DADAISM             Dadaism resented the ravages of World War I.  The visual artists who joined the Dada Movement created art that is in defiance of the standards of art.  As a means to react to societal changes, Dadaism could be likened to the stuckism movement founded in England years back…

The Inupiaq people, also known as Eskimo people, originate from the northern coastal region of Alaska, spanning a vast land area of approximately 6,000 miles. Despite their geographical spread, they share a common language, facial features, and to some extent, cultural traditions (Fitzhugh). Their main sustenance and activities revolved around hunting marine creatures such as…

Art and Craft of WritingIn the deeper layers of the modern consciousness, all means are unlawful, every attempt to succeed is an act of aggression, leaving one alone and guilty and defenseless among enemies: one is punished for success. Robert WarshowThis is a quote from the famous essay The Gangster as Tragic Hero, a classic…

Describe How Issues of Gender Are Important to the Production of Art and the Writing of Art History Feminism has given new and of import penetrations into the production of art and the survey of art history. It has non merely helped us to detect the work of ignored adult females creative persons but has…

Judith slaying Holofernes In this painting I see two women over a man. It looks like one of them has a knife and they are stabbing the man in the neck. The other woman looks to be holding down the man that is being stabbed. The man is laying on the bed with a woman…

At the early beginning of the 16th century, which is the époque of High Renaissance, was painted Assumption and Coronation of the Virgin by Raphael, and regardless of brilliance of the outstanding artist, still we can read a distinctive manner of the period in this masterpiece. Another composition is analogous painting of famous Rubens, who…