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            John Dewey is one of the great thinkers of educational and philosophical theories. He was born October 20, 1859 and grew up to become an educator, first in a high school setting and then in a college setting. John Dewey is a pioneer of many ideas but one of the most important was his…

Through his art, Francisco Goya relayed his feelings toward the political unrest that plagued Spain during his lifetime. As an artist of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Goya lived through a time of political and social upheaval, especially throughout Europe. At the time, the ideas of the Enlightenment had captivated the minds of…

Art Nouveau          There are a great variety of different art movements that are subcategorized under the banner of decorative arts. While there are a great many general categories, there are also sub-divisions that comprise “sub-genres” within the movement. One such “subgenre” is the Art Nouveau movement of the early 20th century. This movement brought…

Madonna and Child with Angels and Prophets, an alter piece standing some 12 feet and 7 inches tall, was created around 1280-1290 A. D. for the Church of Santa Trinità in Florence, Italy and is now in the Galleria delgi Uffizi Florence. This iconographical piece was constructed through tempera and gold leaf on wood by…

Francisco Goya and William Hogarth are both artists who were influential and impactful upon their own society and era. Both produced paintings that were rather controversial. Goya’s The Family of Charles IV and Hogarth’s Marriage à-la-mode. The Tête à Tête are paintings that thematically critique the power of the upper class, despite them coming from…

The Art of Cubism and its Role In this research paper, I have explained the art of cubism and its function. I have chosen the cubit painting “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” painted by Pablo Picasso. He was the celebrated cubist painter. Picasso and Braque were the pioneers of the cubist picture. In this research paper, I…

CONCRETE EXPERIENCE I think my involvement in the combination of glass, visible radiation and colour began as a kid when I discovered the colourful images created inside a kaleidoscope. Even as an grownup, I can non look to defy picking up a kaleidoscope and staring into the spectator as I rotate the tubing to alter…

Santiago Sierra (Madrid, 1966) is one of the most controversial artists in the international art scene. He has become famous for his critique of the contractual economy through a series of remunerated actions where people – typically immigrants, casual workers, or even homeless wanderers – are paid to perform some pointless task which is then…

The Lost Thing is the story of a curious boy who discovers a gigantic, red, machine-like animal that appears to be lost. The boy pities this “lost thing” and therefore, decides that it is his personal responsibility to attempt to find out where this creature belongs. Shaun Tan wrote this book primarily to entertain and…

Picasso began painting one of his most celebrated plants. Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. in early 1907. When Picasso foremost started working on the picture. it was meant to be a brothel scene of five adult females and two work forces. In the finished version. the work forces are non present. What remains are the five adult…